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Rainy Monday here. That's okay. I have quite a few tasks that require my attention inside. John is rewiring an antique floor lamp, so he will be busy today. He also wants to polish and shine the brass fittings on the lamp. Now, of course, begins a search for a replacement lamp shade and glass globe. That will be a search…

Hello! Sunny day but not too warm. I am set to do my exercise routine on the deck again. It almost makes it it a very pleasant experience. There are two exercises where I am to kick backwards while hanging onto the deck table. Katie chases my foot and tries to catch it as I kick. Drives me crazy! She loves to participate…

Wow! Everyone is busy today. Sneakers are silent. I need to do a few unexciting errands then home for Thai take out. Katie always gets the Chinese fortune cookie they hand out. Funny that the Thai place hands out Chinese cookies. No connection at all, really. I guess they are neighbors. Hope everyone is well and happy. The…

Buzz: I am a total zero when it comes to fixing anything computer related but I do know there is a "contact us" spot that I will let them know you are having difficulty. Maybe they can help you. We have friends that say that the fiber optic loop was compromised during the storm. We are having lovely fall weather. My…

Hello sunshine! I did my exercises outside on the deck. Why haven't I thought of doing that before? I loved the fresh air as I did my routine. Katie sat under the deck table and tried to catch my foot as I did my exercises. Yet another challenge. Can I avoid her as I do lunges etc. she also loves to try to catch my hand as…

Greetings ladies, We have a cloudy and somewhat cool morning. That makes me stiff and creaky. I am sure that living here in humid cool PNW makes all our joints rust! I wish there was WD-40 oil for human knees and hips. As we all know, there really is nothing that can't be fixed with a squirt of WD-40 and duct tape. John…

Hi and howdy, life continues...I am doing my exercises, getting this mess (that I call my hair,) chopped off and restyled. Right now I have that disheveled look. No way to comb it or style it. I would take in another storm caused orphan doggie. It would need to be a smaller or mid-sized dog and potty trained and friendly.…

Greetings all! Today the weather is mild and a cool breeze is helping everyone feel energetic. It is to rain today and that will assist with the fire suppression with the wild fires. They are so scary and of course, unnessary. These fires were started by delinquent teenagers throwing fireworks into a steep wooded revine.…

Ohhh boo! I have to go through a lot of scary tests to determine a course of action on my knee/hip/back problem. The sciatica is like a nasty condition that will not completely go away. I am not myself these days. Cranky and nasty. But we will persevere. If we know what's wrong...we can figure out how to fix it! Weather…

Greetings! It is very unpleasantly hot here. It took forever to cool off tonight. There is however, a beautiful full moon. John is downstairs doing his exercises and I am getting ready to jump gratefully into a slightly warm shower.i think the correct word for that is tepid. I have been seriously dealing with too much…

Hi everyone! Another very warm day here...steamy, actually. I had a very lovely visit with my Alaskan friend. She is a wild one! She has traveled everywhere and while she is married to a fish and game marine biologist, she is very independent. She sews like a pro! She takes on everything with an adventurous spirit. I…

Anne...is that a cruel joke? Brrrrrrr? It is hot and steamy here. Too hot and very steamy. Come on fall and winter. Sweater weather... Buzz: I had a very interesting story about little skin doodads. I felt something on the back of my neck and kept feeling of it and unconsciously started scratching at it. I eventually…

Oh I forgot to tell all you sneakers...I was talking to John about the sneakers and I decided to pull up everyone's photo. He said "Wow! You know, those ladies are ALL very attractive! ". He is a silver-tongued devil, that one! I have lived with this old flirt over 50 years. He is a cutie, himself. Anyway, I was thinking…

Cooler today! It feels more like fall again. We had a return to summer there for a few days. I am still hobbling around but without so much pain. Back to the stretches etc.etc.etc. it is one of life's little hiccups Anne: dear sweet lady! Your life is full of love and laughter. How much better can it be? A little doggie…

I continue to be obsessed with that demon of a storm, Harvey. I have the TV turned to the weather channel all the time. Of course I am heart broken for the people who have lost everything. There is something about all the animals and little babies that has me in tears instantly. I sent my donation to the animal rescue and…

Hot day here...remember when I was convinced we were in for an early fall and winter? Well...I've changed my mind. I also remember when my grandfather and my dad would have a Farmers almanac right beside their chair. They were sure the predictions were right on! Aaaaahhhhem...I think that was wishful thinking on their…

Hello from very warm (90s) Oregon today. I continue to fuss with my sciatica. Good grief! Who invented these miseries, anyway? I feel somewhat embarrassed to complain when I think about Texas and all my Texan relatives. That is real misery. We always vacationed on Padre Island on the Texas coast. Buzz: thank you so much…

Talk about a crazy mixed up frame of mind...I agree with Anne about cars, pollution, lack of exercise that is common these days. BUT I really enjoy our day trips. We take Katie with us and enjoy everything from a frozen yoghurt to whale watching and visit the mooring basin with a huge "flotilla" of sea lions. I guess the…

Glorious day here! On the "walking daily" thing...of course, it is so great for body and brain. I have to work against competing urges. First to get outside and then the urge to dive into the dungeon to "play with all my toys." Both are important for me. We are also having a bumper crop of wild blackberries. There are…

Hello! All this talk of gardening makes me remember the enormous organic garden my dad maintained. It was a beauty. He provided free fresh veggies to the nursing home my grandmother was confined to. She had painful disfiguring arthritis. But it does seem like the time is right for another kind of situation for us all as…

Wow! We just came in from the deck after the eclipse viewing. We were rewarded with a clear sky. It wasn't 100% eclipse but the crazy ethereal atmosphere was there. Our birds were not confused and Katie barks at everything...anytime and any place! The dramatic temperature change and the shadows coming at a different angle…

Buzz! I hear you so loud and clear! I hear my activist family, in the past, sitting around their dinner table talking politics and philosophy. I do know that important change requires courage and speaking out. I have studied great lessons from the past. Protests do have an impact. Some very important changes happened with…

HiHo! Mild day that seems to be forecasting a beautiful Indian summer. Hope so! Being the grasshopper instead of the ant...I have much to do before bad weather sets in. I am not so sure I can get it done before our rainy season comes. I am sure we will only see the eclipse through cloudy skies. That's okay. These three…

And the day begins....yes we are living in interesting times. A foggy misty cool day. This is our trash collection day. Isn't it odd? I always feel good to get rid of my weekly icky stuff. We have to do our recycle stuff our selves. We have to go to the dump and there are special bins to put various types of things to…

Hello everyone! I am sort of barely here today. Bad night! I could not get the political crazies out of my brain. This national obsession will be one for the history books for years and years to come. I am working hard to get away from my current frame of mind. Positive thoughts! Life affirming activities! Buzz: I think…

Ooooooops, I had an overactive finger today and clicked too soon. Anyway, about my cd. It had most of my favorite tunes to do housework and exercise while listening. The darn thing got scratched while I was putting it away. No good anymore now. Well back to hunting up all my original faves. Did you know there are 1001…

There is a deer family that must live in our little forest. There is a mom and twin yawns that love the blackberries and flowers near our house. The funny thing is how they react to Katie. She sets up a big dustup and fuss when she sees the deer. They look up from their munching with a curious glance, then back to the…

Beautiful cool morning that we call a blackberry morning! The berries are huge and sweet this year. Everyone is out picking berries. The deer are just ignoring us as they munch. We also have a resident herd of elk. They are several hundred in number and they are a sight to see. They own the area and all forested Areas!…

Good morning sneakers! All this talk of the evils Comcast and the internet is unfortunately a conversation that gets repeated again and again. But here is my thoughts on that. We use the internet in so many ways now, we really would be lost without it. As we age we need it more and more. It is our newspaper, magazines,…

Well this just in about the eclipse viewing here...it simply will not be visible except for a dark 3 minutes. I feel sad for all the people who paid extra for a hotel room here on the coast. They wanted to be able to see the event without obstruction. I fear we will be under thick cloud cover! I saw some yellow leaves…