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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Sunshine and daisies, and memories of summer

Looking out on a bright day and high mist that obscures mountains, there is a white disk of the sun just peeking back. I'm guessing that's about 7-8 inches of snow on the rail, and no critters come to beg nuts and seeds, yet. There could be more snowfall today. A few days ago, CCT and I were talking about some coneflowers I had on my porch last summer, from which I saved the seeds, and hope to grow in the yard in the coming summer. I sent a link to the one that came up in my searchings. Well,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 31, 2014

No squirrels today

It's snowing, and there is more already that we have yet seen this winter--about 6 inches, I guess, and no sign of slowing. There is an odd feel to the day. Two days ago, it was near 60: last week we had days like that, and cold ones. You never know what to expect or prepare for. I see that Madame visited, and perhaps some birds, but now the snowfall is increasing, I think they, like I, and staying snug at home. My son and I went out for breakfast before the snow began again in earnest, then to... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

It's time for a little more color.

I bought a primrose at the grocery store the other day... set it in my garden by the glass doors, tucked in among the geraniums which are also blooming. And there is one lone blossom, the second one, on the nasturtiums... http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Color and Light

The cold water is frozen in the bathroom again--just the one, all the other faucets in the house are happy to produce cold water on demand. From where I sit by the glass doors, I can see the plumes of steam blowing from the neighbors' heating system vents, lit up by the early sunlight. A tiny snowfall just avalanched off the roof here, in front of the glass doors. I really do not understand why, in a zone prone to snow, anyone would build houses with flat roofs. I'm pondering today, whether it... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Whiskey

We went to a lecture today, part of the Prologue series presented at the UCCS theater. These presentations are always tied in with whatever show is being put on currently. The current play is called THE WEIR and is set in an Irish pub. So, today's Prologue was about whiskey. A local distiller who works pretty much solo brought samples to share, and talked about how the stuff is made. We sampled "white dog" which is pretty fresh from the process, and another of the aged stuff. There was also a... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Zoe strikes again!

My daughter wrote this and posted it, and I suspect it was a dream. The dream may be fantasy, but Zoe is truly Zoe! In a creepy old house/estate - the front gate made of old thick wood with a bizarre lightning bolt sort of crack in the center so you can see the horizon through the largest part of the hole in the top. Strange markings inside the dusty house - maybe the basement but built like stables - a long hallway with small rooms on either side. Someone notices the crack in the gate is the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

For TAPS, for Phil

Reading TAPS just now, in her comments describing her grandson Phil, I remembered a pair of poems written in response to a challenge: to write one in traditional rhyming form, and another in blank verse and based on a picture, a sketch of a Downs toddler. SLOW So steady and intent your gaze staring at me as my patience frays... So long it takes to tell you anything, to watch you process what the world brings. You don't know, not yet at any rate, my anger and dismay at this, our fate: Yours, to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

I cleaned out my camera...

There were some pictures sitting in there, waiting to be shared. Sunsets... made of the same ingredients--light and shadow and water vapor--yet different every time! Plants blooming in the winter... and visitors in all weathers. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Regarding Family Issues

I appreciate how positive and supportive have been all your comments regarding my grandkid and her family. And I feel I must clarify some matters. Her mom, my eldest daughter, has always been an exceptional parent, a far more patient and energetic parent that I was. She has had her myopic spots, but I can't swear that my view is the better one, it is the one that comes to me instinctively as the parent I grew up to be, echoing my parents who were essentially negativistic sorts, especially afraid... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday morning

After a good, solid night's rest, I woke to the dulcet and very specific tones of Violetta tossing her kibbles on the carpet, and now she is barking at the birds on the back porch. It's the ring-neck doves that show up every day now, on the back porch. I've been having trouble sleeping through the night, so last night I stayed up latish, and took a sleeping tab, dyphenhydramine, which is the main ingredient in cough suppressants, too. It makes one drowsy, dulls the churning thoughts. I didn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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