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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Boo!

Charlie had a great time decorating our yards... Even the Dog Guy stopped and stared at the corpse of a deer--created of various inorganic substances and materials as a props-making project--tied to the spruce tree in front of the house in a rather ghastly way. The sidewalk had a number of chalk outlines, so it looked like CSI had been there... and some of them were a little odd. He wrote some chalk messages, too, some cryptic and some quite direct: FREE CANDY, and in front of the door, KNOCK... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Eggsplosions!

This morning I was up early cooking up some turkey sausages in water laced with maple syrup, until all the water was gone and the sausages were brown all around. I cooked up onions and peppers, sauteed some grated zucchini, and put each of these items in little bowls. There was some diced up ham, and some bits of leftover curried chicken, some flaked parmesan and grated sweet cheddar. Diced tomato... avocado... a bowl of salsa... There were four of us, and more than enough fillings. For each of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 28, 2013

The day began with a fiery sky

I nearly slept through it, but a single ring of my phone woke me in time to see the bright orange glow in the east-facing, frosted bathroom window. From there, I grabbed the camera, went to the back door, and grabbed a few shots. Then, to the front window, to see how it was looking on the mountain... http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Meanwhile, I'm wondering how CCT and Archie are faring in the Saint Jude's storm that has been whipping across England while we slept here in North... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 26, 2013

I finally got to see Charlie murdered!

His Dinner Detective show was in Pueblo last night, 40 miles south of here. Since it's nighttime, and dark, and I don't know the town at all, we asked if I could be fit into the dinner and audience. There were 300 guests, but they managed to find me a place at one of the tables. There were 9-10 people at each table. The way it works, is this: On entering, each guest creates a fictitious and imaginative nametag to wear for the duration (I went with Ciel LaDarque ) then finds their table. In the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

It was not my birthday yesterday

but the knitting circle celebrates on one day, all the birthdays of that month, so yesterday, it was a party for two of us, and each of us got big bags of yarn donated by various others in the group, and much good cheer. The yarns I got vary from very interesting to very... strange. One of my favorites is a thin, mostly red with flecks of other color, a blend of wool and silk, made in Nepal. It is a bit scratchy for hats, but I think it will make some lovely baskets. I am thinking of three,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

new hookery project

I've been trying to think of something to make for gifts besides hats. I came up with little crocheted baskets: penny-baskets, candy baskets, dresser-organizer baskets... They are kinda pretty, and a great way to use up the ends of yarns that went into hats! Maybe I will make one for holding all the small skeins and balls of tail-ends of yarns! If you'd like to see them, I posted a few pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

Frost sparkles

and makes the porch railing look decorated for an event. Inside the glass door there is a new garden, and the zonal geraniums I bought for their lovely autumn colors--they were just about all leaf when I got them last week--have come inside and bloomed. I meant them for the deck out front, but looking up and reading the gardening tips for them, realized they could not be outdoor plants in times of frost and freeze. Madame has allowed several of her friends to visit: a smaller black squirrel and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

I think we might wake to a white morning

It was snowing this afternoon up in the mountains, and the sun, still fairly high, shone through a heavy cloud, thick with snow. Funny thing, on the opposite side of the sky, now, the clouds are broken billows, and the nearly full moon rides along like a ship on the waves. So pretty, so hard to capture with my camera and my level of skill. We were working in the yard earlier, shifting the garden boxes and adding a third one. Charlie spotted, coming from under one of the boards that make the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Birds!

There have been quite a few interesting birds in the neighborhood, and a number of them have found the birdfeeder out front, and the peanuts bar out back... and now I am encouraging them further with a seed cup nailed to the railing, too. Birds are shyer and faster to decamp than squirrels, but I have finally caught on camera the most elusive of them: a Western Bluebird! Blue is such a magical color in nature... flowers and the sky, of course, but few animals wear blue. That makes them always a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

dancing on air

It's snowing... large flakes, flying around, as much up as down... It probably won't last, probably won't settle and accumulate. Towards the end of January, I won't be so tickled to see it. But for now, it is the first of coming winter and I'm glad of it. The cold will last, probably, and my power bill will go up. and I will get tired of bundling up and wearing the heavy coat and the boots, long before the end of January. In the meantime, it bodes well for the selling of hats. Sign in to see full entry.

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