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Monday, November 17, 2014

Looking for houses

Marika is back together with her husband and the pets did not have to go into quarantine, so they are all together in a cottage near his parents' home, while they look for a proper place of their own. Every time she sends a photo with a house in it, I ask, "Are you buying that?" Last one was a castle ruin on or near Hollin Hill. Drafty, I know, a real fixer-upper. Meanwhile, it is getting warmer here, up in the 40s they say, this afternoon. I posted some pictures today, of Bryce Canyon, and I am... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Tomorrow she flies over the sea...

Marika goes to join her husband in England, and I am feeling happy for them, and happy for me, because sooner or later I will get to visit, and sad, too, because that long cord of connection is getting stretched out again. Another day of Very Cold begins here. After several days in single digit temps, tomorrow's forecast of 30s sound balmy! For a number of reasons, I want to go back to bed... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

High of 8F today...

according to Weather Underground. It is just over 1F this morning. According to Accuweather, we are looking forward to -5 tonight. And there will be more snow, adding to the several inches out there now. In about 2 hours, Charlie will be scraping the white stuff off the truck, and the engine will be trying to warm up the insides... if the aging battery will start at all! He might be taking the bus this morning. That is not a happy thought for him. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Hereafter it shall be known as Adnohr Day--

The first day of snow on the ground! The temperature is below 20, but I am not going out on the porch to see just how low the thermometer says. According to Accuweather it is 12F and the range is high 22, low 5. Forecast is "much cooler" today than yesterday when the range was 65-13F. There are two inches of "partly cloudy" on the back porch. The sparrows and finches have found the seed dishes that I took off the rail lest yesterday's wind blow the seed all away. They are on the floor covered in... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 10, 2014

And here it is...

Blew in around noon, and by evening, the temperature had dropped ~40 F. The wind blew all day, the leaves racing madly down the street, and anything in the air was flying sideways. Definitely a day to keep the cat in. Then the snow came in... not a lot, maybe an inch on the back porch but not on the rail which is so much more exposed to the wind. Looking at the street in front of the house, the gleam from the street lights shows how very slippery it is out there. I'm glad I don't have to go... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

I wrote a haiku about brains...

http://lumosityhaikucontest.com.strutta.com/entry/8025740 Lumosity is running a contest, and I sure could use the Lumosity account prize! This brain can use a little boosting! Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Waking up too early

Just about every day, I wake up just before or during the earliest moments of dawn. I resist... I don't want to return to the world of stuff I have to do, to deal with... But Violetta insists, and my body nudges with this urge and that... I struggle out of my warm nest, and face it all. If it is early enough, there are stars--just the brightest ones, and planets that glimmer in the deep blue of pre-dawn. And there, outside the living room window, is the mountain, like a haunt, palest diaphanous... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Family drama... well... maybe

It seems it has been a dramatic week among my grandsons. The younger one, 14 or so, has declared to the family that he is, in fact, she. Has always been, and now wants everyone to know it. It is no big surprise, though for some time now, we have suspected this kid leaned toward gayness. In any case, it is not hard to believe nor to accept, because that's the kind of family we are. The older one, 16, has this same week declared to his family that he is gay. There have never been signs of that...... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 31, 2014

TWO little children...

No, FIVE little children... That makes... SEVEN LITTLE CHILDREN! Seven little children came to my door! I asked them if they came to give me candy... They agreed I had it wrong... So I gave out ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN! little pieces of candy! Wahahahaha...! Sign in to see full entry.

I replenished the bird feeders

--two of those flat dishes made for under flower pots--and now there are a dozen house finches and sparrows leaping and ducking and filling their crops on this cool morning. There are a few peanuts stuck in the mounds of seeds, too, for the jays and the shy squirrel that sometimes stops by, but he is nowhere near as trusting as Madame was. I miss her daily visits. I stocked a little treasure chest sort of box with Heath bars, Mounds bars, and Reese's peanutbutter cups. All my favorites, in case... Sign in to see full entry.

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