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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

I kind of expected this...

Have I mentioned that the Seattle family are moving back to the UK? Yep, the girls are already enrolled in a school there and start Sept 8, so that sets the pace for the next several months. And since their Dad can't shift his work until October, their Mom has asked me to join them for September or at least for part of it. I've told her I can do that for at least 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe longer, if I want to have my birthday with them the first week in October. I just have to get the Electronic... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Sunday Sundown

It's been a grey day, and now raining that slow, steady 'female' rain of the native southwest, though I've heard a few rolls of thunder, too. I look forward to going to bed and to sleep listening to the rain. We planned to head to the grocery store this afternoon after Charlie got back from jugger practice but while passing the morning productively, I realized my current project yarn was insufficient to the task, so a trip to Michael's was added to the itinerary... along with lunch. Lunch as it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 23, 2025

In the face of inevitability

Every morning I wake up to my own space, my contented-enough cat, a day of my own chosen activities. There are eggs waiting to become breakfast, and choices of coffee or tea. I have a reasonable expectation that no one will come pounding on my door to change my circumstances. Yet. Not for a while. I've never been officially diagnosed as neurodivergent, I come from ancient if non-specific Western European ancestors. I am, as my parents called themselves, an inconspicuous non-conformist. My... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

End of day

Sitting here in the cool of night, with Landscape Artist of the Year 1918 on tv, my next move will be to bed. Once again, Tuesday was my Monday, the actual start of the week. I was out very early to get a pharmacy refill and some groceries. The fresh corn is very good right now, nice and sweet! I've shifted some investments. They'll arrive Thursday and some others a day or so later: a couple of new collections of my best photos on canvas. First was an investment of time as I had to locate the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Another busy day...

...and the last one for a week at least! Today was a league day for the Colorado jugger teams. There were five teams from around the state, one a new team from Fort Collins that gathered itself together including players who have been with other teams at various times. After several hours of one team vs another until all had faced each other, the Colorado Marauders--Charlie's team--were undefeated! That new team, the Nomad Goats, placed second, and that was very cool for them. As ever, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Winds are gusty this morning, have been since yesterday and expected to blow all day. Weather Underground predicts 20-30 mph with some gusts to 40. Luckily everything on porch and deck seems to be taking it well. Temps are down this morning, too but will be nice enough later on. Yesterday I started an order of photo prints on canvas, a new collection I have not named yet. It's all animals this time. I might call it The Neighbors. I found a shot I have not looked at in ages, a capybara from the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

A fine spring day!

Yesterday was actually hot--mid-80s is, for me, hot! But today we're back in mid-70s and that's, to me, delightful! Suddenly, the garden is awake! The wisteria is particularly vigorous, you can almost sit and watch the vines reach out, the leaves bursting and buds promising. I've always loved wisteria and I'm hoping to train it to make a kind of bower over the back porch. Last year didn't make it around the corner but this time it will, I think, make the leap! Spring fever leads to unexpected... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 11, 2025

Mother's Day evening

Hoping you've had a good Mother's Day! At almost 8pm the western sky is still post sunset bright, though there are dark clouds to the north with the occasional roll of thunder. You can see the rain falling but not quite to the ground. It has been a lovely day with temperatures in the mid-70s a a bit of gusty wind now and then. Over the past couple of days the front deck has become a garden once again, and different from all the summers before. Charlie helped to clear the back porch, too, once... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 9, 2025

Spring's back, again...

Sunny and warm today, so They promise, maybe with thunderstorms. I bought the first of this season's flowers and cleaned up, reorganized the deck yesterday. Now I've got columbines and a tender young clematis vine that will bloom pink and white in days to come. There are some African daisies in a light purple and some more in a dusky pink that shades to purple. I potted those and set them by the pot containing sage, rosemary and thyme. No parsley yet. This morning, going out to water the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Rainy Day 2

It's chilly but not enough for snow here in CoSprings. Rain isn't so common here, and living in high-desert country, it's a welcome event. It's easy to have a 'rain day' of not going out without great necessity, knowing in a day or two it will be clear and warmer again. Such was not the case living in Olympia WA where the rains of winter drip and pour and cascade from September to April with occasional breaks. That paid for the rain forests greens and the idyllic summers! I'm watching David... 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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