Category Archives: In the neighborhood

Day 6 NaPoWriMo 2022

Today we had a mission – doctor appointment! Pick up prescription! Bank! Oh, why the heck not, Lunch! Then it was some odds and ends to straighten up. Another mostly gray, early spring day but the signs are all sneaking … Continue reading

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Day One – NaPoWriMo

Rode home to visit the kitties today and the daffodil leaves and buds were whipping in the wind. My facebook memories show that they were blooming last year on April first and that they got snowed on later in the … Continue reading

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Let the squirrel-times roll… or not

Thanks Morebirds for giving me a way to replace the tube of my old Droll Yankee tube feeder that got eaten by a bear in the spring. Ten bucks, good as new, with just a philips screwdriver and a large … Continue reading

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Staying Local

As I tour around looking at things and for places to paint, I see lots of things. Some don’t register much, some get a ‘oh interesting’ sort of reaction and some get filed away in the ‘you should find out … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-eight

Mom texts me to say she’s resting after gardening. she’s been out since eight turning soil filling and emptying the rusty old wheelbarrow scarfing around plants she put in early this year. Now resting happily. I put my feet into … Continue reading

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