Quotes, Books, and Daily Life
Graduation time is here! We have a couple of graduations only a few weeks apart. One from high school, one from university. This is a wonderful time as we get to celebrate with family and friends. You know I love to celebrate everything and these two events are very special. The high school celebration will […]
My reading journal for 2023 is set up and in use. Reading is my nighttime ritual. I do not set a reading goal by number of books read. Instead my goal is to take the time to read daily to help me relax and go to sleep. Reading is my nighttime ritual. No music playing,
I love birthday celebrations! As I have noted in previous posts, I like pretty much any celebration. They add welcome festivity to our days and they remind us to live and enjoy life. This year was a quiet, busy birthday celebration. We went to dinner and the movies. But, before that Victoria surprised me with
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It is weed trimmer adventure time again. I can hardly believe that it has been a year since I purchased this weed trimmer. Such a handy tool. It was last year’s birthday present to myself!!! I love this tool. This brand works. The previous one was too difficult for me to remove the trim cord
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The birds have settled in with the bird feeder routine. I started with one feeder then I put birdseed in an unused bonsai planter. The smaller birds tend to perch on the side of the planter to eat and the larger ones will often get right in it to eat. However, with all the rain
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Vinyl records, do you still have yours? It is interesting how things reappear after seeming to be replaced by ‘new and improved” items. I have a CD that I listen to almost every day. The last four selections are especially inspiring. There are no words, it is all instrumental. In my early days of
I grew these strawberry plants in a pot to keep them off the ground away from the rabbits. We have always enjoyed strawberries though this is the first time I have grown them myself. When the kids were younger we would drive out to the strawberry fields and buy strawberries directly from the growers. I
A fun day at Little Italy in San Diego. I recently enjoyed a three day weekend. We have been planning what to do for weeks ahead of time. I wanted to do so many activities. First I was going to try a variety of food places. Problem is most that I thought of did not
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Is there a food smell that triggers a special memory for you? Or a food that takes you either back home to your childhood or a special place in time? For me it is tamales. Growing up they were our New Year’s Day staple. Often friends would come over to help my grandmother make them.
While dusting the book shelves, I was thinking about all the pets we have had over the years. Actually, it was seeing this tarantula skin that prompted the thoughts. It is odd to me how a tarantula sheds its skin. It ends up looking just like another spider. Our pets were as varied as their
