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Friday, June 27, 2014

recipe for drinking water

Getting bored with ice water, even with a squeeze of lemon or lime. The water without the citrus is a bit too citified for my taste, after years of having pure well water. So, I don't drink as much water as I should. I'd go for diet soda, but that stuff is toxic and aggravates my back pain and wonky knee. I can't have the sugar in the other sodas. Today I got a couple of frozen juice concentrates to add to the iced tea, or ice water. About a tablespoon will do, adding flavor without adding too... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

The Elephant's Birthday Party

Her name is Paige, and she is 30 years old, more or less. You don't have to actually know your age, to have a birthday party. This is a promotional event for the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Regardless of the reason, Acacia Park in downtown Colorado Springs abounded with children and their keepers, to meet Paige and her keepers. The pictures pretty much tell the story from arrival to departure. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Run, doggy, run!

Charlie and I were on our way out to lunch... much delayed by various things that had to come first, but as things went, the timing was perfect. I turned the corner from the house--not the only way to get where we were going, I just happened to choose that one--and a vehicle passed us... and right behind the vehicle, near the same speed, a little dog! Fluffy mini-kind, with longish white fur on the body and a dark, long-furred face--running merrily down the road! I stopped and called out the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Leaper

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Saturday, June 21, 2014

The trip is on!

My daughter in DC sent me the ticket to get me there and back again in mid-July. It will be fun to play with her dogs again. Little Cooper, the Lancashire Heeler and I have been buddies a long time, and he loves the little crochet-balls I make and stuff with plastic grocery bags. Ripley is an awkward fellow, lanky and sorta skinny in the body with a mastiff head. German shepherd/mastiff cross? Maybe. Then there is Mica, an older red-point Siamese who has always been stand-offish with anyone but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Lively summer morning

Another bright summer morning... it will be hot today, but the morning is cool and pleasant. It's a pleasure to see the house finches making their morning assault on the bird feeder, and today another slightly larger bird keeps making an approach but doesn't land. Now everyone has gone, I've adjusted the little perches so they accomodate the bigger birds. Now we'll see if it returns and has a munch. After many days of no squirrels, Leaper was here for sunflower seeds. He skittishly took a peanut... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Cool

A couple of months ago, this is the weather I was yearning for: hot but not too hot days, and nights cool, spreading into mild mornings. Yesterday and so far today, there are no great gusty winds to torment the garden. There have been no storms, no hail to batter the leaves. Today, there may be storms later on, but right now it could not be nicer! Charlie is going out on a job interview this afternoon, waiting to hear back from several other places he's applied to. Costco is one: they are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 16, 2014

Let the Jousting Begin!

There are three jousts each day, offered as Acts 1, 2, and 3. Each is around an hour long, with several hours between. The first is the show-off round, in which the mounted knights demonstrate riding and stunt skills. (I missed that one, so will have to catch it next time.) The second introduces the competitive combat jousting and sets up the audience's appreciation that Sir William is the Good Knight with honor and courtly manners, whereas Sir Joseph is a cad and a bounder with no proper... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Part Two: Colorado Renaissance Festival 2014

The day started with sunshine and every promise of getting hot, but the clouds moved in with a definitely chilly breeze and the occasional drop of rain that kindly held off becoming a downpour. The Festival town is such a maze of structures and people-powered rides and games and food stalls... There is a great range of shops, some of which we recognized the goods of, because my daughter in Maryland has found the same ones at the Maryland Renaissance Faire, and sent both Charlie and me some quite... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Long and exhausting day...

But overall, it's a fine Renaissance Festival, and I got the photos to prove it! It's a very large place, and the ground is exceeding unlevel! You have heard, maybe, of how Grandpa walked to school five miles, and home again everyday, and it was uphill both ways! Well, at the Festival, it is both up-hill and down-hill both ways! My legs are plum wore out! I am saving much of the description for tomorrow, I am that tired. But I have put up some photos to give you an idea of how it looks.... Sign in to see full entry.

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