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Ready or Not in Everyday Ramblings
There was a quote from the man in charge a few days ago… “we’ll just keep bombing our little hearts out”. Ugh. We got the draft taxes back on Thursday and today was the first day my finance...
Remember This in Everyday Ramblings
A house with a side yard up about a half block across from the park a few days ago. Side yards are rare in this neighborhood as almost all the housing was built for immigrants coming in from 1...
Ready To Go in Everyday Ramblings
It is just starting to get light here on Saturday morning. We have had a lot of rain lately and warmer temperatures. I took this a few days ago on my way to the gym. It is downhill and there i...
Harder Than I Thought in Everyday Ramblings
It is warm enough the slugs are coming out, but not for long. We have a possible late snow in the forecast for Tuesday. In the meantime all the plants are getting quite active. I took this sh...
No Need To Add To the Mix in Everyday Ramblings
Yep. Amazing what a few days of sun will do. Even if it is cold, but I admit this picture was taken on this day but 16 years ago. The trees now are only maybe two days behind then, beginning t...
Here We Go in Everyday Ramblings
The snow did not materialize this last week though we did get close with some sleet and a heavy cold downpour. It looks like we are not expected to get below freezing now for the next ten days...
All the Things in Everyday Ramblings
For those of you in the bleakness of a more prolonged winter we may get snow this week after everything is starting to bud and even bloom, (some daffodils are blooming) so I feel you. There ...
Relentless in Everyday Ramblings
Yeah, this might look like a mess to you, but it means the beginning of the end of winter to me. And this year there are more snowdrops in this area. They are colonizing. I noticed yesterday t...
Just Saying in Everyday Ramblings
It is wet out there now having rained a bit the last few days, but I did take this on a walk last week. Mt. Hood from up on Terwilliger if you are keeping score. So nice to see as much of the ...
Things Done, Things Not Done in Everyday Ramblings
A much less drama filled week. We have had unusual weather. Sunny and dry but cold. Our snowpack is low low low and that is not good, not only for skiers but for our water supply. It looks lik...
Common Sense...Please in Everyday Ramblings
It was a week. Whoa. An extra class, a bunch of high intensity meetings that needed prepping for and a bit of a family drama that I am happy to say resolved into a good story and thankfully no...
Yet Again, It is Always Something in Everyday Ramblings
A garden neighbor’s plot a few days ago. It is only a matter of weeks now. Granted, winter weeks, so you know, the whole frozen thing but we do have daffodil shoots on the rise. A few more wee...
Flickering Images on a Cave Wall? in Everyday Ramblings
On this day 15 years ago. A park across the river with a wide assortment of waterfowl. We were testing our duck identification skills, ah, the enthusiasm of new bird watchers… It is wet and c...
Again, Wishes for a Better Year in Everyday Ramblings
From this afternoon, the last day of the year, the towering oak above my garden plot. I went down to say hello and think about spring. One of our former board members from “my” arts nonprofi...
From Chuffed to Relief (I hope) in Everyday Ramblings
The park across the way. There used to be an iron baron’s mansion there and then our county hospital up until the pandemic in 1918. A lot of the trees are from the mansion days. I took this a...
By and By in Everyday Ramblings
I took this last month a few blocks from here. I love the light and the festive color combination. Happy solstice and holiday week for those that can be happy this week. The holidays can be s...
Grateful and Dyspeptic. Yep. in Everyday Ramblings
A little outside bling. After the big storm we have had a few cloudy and weirdly warm days but later today we are headed back into our normal cooler wetter pattern. My waterproof boots, more...
Weaving My Own Rug in Everyday Ramblings
I will not confirm or deny that I had anything to do with this phrase in popular vernacular appearing on the sidewalk in front of my kitchen window. With the heavy rain we had yesterday it i...
Moderation? in Everyday Ramblings
They will have finished putting the lower branches on by now and the lighting ceremony is in a few hours. The tree was put up later this year than last, so I was happy to see it. We need thing...
What is Lost, What is Not in Everyday Ramblings
Carlo. The look. I get this every day. Excuse me, the look says, could it be possible you are paying attention to anything other than me? I took this picture on this day eleven years ago. He h...
Insufferably So in Everyday Ramblings
A little late garden cheer. Not mine, the “other” community garden. The Cosmo in my garden is thriving even if I did have to go shore it up with a brick today as there has been wind recently. ...
Recovering My Mojo in Everyday Ramblings
It is persimmon on the flower clock. Yes, I know that persimmons are not flowers, but I don’t have a fruit clock. Although it might not be a bad idea. Yum, persimmon salad. With a little walnu...
Crazy Town with Yellow Leaves in Everyday Ramblings
I took this midday yesterday from the 9th floor clinic where I had a mammogram. I feel incredibly lucky that I can walk to all these preventative tests. Anyway, the reason I am sharing this le...
Until He Gets Bored in Everyday Ramblings
The rainy season is upon us. As I have too much to do this weekend and I wanted to get my cardio in this morning, and as my Garmin fitness tracker told me that a 45-minute brisk walk was recom...
Procrastination, I Admit it in Everyday Ramblings
I am playing hooky (aka procrastinating) on some League work. It is not that I am not doing League work, I am just not doing some of it. The bits that I don’t exactly know how to do. This is m...
