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The usual long day home

Posted on 2024-08-24 by Holly

It will not surprise anyone who has ever cruised that the day you dock and depart ship is normally a totally and completely lost/wasted day. I was up early to find that the Solo Lounge was empty, clean, and the … Continue reading →

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Almost done

Posted on 2024-08-03 by Holly

with Ms Yellow Mushroom. Should be able to finish her up easily in the morning. Under 600 stitches to go, including the beads. Plus, of course the dreaded backstitch.   After that, I am going for a finish on one … Continue reading →

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Tree Guy

Posted on 2024-08-02 by Holly

I am not sure what I need to do further to bring out what I saw when in the hot tub on the back deck late this evening. I was looking up at the redwoods and thinking about the fact … Continue reading →

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Older than Snoopy

Posted on 2024-08-01 by Holly

Yes, I am. There was an entry in the August Edition of my local library newsletter under the kids activities relating to the Charles Schultz Museum and Snoopy’s 56th Birthday celebration. And I went “wtf?” I remembered Snoopy from childhood … Continue reading →

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Summing July

Posted on 2024-07-31 by Holly

This was a month that I could have lived without. Wait a minute – the only way to live without a month would have been to be dead and I am not really ready to go there yet. The positives … Continue reading →

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Sorting Floss

Posted on 2024-07-30 by Holly

I have mentioned before that there are a lot of storage systems for floss. Frankly, anything works as long as you don’t need to pull a bit off the skein and use it with the resultant catch of potential leftovers. … Continue reading →

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Mostly Olympics

Posted on 2024-07-28 by Holly

We do own a TV. It is mounted on the wall in the lounge/extra bedroom/den on the first floor. The first floor also has two bathrooms; one off the connecting hall and a tiny one with shower off the den.. … Continue reading →

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Flamingos

Posted on 2024-07-27 by Holly

Since I haven’t added to our collection of lawn flamingos in months, maybe a year I think my husband was hoping we were done with the flamingos. They are perhaps the longest running joke in the family (going on 46 … Continue reading →

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The real Bastille Day

Posted on 2024-07-14 by Holly

Yes, I know that the actual date should be today, the 14th. There is a lot of appropriation of culture, celebrations, clothing, names, food… Frankly anything can be taken over by another person/organization often for connivence or commercial purposes.  And … Continue reading →

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making a coffee run

Posted on 2024-07-12 by Holly

first thing in the morning is either an act of love for your partner who will appreciate the latté or desperation for a high dose of caffeine without any of the accompanying waiting for the coffee maker to finish deciding … Continue reading →

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Bastille Day

Posted on 2024-07-11 by Holly

Which, not being a Francophile doesn’t mean a lot to me. But there was a concert in the Redwood Grove that is a part of the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens. George loves the location, thought he would enjoy the concert … Continue reading →

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Overpasses

Posted on 2024-07-10 by Holly

I was thinking as I drove to the Oakland VA Clinic yesterday about how much of the freeway system here is elevated. In some places there are overpasses on top of overpasses while roads travel beneath as city streets. As … Continue reading →

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Not listening to the news

Posted on 2024-07-08 by Holly

No, not me. I don’t find that it does anything but upset me or make me really aggravated. I certainly have no interest in all the talking heads rehashing the same information over and over and …. It does mean … Continue reading →

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Triple Six

Posted on 2024-07-06 by Holly

No – not temperatures or anything else. I was staring at my phone and looking at the total number of “unread” emails in all various accounts which added up to 666.  Now, this particular number can refer to (previous) US … Continue reading →

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Not as hot

Posted on 2024-07-05 by Holly

as it was predicted.  Instead of the 30-31 predicted, it made it to 26 on the flats (all in Celsius).  What should also be no surprise, apparently everyone didn’t manage to use up all their fireworks yesterday so we were … Continue reading →

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Does there have to be fireworks?

Posted on 2024-07-04 by Holly

I am truly sorry if you are a fireworks fan, but really. Fireworks are loud, dangerous and not particularly safe for the environment – not in the mining of the minerals, the making of them and certainly not the lighting … Continue reading →

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While the warmth

Posted on 2024-07-03 by Holly

of the western sun (US Pacific Coast) is most welcome in the winter, it can be a bit much late afternoon in the summer. At least that is the way it felt yesterday afternoon when I was attempting to find … Continue reading →

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Four projects

Posted on 2024-07-02 by Holly

some waiting. Ok, yesterday was Monday. In most, but not all of the developed world, it is the first work day of the week.  I was just pretending to be functional. For three of the projects – it was a … Continue reading →

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July starts

Posted on 2024-07-01 by Holly

with garbage trucks. That is not as dire as it seems. Our weekly pickup for garbage and recycling is Monday morning. And that is regardless of rain, shine, or public holiday.  In my min I see this parade of trucks … Continue reading →

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Summing up June

Posted on 2024-06-30 by Holly

Another month, half the year gone  Fast? Slow? It seems like both and neither. First half of the year – birthdays for the Eldest, the Guy, the Youngest, and Lev. Birth of Ilan – grandson number two.  Almost no travel … Continue reading →

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