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Monthly Archives: May 2024
Hand Drawn
Seriously, I don’t know why I hadn’t figured this particular bit of insanity out before. Someone had mentioned it, but it was too insane to be believable. Color me educated. Background – prior to the advent of good design software, … Continue reading
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My Week
Starts on Wednesday. Now that I have figured out why I have had problems with the calendar over the last several months I might feel a little less off. And the “starting on Wednesday” was obvious once I spent more … Continue reading
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Memorial Day
There were several walks, ceremonies, and recognitions planned for today. I briefly thought about attending a couple of them before acknowledging that they fell into the “too hard to do” or “too far to travel” category. So instead, I checked … Continue reading
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What time is it?
For the second day in a row – the new Apple update on my MAC seems to have decided to reset my date/time functions. So at 0930 this morning my laptop seemed to think it was 2330 on the 25th. … Continue reading
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Adulthood
Comes in many sizes, shapes, and forms. Most of our modern societies use a legal definition related to calendar age regardless of the competence, ability, or responsibility of the individual. Other societies use a rite of passage to define adulthood. … Continue reading
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Loud & Ugly
Or perhaps so ugly that they are cute. The falcons are at that age where the baby fluff is starting to be replaced by real feathers. The new ones are dark which leaves a mottled scruffy looking young bird with … Continue reading
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Treasure Island
And it is done – Started about March/April 2023 and finished today. This 17 part SAL was released on an every two week basis by Owl Forest. I kept up till last fall (first 12 parts) when we headed to … Continue reading
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checking on Boo
I missed a couple of days but spent a good portion of today over at Miriam’s. obviously someone was comfortable that I was hanging around. Keeping him off stitching patterns, fabric, and the keyboard proved to be a bit of … Continue reading
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George’s turn
and today he had his first cataract surgery. It is so much easier when it is me doing the medical “whatever.” I figured us as lucky, he was the first case which meant checking in before 0730 but he … Continue reading
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Going nowhere fast
Round Four has been not so fun. Not horrible in the “lay on the bathroom floor and vomit” type of horrible – just cranky and mean around the edges. As a result, I am more than willing to play taxi, … Continue reading
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backups and notes
This continues my tale of woe and Thursday. While heading toward home, I decided to run a few errands. A stop at the Del Norte BART area Safeway netted me a salad, some fruit, drink. If you need NON-cow dairy … Continue reading
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The kitty came back
I thought I would start with one of the two major events of yesterday, then move on from there. The Youngest is changing her internet provider. They had to come to the house to install the new connector and provide … Continue reading
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The Boys are back
We have seen one small fawn so far this spring. I had not expected to see the boys back so early in the season. But there they were, lounging among my flamingos just outside our front door Their antlers … Continue reading
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Banding Birds
It has been four years since I started watching the Cal Campanile Falcons each spring. Prior to that, I didn’t know that they existed – although Annie & Grinnell had been making the tower their home for at least a … Continue reading
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Hobbit House
It is starting to look like what you might imagine. or at least like many of the illustrations. But this is 30% done and a long way to go… Otherwise? The WNBA season has started. I couldn’t manage to stay … Continue reading
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Trees and birds
and more treasure falling out of the chest… But in any case – the center section with treasure chest is complete – as is the section with the palm trees, parrot, small ship and some kind of sea creature – … Continue reading
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Snow White
My present to myself for US Mother’s Day Snow White by Bella Filipina. Stitched with DMC, Petite Treasure Braid and move 700 various beads. Unlike most Nora Corbett patterns – there was little block stitching in this pattern Add to … Continue reading
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Lev hat Gebǔrtstag
And, for his third birthday his mom and aunt Miriam took him and the baby brother (not quite three months old) to the Monterey Aquarium. It was a hit, fish, otters and all sorts of creatures. Of the birthday dinner, … Continue reading
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New Dragon
Because it is ever so easy to become over extended, which might explain the left-over SALs from previous years, I have attempted to control my inclination to start all the new things. Today, however, the 5th dragon dropped on Climbing … Continue reading
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Obviously better today
Since I don’t think anything could have topped yesterday. Wait! Shouldn’t superstition then hit me with the one thing that could have been worse? I mean – there were no accidents, much less fatalities on the drive home. The motorcyclists … Continue reading
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