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There are lemons
In the house, Dropped off to friends & neighbors And on our tree. Several dozen in fact still at the partly green stage.
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Sweet Corn
I have been watching the price/ear for a while. Let me just leave it with – it hasn’t been what I would call affordable. Up to $1US/ear just doesn’t make sense to me. Or packages of shucked corn which were … Continue reading
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Early Morning visitor
and rather shocked to see me coming up the stairs toward the front door. Being disturbed wasn’t in her plans.
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Summer?
According to the calendar – it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere. In fact, we are beyond the solstice. So why is it below 15*C here and I have out my flannel pjs? It is not that I want to … Continue reading
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Summarizing June
As you can probably guess, it has been a quiet month. I have been on neither a plane nor ship. I won’t push the issue and claim no travel on rails – since we used BART to get in and … Continue reading
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Cherries
are by far and away my favorite fruit. Which means that I really only indulge for a few weeks every May/June when the orchards in Washington State and British Columbia are in full production. We don’t have our own tree. … Continue reading
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Short Errands
There are days when running errands just doesn’t appeal. Today is one of those. Partly I think it is still being tired from yesterday. Driving to San Raphael is easy; going into Chase Center – not so much. Home to … Continue reading
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All the floss
or not, as the case may be. It was errand day. My plan had been 1) post office 2) Micheal’s 3) breakfast out with Alex 4) Ralley’s 5) Starbucks 6) Sprouts 7) Petfood Express (cat food) and home. I even … Continue reading
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The Hayward
I am sitting at the table, eating my oatmeal drinking a cup of coffee. On the table next to me is a copy of “Berkeley Engineer” with a picture on the front of what looks like a stereotypical mad scientist. … Continue reading
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Going to the game
which in this case is the season opening of the Golden State Valkyries (WNBA = professional Women’s Basketball for those of you outside the US/Canada or not particularly following sports). I splurged last year on season tickets and did the … Continue reading
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Really helpful
Not. It is not that I don’t need to do some major cleaning and organizing in my craft room. Actually, I really, really need to get started. So today I thought I would start out small. Relocate the Radio/CD player … Continue reading
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and Tuesday rolls around again
I am getting back into the normal routine of life here. Being gone for a few weeks always seems to stand everything on its head and leaves me a bit disoriented. I am definitely going to claim that – and … Continue reading
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Just a small amount of stitching
a bit more unpacking. Not any reasonable amount of clean up and a couple of errands run. I am going to count it as a good day… Oh yes, cat still attached…
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and all the sleep
pretty much explains what this Friday was about. Yes, it is the first of May. But I don’t believe that “what ever you do on the first of the month carries through to the rest of it….” So I napped, … Continue reading
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This journey’s end
Since I had packed last night and put my suitcase out for the crew to haul into the terminal on arrival , I had little to do this morning other than get dressed, find coffee, and wajt for transportation. Unlike … Continue reading
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Cookie
Not the cookie monster – altho he has been a favorite of mine over the years. What brought all of these thoughts on was this – It is a cookie, handed to each of us on the way out of … Continue reading
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Upsetting the cat
This cat has his pattern – somewhere between 0200 and 0600 he starts calling, wailing and otherwise letting us know that he is HUNGRY or perhaps ALONE… It is hard to tell but the only way to usually shut him … Continue reading
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But I only left for a moment
and came back to find my stitching chair occupied. And it would be hardly right to disturb a sleeping cat…..
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not fooling
Ok, so I am slow at things. But one of the things that I don’t do is April Fool’s jokes. Partly because there have been some really funny and amazing ones over the years and I just can’t compete. The … Continue reading
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The view from the Oakland Hills
This evening was one of those rare times when George convinces me to go along to one of his meetings or receptions. In this case it was for CITRIS (will add the long form when I find it), one of … Continue reading
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