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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Garden Report

With all the rain we've been having, the wisteria buds are ready to burst open into their pretty purple chains. Looks like quite a few this year! It's good weather for them, with sunshine and warmth in the mornings and good hearty waterings in the afternoon and through the night. There are the last of the photo canvases scheduled to arrive this afternoon so tomorrow they'll go up on the last clear wall at the Fire Thieves gallery and pictures will be taken. This month's FT newsletter will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 2, 2025

There was a chance...

For once we had a lovely clear sky last night, but up to 1am there was no sign of Northern Lights. But I had my camera ready and the moon was there, and I coaxed a nice focus out of the point&shoot which can be quite ornery at times. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/54563047811/in/dateposted-public/ I don't know if it's just because I quit taking one of my daily doses--the statin, which has always been a little problematic. When I took one a few years ago, after a time, walking was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

stormy weather!

We've been getting dramatic skies in Colorado lately. https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Since the neighbors took down the dying trees across the street the view of the skies to the north and west have opened up and made for some very pretty sunsets. Today started all bright and sunny but just around 2 the clouds started pouring rain over the mountains and built up some wonderful textures overhead. The rain moved in here around 3, with a little hail and enough force to give the car a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Change in the weather

It has rained all week, and may be thunderstorming this afternoon, but temps are rising, expecting to get up to 80F this afternoon! I woke at 3 am to the sound of some kind of critter fight that went on at least 10 minutes down the street. I suspect racoons, or maybe a fox was involved. A couple of years ago there was a night fight between 3 young racoons and one of our community cats, the big orange fellow. I witnessed that one, seeing the racoons tear off down a storm drain and the cat, up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

...or maybe not.

Talked with my Seattle daughter this morning and it seems possible they won't need me to come with them to England in September, but should maybe make the trip a little later. Seems the reason her husband had to delay until October might not be a thing after all, so he'll be on hand to wrangle the kids and baggage and all. Which doesn't mean I won't make the trip over there, just not then. Here it has been grey and rainy for days on end! Thunderstorms in the daily forecasts and some actually... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

I kind of expected this...

Have I mentioned that the Seattle family are moving back to the UK? Yep, the girls are already enrolled in a school there and start Sept 8, so that sets the pace for the next several months. And since their Dad can't shift his work until October, their Mom has asked me to join them for September or at least for part of it. I've told her I can do that for at least 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe longer, if I want to have my birthday with them the first week in October. I just have to get the Electronic... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Sunday Sundown

It's been a grey day, and now raining that slow, steady 'female' rain of the native southwest, though I've heard a few rolls of thunder, too. I look forward to going to bed and to sleep listening to the rain. We planned to head to the grocery store this afternoon after Charlie got back from jugger practice but while passing the morning productively, I realized my current project yarn was insufficient to the task, so a trip to Michael's was added to the itinerary... along with lunch. Lunch as it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 23, 2025

In the face of inevitability

Every morning I wake up to my own space, my contented-enough cat, a day of my own chosen activities. There are eggs waiting to become breakfast, and choices of coffee or tea. I have a reasonable expectation that no one will come pounding on my door to change my circumstances. Yet. Not for a while. I've never been officially diagnosed as neurodivergent, I come from ancient if non-specific Western European ancestors. I am, as my parents called themselves, an inconspicuous non-conformist. My... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

End of day

Sitting here in the cool of night, with Landscape Artist of the Year 1918 on tv, my next move will be to bed. Once again, Tuesday was my Monday, the actual start of the week. I was out very early to get a pharmacy refill and some groceries. The fresh corn is very good right now, nice and sweet! I've shifted some investments. They'll arrive Thursday and some others a day or so later: a couple of new collections of my best photos on canvas. First was an investment of time as I had to locate the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Another busy day...

...and the last one for a week at least! Today was a league day for the Colorado jugger teams. There were five teams from around the state, one a new team from Fort Collins that gathered itself together including players who have been with other teams at various times. After several hours of one team vs another until all had faced each other, the Colorado Marauders--Charlie's team--were undefeated! That new team, the Nomad Goats, placed second, and that was very cool for them. As ever, I... 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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