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Saturday, February 6, 2016

The Mountain in the morning

When I got up this morning and glanced out towards our snow-covered Pike's Peak, it was glowing a brilliant rosy pink! By the time I'd re-organized the sheer curtains out of the way, and settled on the couch with a clear view, it was dim, a rose-touched grey. And when I looked up again a few minutes later, the sun and eastern clouds had re-organized themselves, and the mountain was light with Maxfield Parrish gold! Now, a couple of hours later, it is whitest white, with the blue, grey, and white... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Quiet Gerbil Thursday

When I got up around 8--late for me!--Alice and Crumpet were quite busy, but I am thinking that they were heading for sleep late rather than waking early, because since around 9 or 10am, and it is now just past noon, they have been cuddled up asleep. As CCT points out in a comment yesterday, pets can be bored, and it's our job as their keepers to provide what animal-keeper professionals call enrichment. This is true of all animals as can be witnessed in apes and cats and elephants and others of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

The day is grey...

Wednesday Gerbil Report: Much busyness today, with a new box replacing what was left of the previous; both Alice and Crumpet did a little household exploration in the gerbil-ball. Alice doesn't have the muscle or mass to move it about nearly as much as our Crumpet. Crumpet, today, rolled about 6 or 7 feet across the room over to where I was standing, where Alice sometimes is stuck just digging madly at the plastic wall. They don't stay in the ball for long--I don't want them to get bored or... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Snuesday Diary

The snow stopped before mid morning, and the back porch remained at 18 inches. With some occasional gustiness of wind, there is still snow in the air, but much is off of trees and roofs. I heard one of the next door lads out shoveling the porch and steps--mine, as well as theirs. I thanked him with a big mug of very fine hot cocoa. We have a bag of sand, so I distributed that on the porch and steps he'd cleared, because ice is always nasty. Charlie broke his tailbone, we are pretty sure, sitting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 1, 2016

Monday Weather Diary

Snow is coming down in big soft flakes now, the kind you get when the temperature is right around freezing. Yesterday we got 4-5 inches, and now, about twice that, and it's expected to continue through tomorrow. It will be cold all week, after last week's balmy days that got nearly up to 70F. Glad I don't have to go anywhere! a few hou rs later... T hrough my layered sheer curtains over the front window I can see the snow still coming, but now it has wind to liven things up. I measured by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Sunday with Gerbils

The Ladies are having a busy day shifting and chewing and dashing around Checking Up on Things. Crumpet gave the gerbil-ball a whirl last night, and found it... well, I don't know, but she didn't seem to mind it, and was quickly learning how to not get stuck in corners, of which there are many in this room. We have several inches of snow today, which was supposed to be Movie Day here, the afternoon spent watching MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and HENRY V. Well, I can watch them on my own or with the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Tuesday Morning Gerbil Report

Crumpet was up and busy this morning, carrying mouthfuls of well-shredded this and that into the remaining box, creating a most cozy nest. It has been chilly the past several nights, the heat coming on even though the thermostat is set at it's lowest possible setting. That means, below 60F The Mothership, as we've come to call the construction of tubes, is somewhat reduced from its former roundness of edges as each has been reshaped according to gerbil mind and tooth. Gerbils, like all rodents,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 24, 2016

The Moon in Spendor

I thought I was waking too early, it was too dark and I wasn't ready... Then I looked out the window and there was the full moon slipping down the sky towards the hills... Of course, there are pictures... https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/6276Hc Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

New project!

COMMITMENT ENTHUSIASM INTEGRITY IMAGINATION EXCELLENCE T HEATER M AKERS is a collective comprised of professionals in the field of theatrical support and supply. We are makers and suppliers of scenery props costuming sound design video and graphics design, script-editing/dramaturgey research and grant-writing photography --all brought together under one roof and name to offer service both to the flowering Colorado Springs theater community and to anyone pursuing their own personal theatrics.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

When Davy Met Alice and Crumpet

https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/39ShXT When I posted some of the gerbil pictures on Fine Art America, suddenly the gals had last names: Alice Brighteyes and Crumpet Sillywinks. And, today's bonus link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=939702112784787&set=a.108797069208633.23284.100002350207607&type=3&theater&notif_t=like Charlie made this puppet yesterday from twigs and wire. Sign in to see full entry.

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