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I think I do alright when it comes to the house. I cleared the hall, and Larry’s closet, and the bedroom floor. Oh, the workroom is a disaster, the family room and the truncated hall are stuffed with crap, and the guest room is no prize. Even the laundry room and pantry need a bitContinue reading “Taking Stock”

While my backyard is not yet inundated with the falling horde, my front yard is pretty leafy. I do not have a tree out front, so it is all from the neighbors’ trees. Small and yellow for the most part. I have kept my walk and drive clear, but I cannot do much more thanContinue reading “Leaf Me Alone”

I woke up in a good mood. Feels weird. Oh, I am still sad, and I still ache, but my basic mood was … good. Like the heavy steel wool shawl of grief has become a lighter cashmere pashima scarf. The many chores outside do not seem insurmountable. House stuff feels manageable. I know thatContinue reading “Candy Slides and Gratitude”

The freezing weather arrived. I think my new thorny cactus out front is not suited to the cold. I might bright it in, but it is a spiky boi. Over the last week I have been working on the winterizing essentials. I unrolled the garden hoses all the way, so they were drained, then rolledContinue reading “Roses, hoses, and rainbarrels.”

Harrison Buttlicker passed away Wednesday during dental surgery. His heart just stopped. He was a wonderful kitty, loving, a loud purring fuzzit. Poor old guy had arthritis, and was limping around the house. He wouldn’t use the stairs up to the bed, so I stopped lifting him up with me, it hurt him when heContinue reading “Harry”

Matt came up with a couple of the kids (they’re young adults, but kids are kids), and mowed the grass, cleared the garage/patio gutters, and chopped up the downed branched behind the lean to. I got the veggie beds cleared of weeds and topped with new raised bed garden soil, now the grass clippings areContinue reading “Calm, Doldrums, or Apathy?”

He would be 61. We would be on vacation somewhere, maybe Mexico or Hawaii, but the last bug trip was to Victoria B.C.. It was a marvelous adventure. Our autumn trips were always so great. The first year, friends took me up to Crystal Hot Springs as a diversion, and for a burger and shakeContinue reading “Happy Freaking Birthday”

… it’s the day we get ready for Sunday. That’s the song we learned in church when I was little. Only the girls sang it as far as I remember. Ha. I have the front room nicely tidied, although it always needs more dusting and vacuuming. Behind the big desk it still messy, but that’sContinue reading “Saturday is a special day…”

Nothing exciting going on, and that’s great. I got Yard Masters paid, so yay. My checking account is not so much yay. I spend too much too easily. Adagio teas, expensive Kauai coffee, Mrs. Cavanaugh’s chocolates, Undersong Art prints. A new noren, a Raven Lunatic mug. I got the spring and summer silk flowers putContinue reading “Boring is Good”

I have been picking at the yard for days now. Every day I do a little something, with emphasis often on the “little”. It is overwhelming with a yard the size of mine. Some days it is sweep the gutter, sometimes it is pluck all the giant mushrooms, but mostly it is pick up sticks.Continue reading “Once More.”