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Monday, May 19, 2014

Breakfast!

First, I fried up the onions and peppers with some pieces of portobello caps, and then put them in a dish. Next, two eggs went into the very hot pan, yolks broken and spreading out: the pan is small, so it makes a nice circle on which to dump the vegies. Then, the circle of goodness goes on top of a very soft flour tortilla, and the entire thing is rolled into a burrito sorta thing, tucked up at one end to catch drippage. Very tasty, quick and easy breakfast! You will want the large size... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Squabble squabble squabble!

There has been a lot of challenging and defending and hollering in husky squirrel voice up in the two big blue spruce trees behind the house. The branches and needles are too thick to reveal what exactly is happening, or to whom, but I can see wild shakings of a branch here and then there, and catch glimpses of the perpetrators of mayhem in the few openings along trunk and limb. No one came yesterday all day for the sunflower seeds spread on the railing. The fox squirrel showed up today, and one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Sometimes I think she can't see me.

Violetta, 14 this year, sometimes wanders the house yowling the song of her people at great volume. I've heard cats do this when they can't find their significant warm-spot. I had a young cat once who would follow me on walks out in town, and when she lost sight of me, the yowl would issue forth until she spotted me again. Violetta does the yowl when she is downstairs and I am upstairs. She does it when she is in the kitchen and I am in the bedroom. She does it sometimes when she is standing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

I sneezed the other day...

and Charlie e-mailed me, "Gezundheit!" That's what it is to live on the other side of your son's duplex. The sun returned this morning, and I stood at the front window to admire the flat whiteness of the mountain against a brilliant blue sky. Clouds have gathered by now, but going by the forecasts, it looks like the plants can go back outside tomorrow, and fear no frosts. Soon enough, the rough greys of the mountain will show through today's blanket of snow, and by summer, there will be no white... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 12, 2014

Lilacs under snow

That's the theme of today's pictures, along with the extravagant treat my girls sent me. Yesterday was the day of phone calls. My mom and I had a good talk--I mentioned she is now in a facility where her physical needs can be managed. It is hard for her to hold the phone, but she sounded relaxed and accepting rather than frustrated and angry. I can't imagine she is the only one with the problem of arthritic hands, and that a headset for phonecalls would make more sense that a handset. We agreed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Cherry blossoms

The cherry blossoms blow and drift against the curb like snow... But wait-- that is snow! Yes, for the next 4 nights, according to forecasts, temps will be near and below freezing. Yes, I am bringing in the tender plants again. I am getting very tired of this. But sitll, lest we forget what spring is supposed to look like: https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Appreciating all your warm and caring comments!

Best Mom's Day gift ever, hearing praise for one's kids! I am more than ever aware how difficult is the alternative, how hard to be on your kid's side when the rest of the world doesn't like him or her. There was one there at a teacher conference day whose son was a problem child. He was always in trouble, always pushing the limits too far... His mom never got any joy from teacher conferences. I'd been a chaperone on the 5th grade field trip, and he was in the group I was herding through the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 9, 2014

For Excellence...

"For Artistic Vision, for Amazing Use of Duct Tape, for Bushy Beard, For Devising Dreams" The Directing Excellence award goes to Charles Redding. "For Getting A's, for Asking every question possible, for Elegance in writing, for-- Did we mention duct tape? Scholarship Excellence Award goes to Charles Redding. There are 13 graduating seniors in the Theater department, and every one of them has been amazing on stage and behind the scenes. So I am especially proud, and Charlie is especially... Sign in to see full entry.

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Barbecue and Awards

Today is the day the theater and performing arts department treats students and hangers-on to a barbecue, and presents awards to the outstanding students in the department: a celebration and farewell to the graduating seniors. The weather is a bit dim and damp, not to mention chilly, but that won't stop them, or me from... hanging-on. If Charlie doesn't get some recognition this year, I'm gonna kick someone! And eat an extra burger. Come the Walk, he will wear an extra bandolier... bandana...... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Long morning...

I had an email from my sister today, the one in Estes Park who has been looking after Mom the past several years and who rarely makes contact. Things have changed, the next step taken. Mom, now approaching 92, has been moved to a facility where she can be cared for properly, and 'round the clock. Julie, who is 70 now, finally reached the realization that she simply can't be there all the time, can't provide the physical care Mom sometimes needs--like being lifted off the floor when she has... Sign in to see full entry.

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