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Monday, December 30, 2024

yoyo weather

It has been a mostly quiet day, if you don't count 20 minutes of jackhammer out in front of the house that served as a wakeup call. It's been cool, going on down to really cold tonight, they say 18F, so it will be a little cooler than that. Charlie's all raspy-voiced next door and slept most of the day away. I crocheted much of the day, finally completing a shawl/blanket that I enjoy the thought of sending to my friend Patty in Maryland. She is around my age, she's had a rough year, and this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 29, 2024

Almost...

I was awake just after 4 this morning, managed to stay tucked up in the warm and cozy until 5:15, well ahead of the alarm set for 5:45. Had to be up In Time today! I didn't hang out in my pjs but got dressed immediately, including extra layers for warmth, and was having breakfast by 6. We had to be out by 6:30 to be where we needed to be by 7. But, alas... Charlie messaged me as I was sitting down to eat: Too windy aloft: Event cancelled. It has been on my bucket list since before that movie... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 28, 2024

The Between Times

This morning during the time between night and day, the clouds are just beginning to take on a bit of a blush, and the very thinnest crescent of the waning moon is visible behind the net of branches of a tree behind my house. I made soup last night for a low-carb meal after finishing off the pecan pie after lunch. This morning I added a beaten egg to the last of the soup to make it breakfast. Yesterday Charlie and I were up in Woodland Park at the Dinosaur Resource Center as vendors for their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Christmas Eve Shenanigans

To start, it was only yesterday that it really sank in: Christmas Day is Wednesday, not Thursday. An d that meant today is Christmas Eve. For years now I've done the heavy cooking on the Eve and we've had the feast, slept full and content, and on Christmas Day Mom was not relegated to the kitchen while everyone else played with their new toys, read their new books. Instead, we parents often went back to bed as we'd been up all night making the magic. And eating was picking off leftovers all day.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 19, 2024

For animal-lovers!

Just spent a fine part of an hour listening to a podcast: The Deal With Animals. It's a very professionally produced series of interviews with people in or related to the field of anthrozoology. This one was with Sy Montgomery. She has written about various animals--"The Soul of an Octopus" was the first I read--and now she's published "What The Chicken Knows." That's what this episode of The Deal With Animals is chiefly about but this very conversational visit between Marika Bell and Sy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Charlie and I were talking today about how there doesn't seem to be much Christmas spirit this year, only a little more than a week before The Day. Now, after reading Pat's and Kabu's posts, I'm also reminiscing about my own Christmas memories. I remember what was probably my 3rd Christmas when I was given a big hardbound book--The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature--and was so impressed, they'd given me a real 'grown up book!' I remember my 5th Christmas when I was living with my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 13, 2024

Windy night!

Winds are kicking up fierce tonight! According to the weather station, it's only around 15 mph, maybe bigger gusts, so probably not damaging. It will be a nice background to go to sleep by! Pixie is cuddled up beside me, savoring the warmth and purring audibly. Except for a drive to the UPS store and the grocery store, I've been home working on the latest blanket which will be a big crib blanket if I stop soon, or a lap robe if I use up the rest of the yarn. It's a combination of rich yellows... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Moving right along...

Today we're promised temps in the 50s F, and the roads even in this unattended-to neighborhood are black and wet, so going out is an option. Just as well, as my meds are getting low in some areas. I've been catching up with reading your Blogit offerings this morning, sometimes going back a while to catch up on what I've missed. Yesterday I finished off the last of a nice acrylic yarn I bought on sale, just enough to make another nice little cradle/stroller/car-seat blanket. It's tones of soft... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 9, 2024

Winter's back this week

After a fairly balmy week in Colorado Springs, with highs in the 60s, today's is predicted to get up to 35. Towards afternoon, snow, so They say. Maybe only a little, a couple of inches They say, but also that it will be on the weather map until tonight. So, that'll be about 10 flakes an hour over any given inch of the land. The sun rose under a flaming patch of cloud but now has gone into hiding with cloud covering the sun and the sky. I'm having a hot breakfast of eggs poached in chili. (Maybe... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 1, 2024

Weekend has ended

Here I am home again, feeling the tired! Charlie did well enough at the small art show this weekend. One bear went home, and some of his little items also, and several 'bappers.' Bappers are a new thing: little boffers about two feet long, paw-shaped, and covered with socks that look like various kinds of animal legs and feet. They are very cute! He got the idea when I gave him a pair of cat-paw socks. He found a source for them, discovering there are a lot more kinds than that first cat on... 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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