Happy Cinco de Maya! – I’m not sure when this became a “holiday” (I use that term loosely) in our area but it’s an excuse to eat and drink Mexican (or our version of Mexican) to excess. We are not … Continue reading
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Random 5 for March 17, 2024 – St. Patrick’s Day, spring, heat pump, yard work, house guest
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! – We don’t do anything different here but locally there are parades and people wearing green. Every restaurant is serving some version of corned beef and cabbage although I understand that is not a staple in … Continue reading
Random 5 for September 17, 2023 – WordPress, scammers, porking up, allergies, transitions
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Hello WordPress, what’s going on? – The prepubescent cherubs at WordPress have been fooling around with the reader feature. It used to be that I could easily access someone’s post on their blog with one click from the reader. No … Continue reading
Random 5 for April 23, 2023 – Yard work, critters, appreciation, office, monasteries
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And so it started – This past week is the first I’ve gotten out to do any real yard work. I have dead pachysandra that I pulled and moved some plants around. I’m still in the new home stage where … Continue reading
Random 5 for April 16, 2023 – Dogs, smoking, yard work, decisions, quiet
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Big and slobbery! – This morning on my way back from Starbucks, I encountered an older couple walking three dogs. I stopped my car as if I was at a train crossing. These weren’t ordinary dogs. They were ginormous slobbery … Continue reading
Tenaciousness
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Last year I had this big section of beautiful clear yellow irises along the side of my driveway. Irises bloom only bloom once. For the rest of the year we had to pull weeds out of the compacted clay soil. … Continue reading
Taking a health break from life
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It’s Murphy’s Law. The weather broke. It was time to clean up the yard, plant stuff and start the garden. In a nanosecond, a muscle in my back had a spasm (and not in a good way) and I’m out … Continue reading
Random 5 for September 18 – Melancholy, traffic, weather, yardwork, on-line tickets
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What is it about September – I always get a twinge of melancholy in September. I don’t know why. It comes early in the month, stays for a short visit and then moves on. Perhaps it’s part of the seasonal … Continue reading
Sassy cats — Cattitude after a day in the pond
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It was a busy week. On the nice days the beloved husband and I were outside catching up on yard and pond work. The cats showed no interest preferring to stay inside and rest up (for what I don’t know!). … Continue reading
Random 5 for May 8 – Noah’s ark, YouTube, weeds, Janis Joplin, Mother’s Day
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“What’s a cubits?” – That’s from an old funny comic routine by a disgraced comedian referring to Noah’s ark. Over the past two weeks of rain here, I’ve been wondering where those ark building plans are. Hopefully a kayak will … Continue reading
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