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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 29
In spring, bear visits. •
bungee cords were too strong but •
the lid bent in half. Continue reading
Posted in clouds, Do the Work, family and friends, films, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, Space The Final Frontier, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged bear, cloudscape, dothework, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, spring, watercolor, watercolor painting
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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 4
#NaPoWriMo #haiku #poetry #garden #daffodils #poetry #news #food #watercolor #landscape #dothework #process
Sat in the front yard
watching the daffodils blooming
rather than the news Continue reading
Posted in bobbin number, Do the Work, en plein air, family and friends, food, gardens and flowers, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, Ripped from the headlines, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged daffodils, dothework, garden, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, news, poetry, process, watercolor
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NaPoWriMo Day 1 2023
oh my god weather
the breathlessness of it all
under the dark clouds Continue reading
Posted in clouds, Do the Work, family and friends, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor, weather
Tagged clouds, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, poetry, watercolor, weather
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Also found: Bill the Cat
This is the photo used for the “Lost Cat” poster in November 1990 when Bill and Maggie made a break for it. Maggie sat on the front porch waiting but Bill was eventually found in the next door neighbor’s barn a day or two later. Nervous times for all. The poster notes that he was about seventeen pounds at the time and get a load of those magnificent toesies! He really was a “best cat”. Continue reading
Posted in cats helpful cats, CatsOfMastodon, family and friends, photography
Tagged cats, catscan, catshelpfulcats, catsofmastodon
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Visiting Minions
The cats have stayed with Mom before but not for quite a while. This time the adjustment was pretty easy because I stayed too, at least that’s the theory. And they’ve made themselves right at home. This evening Ginny was sitting in the front picture window looking primly at the next door dog Betsy, who was barking her doggie head off. Just proof: Cats rule, dogs drool. Continue reading
Posted in cats helpful cats, CatsOfMastodon, family and friends, life around us
Tagged cats, catsofmastodon, family, furnace, mom
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