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Friday, June 13, 2025

Three days later...

Storm clouds are blowing in, bringing cool and probably some thunder and rain, after a sunny, hot morning. As expected, my insurance company agreed the car was a total loss, and the money for it is already in my bank account. Farmer's Insurance, if you want to know. We've heard nothing yet from the police or insurance company about the guy who whacked us then drove off. No dramatic physical problems have developed though we continue wary. I do appreciate all the responses here to the situation.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Well, that was interesting...

First of all, I'm feeling the whiplash, and Charlie has a sore knee. So we're basically okay. But my little 'dentra' is well and truly totalled, I'm pretty sure. It happened as I was driving him to the workshop around 1pm, driving past some road work, when an absolute idiot of a driver in a 150 pickup truck came tearing out of a side street and tried to occupy the lane we were in. He paused, we made eye contact... and then he drove off. Immediately some of the young men in the road crew came... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 6, 2025

It has been an interesting week...

Well, sort of interesting. Maybe it was that I got things done on Monday which I usually muzz my way through, starting the week on Tuesday. But this week Things Got Done all week, and yesterday felt like Friday. It was like getting an extra day back. Maybe I'll try that again next week. One satisfying thing: I finished that crochet project that I started in order to use up some of my yarn stash and ended up buying new yarn to add to the one ball I had--only to find that the color lot was too far... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Garden Report

With all the rain we've been having, the wisteria buds are ready to burst open into their pretty purple chains. Looks like quite a few this year! It's good weather for them, with sunshine and warmth in the mornings and good hearty waterings in the afternoon and through the night. There are the last of the photo canvases scheduled to arrive this afternoon so tomorrow they'll go up on the last clear wall at the Fire Thieves gallery and pictures will be taken. This month's FT newsletter will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 2, 2025

There was a chance...

For once we had a lovely clear sky last night, but up to 1am there was no sign of Northern Lights. But I had my camera ready and the moon was there, and I coaxed a nice focus out of the point&shoot which can be quite ornery at times. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/54563047811/in/dateposted-public/ I don't know if it's just because I quit taking one of my daily doses--the statin, which has always been a little problematic. When I took one a few years ago, after a time, walking was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

stormy weather!

We've been getting dramatic skies in Colorado lately. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Since the neighbors took down the dying trees across the street the view of the skies to the north and west have opened up and made for some very pretty sunsets. Today started all bright and sunny but just around 2 the clouds started pouring rain over the mountains and built up some wonderful textures overhead. The rain moved in here around 3, with a little hail and enough force to give the car a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Change in the weather

It has rained all week, and may be thunderstorming this afternoon, but temps are rising, expecting to get up to 80F this afternoon! I woke at 3 am to the sound of some kind of critter fight that went on at least 10 minutes down the street. I suspect racoons, or maybe a fox was involved. A couple of years ago there was a night fight between 3 young racoons and one of our community cats, the big orange fellow. I witnessed that one, seeing the racoons tear off down a storm drain and the cat, up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

...or maybe not.

Talked with my Seattle daughter this morning and it seems possible they won't need me to come with them to England in September, but should maybe make the trip a little later. Seems the reason her husband had to delay until October might not be a thing after all, so he'll be on hand to wrangle the kids and baggage and all. Which doesn't mean I won't make the trip over there, just not then. Here it has been grey and rainy for days on end! Thunderstorms in the daily forecasts and some actually... Sign in to see full entry.

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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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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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