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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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Monday, June 23, 2025

A Nice Day

I so wish I could share this cold snap with you! Looks like it won't heat up again into the 80s until the weekend. I do have a guest room if anyone wants to visit while it's nice! I've been out and about today. A/c in the car works well, even opened the sun roof in the morning just because it's there! Charlie is in Maryland, hot and muggy, but there are fireflies! He's enjoying his sister's nice air conditioned house and the food which is pretty good because she is a really good cook and baker.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

One day more...

They are talking about a cold snap for tomorrow: 78F for a high! Oh, I am so looking forward to that! Finally sorted and edited and posted the new images of the Fire Thieves Studio Gallery! https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Enjoy! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Saturday sunshine

Not as hot as yesterday, but I'm sitting here in my summer-heat wardrobe--shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt--with a tall iced coffee in easy reach. Recent doctoring has adjusted my insulin a bit higher, and now I can enjoy a few little biscotti with my coffee, and some nice juicy Rainier cherries! The fan is quietly keeping me cool, and there's nothing I have to do today. I did listen to some of The Deal With Animals podcast while sorting and tossing more of the 'doom-boxed' collections of papers.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Got it!

Did a little shuffling and finagling, and picked up the Forester this afternoon! https://flic.kr/p/2rbQ8sT if you want a first look! Sign in to see full entry.

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Summertime

Yep, it's summer today by the weather though the calendar will catch up in a couple of days. We have sunshine and 90F heat! Tomorrow very early Charlie flies off to visit his older sister on the east coast, then to house-sit while she flies off with her younger sister--still older than him!--to a anthrozoology conference in Scotland! He'll be away a couple of weeks. Happily, he's flying from the Colorado Springs airport, about 20 minutes from here and much smaller than Denver's airport. That one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The next car

It's all rain and thunder this afternoon, with a bit of hail. We went out between storms and made it to the workshop while it was still relatively dry. Across from the workshop is a privately-owned shop that mends and sells cars, and in that space between rains I strolled over and found a car I quite like: a sage-green 2015 Subaru Forester. Before buying the Nissan from a friend, this was the kind of car I'd been looking at. It's a bit higher off the ground which makes getting in and out easier... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Three days later...

Storm clouds are blowing in, bringing cool and probably some thunder and rain, after a sunny, hot morning. As expected, my insurance company agreed the car was a total loss, and the money for it is already in my bank account. Farmer's Insurance, if you want to know. We've heard nothing yet from the police or insurance company about the guy who whacked us then drove off. No dramatic physical problems have developed though we continue wary. I do appreciate all the responses here to the situation.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Well, that was interesting...

First of all, I'm feeling the whiplash, and Charlie has a sore knee. So we're basically okay. But my little 'dentra' is well and truly totalled, I'm pretty sure. It happened as I was driving him to the workshop around 1pm, driving past some road work, when an absolute idiot of a driver in a 150 pickup truck came tearing out of a side street and tried to occupy the lane we were in. He paused, we made eye contact... and then he drove off. Immediately some of the young men in the road crew came... 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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