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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Tuesday of changes

It's a brighter than usual morning in the house! Last night I took down the curtain that has covered half of the sliding door to the morning side of the house. It has been hanging there since I made the curtain just after moving in to this place. It's a lovely fabric I fell in love with at first sight! But it has been there for 7 years now, and much of the later time, behind a fishtank. The tank has two large goldfish in it, and goldfish require some amount of marine salt in their water. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 2, 2021

I knew this would happen...

I have a set of new knives, a paring knife and a medium sized utility knife. They are very sharp. I knew that one day I'd fumble a thing on the counter and knock one of my new, very sharp, very pointy knives off onto the floor, and that my feet would be down there. Usually I have that kind of extended second to dance out of the way, but not today. I felt the utility knife slip past my leg and knick my heel. So, yeah, there was a little blood from the knick, that's all. What I visualize is much... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 1, 2021

Chilly Sunday!

It's positively chilly this morning! Overnight temps dropped to the low 50sF, and this morning it has made it over 60, with 72 the forecast high. And it is grey. I went to sleep last night to the sound of soft-falling rain, and only have to water the deck garden today, the plants not near the splash-zone at the front. The humidity this morning is 95%, but as cool as it is, it isn't uncomfortable. Other summers, particularly those where we had wild fires very near us, humidity was in single... Sign in to see full entry.

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Chilly Sunday!

It's positively chilly this morning! Overnight temps dropped to the low 50sF, and this morning it has made it over 60, with 72 the forecast high. And it is grey. I went to sleep last night to the sound of soft-falling rain, and only have to water the deck garden today, the plants not near the splash-zone at the front. The humidity this morning is 95%, but as cool as it is, it isn't uncomfortable. Other summers, particularly those where we had wild fires very near us, humidity was in single... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 31, 2021

Silly me!

In fact, I was counting on loading photos over on flickr which wasn't having it yesterday, and never noticed I had not mentioned exactly who my first caller was! It was a chipmunk! I have never spotted one in this neighborhood before! I will try flickr again, it was a real cutie and really close! I saw my first chipmunks when I was 4, when we went up to a cabin at Mount Lassen National Park. (My first volcano, too, in fact, though it was a presence always to the east, as Shasta was to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 30, 2021

Garden Visitors

New visitors today! In the front deck garden, I spotted a little creature I've rarely seen in the neighborhood at all, let alone on my very own deck! I had to run for the camera, and in that time, the little thing started hollering indignantly, possibly because the bird feeder was beyond its reach. I was wondering how on earth it got up to the deck, and as I watched, the answer to that was revealed: It climbed the rough brickwork on the side of the house! There are photos, but Flickr today is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

For those following the Dove Family News...

This latest brood is doing new things I've never seen them do before: Coming back to the nest while a parent is there keeping the eggs warm... With much kerfuffling, one at least can get settled on the edge. There is some degree of rivalry over that, it must be said. The deck is having more little visitors, too. I've been hearing and seeing the house finches and some other similar sized 'dickie birds.' When my brother-in-law was a grad student studying birds, he worked for Audubon, and they sent... Sign in to see full entry.

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Garden breakfast

It's going to be hot... It's already over 80, and headed to the 90s today, according to one forecast, but there is the hope of thunder and rain--by Saturday. It so depends on which weather forecast you look at, and it changes day by day. I like the one that says only to high 80s today! Breakfast this morning was eggs with zucchini from the garden, and a couple of bright red cherry tomatoes on the side. Very satisfying, this breakfast! I've joined two photography groups over on Facebook. One... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 26, 2021

The Summer Slump

In all the years I've been with Blogit, there seems always to be a slow-down in writing and reading in the summer. And so it is again this year. That several of the people I visit with most have shifted a lot of their attention to Facebook has had some effect, too. I'm over there, too, and will write a piece there (or here) and copy/paste it over to here (or there), and also sometimes also to my Wordpress blog (which borrowed its name from my "Loosely Speaking" blog here). Of course, every time,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 25, 2021

today's addition to the album of my summer garden

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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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