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Sunday, December 6, 2020

Dye Day

The great thing with Teema Turkish cotton fabrics are that they take dye so well! I am dying several of them today, with the intent of giving them as Yule gifts to family and friends. Elsa, who turns 4 this month, loves peachy colors, so I'm trying a technique to color a yellow one with red dye, dipping it into the dye bath gradually. Her mom mentioned lilac, so the pale oatmeal colored one went into a purple bath this morning, and it came out a soft, soft lavender, sort of a dusty lilac. There... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 4, 2020

Birds and their songs

Bright sunshine on the mountain today... clear blue sky all around! It's cold out, and sitting here by the front window, I see little birds flashing by between the big blue spruce in the yard and the bird-feeder hanging on the deck. Mostly, they are house finches and chickadee types, but there is a slightly larger one who comes by every day: a spotted towee. Our Charlie doesn't like towees much. Back in the Olympia years, there was a towee that visited his bedroom window every morning, tapping... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Sun comes up, Moon goes down...

There was a bright pink tinge to the eastern clouds when I got up this morning. A few moments later, it was one of our lovely sunrises, and on the other side of the house, the window framed a rosey Pike's Peak. And the full moon was settling towards the Ramparts hilltops, with a few pink clouds around it. I have taken the photos of that descending moon more than once, though the moon doesn't change, nor does the landscape. But this morning, the clouds made moonset something different.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Still in recovery

Just enjoyed the next of the Thanksgiving leftovers: toasted a slice of sourdough, lightly buttered it and sprinkled poultry seasoning on it, then added heated meat and gravy over the top, and a spoonful of cranberry sauce. The next step is stew. The day outside is brilliant and cold. The mountain is bright white on top. The breezes are rattling the remaining leaves on the trees. I want coffee but I won't be having any. Last night was one of those nights of almost-sleeping, waking, drowsing, not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 27, 2020

The Day After

Well, I'm not even going to talk about my blood sugar numbers yesterday and this morning! Keeping to a low-carb breakfast of turkey and gravy, not even a little tempted this morning by leftover cheesecake or stuffing, and enjoying the view of Pike's Peak outside my front window. The mountain is white on top, snow and rock above the dark tree-line. The air is so clear I can imagine I can see the new visitor center at the very top. From the old one I could actually see--with my long zoom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Having a good Thursday

Wishing all my US friends a very good Thanksgiving! And to everyone else, a very fine day! Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

a surprisingly good day

I've had a good day. Sometimes I feel like a hermit moving ever deeper into the back of my cave. It becomes more and more challenging to actually want to do much. Traditional holidays with all their celebratory exercises seem like just too much trouble for too little meaning. But that's inertia... the tendancy of an object at rest to remain at rest. Well, that's half of inertia. It is also the tendancy of an object in motion to remain in motion. So it comes down to getting up and going to do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Saying "Thank You"

And here comes the snow... not accumulating yet, but Weather Underground says to expect 1-3 inches. There is enough in the air now that the mountains and... well, the rest of town, is all obscured. Various little birds are flashing by the window now and then, making their grocery run between the big blue spruce in the front yard and the feeder hanging on my deck. The Day of Thanks approaches. In this annus horribilus it may seem there is not much to be thankful for, but here I sit in the warm,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

At the end of the day...

I spend too much time in the comfy chair, lap-top tapping, and/or binge-watching whatever grabs my attention, and getting very little else done. Being free to do just exactly what I feel like, it hearkens back to the days of childhood when my time was never my own, when tv was a forbidden pleasure, snacking was verboten, and resentment ran high. So, that part of me that still feels that tends to dominate my feelings. It was a recent realization that the deep, soft comfy chair is a surrogate for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Garden cleanup and future-pacing

A grey day, high clouds obscuring blue sky and bright sunbeams... Which meant this morning I could putter about the kitchen without being blinded by too-bright sunlight coming through the window, as happens on a clear morning. The temperature is due to be in the low 70s this afternoon--perfect! The garden got cleaned up yesterday, Charlie doing all the heavy lifting. I cleared the back porch and put away the tomato cages, stacked the pots after emptying some of them. Some I left with soil and... Sign in to see full entry.

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