Feb 6, 2012
My birthday was Jan 19. I did not get a card from my son or my grandsons- and needless to say, no gift. My son called me on the 18th to wish me a Happy Birthday. Why does it matter so much to me that ...
Jan 26, 2012
Yesterday I raked the leaves from my front yard. It is a live oak and the leaves are no more than a half inch wide and one and a half to two inches long, yet I managed to fill twelve 33 gallon trash b...
Jan 22, 2012
Photo by George PapabeisThat is not one of my photographs. It was taken by a fellow Auxiliary member who does incredible work. He tried to shoot some white pelicans too (because I asked) but the water...
Jan 19, 2012
I know. I went MIA again. Part of it was overwhelmed with first of the year Auxiliary stuff, but part of it has been something else. I have had several urgent medical appointments at the VA, as many a...
Jan 6, 2012
There is an article in the news today about people using ultralights to teach whooping cranes their old migration routes from Wisconsin to Florida. It did not discuss how/why the birds changed their r...
Jan 4, 2012
Temperatures in the Bay Area plunged last night and will go down again tonight. Farmers protect strawberries and other crops by misting them with water. When the water mist freezes, it forms a case ar...
Jan 3, 2012
I took a lot of time off during the holidays and left tons of stuff undone. There is so much to do, but they won't get done today either because I have to dye my hair before my Red Hats dinner tonight...
Jan 2, 2012
I had a wonderful time yesterday at a friend's house. Her mother, Olga, is at the end of a month-long visit from Puerto Rico, and her sister, Vickie, who lives in Miami, was also in Tampa for the holi...
Jan 1, 2012
I did this in watercolor to try out the watercolor crayons my son sent me for Christmas and used them along with the tube paint. I like them! Except for the sky- which did its typical watercolor strea...
Dec 31, 2011
It is new year's eve and I will be here playing Scrabble. Almost pathetic, but I don't mind at all.Now that I am teaching myself to write screenplays, I understand why movies never completely follow t...
Dec 30, 2011
NUMBER 10Life is sexually transmitted.NUMBER 9Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.NUMBER 8Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, ...
Dec 27, 2011
Right before Christmas, I went on a photo shoot at Lettuce Lake Park. I love the park and think it is quite beautiful. It was my first trip to the park in winter.I had a quiet Christmas at home. I spe...
Dec 23, 2011
The weather down here has been nuts. It was cold enough after Thanksgiving to turn the heat on (dropped down to 50's) but is back up to the low 80's. Every few days I have to switch from heat to AC. W...
Dec 22, 2011
I spent a relaxing day yesterday painting this. It is in acrylics. My son sent me a set of watercolor crayons for Christmas. They were not wrapped, so I saw it when I opened the box. (Shipped by the s...
Dec 21, 2011
I read the book, 'The 19th Wife' by David Ebershoff and liked it with a few criticisms: In the narratives and 'letters', every voice sounded the same. This is two tales spun into one. The first is of ...
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