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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Like random imaginings...

As we came home last night, in the yard, suddenly were little drifting sparks... Fireflies! And that reminded me of this poem I wrote a few summers ago. LONG ISLAND SUMMERS I’d go back for just a moment, perhaps as long as one day and a night, enough, I think, to relish what I loved about Long Island summers: Scents of ragweed, seared grasses, almost-too-sweet roses in the heavy summer air… Glittering waters, hot, hot sand and tiny shells hiding in the drying seaweed margin of the tide… Early... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

An incident at the parade

Before the parade reached the center of town, there was an incident with the Royal Carriage Horse, which could have been much worse. Gracie, that great white Shire mare fell down in the traces. By luck, the Royals were not spilled across the road, the carriage jacknifed, but didn't go over. They thought maybe the driver startled Gracie with a sudden command, and she made a mis-step. She was gotten back up on her feet, and the procession proceeded. But she was not at the Festival on Saturday.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 4, 2014

Parade!

Today was the 4th of July parade in Monument, CO, just a few miles from the Renaissance Festival grounds, so of course, they marched with the kids on bikes, and the Civil War re-enactors, and the president of the local bank, and other dignitaries in classic cars. I didn't take pictures of all of them, and didn't actually see the whole parade, because I followed the Ren Fest section down the street. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ If you follow the photostream from the most recent... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Oh, Canada!

A happy day to all of you, my merry Canadian friends! July 4th, they will be (last I heard) shooting off fireworks from way up on Pike's Peak summit. They did for New Years, I could see them oh so distantly from my deck. My Maryland daughter emailed me, having heard the rumor of my travels to DC next week. She wonders if I'd like to go to the Annapolis Irish Festival on the 12th, which will be a very long day and night, from one 11 to the next, and probably a very hot one. Hmmm... I'm thinking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 30, 2014

Renaissance Revisited

The first of yesterday's photos are up! The Big Cats show is really big cats and exotics, smaller wild cats like the fishing cat and the caracal. Those, and a few others--masks, for instance--are going up today, and I will save some more for tomorrow. I took a lot of pictures! Even editing out the no-good ones, there are still a lot to show you a few more corners of the Festival before we go back to the elephants and the jousters! https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Dusty, hot, and aching...

Yes, another day at the Renaissance Festival! And yes, there will be more photos of things I missed last time. But there was one moment I couldn't wait to share... The jousting is modified in the script every time, keeping it fresh and unexpected. You don't know who will be slain, or who will do it. Last weekend, the Good Knight was slain by the nasty one... and the King came down with a crossbow, and killed the nasty one. Today, the Good Knight was slain by the Nasty Knight, then the Good... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Mountain Gods

It's just past 6am, the sky is clear blue, Pike's Peak has passed from its rosy dawn shade to a stoney orange color, not a trace of snow on it now. Pike's Peak is a 'fourteener' which is to say, one of the several Colorado Rockies mountains over 14,000 feet. It doesn't look that big from here, and in fact, with Colorado Springs being just over 6,000 feet altitude itself, from here, the Peak is only 8,000 feet higher than where I stand to gaze at it. Mount Rainier, which loomed over my horizon in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 27, 2014

recipe for drinking water

Getting bored with ice water, even with a squeeze of lemon or lime. The water without the citrus is a bit too citified for my taste, after years of having pure well water. So, I don't drink as much water as I should. I'd go for diet soda, but that stuff is toxic and aggravates my back pain and wonky knee. I can't have the sugar in the other sodas. Today I got a couple of frozen juice concentrates to add to the iced tea, or ice water. About a tablespoon will do, adding flavor without adding too... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

The Elephant's Birthday Party

Her name is Paige, and she is 30 years old, more or less. You don't have to actually know your age, to have a birthday party. This is a promotional event for the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Regardless of the reason, Acacia Park in downtown Colorado Springs abounded with children and their keepers, to meet Paige and her keepers. The pictures pretty much tell the story from arrival to departure. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Run, doggy, run!

Charlie and I were on our way out to lunch... much delayed by various things that had to come first, but as things went, the timing was perfect. I turned the corner from the house--not the only way to get where we were going, I just happened to choose that one--and a vehicle passed us... and right behind the vehicle, near the same speed, a little dog! Fluffy mini-kind, with longish white fur on the body and a dark, long-furred face--running merrily down the road! I stopped and called out the... Sign in to see full entry.

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