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in spite of feeling that I have nothing to say. I am feeling a little
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What Blizzard?
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A busy few days... - Well, we're off duty. The grandies are off on their around-the-world trip. They are so excited. I'm trying not to bite my fingernails. Hiking Kilimanjaro, ...
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Sunday again. - My Sundays follow the same pattern week after week. Once upon a time I would have hated this but now, as I live alone, this pattern has become an anchor ...16 hours ago
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A Shameless Commercial - Did you see on the news this week that less people are buying ebooks and more people are buying paperbacks? Well it’s a good job my new book *A Good Hidi...2 days ago
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Friday Funnies - It seems this piece of equipment in the exercise room is trying to deliver a message. Maybe it's "saying" No Xercise today — That works for me! *Enjoy you...
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Wonderful Wings - Butterfly in Pink Flowers - *"...the naturalist finds his pleasures everywhere. Every solitude to him is peopled. Every morning or evening walk yields him a harvest to eye or ear." ...
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A transformation... - Yes, the little pink house(shack) is under transformation... yes, she has been sold and the kids that bought her are totally smitten with her charm. All th...
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Tom O' the Wood to Saltisford Arm - Another early start for our final day of travelling. It is always reassuring to see St. Mary's church in Warwick as we descend Hatton locks. We had compan...
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Milton Keynes Sojourn - With the glorious weather, and a gap in our busy schedule as grandparents, we took a short trip through Milton Keynes over the weekend returning to Yardley...
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#30DaysWild Day 9 - Moth Night, this week - Moths weren’t captured by camera on my first garden wander at 9pm last night. Wild flowers and a snail were. It was a cooler night after some rain breaking...
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She's Alright - And the girls are all alright also...Sorry to have dropped off the face of the earth, somewhat. I never really think that anybody notices but enough of ...
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Monday Morning Organic Market - Dear Family and Friends, When we are in Cuenca, Chuck goes to the organic market located just across the river from us. He does our produce shopping there...
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Rekindling the spirit within - It is only weeks until I hand over my little wholefoods business to new blood. Tiny though it is, its creation and success has been in no small part due ...2 months ago
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The Natural History of Upper Teesdale - *Durham Wildlife Trust has produced an entirely new edition of The Natural History of Upper Teesdale, perfectly timed to coincide with the blooming of spri...
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On walking the walk - I shared this beautiful quote by Dana back in February of 2017, when I was still processing the ending of my 27 year marriage a few months prior. It mea...
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Green - There are times when all I remember of my dreams is the colour green. Neither detail nor narrative survives my awakening, but a colour does. And even ...
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You Came, (Am) Happy - The first contact with a rickshaw on a crowded and noisy Mumbai road, from the time you hail it as it rolls along the road and you get a look at the ricksh...
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So I lie to make excuses - No, I don't. It's just that I can't get this song out of my head. The lyrics have nothing to do with me. (I don't lie to make excuses and I don't tend to b...
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Healthy advice to warring countries - Nuke Apples; Bespangled behemoth; Preserve Frame park; Imagine - guitar harp - *BOOM !* You take a good Wolf River apple preferably that juicy variety obtained on a Saturday ride a half hour south of Waukesha out East Avenue t...
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2017 just happened... - So, almost a year has gone past since my trip to the UK to see Josh and Molly, they seem to go faster each year. I've not been all that good at taking pict...
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FARTHER BACK - LEMIRE FAMILY - GRANDFATHER IS BACK ROW 3RD FROM LEFT - VICTOR LEMIRE KARITON FAMILY - YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS FRONT ROW RIGHT. INGE KARITON
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Learning About the Music Our Ancestors Heard, Played, and Sang - I have a passion/addiction for early American music – most but not all of it bluegrass. I have found several record stores that stock this k...10 months ago
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Two years later - I'm not much of a blogger any more, especially not much of a fish blogger. My last post, A blank slate, was supposed to be my story of how I created a new ...11 months ago
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Finally, Summer! - "Summer afternoon -- summer afternoon, to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." H. James Though culturally we'v...1 year ago
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Peconic River Herb Farm - It's finally here! It's Spring!! If only I could rush outside and see dew drops on my ladies mantle. Unfortunately most of our beds are still covered in s...
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Omega - When we take our first breath we are unaware it is the beginning of our journey toward death. Hopefully we learn our choices have consequences and for ever...1 year ago
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Wedding Season is upon us - [image: Wedding Brown Red Little Sparrow Birds] Wedding Brown Red Little Sparrow Birds by Carole A. Barkett [image: Wedding Green, Gold, Orange Autumn...1 year ago
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Happy 2017! - Thank you for your lovely comments and goodbyes on my former post. Also thank you for the many e-mails which I'll answer soon. I think about all I want to s...
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FIRST SNOW! - *The island across from the cottage yesterday, just after the snow quit.* It snowed yesterday…the first real snow this time around. What the old folks w...
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WHEN I in awesome WONDER - *A CAPPELLA COUNTRY VOCAL BAND* *HOME FREE* Listen to this rendering of "How Great Thou Art" sung in the Austrian Alps by this brilliant country music ...
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One day blending into the next, punctuated by pain - Well. I see that it is Wednesday. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. We shall be dining at our favorite semi-local hotel, and coming home to read and nap. Heave...1 year ago
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Waiting.... - Summer birds gone... Goodbye, painted buntings. I enjoyed seeing you, house finches. Indigo buntings, I miss you. Winter birds, not here yet. Sparrows of t...1 year ago
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~PINTEREST INSPIRATION~ - Pinterest...the online visual tool where one can browse, discover and bookmark creative ideas from a worldwide catalog...I find Pinterest a wonderful dist...
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Does everybody have to be a butterfly this very minute? - (I'm going through my unpublished posts. This one was written years ago....YEARS. The majority of this caterpillar business took place in the summer of 20...
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running after light to fend off the mosquitoes - Over the weekend, I found myself able to head out with my camera at dusk. Since my big fancy camera is in the shop, I ended up walking around with just my ...
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World War ll London Blitz: 5-2-1945 to 5-9-1945 Tonight’s news: Ten forty-five p.m. is of the unconditional surrender of all the German Armies in North Italy, about a million men. - Purchase: May 2, 1945 Another of Joan’s surprise visits. She arrived about seven-fifty a.m. and had only heard of Hitler’s death on her way here. As she l...2 years ago
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Trying to come up for air - So far this week has had moments that have been kind of like the time in California when I was ten years old and somebody decided I should take another rou...2 years ago
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The (internet) times are changing! - As you'll see my blog posts are becoming fewer and fewer as I'm fine-tuning! I'll now be posting more on our Facebook page and on our newly-created "What'...2 years ago
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WSD Calendar 2016 - 'Heart Of Giving' - *Dear Animal Lover* There is tremendous power that comes with the act of giving. Over the years, there’s been much that you have given us. Be it nurs...
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Happy Thanksgiving!! - We are so thankful for all of our supporters! There is no way we could help as many animals as we do without you, and we are so grateful.....as are the man...
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N'we Jinan Artists - "ECHO MY SOUL" - Official Music Video - Listen to this beautiful song. A positive message. A proud message. Please support their journey by sharing this video wherever you can.
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A Change of Seasons! - We can feel it in the air, the beginning of our most favorite season! We are so thrilled about it all that we will be offering our shoppers a free gift wit...
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deer.coolest moth. life...bone art. memorial day. - a good portion of this post was made possible by sam's expert eye for wildlife spotting. sam...he's the one with the beard. thanks sam. "DEER ALERT! OUT ...
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My New Book: EXiting the JW Cult: A Healing Handbook - Hi Everyone, Original Art Studio was originally started as a site where I could showcase some of my artistic endeavours (photography, photo art, digital ...
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Perfumes and Other Delights - April has put on her party dress. Dogwoods, redbuds, cherries and crabapples are flouncing their fancy petals and the air is rich with heady perfumes of...
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Common Orange Tip (Colotis evenina) - Family Pieridae Pierinae Males have a wingspan of 38-45mm
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Outdoor portraits in winter? No problem! - I've been having a ball with outdoor portrait shoots this winter. I love the muted colors and depth you get in the woods. It also gives me an excuse to bre...
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What, a new blog post?? - Yep, that’s right. I’ve been driven to it by the hardships of my life. Normally I can handle my self-imposed solitude; month after month alone in the bush,...
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SOLD - * Sold* On August 10th 2017, we said goodbye to Emily Grace. She was the magic carpet that took us safely around the w...
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The hog is back... - ...good thing too as I've just stocked up on a whole load of mealworms. I think I'd best clean out and refresh that water bowl tomorrow. It looks rather g...
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Old blue eyes - It has taken me several years to notice that my Orfe has got the most lovely blue eyes. I still am unsure whether ‘Goldy’ is a female or male fish. I thi...
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The Baltimore Orioles have arrived! - One of my favorite birds to host in my backyard in the summer is the Baltimore Oriole. For the last couple years I have been lucky to have two nesting pair...
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Poem by Rolf Jacobsen - Returning after a three year absence. So here is a beautiful poem as a passport for re-entry. It's by Rolf Jacobsen. THE INVERTED SUMMER There's a second ...4 years ago
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M. Gary - I was greatly saddened a couple of days ago to learn of the passing of an old friend, M. Gary. Herve Gary was a local farmer and I often turned to him t...4 years ago
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Migration - It's that time of year when most of our feathered friends migrate to better climes. It seems that Blogger and I have reached that time too. This will be the...
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A VERY SAD DAY FOR AMERICA - NATIONAL PARKS CLOSED - *In an extremely sad and sickening turn of events, our government has finally lost its collective mind. Their moral compass is completely broken and their ...4 years ago
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Nana's AHA! Moment - I had an AHA moment last week. It was the kind that, when allowed to sink in, changes your way of thinking from that moment forward. It was right there s...
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That's all folks!!!!!!!!! - Some of you may have heard that Piston Broke has been sold and tomorrow (Wednesday) is moving day. We have been busy packing and now the boat has a bit o...5 years ago
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My new blog - Well I tried to go to Wordpress but I found it too difficult so I decided to do my new blog on blogger. I already know what to do here so it made the trans...5 years ago
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I'm pretty sure I can think of.... - ...eight hundred thousand miserable things I would rather be doing than raking, blowing, or walking on leaves! But until that work is done, I can only look...
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Stinkin' Cute - [image: DSCF2131] Her default character is calm, content, and happy but Bella became eerily quiet last winter. She knew she was missing something or s...5 years ago
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The Age in Which We Live - E and I went camping with some friends from church a few weeks ago, and while there I was reminded of the bit done by comedian Louis CK; his thesis was "ev...5 years ago
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In honor of Bernie - This was in the paper recently to honor our mother... Bernie's children (Julianne and James) have blogs at these two location links... http://midlifejobh...
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Same World, Different Perceptions - The article I'm linking to today, The Six Most-Mind-Blowing Animal Senses, is on a humor site (Cracked.com). That doesn't mean the facts stated aren't true...
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Update - If anyone still reads my blog anymore, you're probably wondering what happened. It's pretty embarrassing I only posted twice last year, and haven't posted ...5 years ago
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A Surprise Harvest - At some time during the spring, I had some potatoes in the kitchen that had turned soft and had started to sprout and, for whatever reason, it was more co...
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Back on the Leeds Liverpool - As expected, we didn't do the Ribble Link on Saturday & we were told it would probably be Monday or Tuesday but there was an 20% chance that it could be Su...
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Amphenon as Creative Web Design - Web design is the art of creating web pages, this emphasis on creativity and use of technologies such as the use of HTML, CSS, ASP, SSL, PHP, XML and other...6 years ago
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Deeds not Words - God made the illusion look real and the real an illusion He concealed the sea and made the foam visible the wind invisible and the dust manifest you see...
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October notes - Some interesting things are going on this month in nature around Fairfield Glade. Here is some information on three short October subjects. If you haven...6 years ago
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Transitions - Found this old thing. Wrote it in September. Publishing it now. *Shrug* Hello? Hello-o-o-o-o-o-o.... Pssssst.... You out there? *cough cough* It's...
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5 day, 4 night , 160 mile trip on our “project” boat….Wellcraft 255 - I should have been posting everyday…but it was so good being on the water…the nights so nice….I just couldn’t get interested in messing with the computer...
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More Parsley Than Cash - I was wandering around the garden recently, when the *More Parsley Than Cash* thought breezed through my mind .. We may be temporarily broke, but we do ha...
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Animal Rescuers Answering Machine Message - Hello, You have reached 555-5555, Animal Rescue. Due to the high volume of calls we have been receiving, please listen closely to the following options and...8 years ago
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York - We spent a brief, but fantastic weekend in York. Though we left only 24 hours after we arrived we managed to fit so much in. Our plan was to begin by visit...
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Book Lists - "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) Readers may not be interested in this post. It is just a runni...8 years ago
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Surprise - it's winter.
And it keeps on coming.
More Snow
The Garden Chairs..
Will have to wait a little longer.
Winter Color
Napoleon
OK, refill needed
About Me
Fall Color
More Fall Color
Oh-oh..
The watched
Leo
The Watcher!
Kimmie's other daughter
Oh my - I forget her name!
Kimmie's daughter
Alex
Hosta
Back Next Spring
Fall Colors
Snowball Shrub
Charlie
Just to say, Hello!
Raccoon Visitors
Now Grown Up, Charlie & Jake
Clear Skies, Cold Nights.
Scram!
Old Wood Log
Late Summer Bloom
The Monarch
Moonflower
Bamboo
Starting to develop blooms
hydrangea
Late summer bloom
Ladybug
Good fellows in the garden
Tomato Time
Now for some neat sandwiches
The Monarch Arrives
Getting ready for a long flight.
black eye susan
August flower
Daylilly
In Full Bloom
Ms. Skunk
A gentle animal
Good Teeth, Gentle Claws
Oh Yummie, I like teabiscuits
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Not a stranger - but...
Love this kibble!
Kimmie
Big Momma Expecting?
Hello
Do I know you?
Colorful
Tasty treats
Rocky Raccoon
Now for the evening news...
Kimmie (Big Momma).
Just dropped in to say Hi!
A Visitor
ViceGrip with wings
Back to the present
Are you looking at me?
I like this side better
His girlfriend arrives.
Just a test
Neighborhood cat watching
Two Characters
I say, can we have some service here?
One for you, two for me...
Share
I like the red ones...
Wasps on goldenrod
Web
Thankfully - small!
Sunset over the point.
Baby Skunks
Nice kitty!
Summation
This and that...
2 comments:
I love this picture. Dignity, against all odds.
yes...love this one too...the fading life against the bright green...love this one!
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