tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138287282024-03-19T07:02:55.925-05:00Bayou Poste & CraftA little of this, a little of that.
Embroidery, dolls, mail art, and more.jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2075125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-9327806411555409452024-03-16T08:20:00.000-05:002024-03-16T08:20:49.377-05:00More catching up on 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Bostons were for my daughters. In Memoriam for MoJo and Jezza, their first Boston Terriers after leaving home. I should have made one for Butch, our family Boston when they were growing up. So much fun making these.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZvJ8j2uMmxSjI5CyEeHztStcGRVf7F_oOp4_CU8NY82Sbj7lMGTqdqN5zUCS5MGf58-kWM0j59MsHNqHo4TUmm6sc6glpg6BdeCYbXkyFLn6ZnzHAQl1dEg6BJ92NVA39rkiORWXIAP7V4l5vdbrtwDnVoW6aRsUGi0m_Nqty5QpNABHw_iI/s640/IMG_0226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZvJ8j2uMmxSjI5CyEeHztStcGRVf7F_oOp4_CU8NY82Sbj7lMGTqdqN5zUCS5MGf58-kWM0j59MsHNqHo4TUmm6sc6glpg6BdeCYbXkyFLn6ZnzHAQl1dEg6BJ92NVA39rkiORWXIAP7V4l5vdbrtwDnVoW6aRsUGi0m_Nqty5QpNABHw_iI/w480-h640/IMG_0226.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK46cwG6uQ7fOQEpmpLBz8YSK2Gk4Ll-2p-vteh6y-g9ZLdHQpfEfkMQhJGz6AniOW4HpU_zb8b6dRdjV8JA1996WqOP7N_WdadPiARFpPOlXAgtAWVP611HzHVMrFCOeK_AhiAVRMPwPjWRbGCndbgBNg0O8LBNzOOyTV_TydsSgVJgnmMTY/s640/IMG_0227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK46cwG6uQ7fOQEpmpLBz8YSK2Gk4Ll-2p-vteh6y-g9ZLdHQpfEfkMQhJGz6AniOW4HpU_zb8b6dRdjV8JA1996WqOP7N_WdadPiARFpPOlXAgtAWVP611HzHVMrFCOeK_AhiAVRMPwPjWRbGCndbgBNg0O8LBNzOOyTV_TydsSgVJgnmMTY/w480-h640/IMG_0227.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES1XlrM5VEOnL3vOIhCMb4Y4ebs0mOZaADixnA6xLffmmpCB7K3KkGrW_Ahk382QSuwf5-Lvryr0I5u3sXF5HpJJgfztEfnqadfmppMn7d_STSVmwwA5L9I-KP1MBIiL657vgvK0UKwUL3izuq86gwb3yLO4GR12X65HlbVOQOgXt7YLdTUd_/s640/IMG_0228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES1XlrM5VEOnL3vOIhCMb4Y4ebs0mOZaADixnA6xLffmmpCB7K3KkGrW_Ahk382QSuwf5-Lvryr0I5u3sXF5HpJJgfztEfnqadfmppMn7d_STSVmwwA5L9I-KP1MBIiL657vgvK0UKwUL3izuq86gwb3yLO4GR12X65HlbVOQOgXt7YLdTUd_/w480-h640/IMG_0228.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">More of last year's experiments.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5uO40xrTTEwDwUNJq2nfKRCFqt6TYj6zxnk3L2OMgmcLj5_7HUjxSiQ4qjWuY0GUc0CllH4yb3imyjLH1oQMtQ_zksC16EGMCpbJREbspdT7orBUHPAVi-e0jlZl7HqGXWkZoYuY3hR-gLyZ1b7vDe2W6Xv3nWOfpBbkcegc3BefAvpIqhaf/s640/IMG_0359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5uO40xrTTEwDwUNJq2nfKRCFqt6TYj6zxnk3L2OMgmcLj5_7HUjxSiQ4qjWuY0GUc0CllH4yb3imyjLH1oQMtQ_zksC16EGMCpbJREbspdT7orBUHPAVi-e0jlZl7HqGXWkZoYuY3hR-gLyZ1b7vDe2W6Xv3nWOfpBbkcegc3BefAvpIqhaf/w432-h640/IMG_0359.jpg" width="432" /></a></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Max had a 1920's party last fall and mixed in a little Yorick for this photo. Grandkids are so fascinating!</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9_GFZB2k3scSXp0dCpdjNFAs25PRYDbAosEbhuYc2qucwDCBJcJj4yIo34NhnUwrRijtPAivAC5P-DqAZQv4eW90DCP5rANs_X96i_Rtj49nGEBZYuMM2W60sw0u8hWYpWIaInGLFRjXVEITkoqs3VGcVbw6uGuG5tTEG5DRq_B5kfAox3Qb/s640/IMG_0180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9_GFZB2k3scSXp0dCpdjNFAs25PRYDbAosEbhuYc2qucwDCBJcJj4yIo34NhnUwrRijtPAivAC5P-DqAZQv4eW90DCP5rANs_X96i_Rtj49nGEBZYuMM2W60sw0u8hWYpWIaInGLFRjXVEITkoqs3VGcVbw6uGuG5tTEG5DRq_B5kfAox3Qb/w480-h640/IMG_0180.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Erin and Mila. Hard to believe first grandchild is twenty!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfipc6reXVomAYCBZjy4f3KXxDDokroOFRx0Sd0E8uB0I13IWEl-OfcMnF1Aacq0plexOxdgj_LwBtD0IN2LRepEsN1D7BVqAuS_mgnF8lgjuSU2iO2jlMaIpUIEgS83SRUpv_CRuBoA3JBvAGj6MRxQ_0MlplLSQWvqv-cjzehvu0USwX58E/s640/IMG_0134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfipc6reXVomAYCBZjy4f3KXxDDokroOFRx0Sd0E8uB0I13IWEl-OfcMnF1Aacq0plexOxdgj_LwBtD0IN2LRepEsN1D7BVqAuS_mgnF8lgjuSU2iO2jlMaIpUIEgS83SRUpv_CRuBoA3JBvAGj6MRxQ_0MlplLSQWvqv-cjzehvu0USwX58E/w480-h640/IMG_0134.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Amelia and Izzy.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sRjYrOuG2rCFFb2V7vmHyFEbj35_XcIV_jj-z9P2lwDYB2-8oaGHo8RNvssbTBb5kjEXxqMavofpiTr54Vnzb0-wyENoM2hzkY2qtuEmpi2oBW22dhex0vlmFRsY2Yf4Pjg0GmRWnIeWzINnxCB8kurwApzY6oD7pW0ns9LyPExdOLviQ2g4/s640/IMG_0273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sRjYrOuG2rCFFb2V7vmHyFEbj35_XcIV_jj-z9P2lwDYB2-8oaGHo8RNvssbTBb5kjEXxqMavofpiTr54Vnzb0-wyENoM2hzkY2qtuEmpi2oBW22dhex0vlmFRsY2Yf4Pjg0GmRWnIeWzINnxCB8kurwApzY6oD7pW0ns9LyPExdOLviQ2g4/w360-h640/IMG_0273.JPG" width="360" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>And Bryce Eleanor at her favorite activity.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOI4yfbLc5wszHVwTnhHU4AQfmWQ7xOWT9UnA9V0ThKETgqJtMOOYIgRpcbIW4CljVa_G03tPvCf30D2qdwFXY4QI7h67UZwV2YO9xk4d88Gh6e7tjhrOIXtXJmSbJdFLtphnVolQeXjgMPu1POqxFJGfN4TD7mMJisGDeuyA0xzGqJEyhA8c/s640/IMG_5443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOI4yfbLc5wszHVwTnhHU4AQfmWQ7xOWT9UnA9V0ThKETgqJtMOOYIgRpcbIW4CljVa_G03tPvCf30D2qdwFXY4QI7h67UZwV2YO9xk4d88Gh6e7tjhrOIXtXJmSbJdFLtphnVolQeXjgMPu1POqxFJGfN4TD7mMJisGDeuyA0xzGqJEyhA8c/w480-h640/IMG_5443.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-83160748523521444962024-03-14T15:51:00.006-05:002024-03-14T15:51:50.604-05:00I've been AWOL for...a long time<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last year for Mother's Day, Fee and I went to Amelia's for lunch. Just after walking in the door, Erin appeared! She'd flown in from Colorado to surprise me, and I was so stunned for a moment I couldn't even make sense of it. Best surprise ever!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUB-4eLmn58otvP-apGoH4KOjszq9ISuhsJxUaQP0bddiiY4ulYqgshyphenhyphen1mi1yox5VtZ29JxAqRGX_SmPK33fb3TjXpIV22_TORr9RlE5XS57kJrtYsMPALRgVdLeDUBmY7An0jDD2IwiXYeelysIOniJ2CYnJ1psQnQlJQmiRwmEKQYVRX2yT/s640/IMG_3818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUB-4eLmn58otvP-apGoH4KOjszq9ISuhsJxUaQP0bddiiY4ulYqgshyphenhyphen1mi1yox5VtZ29JxAqRGX_SmPK33fb3TjXpIV22_TORr9RlE5XS57kJrtYsMPALRgVdLeDUBmY7An0jDD2IwiXYeelysIOniJ2CYnJ1psQnQlJQmiRwmEKQYVRX2yT/w480-h640/IMG_3818.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We had a wonderful lunch and admired all of Amelia's artistic decorations, including the weird and bizarre, because she does it all--from cool to creepy. The creepy all goes in the spare bedroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CrQUTECqT5J24FHrd_CdXTrpgY3HOQa-0VhRIRHQYfjB5bJX9NISXFMTxXTtUTV-5BmFSCSe-AOthipf_GlbMCFI3qba12GIPsa7I3ouZI6HbeKKm2Hg1gopFN6p5hqpBnu-iqJK47HXuiXx1I60xWlOoURuTFWxlN6Pofy1oqDDZ_cxv-dV/s640/IMG_3824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CrQUTECqT5J24FHrd_CdXTrpgY3HOQa-0VhRIRHQYfjB5bJX9NISXFMTxXTtUTV-5BmFSCSe-AOthipf_GlbMCFI3qba12GIPsa7I3ouZI6HbeKKm2Hg1gopFN6p5hqpBnu-iqJK47HXuiXx1I60xWlOoURuTFWxlN6Pofy1oqDDZ_cxv-dV/w480-h640/IMG_3824.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpsZkGd3YcCEAhHqJZDCc5D9N8sqajKVLY_V-oYIcsagi6TjV2_NA7nQb3GhYyWzW4LZWmL_xerVwXsL9jPQXxtLsmeoDPGC8XOFfscnNYYYkzki8bmeKUk5M2-ZevdmxK_zqf_kopg7EeZOvXSUxz_VhSYiugh5R38U6NNlu3pxBf0GOVxZd/s640/IMG_3821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpsZkGd3YcCEAhHqJZDCc5D9N8sqajKVLY_V-oYIcsagi6TjV2_NA7nQb3GhYyWzW4LZWmL_xerVwXsL9jPQXxtLsmeoDPGC8XOFfscnNYYYkzki8bmeKUk5M2-ZevdmxK_zqf_kopg7EeZOvXSUxz_VhSYiugh5R38U6NNlu3pxBf0GOVxZd/w480-h640/IMG_3821.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">We talked about Erin's projects, and she showed us pics of her recent carpentry additions to her home. Give Erin the tools and she can build it. I can't find the other pics right now.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrtrNbrg6ofpMSGguH6NcCf4_CSyISgSbJB_nX2L-3KJpjCwj6fwVzbdIzIUmd5Ajayod94Mzcs2lXwMehgnpqvzoPqFBFTQVEi69B4z4FSIfnw7aL_sGS5adKOut6vvAH7i-Ju8jcHbgfErHTxTcsiqEzsVbOr-bhzUZOTYaAcePiTlzV0NV/s640/70722793278__E1950ED8-E999-4691-BE69-5769EE2620F3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrtrNbrg6ofpMSGguH6NcCf4_CSyISgSbJB_nX2L-3KJpjCwj6fwVzbdIzIUmd5Ajayod94Mzcs2lXwMehgnpqvzoPqFBFTQVEi69B4z4FSIfnw7aL_sGS5adKOut6vvAH7i-Ju8jcHbgfErHTxTcsiqEzsVbOr-bhzUZOTYaAcePiTlzV0NV/w480-h640/70722793278__E1950ED8-E999-4691-BE69-5769EE2620F3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fee went home that afternoon, but I stayed and spent the night with my girls. It was lovely, and when the weekend was over, and Erin was on the plane back to Colorado, I came home inspired, and it has lasted, off and on for a nearly a year now!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That May and early summer, I started making Eccentrics again. As usual, there are cycles of 2 or 3 months, then stalls, then another cycle and another stall.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love using found objects and things from the yard.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDli0vilfkPJzeeCLRCktAVsHLZWGJdgjdMD-gXG6RnMKVux3tcYAe4QJG3bXikyWyB5jBw_oeDeVn2XJXaZ9MxZaW3vF4OkqvLv2zQKNymyP3rQXnSzoiqkNevB0R1kdVfc2X07zgwyaDvIdTIfZRmWAFWE1uEs8C2DYcwSErKyRWW86Dx0n0/s640/IMG_3858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDli0vilfkPJzeeCLRCktAVsHLZWGJdgjdMD-gXG6RnMKVux3tcYAe4QJG3bXikyWyB5jBw_oeDeVn2XJXaZ9MxZaW3vF4OkqvLv2zQKNymyP3rQXnSzoiqkNevB0R1kdVfc2X07zgwyaDvIdTIfZRmWAFWE1uEs8C2DYcwSErKyRWW86Dx0n0/w480-h640/IMG_3858.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHF-fKpAHcRtJsRzvoBEZwIT03wsbmfUjkNRDVGP9XUY4rbm_QHogRAzG0hWrJ8Cf4_2ZLuAzlgNL4FvcxFOQ554ZsytS2L8Cvhr06WzZ21hEtXKENU1_A1mVNNTDoPFmZcUzGGjnFuVyTUcEyrU-FNH9ZQFfX-80-Ve-JVhrbS9TibY_Y5Ah/s640/IMG_3864.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHF-fKpAHcRtJsRzvoBEZwIT03wsbmfUjkNRDVGP9XUY4rbm_QHogRAzG0hWrJ8Cf4_2ZLuAzlgNL4FvcxFOQ554ZsytS2L8Cvhr06WzZ21hEtXKENU1_A1mVNNTDoPFmZcUzGGjnFuVyTUcEyrU-FNH9ZQFfX-80-Ve-JVhrbS9TibY_Y5Ah/w480-h640/IMG_3864.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyxeHoipYOMuW8sdsStpuIwMMwyHRBvBV1DLIGQajuCLes1OtounWE9XQFkchKzXUXPc1sgje_qsdHgwzbw-PloqGxL0DJp1hDCvhX9ZKdFHm5xx6_GoxB_5dr0nFIGKYsOm6bTQx4h_X0u64Lu6wdKZjd4mbbmgxf_pIyQ6NtrpPRb-jGpY4/s640/IMG_3888.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyxeHoipYOMuW8sdsStpuIwMMwyHRBvBV1DLIGQajuCLes1OtounWE9XQFkchKzXUXPc1sgje_qsdHgwzbw-PloqGxL0DJp1hDCvhX9ZKdFHm5xx6_GoxB_5dr0nFIGKYsOm6bTQx4h_X0u64Lu6wdKZjd4mbbmgxf_pIyQ6NtrpPRb-jGpY4/w480-h640/IMG_3888.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>And making heads that later may or may not end up with bodies and just playing with ideas. It gets really messy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_wyK5tDihGrOgSKPj5XKUdOEzRkbCpAgegycSn5FePSnrqvNDlvWNqW2XGC0OQz0DRPJ5nsFbHB3GOh3HsykKueu-dAPVijmAE-c4Byx9pyELM4KZ7_gr3h0zLCjy8dOI9_y-OwNbJqo4ygrTXurjeIxtvgywIak0ZlO-f3VX2Tx3MAHTHDn/s640/IMG_3854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_wyK5tDihGrOgSKPj5XKUdOEzRkbCpAgegycSn5FePSnrqvNDlvWNqW2XGC0OQz0DRPJ5nsFbHB3GOh3HsykKueu-dAPVijmAE-c4Byx9pyELM4KZ7_gr3h0zLCjy8dOI9_y-OwNbJqo4ygrTXurjeIxtvgywIak0ZlO-f3VX2Tx3MAHTHDn/w480-h640/IMG_3854.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I continue reading, of course, but I don't know if I'll go back to my book blog. For right now, I'm going to see if I can keep up with this one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-28024004663665869132023-01-15T13:47:00.001-06:002023-01-15T13:47:00.200-06:00<p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/dianacaligirl/mailman/"> funny mail carrier memes </a></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-39830068383572349902022-10-10T06:18:00.001-05:002022-10-10T06:18:00.209-05:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhq4_N5AeqO0g3-IUtBpLO4Curtwi41CRlXu_N-EFU9WkOpBKcsWtnMk8ipCizKK0heIE9neJm_fvpWZVEsYdaFX7J1Kq0n_vOOfkglMABQVhLkTCTffxCs7rb4hRnEko8Ot_on68D87_s3Le3lhDGvJ5xinHoMD0KwIoMpKJFbCJJMzgz_g=s526" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="526" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhq4_N5AeqO0g3-IUtBpLO4Curtwi41CRlXu_N-EFU9WkOpBKcsWtnMk8ipCizKK0heIE9neJm_fvpWZVEsYdaFX7J1Kq0n_vOOfkglMABQVhLkTCTffxCs7rb4hRnEko8Ot_on68D87_s3Le3lhDGvJ5xinHoMD0KwIoMpKJFbCJJMzgz_g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-2252732952791217942022-04-27T08:39:00.001-05:002022-04-27T08:39:59.696-05:00Excuses, Excuses...or Oh, My Aching Back<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I guess I've taken another sabbatical from posting. Habits are strange things, and I some how got out of the habit of both posting and browsing. I can blame the garden for part of the change. Each year, I have a desire to change things, and each year, I also have to rework mistakes. There are the bricks lining the beds that I'm digging up, adding sand, and then replacing. Ugh. These activities are harder than they used to be, and I'm slower at getting them done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> When I drag my aching back in, books call me, and the prospect of relaxing and reading is too much to resist. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love the ferns, their texture, and the color of new growth and the unfurling of the spirals!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixANjrRI--xyJDBI-fG5LHHzf7Jn-JPtrwCvmhif17lLAqsjqdnd4NSrtKWLn1O1PzczLJlEBjUyDbVELO96KzE909MRYjQ7QuQZJ-QZXoDXIkNiH1ecSHj7G-XzpIJLjmQP-uMf8bVmtOmz9RIMgWL65WIDANfnlxaieilMZ0JHFchJy0Pg/s1600/7-Downloads50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Not much going on as far as action, but a tender look at a family from 1959 to the present. Lots of mysteries that were just mediocre, but served to keep my mind occupied.</p>The following is one of my favorite poems. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="o-grid" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 24.75px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="o-grid-col o-grid-col_10of12" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24.75px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 638.359px;"></div></div><p></p><div class="o-vr o-vr_12x" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 24.75px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 60px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="c-feature" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24.75px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.231; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="c-feature-hd" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24.75px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="c-hdgSans c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline" style="border: 0px; color: black; display: inline; font-family: canada-type-gibson; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.231; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ars Poetica</h1></div><div class="c-feature-sub c-feature-sub_vast" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24.75px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 33px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24.75px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="c-txt c-txt_attribution" face="canada-type-gibson" style="border: 0px; color: #494949; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BY<span> </span><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/archibald-macleish" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.75px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; transition: color 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1) 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">ARCHIBALD MACLEISH</a></span></div></div><div class="c-feature-bd" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="o-poem isActive" data-view="PoemView" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A poem should be palpable and mute <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">As a globed fruit,<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Dumb<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">As old medallions to the thumb,<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Silent as the sleeve-worn stone<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A poem should be wordless <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">As the flight of birds.<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> * <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A poem should be motionless in time <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">As the moon climbs,<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Leaving, as the moon releases<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves, <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Memory by memory the mind—<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A poem should be motionless in time <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">As the moon climbs.<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> * <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A poem should be equal to:<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Not true.<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">For all the history of grief<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">An empty doorway and a maple leaf.<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">For love<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea—<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A poem should not mean <br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">But be.<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">----</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm currently doing one of those clean/organize days. All of the usual chores, plus tackling the upstairs crafting chaos in five or ten minute increments. Slow, but making progress in between laundry and general cleaning and laundry. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.5px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdc0aio-_Ci5NdkT1mY2h-IcdmfCTNeeQnQfgu_GeOXO_RwbC9u9_9SlcCTShEuT8IDjT-Uaqoqp8NCBXmF9yafWQmm4VV7qD5u8wvWmDAmsP6INyTyjkHhIcVlx01vmUpk6k4Ubu48IlOCqaNPJtHd0F0GGNRiAB1Kmy6bc9vigVRMdNhQ/s564/introverttraits.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdc0aio-_Ci5NdkT1mY2h-IcdmfCTNeeQnQfgu_GeOXO_RwbC9u9_9SlcCTShEuT8IDjT-Uaqoqp8NCBXmF9yafWQmm4VV7qD5u8wvWmDAmsP6INyTyjkHhIcVlx01vmUpk6k4Ubu48IlOCqaNPJtHd0F0GGNRiAB1Kmy6bc9vigVRMdNhQ/w640-h640/introverttraits.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsjkhRvUjYMtOP3G7OkWqSbBIeCQYV2uorRsIjPX65eqwUSFrSCp_B3Izf384FzMVX2EEv1vhBYhSOjT3Q2-89ZEmMYhzIsWcybv3Wz0FBLcpFWwla73bzGq7QSqhN2u7NpWROB3T0jtGRGC4KpqzJrzKNfkkOzroMaAoQ6zRnDvo-7wwQg/s640/newSerenity.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="640" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsjkhRvUjYMtOP3G7OkWqSbBIeCQYV2uorRsIjPX65eqwUSFrSCp_B3Izf384FzMVX2EEv1vhBYhSOjT3Q2-89ZEmMYhzIsWcybv3Wz0FBLcpFWwla73bzGq7QSqhN2u7NpWROB3T0jtGRGC4KpqzJrzKNfkkOzroMaAoQ6zRnDvo-7wwQg/w640-h544/newSerenity.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-32186314250741653792022-04-01T21:19:00.000-05:002022-04-01T21:19:04.813-05:00 April at Last<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Erin was in town for a few days, but is now back in Colorado. We had a late lunch at L'Italiano, just the two of us. Didn't take pictures (duh!) of all of us out to eat one night with Erin and Amelia, Chris, and B.E. It was a wonderful visit!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK8R1noe05LSNnfkbJocsHoSVs011Kpcmx3Q5k1GAvp_mWRpFt8Lv0zGhU0XL8mLCSqagzNnv9nCMXLsStdxWsuZp_sVAJGrgggzjC-eJnZZjyGivowyIk4a7hoADCEzt7nn0D2Xb-yaxRBWGy_rY0J2NBsHloce17pqurX0Wd4iX8kNcJw/s640/1-IMG_3424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK8R1noe05LSNnfkbJocsHoSVs011Kpcmx3Q5k1GAvp_mWRpFt8Lv0zGhU0XL8mLCSqagzNnv9nCMXLsStdxWsuZp_sVAJGrgggzjC-eJnZZjyGivowyIk4a7hoADCEzt7nn0D2Xb-yaxRBWGy_rY0J2NBsHloce17pqurX0Wd4iX8kNcJw/w300-h400/1-IMG_3424.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I've been behind on almost everything lately. I'm not sure why, one of those cycles I go through every once in a while.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spring seems to finally be here. For real this time. The pollen is coating everything, and no sooner to you wipe things down than it begins it gradual layering and before you know it, everything is yellow again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Last several weeks of outgoing mail. Looks like a couple made more than one collage. April is National Card and Letter Writing Month (<i>I'm doing all I can to keep up as it is so not even going to try</i>) and National Poetry Month as well. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRApWnZMEcAQkgYAlunR3zQ4ySrgtTqz4ogRx6BOUPAVh_ccH1L3CcokEUjS5gN9n7VpyiT9_V7dSKwMYR4ujSL3b5S1k2wgHsb_s-u67EGPm5JjbXWuxylZNy5pq17O72Lykb1zoR0fJGC2n7izsaro07L9Bw5ujaTsNInDxFUsDsY71nRg/s1600/3-Documents27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRApWnZMEcAQkgYAlunR3zQ4ySrgtTqz4ogRx6BOUPAVh_ccH1L3CcokEUjS5gN9n7VpyiT9_V7dSKwMYR4ujSL3b5S1k2wgHsb_s-u67EGPm5JjbXWuxylZNy5pq17O72Lykb1zoR0fJGC2n7izsaro07L9Bw5ujaTsNInDxFUsDsY71nRg/w640-h426/3-Documents27.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAySKvNqcUPuD5RpKqVhLQ3VrRNfgVNW5O8YgjyQ7W5ewhQtVpC5VxoB-a2cDmU1bZN80_nefwcSKYOglLj_s03x7ggUjF5ML_Y-YgL1iybJmlZ-85rTNdDNhcGihxcL9l8Ae9tgjvrShXxzzZEcXQe6NBIGXYWUL4E2IcpkIbzFHmIdjmcw/s1600/2-Documents25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAySKvNqcUPuD5RpKqVhLQ3VrRNfgVNW5O8YgjyQ7W5ewhQtVpC5VxoB-a2cDmU1bZN80_nefwcSKYOglLj_s03x7ggUjF5ML_Y-YgL1iybJmlZ-85rTNdDNhcGihxcL9l8Ae9tgjvrShXxzzZEcXQe6NBIGXYWUL4E2IcpkIbzFHmIdjmcw/w640-h426/2-Documents25.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJH7f3iY02u4eFqE49aKBbOZvmz0RZ1ieHp92uxRSuHG7inW496GmuJbVCHfd7-roait53ZOWAz4mMoRD2C2L2_-oEZ8X3YQqrKfVamZc0kupPUAUg7K5uKDhxjT_jxaa0XjCZo96lGakNtV7hSwcTlN_I31MXSgJHqkuhnM5Onn-kOOfezg/s1600/1-Documents26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJH7f3iY02u4eFqE49aKBbOZvmz0RZ1ieHp92uxRSuHG7inW496GmuJbVCHfd7-roait53ZOWAz4mMoRD2C2L2_-oEZ8X3YQqrKfVamZc0kupPUAUg7K5uKDhxjT_jxaa0XjCZo96lGakNtV7hSwcTlN_I31MXSgJHqkuhnM5Onn-kOOfezg/w640-h426/1-Documents26.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOL3a3i7j_UAzQUUpZ7IkwIS-P5geNq5xJs4AFT5KLIPIgn8sxfHCsLc_DRHozNatrsXFMhjsIvj5W5XAo0AqbTPd0dMO-AB3O1ipB5PTaqvpdvzAp4TH9_2wKtRGl5eIBCPAMJjy7VdsmkVMsliiNSqZzEo6ZhwrO82cfGfd5XpWWCaeXQ/s526/special%20interest%20UUHS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="526" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOL3a3i7j_UAzQUUpZ7IkwIS-P5geNq5xJs4AFT5KLIPIgn8sxfHCsLc_DRHozNatrsXFMhjsIvj5W5XAo0AqbTPd0dMO-AB3O1ipB5PTaqvpdvzAp4TH9_2wKtRGl5eIBCPAMJjy7VdsmkVMsliiNSqZzEo6ZhwrO82cfGfd5XpWWCaeXQ/w640-h638/special%20interest%20UUHS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My sleeve or the belt of my robe...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlnPK0C-1VU-JNj3ZazC3TqzcmwtIKaakBtMaeU60RIQfxZTL8al-yc6DRGEwL6qszxsuq0yqTpflVzz0MEciI8yPXEt-_cAlrkKVeH9gkofQO3bTQEo0PqvcmTm2UbHlzaTczhXqYD4rqjipirFIFAV-JnzKzIND82ftvtUlHRZYrXGZ-g/s711/caughtondoorknob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="711" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlnPK0C-1VU-JNj3ZazC3TqzcmwtIKaakBtMaeU60RIQfxZTL8al-yc6DRGEwL6qszxsuq0yqTpflVzz0MEciI8yPXEt-_cAlrkKVeH9gkofQO3bTQEo0PqvcmTm2UbHlzaTczhXqYD4rqjipirFIFAV-JnzKzIND82ftvtUlHRZYrXGZ-g/w640-h486/caughtondoorknob.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-11423286263611015712022-03-17T11:00:00.000-05:002022-03-17T11:01:40.638-05:00Small Talk<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Small talk is often the way we get a conversation started. Although some of these are great conversational topics, you need a segue to get into them. :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxnjjrukKQCGjn3SoEq8Zlm8sWnmfiS5ioW7GTeyGSbSLHa8wM0DY6_Qd4diXe_DOkAFXCIFvaYKTn0PC2DM1BDsD-zEeXaiBUO7WzY_xfoJNmJO3BkAGoNqqdgoXv1D0blfqJ1TYtdioqiPKPkF_6WpdaqGrpDLbJy-qb5rPDYxGFBKrcZQ=s526" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxnjjrukKQCGjn3SoEq8Zlm8sWnmfiS5ioW7GTeyGSbSLHa8wM0DY6_Qd4diXe_DOkAFXCIFvaYKTn0PC2DM1BDsD-zEeXaiBUO7WzY_xfoJNmJO3BkAGoNqqdgoXv1D0blfqJ1TYtdioqiPKPkF_6WpdaqGrpDLbJy-qb5rPDYxGFBKrcZQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <p></p></div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-51454238945142235962022-03-08T09:25:00.002-06:002022-03-08T09:25:26.056-06:00Marching On<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm glad I participated in InCoWriMo this year, but I'm also glad to relax a little! Still a couple of letters that have come in that need replies, but the pressure is off. If I participate next year, I'll be better prepared; this year, everything was a scramble. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgadJCmM0dHbOSGx5s41_yB92gPiiA9HVz-muZWNdQmrYyreukKkCxoJtOy5B5ckBiYHBWZ-pW-OWxsfUz401Oj_rqzaqaSfRmHuZuBK59dC7LQ4M00YXzofFiSXkthAz8oyAhVwiUSgu_WgtSFDQrTvoVAXEfTpWZbZXFYarIaqzzXU7pQAw=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgadJCmM0dHbOSGx5s41_yB92gPiiA9HVz-muZWNdQmrYyreukKkCxoJtOy5B5ckBiYHBWZ-pW-OWxsfUz401Oj_rqzaqaSfRmHuZuBK59dC7LQ4M00YXzofFiSXkthAz8oyAhVwiUSgu_WgtSFDQrTvoVAXEfTpWZbZXFYarIaqzzXU7pQAw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpEtiETobaUqEAbBQcOgMVq5_nEldjRb1P9F8_0p14PIkymdDMErB9nDuLQ2p3aWwhSBM2d_6dwtnbSvRAYLhawFHuc_-jA9uMgk80U7eNdeyxO1OvWe_YYlm0P0wKBUZPSVmefZTSl6ZRfc7ElbjE11KYtJQwnNAtXmkipc4scBUA09F4_w=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpEtiETobaUqEAbBQcOgMVq5_nEldjRb1P9F8_0p14PIkymdDMErB9nDuLQ2p3aWwhSBM2d_6dwtnbSvRAYLhawFHuc_-jA9uMgk80U7eNdeyxO1OvWe_YYlm0P0wKBUZPSVmefZTSl6ZRfc7ElbjE11KYtJQwnNAtXmkipc4scBUA09F4_w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Books/Reading</b></div><div><br /></div><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRNML05NcmoFm-4n09nB7YuKazjxVNgrG-65tMnoAT2pMETqmuU5zmNoBjVNRv7jqpvFxZJFejho23ytmIC-cRRTIqi8LS4nOzzySJPB6v4gD9leX7AO3BRsv_EB_j4C3eU0z9iCcAZrpP5tZq_X7lqIRSPltmsiJwq5xxvsQZxpZ2ooxnBQ=s459" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRNML05NcmoFm-4n09nB7YuKazjxVNgrG-65tMnoAT2pMETqmuU5zmNoBjVNRv7jqpvFxZJFejho23ytmIC-cRRTIqi8LS4nOzzySJPB6v4gD9leX7AO3BRsv_EB_j4C3eU0z9iCcAZrpP5tZq_X7lqIRSPltmsiJwq5xxvsQZxpZ2ooxnBQ=w139-h200" width="139" /></a></div><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><u>The Silence</u> is a layered story told in alternating timelines that unfold gradually. Slow paced and character driven, the 1967 backstory reveals the human flaws in two families, flaws that are exacerbated by the situations in which they find themselves.<br /><br />Reviewed <a href="https://bookgarden.blogspot.com/2022/03/murder-at-royal-botanic-gardens-by.html"><b>here</b></a>.<br /><br />An audiobook.<br /><br /><br /><br />And of course, lots of mysteries, thrillers, etc. I read every day; during breaks each day and for hours each night as I don't watch television. Cathy reminded me of the film <u>The Rabbit-Proof Fence</u>, which also covers the policy of taking aboriginal children from their homes in Australia (like the way Indian children were taken here in America and placed in boarding schools). I remember hearing about the film, but never watched it. It is now on my list--either the book or the film. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG3NybWyPx2Ec5ssWqPz72DFSItzlVXoy622YB015jbkTpyj_n8F28U2ZiCU1onHDMGN3aKw3yMHmxmwXW98rBOjMLaYbc1_rKHK79C9BqJ6WU6qVYUb-oG1m2RX1tUZyIYF6ipkuRGEq8-3Ft4XGy82l5VuVtneq4JVUdGcLn3A5V2OwTWA=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="640" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG3NybWyPx2Ec5ssWqPz72DFSItzlVXoy622YB015jbkTpyj_n8F28U2ZiCU1onHDMGN3aKw3yMHmxmwXW98rBOjMLaYbc1_rKHK79C9BqJ6WU6qVYUb-oG1m2RX1tUZyIYF6ipkuRGEq8-3Ft4XGy82l5VuVtneq4JVUdGcLn3A5V2OwTWA=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg29jYWsGD104vvMqj9J0yatuX8GyNxinyBceM6c8jdNzypjxrEH6WTli0aLInZCy8r_sWVXQOHT3ZV4wLRJIKWTOUZnctXl1qkyjgkSdzA4z0DryCz5dDsG6dtcjUYD61jE5UoiF0C7wF0XHo5hdZ4muYzvkv8Vk70zMXqGVJQK50tiKUrIA=s719" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg29jYWsGD104vvMqj9J0yatuX8GyNxinyBceM6c8jdNzypjxrEH6WTli0aLInZCy8r_sWVXQOHT3ZV4wLRJIKWTOUZnctXl1qkyjgkSdzA4z0DryCz5dDsG6dtcjUYD61jE5UoiF0C7wF0XHo5hdZ4muYzvkv8Vk70zMXqGVJQK50tiKUrIA=w468-h640" width="468" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have a good week!</span></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-37060729811606741922022-02-20T09:52:00.003-06:002022-02-20T09:52:23.558-06:00And So It Goes<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Winter one day, Spring the next. Sometimes in the same day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Things are in flux everywhere and in every possible way. I'm torn between wanting to be an ostrich with my head in the sand and wanting to keep up with the news and stay aware and concerned about what is happening. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I just saw this quote on <a href="https://sharmondavidson.com/life-of-an-artist/">Sharon Davidson Art</a>. It reminds me again about resilience. There is so much we can't control: climate, political divisiveness, spreading anger about...everything, anything. <i> Let go. Walk on. "...go straight ahead with the movement of life."</i></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">“Whether we like it or not, change comes, and the greater the resistance, the greater the pain. Buddhism perceives the beauty of change, for life is like music in this: if any note or phrase is held for longer than its appointed time, the melody is lost.</em></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #444444;">Thus Buddhism may be summed up in two phrases: “Let go!” and “Walk on!” Drop the craving for self, for permanence, for particular circumstances, and go straight ahead with the movement of life.”</span></em></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">— Alan W. Watts</a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Books/Reading:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Always the mysteries and thrillers. Finished the Stephen King <i>Mr. Mercedes</i> trilogy: <u>Mr. Mercedes</u>, <u>Finders Keepers</u>, and <u>End of Watch</u> (although I read<u> End of Watch</u> several years ago, I had not read the previous books. Also, I'd forgotten a great deal). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Louisa Luna's 3rd Alice Vega installment <u>Hideout</u>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Behind the Wire</u>, the latest DI Declan Walsh book by Jack Gatland.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">More in the <i>Grimm Up North </i>series by David J. Gatward. I read these like candy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Currently reading</b> <u>Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Figh</u>t<u> for Justice</u> by Pam Fessler. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I was curious about the l<a href="https://neworleanshistorical.org/tours/show/55">eprosarium in Carville</a> in Iberville Parish, but I did not expect this nonfiction account to be so fascinating. I can imagine at least three movies and/or documentaries being made about Carville and some of its patients, doctors, and Daughters of Charity nurses.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH9j64AE2N689rH-Ya-JoXNDSpYDfldZPwQRkRIKIytJWwL2a3mKSlLIQUlWK72_fcvXtwUX7g0aDj6r5Q6gwjtXGOAZ7-B7ebw_bWW4n30oJvCbHoHxem8U_xOBtNTnH82juu_C4ZHQ_WE4aBsd3uMige3vHBuW7vBwRp3TCOkTxjqIGAWg=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="800" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH9j64AE2N689rH-Ya-JoXNDSpYDfldZPwQRkRIKIytJWwL2a3mKSlLIQUlWK72_fcvXtwUX7g0aDj6r5Q6gwjtXGOAZ7-B7ebw_bWW4n30oJvCbHoHxem8U_xOBtNTnH82juu_C4ZHQ_WE4aBsd3uMige3vHBuW7vBwRp3TCOkTxjqIGAWg=w640-h504" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Mail:</b> Keeping up with InCoWriMo has been a bit of a struggle, but it has been fun finding more in the mailbox than usual! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Recent outgoing mail:</b></span></p><p> Omega</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzLtb35JrBqVDVtOE0pGulFVyOvPgVSBKpv6m-jupuNEPzgx29lW4cMac_zfIBsUi6-qpIU08buiZUci0hQ2JFtxay-FCp5d6Ob5jU1PibVzrCSvOg2313HtrHz3jGDQDpqwBXBL-3HNViAMco0qKdpHNrglx6d-YUf4LDGZyeTnaLpp9zgQ=s1184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzLtb35JrBqVDVtOE0pGulFVyOvPgVSBKpv6m-jupuNEPzgx29lW4cMac_zfIBsUi6-qpIU08buiZUci0hQ2JFtxay-FCp5d6Ob5jU1PibVzrCSvOg2313HtrHz3jGDQDpqwBXBL-3HNViAMco0qKdpHNrglx6d-YUf4LDGZyeTnaLpp9zgQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div>Susan <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTJxkPZapaYo_tQ9TlV2DjlnFTDMaWlltG-tiA0vni8SaNv1cb7Kb1xh1lzyLBnAHOwOBdl42JAZjZz0__iEd384EcGvfjZhlqZ3DTqqNJycHx2V_INIGgh_CnpFgL3ED27jlIHiV3KBGTToseQvJpjgzP7i7egT_lnO98s2SYFMtAMagryA=s1195" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1195" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTJxkPZapaYo_tQ9TlV2DjlnFTDMaWlltG-tiA0vni8SaNv1cb7Kb1xh1lzyLBnAHOwOBdl42JAZjZz0__iEd384EcGvfjZhlqZ3DTqqNJycHx2V_INIGgh_CnpFgL3ED27jlIHiV3KBGTToseQvJpjgzP7i7egT_lnO98s2SYFMtAMagryA=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div>Melissa Hughes <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7qHEgPRtQ8r-KD6Q9rDzkE1iHcWkpP4APIq2qF9KZ9gg-UTEiJ8CF-uTz5jXeD-3YJwoN5VrLBj6fmtLOuhHgyjbBxgPtxfeKlZpFUnY-rRoFdzQ5a0JfJb6gDchOvTWcQSA2ALFrNrirZtct2dOUOlrtsdr6j8XL6CRnkcLqwPprci9N5g=s1199" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1199" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7qHEgPRtQ8r-KD6Q9rDzkE1iHcWkpP4APIq2qF9KZ9gg-UTEiJ8CF-uTz5jXeD-3YJwoN5VrLBj6fmtLOuhHgyjbBxgPtxfeKlZpFUnY-rRoFdzQ5a0JfJb6gDchOvTWcQSA2ALFrNrirZtct2dOUOlrtsdr6j8XL6CRnkcLqwPprci9N5g=w640-h418" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb-G3EHFvtbF__55QtcbEfSYH9tRm6-48I9MXLNmsxue6yVI_M9A_R8fgmAsgBluy7ETcV9zQgia4vixyDv5IL5JrmnOOLyjYeCMbkyej29kA2pzF3atCKdORcovXr7na_W5wyRCd7J_iqBVLmMkxPmp6D7LOZTTshQInrWqCcMmdYNZZlwA=s1432" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1432" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb-G3EHFvtbF__55QtcbEfSYH9tRm6-48I9MXLNmsxue6yVI_M9A_R8fgmAsgBluy7ETcV9zQgia4vixyDv5IL5JrmnOOLyjYeCMbkyej29kA2pzF3atCKdORcovXr7na_W5wyRCd7J_iqBVLmMkxPmp6D7LOZTTshQInrWqCcMmdYNZZlwA=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></div>Kristi Anderson<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJisddgG06CTAXpA-8IMaWz_q6rxOYlAuEJ8onF7RG8Rzy9nvqrNeTP0YX2juoWtYwtyfIGXwwz6RUA4fhqb0pmOnWgkM9-yiav1SqHQhkLvyoEgXefCaPmmB8WVZibMUUWRB1Wx98sGPJhsBbW1QKP-I_aanmkAyDmbALLGC6tkxK5mJlVA=s1197" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1197" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJisddgG06CTAXpA-8IMaWz_q6rxOYlAuEJ8onF7RG8Rzy9nvqrNeTP0YX2juoWtYwtyfIGXwwz6RUA4fhqb0pmOnWgkM9-yiav1SqHQhkLvyoEgXefCaPmmB8WVZibMUUWRB1Wx98sGPJhsBbW1QKP-I_aanmkAyDmbALLGC6tkxK5mJlVA=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div>Penny Wilkes<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifMKmyQpH8Q7IBRRgCC3KwBu-JxHhUyyQ3xOaAQONWOjmAGfdYva200aEbG_w9DfnxV4Dcp1KxrYdMBTzdVCB1qZ6xv5ZShDFxs5C2AxrXrjAwC0hpzVBhV2podQSRrd2egN4WPt6YKo-DjwnycaHZWmGh2dBjo5LORZC1r8mdLbza-Fup-Q=s1197" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1197" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifMKmyQpH8Q7IBRRgCC3KwBu-JxHhUyyQ3xOaAQONWOjmAGfdYva200aEbG_w9DfnxV4Dcp1KxrYdMBTzdVCB1qZ6xv5ZShDFxs5C2AxrXrjAwC0hpzVBhV2podQSRrd2egN4WPt6YKo-DjwnycaHZWmGh2dBjo5LORZC1r8mdLbza-Fup-Q=w640-h422" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">:)</span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie_XlJobZtqM9tYSIkc776qQaWMExzDIVvRBewfZ3cbk1SqN6JM41mJBzu1qcAviVN257-4P32eUTYd_Uj3SZ-ueG9U6_vm84ZHz-F9C6MtDZGT3DmB7nZLQgIphQMTZeOxAjbKrh9RtjskIhvmg6H--jYIUPUPB6i6laeWgE9V7UQLlxpGw=s526" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="526" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie_XlJobZtqM9tYSIkc776qQaWMExzDIVvRBewfZ3cbk1SqN6JM41mJBzu1qcAviVN257-4P32eUTYd_Uj3SZ-ueG9U6_vm84ZHz-F9C6MtDZGT3DmB7nZLQgIphQMTZeOxAjbKrh9RtjskIhvmg6H--jYIUPUPB6i6laeWgE9V7UQLlxpGw=w620-h610" width="620" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-50520665161240869592022-02-10T08:59:00.000-06:002022-02-10T08:59:05.090-06:00Catching Up<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> What a week. My husband has had a stomach flu, and between caring for him and worrying, my normally relaxed schedule has been chaotic. He's finally doing better, but he was as sick as I've ever seen him and had to have an IV because of dehydration. Whew! At least it wasn't Covid.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I did decide to participate in InCoWriMo this year, but I'm now behind and I sent at least one postcard out without a stamp. I was waiting for my new postcard stamps to arrive, but guess I, uh, forgot that they had not yet arrived!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">To Bryce Eleanor </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnjdYJylOHfiT3TNn2msIAP1gOmJuM2nuucEia8mOUVG0NWhyAFRDze2WcaYWYQnm7J-5miKgaUTyNqqP7JMOP__wcoBzzD2VGn8W-f6onhQzKObfLwSkNfxTeJkvuGjUI22OUF-fbT0RiBTVg9VMgqTwVcD8AH3Od-pwZerD43npn3c88JQ=s1195" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1195" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnjdYJylOHfiT3TNn2msIAP1gOmJuM2nuucEia8mOUVG0NWhyAFRDze2WcaYWYQnm7J-5miKgaUTyNqqP7JMOP__wcoBzzD2VGn8W-f6onhQzKObfLwSkNfxTeJkvuGjUI22OUF-fbT0RiBTVg9VMgqTwVcD8AH3Od-pwZerD43npn3c88JQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To Jolisa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBzzr8s-gfIwctUFg-O5wlsj50FoZN8c82DildaBK-ZPrcx0MITtzXKzXE53Fu4m9cHHRPfQ-XXg9xYCfefLhsWEg7_tyTSdou9sNvOG_CuXRHKryiIlxP2bshs3fWMqMuotLgAJCEskaOWD7vGHYhmWPSvrhacd-JK9h_BJXdTsIm1j78vw=s1197" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1197" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBzzr8s-gfIwctUFg-O5wlsj50FoZN8c82DildaBK-ZPrcx0MITtzXKzXE53Fu4m9cHHRPfQ-XXg9xYCfefLhsWEg7_tyTSdou9sNvOG_CuXRHKryiIlxP2bshs3fWMqMuotLgAJCEskaOWD7vGHYhmWPSvrhacd-JK9h_BJXdTsIm1j78vw=w640-h422" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipmq3u8Z2yb0BCcfWWfjCzRLokiIGpykj2mEYB5QTk6HstelONTCa7pZINmoROY3yx8204gpi_ZHSQfSA7JKTQUBQWno4Ajq9aOuYCfXHoelbGR2YMyOLQz-7K_OeaYLZ_MXf4bc_XomWfNvMQPHchZXF-9Dn2ymwkHOLQnwKbYbaLigxuuA=s1439" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1439" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipmq3u8Z2yb0BCcfWWfjCzRLokiIGpykj2mEYB5QTk6HstelONTCa7pZINmoROY3yx8204gpi_ZHSQfSA7JKTQUBQWno4Ajq9aOuYCfXHoelbGR2YMyOLQz-7K_OeaYLZ_MXf4bc_XomWfNvMQPHchZXF-9Dn2ymwkHOLQnwKbYbaLigxuuA=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love our mail carrier!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiegE_WGPNuAUsNzheOwc8CpwOTZvaDj-MFgud1suFnqZVi9VxETyT5B011UgpsrZL1GTVlivrWvTLnABWroDRxvp7Xb0IHXyYDIon3Ry5SjSmsPHLvkSuga6VK_E0PwErP3uJ9OHDKpapX-5UOhSvHlPsyX7cI0Le941DVWOvdVSqodVFWA=s1193" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1193" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiegE_WGPNuAUsNzheOwc8CpwOTZvaDj-MFgud1suFnqZVi9VxETyT5B011UgpsrZL1GTVlivrWvTLnABWroDRxvp7Xb0IHXyYDIon3Ry5SjSmsPHLvkSuga6VK_E0PwErP3uJ9OHDKpapX-5UOhSvHlPsyX7cI0Le941DVWOvdVSqodVFWA=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhscaK2VCiRf5jHlmD2nJXHNW_HLPq0ZQJ2JMXEQkiKW4AOPAJVDFMWQWdRMhNFu00qxMTjsQc08IC15nVrFkC4qELIAW-3n8j5kL8y4HqN8gOEv2vpwtEtRtP0oepIml1-lqT-7SQxLPg9CU21aV_hDvTM_SjMcmrcoqFSS_w848RGj7cJTw=s1439" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1439" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhscaK2VCiRf5jHlmD2nJXHNW_HLPq0ZQJ2JMXEQkiKW4AOPAJVDFMWQWdRMhNFu00qxMTjsQc08IC15nVrFkC4qELIAW-3n8j5kL8y4HqN8gOEv2vpwtEtRtP0oepIml1-lqT-7SQxLPg9CU21aV_hDvTM_SjMcmrcoqFSS_w848RGj7cJTw=w640-h466" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To Melissa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO3KsmRyGa8uzEGyuPrpnlahHbg_oFkAgyABEjktVspbCnGi7GViilo2nablgPAnHnAXTTmzsn-tTUhPXMXFexHdhMHCaIa0nwteJHI3-gCjaqK_rpF_WobDJudvE9HvhLQ3NoJts2RSocCPHPfXO0nCIMWbze0l9IPsAQlPdwiVeG2AwUJA=s1199" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1199" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO3KsmRyGa8uzEGyuPrpnlahHbg_oFkAgyABEjktVspbCnGi7GViilo2nablgPAnHnAXTTmzsn-tTUhPXMXFexHdhMHCaIa0nwteJHI3-gCjaqK_rpF_WobDJudvE9HvhLQ3NoJts2RSocCPHPfXO0nCIMWbze0l9IPsAQlPdwiVeG2AwUJA=w640-h418" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To Susan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuXjRSusRc799zMNzbt1FUjVWc9oQo7BVVf2mMbpWkPIyQnCGklLOQm59FoAQdZ7TL9KIp6Oc8nLDtfRgrh1RUc3Upl6esoX6Uj9MiYLP5CGUizz8G26db153BXJ4HAChx-1g8mnpPUGC6cMVlF8bKYzNDH6vP2U4Nh9C11bMDcxSRefvtxg=s1195" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1195" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuXjRSusRc799zMNzbt1FUjVWc9oQo7BVVf2mMbpWkPIyQnCGklLOQm59FoAQdZ7TL9KIp6Oc8nLDtfRgrh1RUc3Upl6esoX6Uj9MiYLP5CGUizz8G26db153BXJ4HAChx-1g8mnpPUGC6cMVlF8bKYzNDH6vP2U4Nh9C11bMDcxSRefvtxg=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To Omega</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4YLj57VfLB02pmUBXC-VyGHSgLdum88AtoaSSTNeHELguTd8X112MLYmsdbC0vfuRF0ieRXlcGcaZgNdcS12E2jERTsiMYwrK-bz7dgdnHFN3xIfJhD6wIxZ1KrrLUb8IPB0NEGC9LL3Fp2vwh8qnJqL-8luaMf6cHqBBgzxgrVqOjGc7ow=s1184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4YLj57VfLB02pmUBXC-VyGHSgLdum88AtoaSSTNeHELguTd8X112MLYmsdbC0vfuRF0ieRXlcGcaZgNdcS12E2jERTsiMYwrK-bz7dgdnHFN3xIfJhD6wIxZ1KrrLUb8IPB0NEGC9LL3Fp2vwh8qnJqL-8luaMf6cHqBBgzxgrVqOjGc7ow=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whew! I still have letters to respond to, but now I'll have more time to get them done. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Books/Reading: </b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Dust Bowl Girls</u>-nonfiction about a girls' basketball team in 1930's. Very good.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Mr. Mercedes</u> - audiobook by Stephen King. Creepy and suspenseful!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>A Divided Loyalty</u>--an Ian Rutledge novel by Charles Todd. Love this series.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>At Home on an Unruly Planet</u>--nonfiction. Excellent!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-61143643521525188402022-02-02T08:30:00.002-06:002022-02-02T08:30:58.184-06:00A New Month<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Books/Reading:</b> I'm trying to catch up on reviews on my other blog. I got so behind on reviewing in December and most of January, but I have been working to finish as many reviews possible and maybe be back on track in February.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Currently reading: <u>At Home on an Unruly Planet</u> by Madeline Ostrander-- nonfiction about the loss of "home" and what home means to us. The floods, hurricanes, and wildfires with which the world must now contend are more devastating and more frequent, and the stories of those who have lost everything (sometimes over and over) and how they face the aftermath of these catastrophes is a compelling and heartbreaking account that requires amazing resilience. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The truth that must be acknowledged is that even if we are not in those particular areas, we are all vulnerable to climate change and global warming--if not right now, we will be sooner than expected because it is happening faster than originally predicted. The book has some marvelous examples of the resilience of some communities, but the governments around the world and locally should be making preparations for the future. </span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mail:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The last of January's outgoing mail.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrAN1uWjKXaF83a4Bo5R23nyMT7Kncixl8bDoa9F1qt8P_usr6H697v3V-oiY5A1DI6kTbLQBasDvp2_O73KvGfd9FFdnuS39rEPjUxDV39IRB2bS6DHrK1GU7XRxkIpByTESem1BvBo2whgsO9Eq2kAPqzy9e8AJkAmMW-TLuGE0N6KqbzA=s1439" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1439" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrAN1uWjKXaF83a4Bo5R23nyMT7Kncixl8bDoa9F1qt8P_usr6H697v3V-oiY5A1DI6kTbLQBasDvp2_O73KvGfd9FFdnuS39rEPjUxDV39IRB2bS6DHrK1GU7XRxkIpByTESem1BvBo2whgsO9Eq2kAPqzy9e8AJkAmMW-TLuGE0N6KqbzA=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiF9IZ_OHKofdN17-8iaIpFtAp-T1x3o4XLjkPXlsgTCWYS9dJ4XC_YYo5QWsy8EDTrvcP_JeAw6RtmwHRlUe5MgGAswpY1rP7Lut4Gcb9i18GRHNDA3JrsxCUezFjw_ZONDmPkyS5jyVAVe21TrfqMLLi1uNgevaRcO4dUyrKVRadJhgvJA=s1429" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1429" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiF9IZ_OHKofdN17-8iaIpFtAp-T1x3o4XLjkPXlsgTCWYS9dJ4XC_YYo5QWsy8EDTrvcP_JeAw6RtmwHRlUe5MgGAswpY1rP7Lut4Gcb9i18GRHNDA3JrsxCUezFjw_ZONDmPkyS5jyVAVe21TrfqMLLi1uNgevaRcO4dUyrKVRadJhgvJA=w640-h470" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the last minute, I decided to participate in<a href="https://incowrimo.org/join-in/"> InCoWriMo</a>--and send something in the mail each day that the mail runs in February. This is a challenge, but in addition to the people I already write, there are plenty of names of folks on the lists for InCoWriMo and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/sendsomething">Send Something</a>...so I'm going to try. It has been about 4 or 5 years since I've attempted one of these challenges, and we will see how it goes.</span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggui8g6IoCj05wQyJWO9R9Bg8Aby2ZXWG59TDdoqt92hbsoFtbghCUqT5zYADtWImccSMQiqk_VfY7QYOKyYYVrhScZmcjD27I1X2ORphouKiFxjYowuD2gSLE-EzVhwgn9xmKx5JnaD-EJxPlKyCmAhSocu-I7IBDCCxM3egAoAbcPEIvsg=s526" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggui8g6IoCj05wQyJWO9R9Bg8Aby2ZXWG59TDdoqt92hbsoFtbghCUqT5zYADtWImccSMQiqk_VfY7QYOKyYYVrhScZmcjD27I1X2ORphouKiFxjYowuD2gSLE-EzVhwgn9xmKx5JnaD-EJxPlKyCmAhSocu-I7IBDCCxM3egAoAbcPEIvsg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimhzCfo4X1_UP1ed76OFW1U0AyR5fIkki0zt2to49-9mXI2IsT_6IhyUylI85YMy-O4KaHGWnf8DSJnLSYuZF7heLPSZCPXm5EMgMMPdEpgL4wiDtBK8FnQKPbw4saCKuExMwYLayeWqk4ol8uTs0ZN155FqK07UATGdFleUS29zrPLo6rlA=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimhzCfo4X1_UP1ed76OFW1U0AyR5fIkki0zt2to49-9mXI2IsT_6IhyUylI85YMy-O4KaHGWnf8DSJnLSYuZF7heLPSZCPXm5EMgMMPdEpgL4wiDtBK8FnQKPbw4saCKuExMwYLayeWqk4ol8uTs0ZN155FqK07UATGdFleUS29zrPLo6rlA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p></div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-43705242298353062022-01-29T12:20:00.000-06:002022-01-29T12:20:22.840-06:00January has flown by<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Books/Reading</b> some of January's books: <u>Billy Summers</u> by Stephen King</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(audiobook)</span><u style="font-family: georgia;"> </u><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><u style="font-family: georgia;">The Lincoln Highway </u><span style="font-family: georgia;">(audiobook)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, Jack Gatland's Declan Walsh series (went wild and read books 1-8), </span><u style="font-family: georgia;">The Raven Spell</u><span style="font-family: georgia;"> by Luanne G. Smith, The Dying Day by Vassem Khan (another audiobook). I liked all of these. :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since I had the audiobooks, I also used the listening time to do chores, to work on my mail art, or to embroider on the apron I spilled bleach on a while back. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here is the apron hanging with the laundry, awaiting the next audiobook and more stitches. As usual, nothing pre-planned, just keeping my fingers busy while I listen to a book, and no fancy stitches because they require thinking. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmRtlJIvm-gH0Gip9rhp9O28AfPS21y2lcHoN-8wtslffCI41_JQZRm2AyPOY6E7wLh6PHXnKNs5Y9yCQ7Mo0dUWbjMP-d_SF8KKGCAX9P18mX5stqR_E6OeGfbWU_v2haEeci2ubi7-GNHLtXi5-IuIQ0PORenzu6k-lEph7eo6H4jFGbsA=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmRtlJIvm-gH0Gip9rhp9O28AfPS21y2lcHoN-8wtslffCI41_JQZRm2AyPOY6E7wLh6PHXnKNs5Y9yCQ7Mo0dUWbjMP-d_SF8KKGCAX9P18mX5stqR_E6OeGfbWU_v2haEeci2ubi7-GNHLtXi5-IuIQ0PORenzu6k-lEph7eo6H4jFGbsA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Deep Pocket aprons are great and I can keep my phone and kindle with me as I go about my day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Mail</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love <a href="https://provincetownindependent.org/inner-voices/2022/01/26/suggestions-from-a-mail-enthusiast/?fbclid=IwAR141mMNLUb6k24XUieSAO-FVaNmg8uWSth8hBiPDDytQsPWC80NAEjtIdk">this article by Bonnie Jeanne</a>! Just a snippet: </span></div><h3 class="kicker" style="background-color: #f1f3f2; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: archivo, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-transform: uppercase;">SPECIAL DELIVERY</h3><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #f1f3f2; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: merriweather, serif; font-size: 18px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 3.6rem; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">Suggestions From a Mail Enthusiast</h1><h2 class="subtitle" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">She wants you to raise those little flags on your mailbox</h2><p class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(141, 142, 145) !important; font-family: archivo, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6rem !important; line-height: 2rem; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase !important;">BY <span class="entry-author" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a class="entry-author-link" href="https://provincetownindependent.org/author/b-tibbetts/" rel="author" style="background-color: inherit; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(141, 142, 145) !important; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">BONNIE JEANNE TIBBETTS</a></span> <time class="entry-time" style="box-sizing: inherit;">JAN 26, 2022</time></p></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #f1f3f2; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: merriweather, serif; font-size: 18px;"><div class="pigeon-remove" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.6rem; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">I love my job. I get to deliver mail to people in the town where I live in all its splendor, all year round. The summer traffic is intense, and I am not great at left turns onto the highway, but most postal routes keep us turning right, so that is helpful.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.6rem; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">While I am not fond of large, heavy packages that are hard to fit in my little mail truck (I mean you, kitty litter and bottled water!), most of the time I get to deliver fun packages, or so I assume. I hope you all are ordering more than just paper towels and other mundane household items.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.6rem; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Sadly, I don’t get to take a lot of fun outgoing mail from the mailboxes I visit. Those little flags on your mailbox need some exercise! And I have some suggestions.</p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was already thinking of adding two of her suggestions to this post, but then I found Bonnie Jeanne's article, and she does a better job of it than I would have! Do follow the link and read the whole article.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm almost caught up with my own mail.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwFK2QC_nkjj_zq7aL2s3Qj91ksEKaeJbgs3hjmWPgS1pcYKamYDH7EDr96T61xqQmjar8EmSQDH3oZPRg22K0Xu0XQJCyejS6872NYKVMGooE11D4dXqXuyL-F-kgUMhf2NYj0zybbvIYYyJ_Cu-EFulolFL9Bc6fwyl0ACsqgMag6I0xOw=s1428" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="1428" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwFK2QC_nkjj_zq7aL2s3Qj91ksEKaeJbgs3hjmWPgS1pcYKamYDH7EDr96T61xqQmjar8EmSQDH3oZPRg22K0Xu0XQJCyejS6872NYKVMGooE11D4dXqXuyL-F-kgUMhf2NYj0zybbvIYYyJ_Cu-EFulolFL9Bc6fwyl0ACsqgMag6I0xOw=w640-h462" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Bonnie Jeanne and I have been corresponding for a year now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've been having some problems with the computer lately. Anything I typed kept goingggggggg annnnnd couldn't be backspaced or deleted. I tried everything I could think of, spent so long making a comment or writing a post that the frustration resulted in abandoning whatever I was trying to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finally, after days of frustration and at the point of self-immolation, I asked my husband for help. He replaced the batteries in the keyboard. Duh--I didn't even know the keyboard had batteries. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Postcards to Hannah and Annie (Scribbling Glue)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqT49wSzmhduYrTEm6dXMe449RGpP9dbnHi9NckYiHeWj-ArxsZm6VHRUXa2oMBcDbqRdBr62Dm18f3fVT8SQUM9EhjSDshxWdhqciTuw-wf11P4E2gmgIVSmqA5Uk3SE8LQSOXyowIQedvgPcM9G2GJLG843I1madIerlsJp_ktlM2Twfxw=s1177" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1177" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqT49wSzmhduYrTEm6dXMe449RGpP9dbnHi9NckYiHeWj-ArxsZm6VHRUXa2oMBcDbqRdBr62Dm18f3fVT8SQUM9EhjSDshxWdhqciTuw-wf11P4E2gmgIVSmqA5Uk3SE8LQSOXyowIQedvgPcM9G2GJLG843I1madIerlsJp_ktlM2Twfxw=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWwsr1b3EFOvfBIUPfhQ9spU7Z4ZyX38rfyQ8BZfetVzk5NmZAEabEYtD40PN_qAbLqnxSOUbHoM_4TEwoEsXmpmB0eRH3MdwipZ0pQM-wZ2zWvpko5yHormxbmv18calpLS12qa_iEA-pO86oZbiWl0AnqSoGoRinuTgcvqillHkG4FzJHw=s1198" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1198" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWwsr1b3EFOvfBIUPfhQ9spU7Z4ZyX38rfyQ8BZfetVzk5NmZAEabEYtD40PN_qAbLqnxSOUbHoM_4TEwoEsXmpmB0eRH3MdwipZ0pQM-wZ2zWvpko5yHormxbmv18calpLS12qa_iEA-pO86oZbiWl0AnqSoGoRinuTgcvqillHkG4FzJHw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Letters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKCuPdeyTbfrXzuVuB9dCdQFFx37cVB7QrpCJRMwcl60Ej4P1oCffqSoCYjDDMtKrVFfcpjSwu4T7SpW9LoLtUBf_B6gjEpA3D2dcLnw6WVbCV-gXl4LH9-Htf3D4KJSTFQKHfZz_eTFjnuDXRQUYX8A4EXho8LVNwXLpbHyhQC0GAPHzZvQ=s1438" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1438" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKCuPdeyTbfrXzuVuB9dCdQFFx37cVB7QrpCJRMwcl60Ej4P1oCffqSoCYjDDMtKrVFfcpjSwu4T7SpW9LoLtUBf_B6gjEpA3D2dcLnw6WVbCV-gXl4LH9-Htf3D4KJSTFQKHfZz_eTFjnuDXRQUYX8A4EXho8LVNwXLpbHyhQC0GAPHzZvQ=w640-h462" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg555Q4wBZdVWxRAtashD66qXN9SgGD4Ju0b-4b7mjYx9cq_GbY_MviuhGX1ijCAJT3GKN7nNwf0Ssva300HCrZph-VSXeiI74AK02uHQtXCv6ZjwMoX6DnExU98uj73Y7yXufW6IYyzWlx12gjxgTylXwolItF_DcQQVW20pZQLFr70j1uLw=s1438" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1438" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg555Q4wBZdVWxRAtashD66qXN9SgGD4Ju0b-4b7mjYx9cq_GbY_MviuhGX1ijCAJT3GKN7nNwf0Ssva300HCrZph-VSXeiI74AK02uHQtXCv6ZjwMoX6DnExU98uj73Y7yXufW6IYyzWlx12gjxgTylXwolItF_DcQQVW20pZQLFr70j1uLw=w640-h466" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi26tlp_z_5O_AmFCXOZB5tGMSGZBjMn3Q21EOzaG_WzSgXP12wJv37MISW6XXC5fwwS9X_FcpOu3owe-S3xHWUPOoKF3s1AwFArErWM-iHZLy_cACr4_tmZW9fAjcIdOmLPGhTw2vISj3SnFmyGso3Bxzx5f5IeyZTMv-niqvpDdDKCKE6yg=s1441" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1441" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi26tlp_z_5O_AmFCXOZB5tGMSGZBjMn3Q21EOzaG_WzSgXP12wJv37MISW6XXC5fwwS9X_FcpOu3owe-S3xHWUPOoKF3s1AwFArErWM-iHZLy_cACr4_tmZW9fAjcIdOmLPGhTw2vISj3SnFmyGso3Bxzx5f5IeyZTMv-niqvpDdDKCKE6yg=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAttvc3Shoza_ImxgWu3dnnbxRYfywHxo2ryJZJw7HAurjv-zDYqkQX_gEf_9aJzuOvi0uyTIIsuWuobT6o7vmScvG59qT3GMNlft2cFkAgp0SnvV22-HZSHsS90AvPIJevASaG8lAlmXeLtJ3FFKmTOiPpJ0Rt248fK0VEjZTVCuR5BlPxw=s1421" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1421" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAttvc3Shoza_ImxgWu3dnnbxRYfywHxo2ryJZJw7HAurjv-zDYqkQX_gEf_9aJzuOvi0uyTIIsuWuobT6o7vmScvG59qT3GMNlft2cFkAgp0SnvV22-HZSHsS90AvPIJevASaG8lAlmXeLtJ3FFKmTOiPpJ0Rt248fK0VEjZTVCuR5BlPxw=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Since I've been spending so much time in my sketchbooks and making decorated envelopes and writing more letters, I've started looking for new ideas. </p><p>Love these owl envelopes! Etsy: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/88334100/set-of-five-owl-envelopes-print-from-a?click_key=7d7850107d90bffab35e99858c63629d52c2c9f7%3A88334100&click_sum=2aa8729a&ref=shop_home_recs_1&pro=1"><b>miss pink robin</b></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd-9neTxob8bY71tkv-NuGHdNV5JuxT2NlrGMnz2-Z03w2gM5thdAriWEwrJyskqlC0YAcQOaNuU55XgzWnqP5cvNXBHNncwj7KZD05Ydz-I-ejOePcqdspISegm5XYGQvQkXUr7zrdhHJVXL5K7-Nx37Z0qMaoPIhZJMyrPT_GLYlml4sAA=s794" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="794" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd-9neTxob8bY71tkv-NuGHdNV5JuxT2NlrGMnz2-Z03w2gM5thdAriWEwrJyskqlC0YAcQOaNuU55XgzWnqP5cvNXBHNncwj7KZD05Ydz-I-ejOePcqdspISegm5XYGQvQkXUr7zrdhHJVXL5K7-Nx37Z0qMaoPIhZJMyrPT_GLYlml4sAA=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9_qDOnJFlJAR0wB6fKIxsRQI31PNOZgHoWZtKP0fa0UlvcXEdxC7m42Gvqfipy5QoXSm9mZrbWDcWGd4ru5sQ9--J1lUDzrC5cx_CHLXpJPo8f177gW4u3UaVQRncrqqSdv5GOS_6jjacAybdHgF899qvzidt5lR8yYtKM521-mDaBliu7A=s794" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="794" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9_qDOnJFlJAR0wB6fKIxsRQI31PNOZgHoWZtKP0fa0UlvcXEdxC7m42Gvqfipy5QoXSm9mZrbWDcWGd4ru5sQ9--J1lUDzrC5cx_CHLXpJPo8f177gW4u3UaVQRncrqqSdv5GOS_6jjacAybdHgF899qvzidt5lR8yYtKM521-mDaBliu7A=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>She has 3 different sets of linotype owl envelopes and a lot of other cool stuff in her shop.</p><p>----------</p><p>HA! I sent a postcard to Annie, just checking in, a couple of days ago because I had not heard from her in so long. Yesterday, her letter postmarked Dec. 7 arrived! Melody's Christmas card from Singapore was postmarked Dec. 10 and arrived before Annie's! </p><p>Today, I'll get right on Annie's letter. :)</p><p>---</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8ntlJv5460GL8caJN0ZQxX06AdLYbHmoCt62xYcICsdtHB1cd31d-BBfs8QpSyI5KuNN6l8Ci14JNNWgGOb3v2FFMx3Cg39ExZLuBu3CchjrUhwC2o9NNtv760Ikz2oWcunwPGPpewYsl4CnE7-C-goRgMSvlpqJtawWJ5IyoY74pJaJA1w=s526" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8ntlJv5460GL8caJN0ZQxX06AdLYbHmoCt62xYcICsdtHB1cd31d-BBfs8QpSyI5KuNN6l8Ci14JNNWgGOb3v2FFMx3Cg39ExZLuBu3CchjrUhwC2o9NNtv760Ikz2oWcunwPGPpewYsl4CnE7-C-goRgMSvlpqJtawWJ5IyoY74pJaJA1w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8rFD0kl8r-J48yPpZdrChlfS7nYT5lU5C1A37n-dFwAVkXAKhxsHssx2TBVb1qI1Rpd1b1d5tfraC0R_D_GwwT_uUzW-EEjmtkj6NWqcd_qYvZxv0AESyZKbIYkRh4EmN5Obc6ZSbON4pikp28UWbSNIdy8GO-i2XQPS8MYuxCzWtpvOWxw=s236" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8rFD0kl8r-J48yPpZdrChlfS7nYT5lU5C1A37n-dFwAVkXAKhxsHssx2TBVb1qI1Rpd1b1d5tfraC0R_D_GwwT_uUzW-EEjmtkj6NWqcd_qYvZxv0AESyZKbIYkRh4EmN5Obc6ZSbON4pikp28UWbSNIdy8GO-i2XQPS8MYuxCzWtpvOWxw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-67031482251501306472022-01-02T06:27:00.001-06:002022-01-02T06:27:45.267-06:002022<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was a long December that had me slightly depressed and anxious for weeks. My defense is always to read more and embroider or draw. I've done a lot of both of reading and drawing, especially for the first few weeks this month. Then it was over. On realizing what had been bothering me, the miasma lifted. That subconscious is a powerful thing.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We had a wonderful Christmas Day with Amelia, Chris, and Bryce Eleanor. Since Max and Mila are in France visiting their other grandparents, Erin ended up skiing with friends. She didn't have enough time off to come home. We missed them. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, we are embarking on 2022. I suppose we are all casting back to the past two years and wondering what the new year will hold. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJCmyNJpcbDXUNLWL1RuRb-AoamnWFnBDHxUrFx6qBRqhzDhWcRa2si1VD7S0GkbeN1ispkwS0Q-QEFgn5AjMfMfw3Y5sJWCJSrkEPxPkf0EE9dOZEwrE1I3fsu4LgbwW2ALf3JWOIY7GtDrw2dGL92mq63vbKSp1k7Nkm9tmLVsURCQXzQw=s1438" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1438" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJCmyNJpcbDXUNLWL1RuRb-AoamnWFnBDHxUrFx6qBRqhzDhWcRa2si1VD7S0GkbeN1ispkwS0Q-QEFgn5AjMfMfw3Y5sJWCJSrkEPxPkf0EE9dOZEwrE1I3fsu4LgbwW2ALf3JWOIY7GtDrw2dGL92mq63vbKSp1k7Nkm9tmLVsURCQXzQw=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I've found a new source of inspiration in <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FeQf-argks">Mix It Up Marci</a>.</b> Simplicity and charm. Marci paints with coffee; monochromatic little drawings that depend on tone and shade. I've seen a lot of paint swatch doodles, but I like that Marci works entirely in shades of coffee. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Marci even has scans of her stuff that you can download and use. I didn't use coffee, but tried various shades of brown, and although it doesn't show up, some shimmery gold. It was great fun, and I'll be playing with more like this...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">postcard to Amelia, Chris, and Bryce Eleanor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFT7PsoTMHaXAAwIQLFHsacib2frHYg53rF98468iQpFXjd0rdYO1rk_HxFpjUEKIMKvLWOo9q5sVIGfrnWI-jiBPw7DC8Hm8-G8QQgaOv4hEZ9ZcmmRlNxHDlWLCJpd-EMGCJlooSVCB7lURT5cemz9CHZ1N11RCUR1OY_xxsDUwVwZ0ZXw=s1194" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1194" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFT7PsoTMHaXAAwIQLFHsacib2frHYg53rF98468iQpFXjd0rdYO1rk_HxFpjUEKIMKvLWOo9q5sVIGfrnWI-jiBPw7DC8Hm8-G8QQgaOv4hEZ9ZcmmRlNxHDlWLCJpd-EMGCJlooSVCB7lURT5cemz9CHZ1N11RCUR1OY_xxsDUwVwZ0ZXw=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Doodling is one of those relaxing and meditative ways to spend time without any stress of completion. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I just liked this sign for its great attitude.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It made me think about not only the big picture,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but about the small exclusions and inclusions</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">we make in life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ijyESwN9DWk/YbSdfuB553I/AAAAAAAAmLY/9IBqXaa9pF89r-NO0lKf0FSyd6US68dPgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1452/1-Scan1040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1452" height="462" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ijyESwN9DWk/YbSdfuB553I/AAAAAAAAmLY/9IBqXaa9pF89r-NO0lKf0FSyd6US68dPgCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h462/1-Scan1040.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Christmas Postcards and Letters</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to Hester</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1szO0d6oqZU/YbSdKrQAamI/AAAAAAAAmLE/Oxys_57Tr_Y4L2O_y_JWgkQGM3c2qbGYgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1188/1-Scan1041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1188" height="436" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1szO0d6oqZU/YbSdKrQAamI/AAAAAAAAmLE/Oxys_57Tr_Y4L2O_y_JWgkQGM3c2qbGYgCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h436/1-Scan1041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to Penn</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IMbkWuvNKss/YbSdKuM_LfI/AAAAAAAAmLM/EHsD9kNh7nUiJKaoZZvRIZPxtRh_gY_XQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1188/3-Scan1043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1188" height="415" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IMbkWuvNKss/YbSdKuM_LfI/AAAAAAAAmLM/EHsD9kNh7nUiJKaoZZvRIZPxtRh_gY_XQCNcBGAsYHQ/w618-h415/3-Scan1043.jpg" width="618" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to Ricky and Teresa</span><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RzozTxkrGwA/YbSdKka-C3I/AAAAAAAAmLI/CWaigrkS15cC3M1ypktsob5IZ-poUtQ4QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1198/5-Scan1045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1198" height="418" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RzozTxkrGwA/YbSdKka-C3I/AAAAAAAAmLI/CWaigrkS15cC3M1ypktsob5IZ-poUtQ4QCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h418/5-Scan1045.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to Patty & Dave</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cad3QsQhJAo/YbX-khOMNeI/AAAAAAAAmLo/pPqnaioBXy045s4be8W-C3zXJmm_VDCRACNcBGAsYHQ/s1191/1-Scan1047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1191" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cad3QsQhJAo/YbX-khOMNeI/AAAAAAAAmLo/pPqnaioBXy045s4be8W-C3zXJmm_VDCRACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/1-Scan1047.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Just a few.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhndfyXOtfHD7vVXaXzRSjZo6tTGOYCxgJkQwPObAYrPLbo0aEs68aMrFjHmFQQqsbKs1jbZiw0dV3qJQbPzY7ThUMrob7CJ4BkOFBotqEpjB0TLSyWq8d_PCnrmuv4JKhOyyCJNp_RZaXnno_VT9ct_oD9-37nFsNfsHLnNlykAOP1mNiKUA=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhndfyXOtfHD7vVXaXzRSjZo6tTGOYCxgJkQwPObAYrPLbo0aEs68aMrFjHmFQQqsbKs1jbZiw0dV3qJQbPzY7ThUMrob7CJ4BkOFBotqEpjB0TLSyWq8d_PCnrmuv4JKhOyyCJNp_RZaXnno_VT9ct_oD9-37nFsNfsHLnNlykAOP1mNiKUA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDVKMqu3f8yudI-3E7KUvWK799gkEtX6JjPiVn02H14HEncKlWuU-CrTckCKdjL6TtB_210MFAO3eL5YnVkoVorebGYHXtUtdGq42lULpkAD3UjRkClx-6AxSnorLRyODTdqsI_qBs1d2LHqzCYjuniRSk9uqlumHymLhBRlhstYJ5uCtnSg=s400" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDVKMqu3f8yudI-3E7KUvWK799gkEtX6JjPiVn02H14HEncKlWuU-CrTckCKdjL6TtB_210MFAO3eL5YnVkoVorebGYHXtUtdGq42lULpkAD3UjRkClx-6AxSnorLRyODTdqsI_qBs1d2LHqzCYjuniRSk9uqlumHymLhBRlhstYJ5uCtnSg=w268-h400" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Listened to the audiobook <u>Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians, but Were Afraid to Ask</u> by Anton Treuer, who is himself an Indian (Ojibwe) and does not object to the term. He does, however, note that not all indigenous people feel that way. He grew up with the term and uses it in self-reference. Indian Halloween costumes and mascots, on the other hand, he feels are disrespectful.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The format is question and answer, and includes history, culture, language, stereotypes, racism, sovereignty, and much more. Truer approaches each subject in a non-confrontational manner. It is not, as you may imagine, a pretty picture, but it is fascinating.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Excellent and informative! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This just cracks me up!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKj7MckgZazK8_hF2MSrB978eftOtt04Yzf2JLHGaoAP3JWDeenmlZ6KHxe_zkiz6QsOYmvRdecskEqjN-bm29bhbqnEj3ILsYCo6V42qVw5vPHKbsITiW4AmnNfkWqE385Qrnj0zVtBxmth3sexvOhyCcvc2jm6D6PlDffJ8fVigXBhRJDw=s957" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="694" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKj7MckgZazK8_hF2MSrB978eftOtt04Yzf2JLHGaoAP3JWDeenmlZ6KHxe_zkiz6QsOYmvRdecskEqjN-bm29bhbqnEj3ILsYCo6V42qVw5vPHKbsITiW4AmnNfkWqE385Qrnj0zVtBxmth3sexvOhyCcvc2jm6D6PlDffJ8fVigXBhRJDw=s16000" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-24545280832636493872021-12-07T21:44:00.002-06:002021-12-07T21:44:43.233-06:00December Busy-ness<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This has been the warmest December ever for us. The high on Saturday for our local weather was 81 degrees. Huh? I believe in global warming and climate change and have for decades, but it suddenly seems to be happening so rapidly! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nevertheless, I crave winter soups and chili and gumbo, and the foods that seem to be comfort in cold weather. Since today's high will be 55 degrees, soups are on my mind. I avoid thinking about the ten day forecast, which shows it warming back up to the high 70's and possibly low 80's by the end of the week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">These are two soups I want to try, along with some of our traditional favorites of Tomato Basil, homemade Chicken and Rice, Cheesy Broccoli, and Potato soups.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.floatingkitchen.net/roasted-cauliflower-and-chickpea-soup/"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> roasted cauliflower/chickpea soup </span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.deliciousmeetshealthy.com/instant-pot-butternut-squash-soup/">butternut squash soup</a> (Iliana suggested this one)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Crafty:</b> I've been working on some Christmas postcards and envelopes. So slowly. Given the rush of Christmas cards around this time, I'm not sure they will even arrive before Christmas since I keep procrastinating. I like the drawing and painting part, but have had trouble actually completing the postcards and envelopes. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWdDBhfsEQo/Ya9AYHHsRBI/AAAAAAAAmKE/mIrDM-K9KnQgtB6vjO-7-KaR-LYdY9H0ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/4-christmas%2Bpcs%2Band%2Benv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1600" height="458" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWdDBhfsEQo/Ya9AYHHsRBI/AAAAAAAAmKE/mIrDM-K9KnQgtB6vjO-7-KaR-LYdY9H0ACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h458/4-christmas%2Bpcs%2Band%2Benv.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Books/Reading:</b> recently finished the following</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-60QSGHlkSbc/Ya9HzAYHI7I/AAAAAAAAmKM/f1mZtpAg0OoOBGRmsWOFjCFH9EhyFCcZwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1-Recently%2BUpdated9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-60QSGHlkSbc/Ya9HzAYHI7I/AAAAAAAAmKM/f1mZtpAg0OoOBGRmsWOFjCFH9EhyFCcZwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1-Recently%2BUpdated9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Family:</b> Amelia's birthday was the 1st, Chris' birthday was the 5th, and B.E.'s birthday is the 11th. Then a short break before Fee's birthday on the 22nd. Whew, December is birthday month for so many of our family members.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Max and Mila are supposed to accompany their father and stepmother to France to see their other grandparents for Christmas. The O variant may be a problem. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">------------</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Love these stamps from Guernsey!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gJnNpRdRnA4/YbAnfuLuRWI/AAAAAAAAmKU/jWZATXvF_CkoYSEdZnJxcrD-l-TPSP7-ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1461/christmasstamps%2Bguernsey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="560" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gJnNpRdRnA4/YbAnfuLuRWI/AAAAAAAAmKU/jWZATXvF_CkoYSEdZnJxcrD-l-TPSP7-ACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/christmasstamps%2Bguernsey.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tyGGZd9x8Rs/YbApuE5EfRI/AAAAAAAAmKk/YRfsTpLyaus0fsCoAlrEQ9_-4db9Oc7zgCNcBGAsYHQ/s283/christmas%2Bcartoon5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="236" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tyGGZd9x8Rs/YbApuE5EfRI/AAAAAAAAmKk/YRfsTpLyaus0fsCoAlrEQ9_-4db9Oc7zgCNcBGAsYHQ/w534-h640/christmas%2Bcartoon5.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-43249404168597254232021-12-01T17:58:00.206-06:002021-12-02T10:15:52.974-06:00All Wrapped Up?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The weather here is unusually warm. We are expecting several more days with highs of 75--it may be unseasonal, but it is comfortable. Bagging leaves for the compost pile has resulted in ongoing problem with itchy eyes. Ugh. I can't get Blogger to let me "left align" if you are wondering about the strange appearance of text.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="ILfuVd" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I've been concerned about the waste of wrapping paper for years. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Shiny and glitter-encrusted paper is especially bad. It cannot be recycled and is </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/eco-friendly-gift-giver-1.4952915" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #61b591; cursor: pointer; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">nothing else but microplastics</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. The glitter pollutes oceans and ends up being ingested by animals which, over time, will collect in their stomachs and can be fatal. Fibres found in cheaper types of wrapping paper are not strong enough to recycle; wrapping paper is often dyed and laminated, and may also contain non-paper additives such as gold and silver coloring, glitter and plastics. Then there is the added issue of sticky tape, which is still often attached to paper when thrown away. Landfill or even incineration are often the only options to get rid of the waste.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="ILfuVd" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">"In the United States, an additional five million tons of waste is generated over Christmas, <b>four million</b> of which is wrapping paper and shopping bags. In the UK, consumers use approximately 227,000 miles of wrapping paper each year, and will put what equates to 108 million rolls of wrapping paper in the trash.</span></span><span class="kX21rb ZYHQ7e" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #70757a; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.34; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><span>Dec 14, 2020" </span><a href="https://www.allthingssupplychain.com/the-wrapping-paper-waste-problem-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/" target="_blank"><b> Source</b></a></span></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.melissaselmin.com/amp/sustainable-christmas-gift-wrapping-inspiration-with-hobbycraft"> Sustainable Christmas Wrapping</a></span></b><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WuKhTrYQtW8/YVhTeEGkZkI/AAAAAAAAl58/DQeBiNcDgj4Vb0a8BvYsBtPtuuP6bk65QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/christmas%2Bwrapping.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="697" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WuKhTrYQtW8/YVhTeEGkZkI/AAAAAAAAl58/DQeBiNcDgj4Vb0a8BvYsBtPtuuP6bk65QCLcBGAsYHQ/w523-h697/christmas%2Bwrapping.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The article gives shopping sources for the easel paper, but the sources were in the UK. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pack-Painting-Projects-Wrapping-Non-Yellowing/dp/B086VX2V9S/ref=asc_df_B086VX2V9S/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=416957758022&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4801067143037220983&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9025463&hvtargid=pla-910292596969&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=96811480551&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=416957758022&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4801067143037220983&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9025463&hvtargid=pla-910292596969"> Here's a source for the U.S</a>, but any art store would probably have it. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/568010751/20-50-dried-decorative-orange-slices?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_d-craft_supplies_and_tools-decorations_and_embellishments-shells&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjwhuCKBhADEiwA1HegOWBPRmuD25iOkqyovksJv0nJHUxtrZCTFvfdZJ4njySmNZhCWZXXSRoCOksQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_12574416126_120439615438_507798883896_aud-1118323511678:pla-361618678557_c__568010751_129300465&utm_custom2=12574416126&gclid=CjwKCAjwhuCKBhADEiwA1HegOWBPRmuD25iOkqyovksJv0nJHUxtrZCTFvfdZJ4njySmNZhCWZXXSRoCOksQAvD_BwE">Dried oranges slices on Etsy</a> or you can make your own. <a href="https://thehomeicreate.com/how-to-dry-orange-slices-in-the-oven/">Orange, lemon, grapefruit can be dried in the oven</a> and would be a fun and scented activity as well as producing the slices for decor. The above packaging is both lovely and elegant in simplicity. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since too much wrapping paper goes to the trash, I started making fabric bags or just wrapping gifts in fabric that can be reused. Large Christmas napkins I bought years ago were also handy. Recipients kept the bags, but the fabric pieces were returned to me for re-use if the receiver (usually male) didn't sew. I've also used brown craft paper because I loved the simplicity of it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">In 2019, I tried the furoshiki wrapping and also used my fabric envelopes for gifts, using odds and ends from my stash of "stuff made with no real purpose" items. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j48MRSfvA4M/YVhmoQLXa5I/AAAAAAAAl6U/4aq0Zhs68xM2_yWBu-d0nSZal7XcU8tywCLcBGAsYHQ/s568/furoshiki%2Bchristmas%2Bwrap.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="476" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j48MRSfvA4M/YVhmoQLXa5I/AAAAAAAAl6U/4aq0Zhs68xM2_yWBu-d0nSZal7XcU8tywCLcBGAsYHQ/w536-h640/furoshiki%2Bchristmas%2Bwrap.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2QKgv7LCq6c/YVhpn4wLOnI/AAAAAAAAl6c/qLyLqUF4e8sNk7ggVyr7b2u_B3tlKkKuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/christmasbags.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="480" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2QKgv7LCq6c/YVhpn4wLOnI/AAAAAAAAl6c/qLyLqUF4e8sNk7ggVyr7b2u_B3tlKkKuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/christmasbags.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">In 2010, I made some brown paper bags, that might be used again, but also could be recycled. I used beeswax on some, others were just plain brown Kraft paper. Some I stamped, some I stitched on. These are small, but some were a little bigger.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMl--9H7jGk/YVhgsnwjjWI/AAAAAAAAl6E/nVzThtSmqTEyPlu62Sg6_dpSN0lVOg7jACLcBGAsYHQ/s480/chrisdec20103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMl--9H7jGk/YVhgsnwjjWI/AAAAAAAAl6E/nVzThtSmqTEyPlu62Sg6_dpSN0lVOg7jACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/chrisdec20103.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Longer ago than that, I started making fabric envelopes and quilting them for special gifts. I haven't made any in the last several years, but maybe this year I'll make one or two more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTm3Ii9G-5w/YZ-h344iQAI/AAAAAAAAmIQ/KEk9GcMxyjMbwqF3bnJBO1T4zGrtMl5gwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/6-Downloads47.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1600" height="458" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTm3Ii9G-5w/YZ-h344iQAI/AAAAAAAAmIQ/KEk9GcMxyjMbwqF3bnJBO1T4zGrtMl5gwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h458/6-Downloads47.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They are nice for small gifts and can be used again for jewelry or as gift packaging for someone else. Maybe I'll make a couple more this year. The envelopes are simple to make, and I enjoy the meditative process of quilting them.</span></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">It isn't much in the scheme of things, but it makes me feel better not to contribute to the waste, and I enjoy making stuff, so it works for me. :)</span><br /> </div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-34814883793818815832021-11-28T08:39:00.001-06:002021-11-28T08:39:34.568-06:00Stuff and Nonsense<div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> Mail Art:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was about to just use this failed pc attempt to test colors, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but I started writing on it and it made me laugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So I sent it to Suzie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D-463Coypcc/YaKMhZNC6wI/AAAAAAAAmIY/IluvcgNLXS0D234KCkTjq63HTLLO5KRqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1188/2-Scan1036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1188" height="440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D-463Coypcc/YaKMhZNC6wI/AAAAAAAAmIY/IluvcgNLXS0D234KCkTjq63HTLLO5KRqwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h440/2-Scan1036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To Teresa</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pNi6Nb-RNDg/YaKMo7YhwlI/AAAAAAAAmIc/SMj65Ofy8E8818kxG5XfFhFxb4kpOIWcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1201/1-Scan1038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1201" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pNi6Nb-RNDg/YaKMo7YhwlI/AAAAAAAAmIc/SMj65Ofy8E8818kxG5XfFhFxb4kpOIWcwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/1-Scan1038.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br style="background-color: #0066b3; color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><span face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #0066b3; color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">There are 335,104,629 people in the U.S.</span><br style="background-color: #0066b3; color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><span face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #0066b3; color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">How many have your name?</span></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://HowManyofMe.com" style="font-weight: bold;">HowManyofMe.com</a><b> (</b>this was fun<b>)</b></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><table style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tbody><tr style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></tr><tr style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="tableheader" style="background: rgb(128, 201, 255); border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 18pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px; padding: 2px; text-align: center; width: 290.391px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Jenny Mullen</td><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </td></tr><tr style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></td><td class="tablebody" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top;"><ul style="margin-top: 5px;"><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.2; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 5px;">There are <span class="popnum" style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">15</span> people in the U.S. named Jenny Mullen.</li><li></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Isn't this lovely:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I pray to the birds. I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward. I pray to them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day—the invocations and benedictions of Earth. I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.” </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Terry Tempest Williams, REFUGE</span></span></blockquote><p></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b> And I think this book by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>would make a wonderful Christmas gift for a child.</b></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p></blockquote><div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Roget's Words</b></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="352" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Z8VGJ0s3RY" width="423" youtube-src-id="6Z8VGJ0s3RY"></iframe></div><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I posted the following on my other blog, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but it continues to make me smile so I'm sharing it here as well.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is actually a great gift--there is</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">always the gift with "batteries not included."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xPCgk8kWk_Q/YYXLJgUCl4I/AAAAAAAAmC0/iiWKJc3kKJY5D5GMv2plaUOpi1_kVGCHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s552/gifts%2Bnot%2Bincluded%2Bmeme.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="552" height="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xPCgk8kWk_Q/YYXLJgUCl4I/AAAAAAAAmC0/iiWKJc3kKJY5D5GMv2plaUOpi1_kVGCHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w432-h399/gifts%2Bnot%2Bincluded%2Bmeme.jpg" width="432" /></a></div></div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-78338539639031852882021-11-24T06:47:00.000-06:002021-11-24T06:47:59.384-06:00November Is Drawing to a Close<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">One morning last week, a fierce North Wind blew in. Edgrr and Stinker were waiting eagerly for me to open the door, but when I did and the wind slapped them in the face, they changed their minds and went to find someplace warm to curl up and go back to sleep. I rather felt the same way! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The cold front pushed through, and we've been back in the 60's and 70's. My favorite kind of weather. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Incoming Mail</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This card from Teresa made me smile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8r6NiPiRBIU/YZWKbT7rYZI/AAAAAAAAmGM/-hC7X1R1oKUGo0slF5KGSER5jpmt4B1AgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1595/1-Scan1030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="1595" height="560" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8r6NiPiRBIU/YZWKbT7rYZI/AAAAAAAAmGM/-hC7X1R1oKUGo0slF5KGSER5jpmt4B1AgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h560/1-Scan1030.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">from Hester</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwT381NJfl0/YZvkIzpdmOI/AAAAAAAAmG4/TenHvsm_dxo-n7K2I3jlBkykVmjX_v9jQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1147/1-Scan1031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1147" height="452" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwT381NJfl0/YZvkIzpdmOI/AAAAAAAAmG4/TenHvsm_dxo-n7K2I3jlBkykVmjX_v9jQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h452/1-Scan1031.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">from Carol Ann</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1LIjI52geA/YZ1ERJhrXpI/AAAAAAAAmH4/qJQ3ELfKa2YVP2ZHpYkWQab_3gLwfTdugCLcBGAsYHQ/s1349/3-Scan1034-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1349" height="470" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1LIjI52geA/YZ1ERJhrXpI/AAAAAAAAmH4/qJQ3ELfKa2YVP2ZHpYkWQab_3gLwfTdugCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h470/3-Scan1034-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carol Ann cleverly made a booklet out of this card</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by punching holes in the card and inserting several pages</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">of pages for her letter, like signatures in a book.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steal worthy idea!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jXdaeEc2Wus/YZ1Dv9H7m_I/AAAAAAAAmHc/yBW7dbgKGRwoHIGZfL5F7HJ_Nhdr2NtRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1368/1-Scan1032-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="981" height="518" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jXdaeEc2Wus/YZ1Dv9H7m_I/AAAAAAAAmHc/yBW7dbgKGRwoHIGZfL5F7HJ_Nhdr2NtRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w370-h518/1-Scan1032-001.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 signatures = 6 extra pages for the letter,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">plus the front and back of the card!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACW-Tw7DJxU/YZ1EXF-tqrI/AAAAAAAAmH8/wI_3xnHXg3YZfX5_fClMjftwjDr9qD53ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/2-Scan1033-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1600" height="446" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACW-Tw7DJxU/YZ1EXF-tqrI/AAAAAAAAmH8/wI_3xnHXg3YZfX5_fClMjftwjDr9qD53ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h446/2-Scan1033-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What a great idea for a Christmas card!</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Outgoing Mail</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Suzie always texts me to tell me when she gets a letter, and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I get a quick update about N.O.:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Her school is still requiring masks, although many aren't any longer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She just finished The Dressmaker of Auschwitz and loved all </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the sewing history included.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now time for one of our long phone conversations.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gKeQbIh_Ykg/YY1XhEyOUVI/AAAAAAAAmEQ/dBBm6sJ72EsI4JRP2wHM_lGCf7r8pXB3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1436/1-Scan1028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1436" height="472" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gKeQbIh_Ykg/YY1XhEyOUVI/AAAAAAAAmEQ/dBBm6sJ72EsI4JRP2wHM_lGCf7r8pXB3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h472/1-Scan1028.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Postcard to Patty</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eBv5R1GdQS0/YZQLEg9rCPI/AAAAAAAAmFk/Gh02vz0x4cAOBiy1XbNcox3-5kRiqbpAACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/1-Scan1029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eBv5R1GdQS0/YZQLEg9rCPI/AAAAAAAAmFk/Gh02vz0x4cAOBiy1XbNcox3-5kRiqbpAACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/1-Scan1029.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I spent several days playing upstairs this week, sketching ideas for envelopes and postcards and having a grand old time painting them. Then--I realized that that I should have been making Christmas-themed stuff. Always a step behind. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Books/Reading: </b>Another place I stay behind, oh, not on reading, but on reviewing them on my book blog. Just finished <u>Wish You Were Here</u> by Jodi Picoult last night, and I highly recommend it. I have a lot of books to review over at <a href="https://bookgarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Garden Carried in the Pocket</a>, and I will review <u>Wish You Were Here</u> eventually, but it was remarkable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This looks like fun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Source: <a href="https://www.kaliko.co/blog/how-to-print-with-plants-onto-fabric"><b>Kaliko</b></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wdrXTMzWS30/YZUBnOxR73I/AAAAAAAAmFs/hmjebsjcTVsPff3weIYSwxV6axjennyigCLcBGAsYHQ/s667/printing%2Bwith%2Bleaves.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wdrXTMzWS30/YZUBnOxR73I/AAAAAAAAmFs/hmjebsjcTVsPff3weIYSwxV6axjennyigCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/printing%2Bwith%2Bleaves.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AgufntKq4U/YY6MbEXiuOI/AAAAAAAAmFM/rRXS7FxmAAMbYS9HBthO1JilZ8gQcc87wCLcBGAsYHQ/s644/you%2527re%2Bso%2Bvenn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="470" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AgufntKq4U/YY6MbEXiuOI/AAAAAAAAmFM/rRXS7FxmAAMbYS9HBthO1JilZ8gQcc87wCLcBGAsYHQ/w468-h640/you%2527re%2Bso%2Bvenn.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-66784365733319041752021-11-08T15:45:00.001-06:002021-11-08T15:45:32.747-06:00Monday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Books/Reading:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ihQPIYJo94/YYmWU-0RDDI/AAAAAAAAmDo/TAASw-AE248DWqHWoMnDydgZNM3FlYbMACLcBGAsYHQ/s499/a%2Bhot%2Bmess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ihQPIYJo94/YYmWU-0RDDI/AAAAAAAAmDo/TAASw-AE248DWqHWoMnDydgZNM3FlYbMACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/a%2Bhot%2Bmess.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">A Hot Mess</span></u><span style="font-family: georgia;"> is an informative and readable science-based book on climate change, how it has already affected the world and will continue to do so. I would recommend this book to all politicians as well as to the rest of us who have already acknowledged the consequences of ignoring what will happen as the world heats up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">More cosmos seedlings to pull. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gymkhtDMnAo/YYE6xYlL2rI/AAAAAAAAmCM/1BbSGFnt1XUNcxjXNtJa_ewe4avb7trUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s633/1-IMG_3241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="446" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gymkhtDMnAo/YYE6xYlL2rI/AAAAAAAAmCM/1BbSGFnt1XUNcxjXNtJa_ewe4avb7trUwCLcBGAsYHQ/w450-h640/1-IMG_3241.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> Incoming Mail</b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Postcard from Teresa that arrived without the stamp cancellation.</span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TDB94diU_g8/YYQdOSBjCvI/AAAAAAAAmCg/fDaX93q0t-40uVdEuBb8ULvvebSyJFeDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1109/1-Scan1023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="858" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TDB94diU_g8/YYQdOSBjCvI/AAAAAAAAmCg/fDaX93q0t-40uVdEuBb8ULvvebSyJFeDwCLcBGAsYHQ/w496-h640/1-Scan1023.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Outgoing Mail</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Letter to Teresa who requested some cosmos seeds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I cut off the end of the envelope with the stamp when I scanned it.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1gDXWnEjp4o/YXv27TYkMqI/AAAAAAAAmBg/gp51vjpN4CUDctSSubzPcIQtZw1_bW8iQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1677/Scan1022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1677" height="312" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1gDXWnEjp4o/YXv27TYkMqI/AAAAAAAAmBg/gp51vjpN4CUDctSSubzPcIQtZw1_bW8iQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h312/Scan1022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13dEX2-E9Xg/YYa4itU1GkI/AAAAAAAAmDM/E3XtPZYZTG0Nt2izIhmZ01YMvk54L5I4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1436/1-Scan1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1436" height="472" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13dEX2-E9Xg/YYa4itU1GkI/AAAAAAAAmDM/E3XtPZYZTG0Nt2izIhmZ01YMvk54L5I4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h472/1-Scan1024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BNurgxn-ASI/YYmSOEv_nsI/AAAAAAAAmDc/fKhT1pVkt2sQmf7fDhe4azOgaglit4GpACLcBGAsYHQ/s1450/1-Scan1025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1450" height="464" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BNurgxn-ASI/YYmSOEv_nsI/AAAAAAAAmDc/fKhT1pVkt2sQmf7fDhe4azOgaglit4GpACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h464/1-Scan1025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eKSis_YDvEU/YYmZa-AuBaI/AAAAAAAAmEA/DBYd5_c7yRQZCQa7H15i2_5tvz8SMs8fwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1438/1-Scan1026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1438" height="468" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eKSis_YDvEU/YYmZa-AuBaI/AAAAAAAAmEA/DBYd5_c7yRQZCQa7H15i2_5tvz8SMs8fwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h468/1-Scan1026.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div>-------<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clumsy, careless me. I rarely use bleach because I'm never careful enough, but the white sheets, I do bleach occasionally. So...I have several big aprons similar to the kind in restaurants because I love the big pockets. The pockets are big enough to hold my Kindle and my phone and are useful when straightening the house and returning things to their proper places.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And I had my black apron on when I washed the sheets, jogged my elbow, splashed the bleach down the apron. <i>Benefit</i>, not on my shirt or pants. <i>Frustration</i>, hated the bleach splatter--not that I leave the house wearing the apron, but still.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Many of the spots were the size as the point of a needle, some were dribbles, others were larger. Now the spots are covered with tiny French knots and other stitching, and I got caught up with some Netflix shows while doing the slow stitching.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpCIE9DCLgo/YYQid1K89bI/AAAAAAAAmCo/7gzu5mL8VlI6UH3O31QSM_vCHZwTkIpUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s564/1-IMG_3246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="451" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpCIE9DCLgo/YYQid1K89bI/AAAAAAAAmCo/7gzu5mL8VlI6UH3O31QSM_vCHZwTkIpUgCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h640/1-IMG_3246.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">“We live stitch by stitch, when we’re lucky. If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching. And maybe the stitching is crude, or it is unraveling, but if it were precise, we’d pretend that life was just fine and running like a Swiss watch. This is not helpful if on the inside our understanding is that life is more often a cuckoo clock with rusty gears. In the aftermath of loss, we do what we’ve always done, although we are changed, maybe more afraid. We do what we can, as well as we can. My pastor, Veronica, one Sunday told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, sweating a little under its feathery arms. A warhorse walks up to the bird and asks, “What on earth are you doing?” The sparrow replies, “I heard the sky was falling, and I wanted to help.” The horse laughs a big, loud, sneering horse laugh, and says, “Do you really think you’re going to hold back the sky, with those scrawny little legs?” And the sparrow says, “One does what one can.” </span></span><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">― Anne Lamott, Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair"</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When not spilling bleach, or stumbling over a cat,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">or other clumsy incidents, there is this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y1bzmct1eRk/YYa26OSaPOI/AAAAAAAAmDE/nsWRJGya3AorNY8QDkI1N4UgmiAjT5-9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s634/cartoon%252C%2Bcatchpocket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y1bzmct1eRk/YYa26OSaPOI/AAAAAAAAmDE/nsWRJGya3AorNY8QDkI1N4UgmiAjT5-9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w530-h640/cartoon%252C%2Bcatchpocket.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br />jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-91535492836513934762021-10-26T15:56:00.000-05:002021-10-26T15:56:15.061-05:00Autumn This and That<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">October has been a perfect month to catch up on gardening chores, so I've spent most days outside...sometimes "choring" and sometimes reading. </span> After the summer heat and humidity, it has been so pleasant to sit out and read in comfortable temperatures. Not cool, actually, but comfortably pleasant in the 80's. </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Garden:</b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Almost finished with re-doing this bed. Finally! Have to finish cleaning up, but at least I've finished digging up all the monkey grass and have put things back in a semblance of order. We have gotten a lot done this month--Fee mostly works on the front and the long side, and I work on everything else. We have different priorities at times, so we concentrate where our interests lie.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fmJyeoopSek/YXgvti2mMXI/AAAAAAAAmBY/760_nNfC4GYKpywcMM2TK0ngsrxNsvijgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1-IMG_3239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fmJyeoopSek/YXgvti2mMXI/AAAAAAAAmBY/760_nNfC4GYKpywcMM2TK0ngsrxNsvijgCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/1-IMG_3239.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: left;">This. </b><span style="text-align: left;">Fee bought the scarecrow, a bale of hay, and lots of pumpkins and arranged them around the front door. The problem is that I am easily startled, and for nearly three weeks now, I get a glimpse of the shape as I pass by and think someone is at the door! I will be happy to put that scarecrow in storage as soon as we get through November. </span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YBCbPG3sy0U/YXgP4a7iDkI/AAAAAAAAmBA/6r3uy7YVwZ4OUtx7kA-a-VRSJIBtcbkNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="484" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YBCbPG3sy0U/YXgP4a7iDkI/AAAAAAAAmBA/6r3uy7YVwZ4OUtx7kA-a-VRSJIBtcbkNgCLcBGAsYHQ/w363-h484/IMG_3235.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><br /><b>Books/Reading:<span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Finished these, but have reviewed only one on my reading blog.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aTAkApnofdM/YXgERbEFP3I/AAAAAAAAmAE/BlLbRtvpu6INyq-_MbnILVQgig7S5hXewCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/thebohemians.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="177" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aTAkApnofdM/YXgERbEFP3I/AAAAAAAAmAE/BlLbRtvpu6INyq-_MbnILVQgig7S5hXewCLcBGAsYHQ/w118-h177/thebohemians.jpg" width="118" /></a></div><br /><u>The Bohemians</u> by Jasmine Darznik. Historical fiction about photographer Dorothea Lange. Audiobook. This one I've reviewed.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PQxtAqFEpH4/YXgFAHuZi_I/AAAAAAAAmAM/6mp2zuTt6y44zT1Nd54jA1wxXO8fGKjFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s475/sherlockthreewinterterrors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="302" height="177" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PQxtAqFEpH4/YXgFAHuZi_I/AAAAAAAAmAM/6mp2zuTt6y44zT1Nd54jA1wxXO8fGKjFwCLcBGAsYHQ/w113-h177/sherlockthreewinterterrors.jpg" width="113" /></a></div><u>The Three Winter Terrors</u> by James Lovegrove. Three stories, three linked cases.<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfVReqd8Kgs/YXgGHaP8YKI/AAAAAAAAmAU/qfA-Cj4mQSsdZ5JIT6ZffCgXlBv5lmBEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s408/shadowoftheknife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="255" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfVReqd8Kgs/YXgGHaP8YKI/AAAAAAAAmAU/qfA-Cj4mQSsdZ5JIT6ZffCgXlBv5lmBEwCLcBGAsYHQ/w112-h179/shadowoftheknife.jpg" width="112" /></a></div><u>Shadow of the Knife</u> by Richard Ayre. Two years after Jack the Ripper's last murder--another victim. Has the Ripper returned?<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>Mail/Letters:</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vlXp_I3_Cpk/YXgJKFnFiQI/AAAAAAAAmAc/MgHHkdi_y-8xr-ZsGt513ZtueSfzdZ5hwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1296/1-Scan1020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1296" height="475" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vlXp_I3_Cpk/YXgJKFnFiQI/AAAAAAAAmAc/MgHHkdi_y-8xr-ZsGt513ZtueSfzdZ5hwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h475/1-Scan1020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EH_V5cXGaWI/YXgJKpky7OI/AAAAAAAAmAo/kqxL-chc2HIXCmihCAFeHQCHEDmiMqCGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1455/3-Scan1016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1455" height="464" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EH_V5cXGaWI/YXgJKpky7OI/AAAAAAAAmAo/kqxL-chc2HIXCmihCAFeHQCHEDmiMqCGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h464/3-Scan1016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hH6t4yTvf8s/YXgJLK1ohqI/AAAAAAAAmAs/d8wQsoKr3DYOCrdsd1mAPZsBpCbebVWSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1276/4-Scan1019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1276" height="444" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hH6t4yTvf8s/YXgJLK1ohqI/AAAAAAAAmAs/d8wQsoKr3DYOCrdsd1mAPZsBpCbebVWSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h444/4-Scan1019.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">postcard from Patty</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9hhHjWDEK5A/YXgJKBtX3sI/AAAAAAAAmAg/s27IPk83cgUW7N0m1LCr6TSlr6Rn4qDSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1189/2-Scan1018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="792" height="417" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9hhHjWDEK5A/YXgJKBtX3sI/AAAAAAAAmAg/s27IPk83cgUW7N0m1LCr6TSlr6Rn4qDSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w277-h417/2-Scan1018.jpg" width="277" /></a></div></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is supposed to rain tomorrow, and I plan on catching up on correspondence. I'm looking forward to <u>not</u> being in the garden. :)</span><br /><b>-------</b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Columnist Angela Mollard wrote a letter to her mother in 1994. </span><a href="“Please keep this letter for me so in five years’ time when I’ve got my life sorted out I can look back at it and feel I’ve achieved something.” It’s now 27 years later and as she read the lost letter to me this week, my mum laughed as much as I did. Because few things can remind you of time’s inexorable march and life’s propensity for change as an unexpected window into your younger self." style="font-family: georgia;">Twenty-seven years later</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> she looks at what has changed and what has remained the same. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">------</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fee call this behavior "face crimes."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm often guilty of committing them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YXqjP3aat2Y/YXF6eFylBbI/AAAAAAAAl_Q/TiYGDwURpXk68EWIkLQoSfsAssL6s3GWACLcBGAsYHQ/s526/6-cartoon%252C%2Bsubtitles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YXqjP3aat2Y/YXF6eFylBbI/AAAAAAAAl_Q/TiYGDwURpXk68EWIkLQoSfsAssL6s3GWACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/6-cartoon%252C%2Bsubtitles.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-2550739535633694282021-10-21T09:00:00.000-05:002021-10-21T09:00:25.133-05:00It Seems Like October Is Flying By<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bryce Eleanor stayed with us last weekend, and we worked on this puzzle Friday-Sunday. I know--all you puzzle fans, that 750 pieces may not be the challenge you are looking for, but for us, it was just the right challenge. Difficult and time-consuming, but doable. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ATripQLi9NE/YXFeUDRH55I/AAAAAAAAl-A/3heX9_oZyAcGSZduejMCmIqnsN3nu7pqACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/5-IMG_3216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ATripQLi9NE/YXFeUDRH55I/AAAAAAAAl-A/3heX9_oZyAcGSZduejMCmIqnsN3nu7pqACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/5-IMG_3216.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">On Sunday, we went to lunch, and then to the Norton Museum of Art for the <i>The World of Frieda</i> exhibit. This was interesting, mostly an homage to Frida by various artists.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qvQm8RQv5To/YXFgmxdhWyI/AAAAAAAAl-I/bbvezlL57MAVtZD0DhgRgwlUYEBWE767QCLcBGAsYHQ/s722/worldoffrida.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qvQm8RQv5To/YXFgmxdhWyI/AAAAAAAAl-I/bbvezlL57MAVtZD0DhgRgwlUYEBWE767QCLcBGAsYHQ/w568-h640/worldoffrida.png" width="568" /></a></div><p>Since we were a little early, we spent a few minutes in the botanical gardens, which are extensive and beautiful. It has been a few years since I've visited the gardens, and I want to get back and wander down all the paths, over the entire 40 acres. </p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmKNj3xJEQM/YXFhXmoIXFI/AAAAAAAAl-Y/nMtW5rudNao_-wmbDz0TfazX_xqvKx92ACLcBGAsYHQ/s598/1-IMG_3226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmKNj3xJEQM/YXFhXmoIXFI/AAAAAAAAl-Y/nMtW5rudNao_-wmbDz0TfazX_xqvKx92ACLcBGAsYHQ/w514-h640/1-IMG_3226.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iAATOmh7qUk/YXFhXrR05EI/AAAAAAAAl-U/iNbSC2ZQFvoqpyjWpWyGFQeLCBVQ-blCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/2-IMG_3222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iAATOmh7qUk/YXFhXrR05EI/AAAAAAAAl-U/iNbSC2ZQFvoqpyjWpWyGFQeLCBVQ-blCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/2-IMG_3222.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EnCQij1XvBs/YXFhXqQzCqI/AAAAAAAAl-Q/3RYYL01J_pw963Ewd44HTMknS2hxITq1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/3-IMG_3219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EnCQij1XvBs/YXFhXqQzCqI/AAAAAAAAl-Q/3RYYL01J_pw963Ewd44HTMknS2hxITq1QCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/3-IMG_3219.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ag2W1i_shyI/YXFhYd9zEsI/AAAAAAAAl-c/IrRdO1K2vk4D3ZwlLj0cN5QxEuKiR-QTQCLcBGAsYHQ/s530/4-IMG_3218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="448" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ag2W1i_shyI/YXFhYd9zEsI/AAAAAAAAl-c/IrRdO1K2vk4D3ZwlLj0cN5QxEuKiR-QTQCLcBGAsYHQ/w540-h640/4-IMG_3218.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">More on the <a href="http://www.rwnaf.org/gardens.html">Norton's Botanical Gardens</a>.</span><p></p><p>-------</p><p><b>Garden:</b> <span style="font-family: georgia;">In the spring and in the fall, when the weather is just right for yard work, I start rethinking <u>0ur</u> garden. Summers are hotter now, and plants that did well with full sun, have been having a more difficult time in the last few years. Where to put them or how to shade them during the hottest part of the day? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The lemon grass I planted in the ground thrived, but took up too much space--back to pots for lemon grass. I've removed maybe half of the leaves on this plant. The saw-toothed, paper-thin leaves of lemon grass can be painful to handle, but with gloves on, I've cut, washed, laid the long leaves in the sun to dry, then made lemon grass bundles for the freezer. I may make a few lemon grass wreathes for tea. Aside from the lemony scent and flavor, lemon grass may have several <a href="https://www.webmd.com/diet/lemongrass-health-benefits#1">health benefits</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yOhrbT7r8lU/YXFmGATm44I/AAAAAAAAl-4/1tLgYz7DgLsqLmg07DeWNFUyOvJqeu4fwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/2-IMG_3231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yOhrbT7r8lU/YXFmGATm44I/AAAAAAAAl-4/1tLgYz7DgLsqLmg07DeWNFUyOvJqeu4fwCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/2-IMG_3231.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have you ever tried to get rid of Mondo grass (or monkey grass, as we call it locally)? Much like cockroaches, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">monkey grass will survive almost anything </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(...</span><span class="ILfuVd" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;"><i> cockroaches were found perfectly fine and healthy just 1000 feet away from where the Hiroshima atom bomb was dropped.</i></span></span><span class="kX21rb" style="background-color: white; color: #70757a; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.34; padding-right: 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><i><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12px;">Feb 4, 2020 </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">)</span></i></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Digging up the rhizomes is a dirty, time-consuming project, but I've been working on it. Applying liberal amounts of Aspercreme after each session.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fGH8lf7zd2M/YXFlsIF0DKI/AAAAAAAAl-w/xvmkMcdesGoJ9TaJU4hXdadIQTO5-dA5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1-IMG_3232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fGH8lf7zd2M/YXFlsIF0DKI/AAAAAAAAl-w/xvmkMcdesGoJ9TaJU4hXdadIQTO5-dA5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/1-IMG_3232.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>I've removed almost everything from this bed until I can feel that I've gotten rid of the monkey grass. Then I'll put it back together.<p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">At my age, I start off strong and work an hour before taking a break, but as the day goes on the breaks come every half-hour, then every 15 minutes! Until finally, I'm just sitting looking and planning, sipping wine and reading. </span></p><p><b>Books/Reading:</b> Quite a variety of genres. :)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1N0DE_tLq_0/YXFxV8m_aHI/AAAAAAAAl_I/yutahBZq-jwAPduObN5urzTGGZcGp73AgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Downloads43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2048" height="494" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1N0DE_tLq_0/YXFxV8m_aHI/AAAAAAAAl_I/yutahBZq-jwAPduObN5urzTGGZcGp73AgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h494/Downloads43.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">A friend posted the following on FB, and I love it: </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">I sometimes forget that </span></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was created for joy</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My mind is too busy</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My heart is too heavy </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Heavy for me to remember </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">that I have been </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">called to dance</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the sacred dance for life</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was created to smile</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to love</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to be lifted up</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and lift others up</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">O sacred one</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Untangle my feet</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">from all that ensnares</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Free my soul </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That we might</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dance</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and that our dancing</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">might be contagious.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hafiz</span></div></div></blockquote><p>----------</p><p>Smiles are contagious, laughter is contagious, and the urge to dance when others are dancing is contagious. I like that Hafiz sees <u>us</u> as the vector that can influence others to dance.</p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div></div>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-78581304171956378202021-10-11T10:13:00.000-05:002021-10-11T10:13:34.072-05:00Monday Morining<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The tree and shrub trimming, weeding, and garden clean-up yesterday began at 7 AM and lasted, with frequent breaks, most of the day. It was satisfying, but I was ready for that hot bath (with Epsom Salts) when I finally gave out. Some daylilies are divided and moved, but more to go. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Each year dividing daylilies is on my list, but for the last several years, it hasn't been checked off. One reason has been the longer summers that has them bloom again late in the season, and after waiting for the bloom to finish, my mind is on other things.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This year, I'm <u>going</u> to get it done. My husband suggested that sometimes I have "empty intentions." That isn't true. My intentions are full and true, my execution of those intentions doesn't always happen--it is the follow-through that is often lacking. And I have so many intentions about so many things! The truth is that it is a case of the<i> pot calling the kettle black</i>, as I wait years for the things he "intends" to do! I'm currently making a list to present to him. :)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This morning, <a href="http://www.bookgirl.net/sunday-salon-9/"><b>Iliana</b></a> mentioned Anne Sexton's "Welcome Morning," which is one of my favorite poems. I have poetry books stacked by my reading chair, and I'd read Sexton's poem again recently, so Iliana's post and the way I feel this morning reminds me again of a "<i>thank-you on my palm</i>." You can read the poem <a href="https://bayouquilts.blogspot.com/search?q=welcome+morning"><b>here</b></a>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOghL6wSWxA/YWRQtKVDmaI/AAAAAAAAl84/g4xJtm1_PY4L2Xvn3C_aT_VrFa7YG6P6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/6-Downloads41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOghL6wSWxA/YWRQtKVDmaI/AAAAAAAAl84/g4xJtm1_PY4L2Xvn3C_aT_VrFa7YG6P6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/6-Downloads41.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p>The weather is cooler, I got a lot done yesterday, and I'm feeling grateful for so many things at the moment. Poetry, art, family, autumn, mail, books, efforts to help the environment, beautiful animal photography, funny memes, the cardinal that comes for the peanuts each day, the Monarchs on the milkweed, the remaining cosmos, the Torii gate my husband built, the Roomba now running again after being ill, the coffee in my cup and the cat in my lap.</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Edgrr in my chair</span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZ-cBXbeba8/YWRRCTIwT4I/AAAAAAAAl9A/TGetdkE26sc-oA_jFUbqelhXud7cUrzRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s550/1-IMG_3203%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="466" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZ-cBXbeba8/YWRRCTIwT4I/AAAAAAAAl9A/TGetdkE26sc-oA_jFUbqelhXud7cUrzRwCLcBGAsYHQ/w542-h640/1-IMG_3203%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="542" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Amelia has a tennis tournament and party this coming weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> LOVE the head dress she created! </span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4W6FDMP2E64/YWRRCQmoktI/AAAAAAAAl9E/AqKUk1iy3IUqvsShZ0JTeiqJSeBmQFr3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s542/2-IMG_3191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="542" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4W6FDMP2E64/YWRRCQmoktI/AAAAAAAAl9E/AqKUk1iy3IUqvsShZ0JTeiqJSeBmQFr3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h450/2-IMG_3191.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now--which of my intentions will I see about next! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another cup of coffee, first. I'll let you know how it turns out.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vP2s0VL7nEM/YWRTpyGrs7I/AAAAAAAAl9Q/55nybKejvrElaiTKBxMclTvbSkzVHMxkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/good%2Bintentions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="720" height="448" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vP2s0VL7nEM/YWRTpyGrs7I/AAAAAAAAl9Q/55nybKejvrElaiTKBxMclTvbSkzVHMxkgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h448/good%2Bintentions.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-65456645906943785232021-10-07T14:14:00.001-05:002021-10-07T14:14:32.866-05:00Around the House<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> Garden:</b></span> <span style="font-family: georgia;">I wish I had a field to sow entirely with cosmos. Those gorgeous, sunny, swaying flowers would seed and reseed into a blanket of gold that would cover acres if allowed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ILS_wqiY66Q/YV87edf3uyI/AAAAAAAAl7s/dYnPgG0ZpjEkW6H5tg34HyZ90iJQKXVpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1-IMG_3189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ILS_wqiY66Q/YV87edf3uyI/AAAAAAAAl7s/dYnPgG0ZpjEkW6H5tg34HyZ90iJQKXVpgCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/1-IMG_3189.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But in the tiny space allotted to me, they have pushed their limits and infringed on the verbena, basil, dianthus, tickseed, and anything that doesn't top their height. Milkweed does well as it grows taller, but low growing plants, where are they? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Looking for the verbena, dianthus, or even angelonia, I part those delicate stems of the cosmos and there, overlooked and forgotten, are the low-growing kin. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my fault, of course. First, by helping the plants by gathering and flinging their seeds everywhere a couple of years ago, then by failing to thin them, tacitly giving permission for a cosmos takeover. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The unpleasant task of pulling up healthy, blooming cosmos has been mine. And all the associated guilt. But look there is the fountain, visible again!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6pEFsX_YTk/YV7wWksErLI/AAAAAAAAl7c/I10XcAhaUawKcYp-qFFI3VMKD3s2m2SRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s490/1-IMG_3186.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="374" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6pEFsX_YTk/YV7wWksErLI/AAAAAAAAl7c/I10XcAhaUawKcYp-qFFI3VMKD3s2m2SRgCLcBGAsYHQ/w488-h640/1-IMG_3186.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Much more needs to be done. I'm going to do some re-figuring and hope for better luck next year. I love the cosmos and lantana, but they take up so much of the limited available space in such a tiny garden area. They have to stay--because I love them and they are so attractive to butterflies and bees, but I am going to have to learn to contain them. Self-discipline is not my strong suit. It is difficult to resist those blooms, to cut and trim, and pull up seedlings that are so determined to survive.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Mail: </b>I'm catching up on correspondence, and I'm in a Halloween mood.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This envelope is actually orange...not pale peach!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3XWAyO198_4/YVdAQJwzWdI/AAAAAAAAl50/wQmdKL4EYEA-idt9m4BTMZ_2EFRHgJxDACLcBGAsYHQ/s1292/1-Scan1011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1292" height="470" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3XWAyO198_4/YVdAQJwzWdI/AAAAAAAAl50/wQmdKL4EYEA-idt9m4BTMZ_2EFRHgJxDACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h470/1-Scan1011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mTjIO9zfQ1c/YVtmHNFFXlI/AAAAAAAAl7E/R4Vy6sOGBOkmRG2V6J5nhHleOXb2pKMgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1431/1-Scan1012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1431" height="466" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mTjIO9zfQ1c/YVtmHNFFXlI/AAAAAAAAl7E/R4Vy6sOGBOkmRG2V6J5nhHleOXb2pKMgQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h466/1-Scan1012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Having trouble with the scanner, so photos instead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GtddIj1vGiU/YV3yG_MGTKI/AAAAAAAAl7U/3QxYCt1bT5EZDZkGLTBxDdXnoFAceBRhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s624/1-IMG_3187.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="624" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GtddIj1vGiU/YV3yG_MGTKI/AAAAAAAAl7U/3QxYCt1bT5EZDZkGLTBxDdXnoFAceBRhwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/1-IMG_3187.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_8cu9bVIu4/YV8869vDi1I/AAAAAAAAl8A/D9VJYQKBhEgpneLJW98-uyRtkHTsGw-LgCLcBGAsYHQ/s458/1-IMG_3188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="458" height="596" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_8cu9bVIu4/YV8869vDi1I/AAAAAAAAl8A/D9VJYQKBhEgpneLJW98-uyRtkHTsGw-LgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h596/1-IMG_3188.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;">Books/Reading: </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have several books in progress. Always. Still reading </span><u style="font-family: georgia;">The Sixth Extinction</u><span style="font-family: georgia;">, which is both wonderful and frightening. I stall when I realize how much of the life here on earth has disappeared in the last few decades, and I turn to fiction and read for escapism. </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just Wow!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">French artist's work is off the wall!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/optical-illusion-street-graffiti-part2-scaf-oner/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter">Check out some of his work.</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gLY788TzzxY/YV85jLWMm-I/AAAAAAAAl7k/Ud4HBLgTDOAGQkcCt_DcoVt-S6m8S8xBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s880/offthewall%2Bfrenchartist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="880" height="516" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gLY788TzzxY/YV85jLWMm-I/AAAAAAAAl7k/Ud4HBLgTDOAGQkcCt_DcoVt-S6m8S8xBQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h516/offthewall%2Bfrenchartist.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com18