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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Thunder in the morning!

Strange light with the sunrise got my attention, got me out on the deck with camera in hand to capture the morning light on stormy clouds. Then--lightning in that cloudy sky, and thunder rolling out over the landscape...! Forecast says thunderstorms all morning and the radar shows rain coming out of the mountains. Temps today show highs in the 60s! Sounds like autumn rolling in! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 2, 2024

Settling in at home again, and it's good to be home! My own cat, my own bed, and my own kitchen! Oh, and my own shower with its Niagara-power water pressure! I reached Colorado Springs about 8 pm Saturday night, had dinner with Charlie before going into the house because I thought it would be unfair to go in and pet Pixiechops, and then go out the door again. In the morning we headed out early--for Charlie, very early--to watch the Labor Day hot-air balloon lift-off. I've posted the few shots I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Got it!

No, not the measles, the passport! Its main page is all plastic now, though the visa pages are still paper. Charlie will be looking after the house, the plants, and, of course, the critters. I hope Pixiechonk doesn't feel abandoned. In the hotel for the night, and ready for some good comfy sleep. The day's adventures are, as might be expected, in my Adventuring blog... Happy last of summer days! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Victory!

When I'm anxious about deadlines and time, I start out early and drive the top of the speed limit. So I got to the Colorado Passport Agency about 45 min before my appointment. No problem, just went right on through the process: three checkpoints before getting to the Adjudicator with all my paperwork approved by the guys before her. Then, had to re-fill out the renewal form as the one I'd been provided was the new passport form. To sum it up, my passport will be ready to pick up at the same... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

It's a roller-coaster!

So many ups and downs! Steps forwards seem so hopeful and relieving, and then they are snatched back, like the cartoon guy running through a doorway and getting his suspenders caught on the doorknob. Elation and tears and relief and anxieties rising to overwhelm everything... But I think... maybe... possibly... the solution is in hand! On Friday I made the appointment to speak with the passport agency in Denver, just have to bring in the pictures, the form... But the online form got stuck on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Confustications!

Thursday night falls with a distant rumble of thunder. It has been cool all day, raining some but not while I was out and about. It has been a problematic week, with the realization that there are documents I need to board the cruise on the 14th, and that I don't have them. I can't find the birth certificate and have not yet received the renewed passport, and my driver's license does not have the code, apparently that serves as a passport for Canada. I've been going through hoops and shenanigans... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 5, 2024

More about Dad

To clarify yesterday's post... My Dad was the way he was not because of a troubled childhood, though there were issues with his father who died early of an operable stomach cancer, being of a religion that left everything to God and so refused surgical intervention. I've heard that his pain made him impatient with things like his little son whaling away on a violin, and so he broke the instrument violently. I don't know any other stories of his father. His mother also died when he was still very... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 4, 2024

Revelation

My Dad gave me things educationally and experientially that I will always be deeply appreciative of, but I realized something about him recently. It's said that 'youth admires cleverness, age admires kindness.' Well, Dad never made that leap. My sister when I visited her a couple of weeks ago told me something about how he referred to his grandkids by my other sister, my biological sister, as his 'grandbastards.' In fact, they were none of them born out of wedlock, so there's that. But that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 3, 2024

They told us that it would be cooler this weekend. Got news, You Guys, still in the 90s does not count as cooler! I am again downstairs with a little fan which is only slightly less efficient since one of its little plastic blades broke off a couple of days ago. It still has 6 left, so that's enough to make a difference as I sit here, laptop on a pillow on my lap. Drove past a yard sale on the way to the workshop this morning where Charlie needed to pick up some boffers for an Amtgard tournament... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Cool!

It's below 60F this morning! Coolest morning in over a week, and the forecast for today's high is only in the low 90s, with thunderstorms possible, to bring that down, too. I spent most of yesterday and am this morning downstairs where it's 10-20 degrees cooler than upstairs. Laundry is churning outside the door, and when the time comes, I will not hesitate to set the drier on it's medium heat setting. Charlie and I have begun to plan our combined birthday partis. It is rumored to be an... 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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