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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Middles and Beginnings

It's the middle of the week, the ending of summer, and the beginning of my week without the Forester as it sits in the shop awaiting bumper replacement. The overnight temps were in the 40s, second time this month, and the sun rises more towards its winter path across the sky: more southerly than its summer path. Some unusual bird songs this morning... I need to get the app on my phone that my daughter Marika has that identifies birds when you hold the phone up towards the sound. It's called... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 13, 2025

A quiet day

Alexa said clouds and thunderstorms today... Well, we have sunshine with fleecy clouds and no storms yet. Nice. It's cool and pleasant and I don't have to drive anywhere. Lots of driving this week... Long drive to the Denver airport to pick up Marika, and bring her here, then lots of driving hither and thither for the day and a half she was here before driving her up to meet her friend in Aurora... Then yesterday It was a 6 hour drive into the mountains and back, dropping him off for his LARP... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The Mountain is Out!

We used to say that any time Mt Rainier was visible from around the Puget Sound region. Today, it's Pike's Peak, so clear you can see the details of rock formations above tree line! Today, no smoke like that which has obscured the Front Range and Pike's Peak these last several days. This is especially nice because today I am driving up the the airport outside Denver to pick up my Seattle daughter who has been lagging behind her family in the move to the UK because of visa delays. After it didn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 8, 2025

Sundown

The sun goes down like a peach in this smokey air... No fires in our immediate vicinity but the rest of the west, US and Canada, shares. My daughter Marika has been waiting in Seattle for her UK visa to come through, while her husband took the kids and critters over there last week. It's late... So yesterday she booked a flight here to visit us and a friend for a couple of days: I'll pick her up at the airport in Denver on Wednesday, bring her here for a day and night, then Thursday I'll take... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 6, 2025

Cool!

It was actually chilly overnight, temps in the 40s! I left the sliding door open, but turned off the fan... Today, so far, it's grey and there is light rain in the forecast off and on all day. And this day is the 40th anniversary of the advent of Our Charles into the world of air and society! We will celebrate this morning with his kind of French Toast, which is on sourdough bread, and mine which is liberally drizzled with real maple syrup! Then it's trips to the Saturday sales at the thrift... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Adventure Day!

Evening is fading here, the sunset very soft with all the smoke in the air today. No rain, They say, until the weekend to clear it out. Also hotter than I like but not actually HOT! The Denver Museum of Nature and Science will be closing down an exhibit after 6 months: The Jurassic Seas! So today Charlie and I went to see it. It's a very pretty exhibit offered in English side by side with Spanish on all the signs; uses videos and wall-art and a lot of bones nicely displayed! I took pictures with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 1, 2025

It's a sunny afternoon, mild and quiet. Charlie is somewhere between Nisswa, Minnesota and Denver, having had a satisfying weekend playing dress-up and Let's Pretend for adults. The great hot-air balloons downtown have been deflated and folded up and carried away in ground-bound vehicles. There's the latest crochet project beside me. Both Charlie and Vale looked at the yarn, a variegated blend of browns, reds, greys and blues, and described it as 'rustic,' neither committing to actually liking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 30, 2025

Time to fly...!

Back in a time of lower temps and lots of rain, sometimes with thunder! And humidity in the mid 90s! Wow, that's rare here in the high desert country! Not nearly as miserable as when it comes with tropical heat, but it is still nice to have a fan blowing on me! This Labor Day weekend is when the hot air balloons gather in a park here in the Springs. Weather/wind permitting, they'll rise over the city this morning some time and again tomorrow. There will be evening 'glows' on the ground, too. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 29, 2025

back to the present...

Yesterday Charlie headed out to a long weekend LARP in Nisswasa, Minnesota. But to do that, he had to be delivered to his friends with whom he is traveling. And that meant I had to get back on the Interstate to get up to Arvada, just northwest of Denver. I thought leaving at 6:30 we'd miss the morning traffic, but no, it was no longer 6:30 when we got into the Denver area, it was solidly morning rush hour. I'd hoped they'd agree to travel I-70 and we could meet in Limon. That way I could drive... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

A very long and complicated day

Driving through slow and heavy traffic from Denver last Friday I got rear-ended. Since then I have waded through the swamp of two car insurance companies which was somehow more complicated and exasperating than the experience when my previous car was totaled two months ago. It started with the report to my insurance company followed by reporting to the State Patrol since it occurred on the Interstate. I was assigned a damage claim adjuster who seemed confused as well as confusing and in the end,... Sign in to see full entry.

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