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Thursday, April 1, 2021

April Fools... No Joke!

April 1st... but I have no foolishness to perpetrate today, at least not deliberately. The sun is shining bright, no clouds to obscure it. The day starts near freezing, but we are promised spring warmth later, and for the next week or more--so, the plants that have over-wintered in the house are now heading out to bask on the back porch. I mentioned I've been binging on MIDSOMER MURDERS, and finally started on season 13 last night. This morning--suddenly, can't watch it without ads unless I buy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Tuesday Report

Cold outside today, with snow... Just a few flurries of big flakes, hardly anything accumulating. I can't bring myself to take it seriously, not after the previous near-foot deep snows that melted in a day. The doves are huddled on the nest, keeping babies warm and cozy, I have no doubt. I've been watching/not watching MIDSOMER MURDERS, in its many seasons--18 altogether, I think. There is one bit of trivia that I'm making sure of this time through. Any fans in our midst? It has to do with one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 29, 2021

Garden days on the horizon!

The morning sunlight is shining through the back sliding glass door, glowing through the leaves of all the plants that have been sitting on the table there. They're the herbs and a few other things that came in with the approaching frosts of autumn. Now, seeing this sunlight well into morning, I am suddenly aware that it is very nearly time for them to return outdoors. The forecast promises cold and maybe snow again on Tuesday, but after that last blast of cold, temps in the 70s for the rest of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 26, 2021

The Day Between

Considering with weary heart and jaded eye all the stacks and racks and knicks and knacks, that loom left over and left undone from yesterdays and yesterweeks, last month, last season, even all a lifetime's matters still requiring answers and corrections and response... Before this week is out I know decisions must be made, uncertainties confronted and if possible allayed, anxieties faced down or potentially delayed; expectations settled--mine and those of others poised for disappointment and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 22, 2021

winter addendum...

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Winter, still throwing fits...!

...And it is still snowing--gentle, big flakes with the temps around freezing. I'd make a guess of ~10-12 inches on the porch rails where Madame LaDarque used to dance... https://flic.kr/s/aHskSAfXRu Anyone who was disappointed in last weekend's Snowmageddon must be happy now! Good thing there is still all I need in the house while this snow lasts! The new rug in the entry had a Funny Smell emanating from it... Not strong nor all that unpleasant, but it made me nervous for the 'keets.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 21, 2021

"...And one more thing!"

The morning began sunny and warmish... but by noon it was grey and chilly. I went around turning on lights in the house, fighting the on-coming gloom. And now it is snowing. There are rumor of inches, even double-digit inches, over the next several days. Winter just hates to quit, to leave quietly with due grace and dignity. But something great happened just when the rain turned to snow: I had company! A friend of mine who is a teacher of elementary school kids got her vaccination a while back,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 19, 2021

Beautiful spring day in the neighborhood...!

According to forecasts, Saturday will be balmy, and there's nothing flake-like in the foreseeable future. This, in country that has had great snowfalls on Mother's Day twice since I've lived here! I prepped a pot today to receive the next up and coming avocado sprout. It already has some complex roots, and the sprout itself is more than an inch above the seed. I usually let them get to ~6 inches tall before shifting them from the water to soil. Embers is doing very well, taking her meds... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 15, 2021

After the snowfall

The official word on our local snowfall is 8 inches, an average, I guess, considering how the winds redistributed it in drifts and bare patches. The temperatures have been up and down all weekend, never getting below 20F, and rising up to 40F even while the snow was falling. So--icicles! https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C As to the birds... I suspect the doves are sitting on the next brood, fooled into thinking it's spring by the several warm, sunny days we had a couple of weeks ago. There has been one on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 14, 2021

Snowmageddon...?

It is snowing and blowing here, and because of the wind and drifts, it's hard to say exactly how much has fallen in Colorado Springs this weekend by looking out the window, though the official word is 7-8 inches so far. Accumulation on the street outside is several inches deep, but the black pavement shows through the tracks of traffic. From what I can see, more active streets are mostly just wet and black. There will be ice tonight! But today, I have no need to go out! Whatever the weather... 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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