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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Wednesday's looking good!

Sun is bright, and Caliban is in his usual morning corner doing his full-belly salute to the warmth. Yesterday I bought a fogger that emits a stream of humidity to bring the habitat to a more tropical atmosphere. Jackson's chameleons are native to tropical mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, so are most comfortable in a climate that's moist and has a pretty wide temperature range. This morning before the sun rose I found Caliban on a branch having a mist-bath on the branch above the fog stream.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Gardens and their inhabitants

Once again, cold but sunny this morning, and a moderately cold week until Saturday when temps might get into the 50s. This morning I am baking artichokes and dirt. The artichokes are foil-wrapped, and the dirt is nothing to do with them. I read recently about the unwisdom of recycling the soil from potted plants without making sure it is free of organic intruders, like bugs, which could harm the new plantings. For this reason, I am baking the soil from several pots to sterilize it in preparation... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Nameless...

Still Nameless, but gathering many suggestions... My grandkid Elsa offers Comma Comma Chameleon. A friend here proposed The Lizard of Oz. CCT suggested Muncher which reminds me of Baron Munchausen. The thing is, this is such an unlikely beastie, with 3 horns, eyes that roll about independently, a tongue hinged in the front, a prehensile tail, bifurcated paws... and he changes hues according to his feelings. Like the platypus, he is just so... varied in all his bits! So I am looking for a name... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 30, 2023

Pixievision

The noon temperature here is up to 4F... maybe by 3, the heat of the day will have freed up the cold water pipes in the upstairs bathroom. I forgot to leave the faucet dripping last night, when the temperature went sub-0. The New Guy is currently back in the corner where he can gaze outside--and maybe that's what he's doing. Meanwhile, Pixie is as fascinated by the crickets as she is by Nameless. Yesterday I went to the pet store to get a proper lighting/heating lamp, and a few more crickets.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 29, 2023

yoyo weather again

And now it is cold again... wind-chill warning of sub-0 temps the next couple of days. But by the end of the coming week, maybe up to ~50 F again. But today I have to wrap up and go out sometime, maybe during the heat of the afternoon--in the low 20s, They say--to make a couple of chameleon-related purchases. Meanwhile, the snowflakes dance on the air, and accumulate gradually on the back porch railing. Over the past couple of days I've got out my crochet hooks and made a couple of scarves to go... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 27, 2023

Suddenly, a new character in the house!

Photos are up from the Washington visit! Also, some from my new little buddy, nameless as yet. I had a Jackson's Chameleon years ago, and now, suddenly, I have another. Not a wise impulse perhaps, but one that makes me happy. I spotted him at the pet store when I went in to get cat food. He was ambling around his habitat, this big green fellow, and on the front of the tank: HALF PRICE SALE! I finished rennovating the big bow-front acquarium where the gold fish used to live, and installed a big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Noises Off

Enjoying 2nd Morning here, after waking at 6, having 1st Meds and 1st Breakfast, and going back to bed. It's bright and sunny out, with temps maybe reaching for 40 this afternoon. I h ave some going out plans in a little while. My brain and mind seem settled back in place since the other day's fuguey goings-on. Pixie has been cuddlier the past couple of days. She also has been doing a new thing, new for her, at least: playing in a paper bag. I know it's a common cat thing, but she's never taken... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

long, weird day...

For some reason, possibly jet lag, today was just weird. Not the day itself, but the way I experienced it. I started with some time on my game--Lord of the Rings Online--though I was not entirely in the mood for it. It was just something I had planned to do, so I fired it up, and ran my 'toon around for a while, crafting and questing. I had to fill in some holes in my larder, Charlie needed to visit all 3 Arc thrift stores looking for props for his latest paid assignment (Little Shop of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 23, 2023

COSINE and breathing

Well, it turns out... someone explained this to me yesterday--when you go from a mile high to sea level, it takes 2 days to lose all those extra high-altitude blood platelets, but returning to the mountains, 2 weeks to recover them. Those are the little magic bits that make breathing better at altitude. So there's that. I was still feeling so exhausted over the weekend as Charlie and I attended the local COSINE event, and that's where someone suggested the platelets thing could be part of it.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Returning to normalcy

Travel used to be easier. Now, it throws off all my meds routines and sleep cycles, and when I get home, I have to reset everything. Seems the first couple of days anywhere is recovery from the travel itself. So today, after a good night's sleep and beginning to get back into sync with the familiar--feeling kinda meh. In the next day or two all the few photos of this past week will be processed and posted. Later when I feel more like writing, I'll be back with some of the adventures of the past... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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