Thursday, March 17, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Daffy for Daffodils
They are looking a bit worse for wear, but the daffodils appear to have survived the weekend's cold snap and light coating of snow. I love catching glimpses of yellow and knowing it's a daffodil reaching up toward the sky.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Doorway to Nowhere
This is my special secret door that takes me different lands. It is a door standing all by itself in my side yard.
It used to be the entrance to a fenced-in garden, but my husband decided we weren't gardening anymore (not exactly the time to be deciding that with the way food prices are), and he took down the fence last year and planted grass.
For unknown reasons, he left the door. Maybe he thinks we may garden there again sometime.
At any rate, it's now my magic door. I can enter from one side and come out as someone completely different.
Or I can walk through it and be on another planet.
This door will take me wherever my imagination leads.
I wonder if I should spray-paint it pink.
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, March 12, 2022
Saturday 9: Beautiful Day
Friday, March 11, 2022
New Life
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
Wednesday, March 09, 2022
The Nephew's House
Tuesday, March 08, 2022
International Women's Day
Monday, March 07, 2022
Sunday, March 06, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, March 05, 2022
Saturday 9: Good for You
Friday, March 04, 2022
Thursday, March 03, 2022
Thursday Thirteen (#745)
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Monday, February 28, 2022
Playing Pool
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, February 26, 2022
Saturday 9: Cruella De Vil
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) In the original animated 101 Dalmatians, this song is written by Roger, who gets his best ideas at the piano. Where do you feel most creative?
2) His piano is tucked away in a crowded attic. Does your home have an attic? If so, what do you keep up there?
3) The inspiration for this song is his wife's old school chum, the very wealthy and very mean Cruella de Vil. Have you ever found you couldn't stand one of your spouse's or lover's friends?
4) Make no mistake, Cruella is a very bad lady. The American Film Institute named her #38 on their 100 Greatest Villains list. Tell us another nasty movie character who comes to mind.
5) Cruella wanted to skin sweet little Dalmation puppies and make a coat. (We told you she was bad.) As winter wears on, could you use a new coat (though not one made from puppy fur!)?
6) This song was written by Mel Leven, who did both words and music. Do you think you'd be more successful as a lyricist (words) or composer (music)?
7) 1961 was a big year for Disney. In addition to this animated movie, they had a hit with The Parent Trap, about twins who are reunited at summer camp. Approx. 1 in every 250 births results in twins. Are there any twins in your family?
8) Also in 1961, IBM introduced the Selectric typewriter. Amazon and Walmart both still sell typewriters. Do you own one?
9) Random question: When is the last time you took a nap?
Friday, February 25, 2022
Things Going On
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
I stole this idea from The Gal Herself, who used it last week for Thursday Thirteen.
Like her, I've been blogging for years. I've blogged for more than 13 Februarys! So let's go back in time and see what I was doing around the end of February every year.
1. In 2009, I was concerned about grammar, posting about how to use ellipses in particular. I was also doing Thursday 13 then, as I have been since 2006 or so. That year, I posted about the American Heart Association.
2. In 2010, pictures of a rare black swan that appeared seemingly from nowhere occupied much of my blog space. I wonder what happened to that bird?
3. In 2011, video games preoccupied me. I wondered if I might be addicted to them (probably). I still play them. And I was thinking of writing a book. I am still thinking of writing a book.
4. In 2012, I was mourning the loss of a clothes basket. Yes, a clothes basket. Not just any clothes basket, though. It was one of the first clothes baskets I bought as a newlywed. It was a good sturdy clothes basket, nothing like the flimsy things I have now. But alas, the handle eventually gave way, as most plastic handles do.
5. In 2013, voting was on my mind. Women voting, actually, and I wrote this Thursday Thirteen about Virginia suffragettes. Virginia didn't ratify the 19th amendment until 1952. Yes, 1952! How backwards is this state, anyway?
6. In 2014, I was contemplating the notion that I am part of a lost generation. I am not old enough to be a Baby Boomer, though I am on the tail end of that group. I'm too old to be a Generation X person. There's about six years in there, from 1960 to 1966, where those of us born in those years simply don't belong. I still think that.
7. In 2015, we had snow at the end of the month. This year, the temperatures are in the 60s. Pneumonia weather, we call it.
8. In 2016, I took up coloring. I also was involved in local politics dealing with the removal of historic structures that should not have been moved.
9. In 2017, we were having an early spring, with violets and daffodils both blooming.
10. In 2018, I was visited by tree fairies. Light reflecting on water on the trees. In revisiting the entry, I remember it as a strange day, almost hallowed, because the glimmer was so odd. I could not do the image justice with the camera.
11. In 2019, my blue spruce tree fell over. They had succumbed to drought and fungus, and the wind blew one over in the night. I was home alone when it happened; it sounded like the whole house was being torn asunder when the tree hit the ground. We had them all removed later that year because they were close to the house.
12. In 2020, the weather was again too warm. The daffodils were in full bloom.
13. In 2021, I purchased a new Dell computer (big mistake). I'm still using it, but I dislike it and it doesn't have the power I need to play some of my video games. I was hoping to replace it, but I guess I will have to hold out a while. My husband is looking at another surgery soon and I'm not sure where our finances will be with that. Medical bills can take a chunk out of the savings account.
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