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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Retreat from the heat

It's grey out there with fog today and thunderstorms are predicted in the afternoon and evening. The humidity is high for here, and the high temps today will be mid 70s! So, a lovely day here! My grandperson Vale is taking me out for lunch today. This is a thing we trade off fairly often as we both like eating out and with more variety than Charlie goes for. After that I'll join Charlie at the workshop where he's making stacks of boffers to take this weekend to the jugger Mile High Open... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Fires sweeping the landscape

The morning sunlight is coming in filtered this morning, I suspect it's wildfire smoke noticeably impacting the air here for the first time this summer. So many fires! And all the inundating rains happening in other places instead of where they could do so much good. I watched a documentary series about The Great London Fire of 1666. I can't recommend it for the writing, so cliche-ridden, so larded with tabloidesque expositions, delivered with such earnestness by a team of narrators who can't be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

This looks to be our hot day this week, with low 90s this afternoon and not any clouds or rain to cool the air. We'll see! Most exciting things happening this week so far: my new vacuum cleaner--cordless, lightweight Electrolux showed up yesterday. It took a week to get here so a good thing I opted for 2-day delivery instead of 5-6 days or whatever the other choice was. Reminds me of when one of my daughters did business with Three Day Blinds. The first day was the day she ordered, the second... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Brain off-line...

Slow start today, after a night of poor sleep and too-early waking. It was just too hot for good sleep, in the 70s most of the night. I appreciate that that's not terribly warm in many parts of the world now, but for me it's just too much! Napping is likely! It's predicted to be in the 90s again, but the morning has begun with grey skies and maybe showers. Temps are not quite to 80 yet, but the cloud cover has broken to the north and east. The sun is still behind them, though, to the south. I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Not cool!

Temps today are expected to be in the 90s, even some say, near to 100. Not my kind of weather! And night lows in the 70s do not make for good sleeping. Still, despite my moaning, I do have a cooler bed downstairs in the guest room, and the humidity is entirely bearable even when it is high for here. And it's already Wednesday... Friday will bring thunderstorms and coolth! First thing this morning I watered the deck plants. The new chenille plant likes heat no more than I do and goes wilty very... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 7, 2025

Busy Monday!

And how has your Monday been? It started early here, Charlie's lady-cat having an appt at 10, but at 9 it was cancelled as the vet was off sick. But he needed to get to the vet anyway to get her special cat food and that's next door to a breakfast/lunch place we like--they have the very best coffee! So it was lunch, then the workshop. He had a couple of friends who came to visit at noon, the first time for one of them. He was quite excited among the costumes, found some pirate pants and a belt... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

On his way home...

Charlie should be lifting off out of Dulles International Airport now--not to be confused with Dallas, which once happened when his sister was traveling alone around age 11, I think, and at the plane change they tried to send her to Dallas but she was quite insistent on going to Dulles... Luckily, they listened to her! So much for having an airline employee looking out for Unaccompanied Minors! He's flying to Phoenix, then back to Co Springs from there, arriving close to midnight. His kidneys... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Monday Review and New Ideas

Morning is bright and cool with intentions to get into the 80s this afternoon. All yesterday's errand were accomplished in time to meet my friend for lunch. Laura is a teacher, her classes are grades K through 5 so sh6e is with pretty much the same kids their first 6 years of school. I've volunteered in her classrooms a few times and I'm always impressed with her rapport with the kids and with how great the kids are! It's a very mixed group coming from various levels of poor through middleclass,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 30, 2025

Monday busyness!

The day began with clear blue skies, and cooler weather with strong breezes sweeping through town. Thunderstorms are predicted for all afternoon, so best to get errands done this morning! Cat food needs to be replenished, I need a med refill, and I'm meeting a friend for lunch at 11. Also a grocery stop is in the plans. I can think of no surer way than racing about to get these things done, to prevent afternoon storms! This evening I'm off to pick up my grandkid Vale at the Colorado Springs... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Cats are odd.

This morning I woke up with a cramp, not in a leg as usual, but just in one foot. Annoying, but not nearly as painful as the leg cramps. Which was good because it didn't go away even walking on it, massaging it. The odd cat thing was that Pixiechops came over and started licking that foot. She occasionally licks fingers or an arm or leg or whatever is within reach kind of randomly, so this was strangely specific, while I stood at the sink. So... an interesting start to the day. Meanwhile, over... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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