Sunday, June 28, 2015
https://flic.kr/p/vimj3S Click right to see the house renovation. As you can see, the painting has begun... Click left for the elephant's birthday party! Every summer, the Colorado Ren Fest sends Paige, one of the elephants, to host her birthday party in the park downtown. This year, she turns 30. I think she turned 30 last year, too. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Busy Days!
Yesterday I went to an elephant's birthday party, opened a credit union account, shopped for tiny house renovation materials. This morning in the cool of the day, I rearranged the garage so that the landlord can get to a piece of ceiling that needs repairing, and also at the other end, to replace the garage door. Also, so I can access the tiny house. I saw today that the tiny house is wired for light, but has no battery connection. have to figure that out! Time to go drive Charlie to the filming... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Dinosaur!
Another hazy cool morning... A strong breeze came through yesterday bringing the temperatures down by around 10 degrees. Yesterday it was more humid than one might expect for an area that is, in fact, high desert--though it has been wet of late, and lawns are green. Charlie and I went to see the dino-romp again: JURASSIC WORLD, and as ever, discussed afterwards what was wrong and what they got right, and what didn't matter, really, as it was fun. For instance... the leading lady goes everywhere... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
I bought a house!
I plan to spend the next little while renovating and redecorating, inside and out, then maybe reselling it for a nice tidy profit. I will start by painting inside and out, cream on the outside, bright white inside. That will take an hour or so, with a couple of cans of spray paint. I will lay down hardwood floors in a couple of rooms, and then stain and varnish them. I plan to use coffee stirrers and popsicle sticks. It needs a new staircase, likewise to be built out of popsicle sticks, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Dad...
I imagine you are somewhere out there among the stars, touring the planets, getting to know them, hanging out with the likes of Galileo and Ptolemy, Einstein, Bob Shaw and the host of other explorers and scientists who spent a time here, and then went on. Maybe there are some astronomers from the Plieidies in ongoing discussion of why beings of other worlds would ever find it worth the energy costs to visit that little backwater planet we call Earth, way out along the outer spiral arm of the... Sign in to see full entry.
Dad...
I imagine you are somewhere out there among the stars, touring the planets, getting to know them, hanging out with the likes of Galileo and Ptolemy, Einstein, Bob Shaw and the host of other explorers and scientists who spent a time here, and then went on. Maybe there are some astronomers from the Plieidies in ongoing discussion of why beings of other worlds would ever find it worth the energy costs to visit that little backwater planet we call Earth, way out along the outer spiral arm of the... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Oh, the sky last night!
Sunset followed storm, and the clouds were amazing! https://flic.kr/p/tTcL6W Start here... click to the left to see the show in proper order. The morning is clear and bright, Pike's Peak looks big again... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Beautiful summer day!
Lovely morning, warm but not hot afternoon--until the sun comes around and starts shining through the front windows. Last night the sky was so clear that Venus and Jupiter were brilliant, and for some reason, that--a wondrous bright night sky--gets my yearning going so it almost hurts. In fact, I watched that same sight as the planets come closer to each other all the nights of this month, on clear evenings in England. Over there, as far north as it is, sunset is still evident at 11pm. Here,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Sanctuary!
Daughter Marika has officially announced, through a GoFundMe campaign, the start of the Hollin Hall Farm Sanctuary! She has been dreaming of this and making herself ready for it since she was a kid: having enough land to provide safety and comfort to various wild and domestic critters. She has already started with fostering rescued hedgehogs for a short time until they are ready to return to the wild. Each one will spend about two weeks in a little hutch, then she opens the door and leaves the... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Monday...
Last week I bought a lovely big hanging basket overflowing with angel-wing begonia: wing-shaped bright green leaves and cascades of long, pinkish orangey red blossoms, and hung it out on the deck: so the garden season of the deck begins! And yesterday, I saw the first hummingbird of the summer investigating those most hummer-attractive flowers! Charlie has three 10-12 hour work days this week, installing a show during the show's tech week. It is a concert with a chorale of some sort, and he's... Sign in to see full entry.