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Saturday, July 1, 2023

Road trip healing

Here it is, Saturday, and Charlie is up at Fan Expo this weekend. We drove up yesterday, spent a couple of hours at the Denver Aquarium (pictures link in my first in a long time Adventuring blog) and then I dropped him off at the hostel he is staying at. It almost didn't happen, the driving adventure. I was feeling poorly and kinda stuck in an state of apathy so he had planned to take the inter-cities bus--called Bustang! that takes people all over the state for very fair fares. But I took some... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 26, 2023

So, what's Jugger?

It's cool and clear this morning at 8am, but the forecast says we're headed for 90F this afternoon. Definitely an a/c day! Yesterday's adventure had a fair amount of sitting in the sun, and I have the pink to show it. Most of the time most of me was under shade, but one arm and one sandaled foot clearly were not. It was fun finally watching a jugger tournament, seeing how it plays out. There iwis an object, traditionally a dog's skull but here it's something more or less that size and shape,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 25, 2023

Sunday adventure

Charlie's jugger tournament was cancelled due to lightning on the field being a real possibility a couple of weeks ago, a real jugger-not. It is happening under clear sunny skies today, with temps expected in the 80s in Aurora CO. So I am up early, getting my Wordle and other games out of the way to jumpstart my brain and maintain my winning streak. Just a brief note today, before having breakfast and getting out the door. There has been a yellow jacket buzzing around the house. It came in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

At the end of the day...

Sitting at home now after an afternoon at the shop... Sun owns the sky for another hour and a half, but the heavy clouds don't care. We are warned of further severe weather this evening, from around now until midnight. So far, though, the clouds are not making any threatening moves or drama. Lately I have been surrounded here in the living room with just too much yarn. Besides the lovely feel of quality merino wool, of soft, soft bamboo rayon, even acrylics that are so much nicer than they used... Sign in to see full entry.

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After the storm

The air is so clear this morning, between here and the mountains, after last night's storm. Since I posted the photos I got from the northeast of Colorado Springs, I've seen on Facebook several more from other angles.The one from Woodland Park, a town west of here along Hwy 24, is most impressive, showing the whole massive thing! The year I drove Charlie to his first term at UCCS, from I-70 coming out of Glennwood Springs we began to see a cloud over the top of the canyon. As we drove on, that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

a dark and stormy night...

Hot today, but not bad at the workshop: It has a very high ceiling! Driving home we could see some mighty impressive clouds building out east over the plains, and right now a huge one is filling the sky to the south of us. Forecast here is for a thunderstorm some time tonight, but there are no clouds at alMaybel over the mountains where they usually approach from. I want to get a photo of the big one behind the house, but just when I went for it, the camera demanded feeding. dark I'm giving it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

What, it's only MONDAY??

It has been hot this afternoon, not my favorite atmosphere but it's coming up on 8pm, the sun has dropped behind the mountains, and I've made it through the day without misery taking hold. We've entered the season of early evening showers--not the weather, but washing off the sweat and the last of the heat. It has to come late enough for the sun to be down, but early enough that my hair will dry before I lay down for sleep, to wake up with it going in sixteen different directions! The day... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 18, 2023

On this Father's Day...

Father's Day... I had a difficult relationship with my father. He was not a natural parent, was narcissistic though not malignant nor malicious about it. He simply wanted to live his own life unperturbed by distractions such as children. Which is not to say that he was not attached to us in his way, and aware of it from time to time when it came to sharing what he found fascinating in the world, and when we responded, in his estimation, appropriately. He was a scientist, having an appreciation... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Tuesday re-cap

Here it is Wednesday already. Cool but sunny this morning... 70s this afternoon! They say more thunderstorms, too--It has been a very noisy several days and nights! Monday was so wet and stormy, it was an easy choice to stay home. But yesterday we had to go pick up the couch Charlie found that suited all his standards. He has been looking for a while to find one comfy, good for napping on, light enough to wrangle into the loft, and... cheap. He found it at Humanity's ReStore for $37. So he and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

photos up!

Putting photos up has gotten a little more complicated than it used to be as this new laptop has no slot for a memory card, and I have not yet shelled out the $40 to get an adapter. So to process photos, I fire up the old laptop and proceed as I ever did there, then load them up to Flickr, then come back over here and rouse Flickr on this laptop to get the link I can post here: https://flic.kr/p/2oG1K4e Click left to enjoy the recent Colorado skies, and a little treat at the end. Sign in to see full entry.

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