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Friday, May 23, 2014

Matriculating in public

Today, as the saying goes, is The Day. Charlie's dad and one of his sisters arrived at the same airport from opposite sides of the country, she rented a car and waited for his arrival, then they followed the gps voices that led them here around 11 last night. We ate a light late supper, then she went off to her hotel and I went to bed. Charlie and his dad went next door to play for a while. Marika's inner clock was chiming 2am by then, while the Dad's was still at 11pm. This morning I was up at... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

The pictures are up

of yesterday's hail storm and damage. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ And the radio voice just said there could well be more severe weather this afternoon. What a fun place to live. Excuse me, while I go bring in some plants... Oh, follow the stream a little further, to see some less dire images. Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The days have been so nice... warm, sunny...

The rose has been sending out canes to climb and wrap itself around the railings... The sugar pea vines have gotten long enough to begin to seek things to cling to... I potted up a new plant, a dark pinky orange nemesia and set it on the deck by the rail, along with a few other plants that spent the winter thriving indoors... The maple has filled out with its soft, vibrant green... And then, the wind and the hail came. Hailstones 1/4-1/2 inch wide--not nearly as big as they can be, but in such... Sign in to see full entry.

Naut brought up an anniversary of discovery in his blog

and here is another, now just past its 60th anniversary: http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/library/sci_briefs/discovery.html This article leads to several others, not all of them techincal. I have mentioned this before, because Dr. Kenneth Franklin was my dad. Also, because I remember that array: wires strung to short telephone posts across a field. I remember sitting in the car, my parents arguing over something, my mother very anxious and angry as he walked out into that field to check the wires,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Breakfast!

First, I fried up the onions and peppers with some pieces of portobello caps, and then put them in a dish. Next, two eggs went into the very hot pan, yolks broken and spreading out: the pan is small, so it makes a nice circle on which to dump the vegies. Then, the circle of goodness goes on top of a very soft flour tortilla, and the entire thing is rolled into a burrito sorta thing, tucked up at one end to catch drippage. Very tasty, quick and easy breakfast! You will want the large size... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Squabble squabble squabble!

There has been a lot of challenging and defending and hollering in husky squirrel voice up in the two big blue spruce trees behind the house. The branches and needles are too thick to reveal what exactly is happening, or to whom, but I can see wild shakings of a branch here and then there, and catch glimpses of the perpetrators of mayhem in the few openings along trunk and limb. No one came yesterday all day for the sunflower seeds spread on the railing. The fox squirrel showed up today, and one... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Sometimes I think she can't see me.

Violetta, 14 this year, sometimes wanders the house yowling the song of her people at great volume. I've heard cats do this when they can't find their significant warm-spot. I had a young cat once who would follow me on walks out in town, and when she lost sight of me, the yowl would issue forth until she spotted me again. Violetta does the yowl when she is downstairs and I am upstairs. She does it when she is in the kitchen and I am in the bedroom. She does it sometimes when she is standing... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

I sneezed the other day...

and Charlie e-mailed me, "Gezundheit!" That's what it is to live on the other side of your son's duplex. The sun returned this morning, and I stood at the front window to admire the flat whiteness of the mountain against a brilliant blue sky. Clouds have gathered by now, but going by the forecasts, it looks like the plants can go back outside tomorrow, and fear no frosts. Soon enough, the rough greys of the mountain will show through today's blanket of snow, and by summer, there will be no white... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Lilacs under snow

That's the theme of today's pictures, along with the extravagant treat my girls sent me. Yesterday was the day of phone calls. My mom and I had a good talk--I mentioned she is now in a facility where her physical needs can be managed. It is hard for her to hold the phone, but she sounded relaxed and accepting rather than frustrated and angry. I can't imagine she is the only one with the problem of arthritic hands, and that a headset for phonecalls would make more sense that a handset. We agreed... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Cherry blossoms

The cherry blossoms blow and drift against the curb like snow... But wait-- that is snow! Yes, for the next 4 nights, according to forecasts, temps will be near and below freezing. Yes, I am bringing in the tender plants again. I am getting very tired of this. But sitll, lest we forget what spring is supposed to look like: https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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