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Monday, February 10, 2014

Cookin' again...!

I made a Thai style soup today. Started with chicken broth, added cream of chicken with wild rice soup, coconut milk, and a stack of vegies: shredded carrots, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, shitake and standard mushrooms, leek, fresh basil--lots!--and lime juice. Then I added just a dollop of Chinese hoisin sauce. A little sriracha sauce spices it up a bit, too. I'm thinking how good it would be with a few prawns in... Yum! Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Talking with Game of Thrones guy

Today at the theater there was a presentation with one of the producers and writers of the HBO series GAME OF THRONES, Bryan Cogman. He is the husband of one of the stars who has just finished a run of THE WEIR, which I am sad to say, I did not see. If you have never heard of GAME OF THRONES, nor seen it, nor read the books, then none of this will mean much to you. I have read all the ones George RR Martin has written so far, and will read the next eagerly. The guy can write, and creates... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ironically, the hot water in my ensuite bathroom, is frozen. So today I went downstairs to the 'guest bathroom' and had a nice hot shower. A thunderous, pounding wonderful shower! I may use that one from now on: I love a good, enthusiastic, un-wimpy showerhead, that knows how to deliver the goods! There is a big blue fern in there now, too, that will surely appreciate the humidity! It is again very cold today, though the forecast for the next several days shows increasing warmth. It will no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Ever wonder what ChiffChaff looks like...?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/olegchernyshov/12325332983/ (This isn't my photo, found it on flickr.) Sign in to see full entry.

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Another poem...

It was inspired by a painting of a farmhouse Dutch door, the kind that you can open whole, or just the top or just the bottom. I've always loved Dutch doors! As I wrote this one, I didn't know until the last stanza whether it would be a happy or sad ending. HOMESTEAD: The Dutch Door It was spring and everything was new-- Life and love and everything, and everything we planted grew! The door you'd made was open wide the scent of new wood on the air that brought the warmth of spring inside and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 3, 2014

According to the weather forecast...

It's supposed to be snowing today. And every day for the rest of the week. Well, there will need to be some clouds, first. The sky at 9AM is bright and unbroken blue, the sun is messing with the snow we already have, dropping it off the ridiculous Mansard and quasi-Mansard roofs someone a few years ago was high architectural style in Colorado Springs neighborhoods. Madame has not shown her nose yet--lately, when she has, it has been cute with snow crumbs: without actual wet water in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 1, 2014

An odd lot of photos... and visiting London's East End in the 50s

...snow and a serendipitous arrangement of aerial prints... the sun I described in the previous post... all to be seen in the usual place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ I've been watching an interesting and most moving BBC show. "CALL THE MIDWIFE" is based on the memoirs of an actual midwife who started her career in London's East End, in the 1950s. One thing I like about this sort of show is that it is not formulaic, and the stories offered up are not predictable and does not have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunshine and daisies, and memories of summer

Looking out on a bright day and high mist that obscures mountains, there is a white disk of the sun just peeking back. I'm guessing that's about 7-8 inches of snow on the rail, and no critters come to beg nuts and seeds, yet. There could be more snowfall today. A few days ago, CCT and I were talking about some coneflowers I had on my porch last summer, from which I saved the seeds, and hope to grow in the yard in the coming summer. I sent a link to the one that came up in my searchings. Well,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 31, 2014

No squirrels today

It's snowing, and there is more already that we have yet seen this winter--about 6 inches, I guess, and no sign of slowing. There is an odd feel to the day. Two days ago, it was near 60: last week we had days like that, and cold ones. You never know what to expect or prepare for. I see that Madame visited, and perhaps some birds, but now the snowfall is increasing, I think they, like I, and staying snug at home. My son and I went out for breakfast before the snow began again in earnest, then to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

It's time for a little more color.

I bought a primrose at the grocery store the other day... set it in my garden by the glass doors, tucked in among the geraniums which are also blooming. And there is one lone blossom, the second one, on the nasturtiums... http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ 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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