tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316948422024-03-21T16:10:15.374-06:00Life Is a JourneyThis is my life... or rather bits and pieces of it... ramblings... probably ranting... poetry... maybe a place for some short stories...kennel tails...arf…I raise Pomeranians... business victories...and defeats... I work with folks in training ... online business ... sometimes it's great... sometimes it bites... lol... personal changes... could say growth... fitness training... fat loss... basically my multifaceted erratic wonderful terrible .... mmmmm... what's the word... oh yeah.. Life...Mary E. Robbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018140363510401623noreply@blogger.comBlogger483125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31694842.post-32421323873311991832021-09-03T12:01:00.000-06:002021-09-03T12:01:04.254-06:00<p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ofSd_RuncysyDNOFGWAFvicZWW6CoiPg4XiPs_j7DwtzdumDuJDstYDETqX0N1eufHDq_OCuUZiHs-9jUmVd6ATld9IToptA7_vG5EBMdjnW-EsKNvPRJ2qHOm4n6u1m9JOV/s225/431664_386608458017218_243852758959456_1485073_2063999576_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ofSd_RuncysyDNOFGWAFvicZWW6CoiPg4XiPs_j7DwtzdumDuJDstYDETqX0N1eufHDq_OCuUZiHs-9jUmVd6ATld9IToptA7_vG5EBMdjnW-EsKNvPRJ2qHOm4n6u1m9JOV/s0/431664_386608458017218_243852758959456_1485073_2063999576_n.jpg" width="225" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Good Morning Peeps...
Happy Friday... gray misty morning here this morning... got out for a morning
walk in the cool wet morning air... <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Kinda surprised that it
is still gray outside... breeze picking up now... was totally calm earlier this
morning... <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Wow… august went fast…
we hung out… visited… watched Bar Rescue on Pluto… cooked… enjoyed meals
together… did some touristy things… went to Fort Laramie and walked around… I
hadn’t been there since a field trip … in grade school I think… so it has been
a day or two…lol…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">went to the hot air
balloon races… near miss on some deer on the way to that one… just saw them in
the shadows along the side of the road… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Saw the rat rod show…
fun times… went on to the muscle car show… ya… that’s right… I love looking at
old cars and motorcycles… checked out the museum in Torrington… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Looked through the
homesteaders’ museum in Gering… that one is much larger than I thought it was… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Yes we actually threw a
fishing line in the lake… caught something too… a lovely Russian olive tree…
was a catch and release situation though… lol… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Checked out the
Firehouse Grill in Lyman several times… had some good food and drank some beer…
laughed and generally enjoyed each other’s company… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Then… ya… then August
31<sup>st</sup> came rolling in… and it was time for him to head back to his
home in the city… sigh… was a really good month… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">MowMowTat even got up
and sat on his lap… the ultimate compliment… the pits liked him… he played
music for them… happy dogs… now it is just me and the critters again… and yes…
I still have a smile on my face… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Sorry I disappeared…
but I was a wee bit occupied… lol… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Heard a pheasant call
yesterday morning… in the gray dawn… another gray morning today… so what is on
the docket for today… already got my morning walk in… picked up the mail from
yesterday… walked the loop up the hill and back down the upper driveway… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Listening to some music
on youtube while I am writing… gonna do tai chi as soon as I finish up… pay
some bills… fold some laundry (maybe) … have a dr appt this afternoon… not sure
I am going to make that… would just as soon stay away from doctors’ offices… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Spent a bit over a week
after the balloon races sick… lost my sense of smell… for several days… 4 or so
I think… slept a lot… glad that is over… was pretty mild considering… so… yes
it breaks through… even though it was mild… it knocked me on my backside for
several days… glad I made the choices I did… wouldn’t want to deal with it
without some immunity… we all make our choices… and get to deal with the
consequences of said choices… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Was seriously weird not
being able to smell my coffee… smh… glad I can smell stuff again… well not so
glad about some things… cleaning the cat litter box… for instance… lol… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Saw some golden rod
blooming… bright gold along the roadsides… beautiful yellow coming on in spots
on the cottonwood trees… yes… autumn is coming on … my favorite season… golden
bean fields… as they ripen… sunflower fields in bloom… stretching on as far as
you can see… cornfields heavy with ears of corn… alfalfa blooming… then in
heavy windrows… waiting for the baler… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">The morning air was
sweet with the scent of cut alfalfa this morning when I was out walking… Moe
(orange and white yard cat) escorted me through my entire walk… Larry (her
brother) came bounding up the upper drive as we were coming on down… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Wild sunflowers
blooming along the roadsides… birds gathering up in huge flocks… getting ready
to fly south… September in southeastern Wyoming… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Gonna make me another
cuppa coffee and get on with the day… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Gratitudes… a morning
walk… coffee… another day…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">May you walk in peace…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Later Taters… </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Mary E. Robbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018140363510401623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31694842.post-71513173020675264492021-04-16T13:53:00.001-06:002021-04-16T13:57:57.349-06:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDHQP2m6gum6hsBtf9gJES9xlFFCjV2UTCU5kVMlLaQmRm69RBndmCuw1d3Itb_zpQ7GjrjVLEwDAyDyebnnlrBuaTCgSzCWdCcl5vOsC18Y_8KkW_87E8CMWuP1ROpYzpzvX/s400/13962713_1174306825943708_6914192687087480679_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDHQP2m6gum6hsBtf9gJES9xlFFCjV2UTCU5kVMlLaQmRm69RBndmCuw1d3Itb_zpQ7GjrjVLEwDAyDyebnnlrBuaTCgSzCWdCcl5vOsC18Y_8KkW_87E8CMWuP1ROpYzpzvX/s320/13962713_1174306825943708_6914192687087480679_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ola Peeps ... <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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4 to 6 inches on the ground in my front yard this morning... thankfully it is
melting... sun is trying to shine through the clouds... <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Was snarling over the
snow yesterday... totally pointless... just made myself miserable... giving
thanks for the moisture today... the pastures are loving this... me… yeah… not
so much… but better attitude today than yesterday… eh… it will melt… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Better to shift gears…
and go with the flow… than sit and spin in a morass of miserable of my own
making… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hey got a cartload of
firewood melting off…drying out… yes dripping on my floor in front of the wood
stove… it’ll dry… oh… and yes I did knock snow off the wood as I was stacking
it on the cart… obviously not all of it… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Springtime in Wyoming…
in the boonies… snow and mud… rain and mud… psycho winds… bit of dry… pastures
explode into shades of bluish greens… meadowlarks singing as snow falls…
pheasants calling out… calves and lambs… and goat kids… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Litter of kittens look
to be doing well… little fuzzies… mama cat growls if you get too close… rather
glad she is not any larger than she is… mister rooster didn’t recognize me this
morning… wore a red fuzzy robe out to do chores… yes with my snowboots… he is
used to the navy blue one… so here he came… full speed across the snow to
attack that red stranger… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Much to his surprise it
was mama… with her walking staff… oops… bad idea… he turned around and skuttled
back up the hill to the upper yards… with more than likely… a bruise for his
efforts… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am pretty quick at
self-defense with that staff… was not out to kill him… just send him back on
his way… without having a peck or spur delivered to my legs… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Light snow still
falling… like a light dusting from a sifter of powdered sugar… as the snow on
the ground melts into the warm ground… and the April sun tries to burn through
the clouds… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Got the truck battery
charged… charger still working on the jeep battery… that one was deader than
dead… didn’t help that the turn signal was on in the jeep… cats must have
landed on it… yes they get in and out of the jeep at will as it has a soft top…
first time for this though… usually it is just cleaning the cat hair off of the
driver’s seat… so I do not have a total fuzz butt after driving it… hey… could
be a new fashion statement… hehehehe…. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Have the bread machine
loaded with yummy ingredients… flour… couple eggs… bit of cornmeal… ground oats…
ground flax… and a portion of seeds… pepitas… sunflower seeds… poppy… sesame…
hemp… chia… salt… olive oil… hot water… yeast… gonna be a wonderful aroma in
here soon… along with the scent of wood burning in the woodstove… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love to slice off a
crusty end of the loaf while it is still warm… spread a bit of butter on the
soft side… and enjoy… this will be a late afternoon’s indulgence… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cleared some of the
snow off the corn pile so it would be easier for the chickens and ducks to chow
down… as well as the wild birds… yes we have corn fed pheasants running around
here… lol… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hmmmmm…. If that
battery doesn’t take a charge by tonight… thinking I’ll pull it and take it in
to have it tested … next time I go into town… eh… we’ll see… even if it does
take a charge… gonna have it tested… when I take the jeep in… getting her ready
for road trippin… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes I want to set The
Betty (white van) up for road trips and camping… but need a new set of tires
for her… the ones on her are… well… about done in… so in the meantime… I’m
going anyway… may take the sides off the soft top… and enjoy the breezes… and
just go zooming … wanna take the bike out too… that is a bit… well… challenging…
leg issues… working on it… decided to not wait to live… so going anyway… just …
in the jeep… if that won’t go… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>may go
rattling on in my ole truck… the point is to just do it… embrace the day… live…
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Embrace the day… rather
than waiting… no matter what you’re doing… live… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As for now… I am going
to go embrace sliding into my ole clawfoot tub… and soak off some of that
wonderful Wyoming clay… gotta lavender bath bomb I want to try out… best put
another log in the stove to keep it warm in here… then … ahhhhhh… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Have some musica
playing… bunch of folks line dancing… such fun… yes youtube playing on my tv… switched
to a flash mob dancing… love that… getting my wiggle on… come on join in… just
a little wiggle… maybe a toe tap or two… mmmm… twist and step… yup… here we go…
that wiggle turned into a dance… just a little dance of glee between you and me…
and thee… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I did go ahead and
switch isp’s… so far so good… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MowMowTat’s napping on
a chair besides me… well until I reach over and tickle her… then it is that “look”….
Hehehehe…. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gratitudes… another day…
musica… dancing… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: black;"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May you walk in peace… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Good Morning Peeps…<br /> <br />
There is a massive chorus of wild birds in the trees… amazing sound as
they greet the day… I just stepped out and refilled the bird feeder in
the yard… of course they are feeding in the fowl …
chicken/duck/goose/guinea … feeders as well… I love hearing their
morning song… it is quiet outside other than their song this morning…
well other than Shy Girl the goat greeting me when<span class="text_exposed_show"> she saw me step outside… <br /> <br />
The hollow is surrounded by a thick cloud of fog… I can see up to the
road but not beyond… there is frost on the fences … field grass and
trees… it is still gray and quiet… the sun has not yet burned through
the fog’s moist caress… it is wonderful to step outside and breathe it
in… it is not very cold… 34 degrees F ( 1 degree C) … yes it’s true I
love the fog… <br /> <br /> I am not a fan of driving in it… at present it
is at near zero visibility… this is one of those mornings … if at all
possible it is much better to stay home and enjoy the beauty of the fog
and the quiet of no wind… a quiet day… as in a day with little to no
wind… is something I savor here… as the wind is often strong… gusting…
coming on fast and furious… <br /> <br /> Although I will say… a breeze in
the afternoon on a hot summer day is a wonderful thing … without it this
hollow turns into a sweltering oven… a Chinook wind in the winter
months… blowing warmth across the hills and valleys is also a welcome
thing… <br /> <br /> I have heard the winds here in the winter months
shrieking through the trees… sounding like banshees screaming across the
moors… snow blowing sideways… twisting into swirls and drifts… leaving
other areas bare and exposed with mountains of white … crusting over… or
shifting once again continually changing the landscape… <br /> <br /> In
the summer you can feel the winds coming before the storms… a breathless
calm… then a leaf or two will flutter… another flutter… then a rush of
wind… and the storm is here… rolling clouds… dazzling lightening…
thunder loud enough to shake the house… amazing during the day… majestic
at night… <br /> <br /> Time after time I’ve watched the storms roll along
the ridges to the south… lightening flashing… clouds rolling… thunder
crashing… tornadoes dipping down to the ground and receding back up into
storm clouds… sometimes looking out across the range… I’ll see soil
rising straight up into the sky as a pressure vacuum from above draws it
upwards… <br /> <br /> It is an amazing planet we live on… an easy thing
to forget as we get lost in the rush and rumble of the city… or the
emotional roller coasters of this life… the day to day drudge that we
tend to create … without ever realizing that we are the ones creating
it… to see the glory of this life… this planet… we have to choose to do
so… <br /> <br /> Yesterday I was caught up in physical pain… fevers… rage…
well beyond anger… and emotional pain… all day this storm within raged…
and into the night… before a calming on the other side of it… I am still
here… have not left a total wake of destruction behind me… although
when I am in rage it does effect the animals around me… they react to it
looking for whatever is the cause to attack… and sometimes turn on one
another… something to keep in mind… we do effect those around us…
whether they be human or animal… intentional or not… at any rate… I made
it through it alive leaving no carcasses strewn behind in my wake… <br /> <br />
I did not get the beets processed… this turned out to be a good thing…
as I tried something different with some of them… or rather one of them…
this morning… I sliced it and sautéed it with a bit of bacon and
squash and had it with my eggs for breakfast… I found that I like them
this way… this is a good thing… so into a dry cardboard box and back
into the cold pantry they go… to be enjoyed through these winter
months…. <br /> <br /> I did find treasure in the chicken house yesterday as
I was doing ranch rounds… eggs… yay! The girls are starting to lay
eggs again… those were 2 fresh farm eggs I savored for breakfast this
foggy morn… <br /> <br /> It is nearly 10 a.m. here now… and the fog
actually seems be closing in even more than at first light… becoming
thicker… my little house is surrounded by a thick gray blanket of
enclosing icy fog… the frost is becoming heavier on the trees… <br /> <br />
I am thankful for this little house and the fire burning in the wood
stove… glad to be able to come inside… and not be out on the roads… <br /> <br />
The guineas are foraging on the hill by the house… there is still much
forage as in green grasses under the ripened brown stalks of last
summer’s grasses and weeds… <br /> <br /> I am heating up the bathroom for a
hot soak in that old enameled clawfoot tub… love that tub… perchance to
lessen the pain in this body… and wash this hair … it is just long
enough now for me to get it tied back in a hair band… I am trying to be
patient… and let it grow so I can braid it back… I used to wear it in
French braids… will have to relearn… redevelop that skill… <br /> <br />
Gratitudes: survived another day… some days I am not so grateful for
this… today I am… black bitter coffee… sautéed beets… squash… and eggs
for breakfast… all grown here… <br /> <br /> Later taters…</span></span></span><br />
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Wow the day is flying by… have not accomplished much yet… made my list…
took my vitamins… had a chat on the phone… keep flitting from one thing
to another… great way to accomplish nothing… argh… <br /> <br /> Ok… focus…
supposed to be a warmer day today… good day for cleaning up the minivan
seats and putting them back into the van to find it a new home… leather
seats… it actually drives <span class="text_exposed_show">pretty nice… has a wheelchair lift in the back… the kind that straps onto the chair and lifts it… <br /> <br />
List for today… fill bird feeder… feed/water kennels, big dogs, ducks,
geese, chickens, goats, house dogs, bring in firewood, process red
beets … freezing them… seriously need to hem compression pants that fit
me and redo their waist bands… and need to vac the rug and do Oxycise… I
always feel better when I do that exercise… and the compression pants
are an issue… I’ve lost enough inches in my legs hips and waist that the
ones I am trying to wear have become too long and are wadding up around
my ankles causing pain… not to mention not giving support where needed…
<br /> <br /> Accomplished a bit yesterday… went to the old home place and
pulled out the last decrepit auto and got rid of it… one less thing
piled on that place… made it through without a total meltdown… I did
good… it is going to take a long time to have that place completely
cleaned up… but bit by bit it will get done… it is posted with no
trespassing signs… and fenced… it is enough to be cleaning up after my
hoarding relatives… but it is enraging to see trash thrown over the
fence from the neighbors… then to ask me when I am cleaning the place
up… seriously!!!!! I did not say anything other than it is posted for
no trespassing… best to not let that rage monster out of it’s cage just
yet… she is really angry and has sharp talons… <br /> <br /> I did not make
this friggen mess… I’ve cleaned it up before… trying to work with family
members… only to have my hands tied and the place turned back into a
friggen nightmare… then of course been accused of abandoning family
members … really… when it was made impossible … friggen impossible… was
not my choices that made this nightmare… it did not have to be this way…
but it is… I look and I think of what could have been… yet was made
impossible… I see the remnants of so much work and caring that was put
into that place before… by both my husband and myself… only to have been
destroyed… buildings neglected beyond repair… then of course the
scavengers are bitching because it is difficult to get through the
place… trespassing thieving scavengers… too bloody bad there are not
more rattlesnakes there… <br /> <br /> Ok…breathe… center yourself… not
worth becoming lost in rage over… just isn’t… there is a lot of emotion
tied to the ole family place… some light… a lot of darkness and pain…
and rage… it is almost as if it clings to the place… slithering through
the burned out house… infusing whoever walks through there… with agony
and rage… the earth is healing itself there… growing over covering up
reabsorbing… slowly taking it all back into herself… as for me… bit by
bit… I am working with her… her being the earth… slowly working my way
through that place… and all the memories buried there… I’ll do what I
can do… bit by bit… if others do not like the way I am progressing… too
bad… stay off the property… and keep your trash… both physical and
otherwise to yourself… <br /> <br /> Some days I would really like to just let go … relinquish the control I hold to… and release the dragon… let her fly free… <br /> <br />
May have to release her into some paint… something to think about next
time you walk through a museum or gallery… what are those sculptures and
paintings really… lol… <br /> <br /> The sun is still shining… there is a
cloud cover coming on… ack… stepped out into the yard and there was the
guinea flock… white and bright coming down the hill… the guineas I have
living here are white… lavender… and pearl… <br /> <br /> saw a male pheasant on the way home yesterday… and an eagle sitting in the field ripping apart it’s meal … majestic bird… <br /> <br />
The beets are in a tub sitting on the sideboard of the kitchen sink…
waiting… thinking sewing the compression pants needs to be first up…
make it less painful to get the rest of the work done… well as much as
can be… there is a chill in here… or perhaps it is just me… as the
thermometer says it is not chilly… <br /> <br /> Gratitudes: did not go into total crisis while at family home place… firewood… true friends… <br /> <br /> Later taters…</span></span></span><br />
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Good Morning Peeps... just checking in... taking advantage of the sunny weather....<br />
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Mary E. Robbins<br />
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So far today is a much better day than yesterday… let the goats out of
the corral to graze… went and picked up yesterday’s mail… looking for
some ballpoint sewing machine needles that I sent for… had breakfast
hours ago… coffee… honey… cacao nibs… squash… bacon… eggs… dishes
washed… cast iron dried on the burners… microwave scrubbed out… yes it
was nasty… not any more… lol… <span class="text_exposed_show"> trash out… more stuff on my inside list… argh… seriously need to get some sewing done… <br /> <br />
feel much better today than yesterday… yesterday was a day of pain…
fevers and chills… unfortunately that is pretty typical the day after
unloading feed… frankly I could seriously do without it… not a whine…
just is what it is… and I am not willing to just sit down and not try…
if I do that I will rapidly lose my ability to walk… I saw that very
thing happen to my mom… and I am so not going there… <br /> <br /> I was
pretty … correction… am… pretty proud of myself for getting that bagged
feed unloaded… put in barrels… and the hay stacked in the chicken house…
Pooster the rooster got lots of pets and hugs while I was unloading…
had to stop and take breaks and here came Pooster to be picked up and
petted… lol… pushed it to the limits and just hung over a pile of bales
for a while until my pulse rate came back down… <br /> <br /> Mow Mow Tat
hung out with me all day yesterday… and last night… she is still clingy
today… she gets that way when I feel cruddy… yesterday was a rough day…
and pretty much a total waste… feel better today… just still tired…
fevers have receded thankfully… and the fire that was burning in my
legs has lessened… <br /> <br /> Beautiful sky this morning… puffy white
clouds… bright blue… with the sun shining… want to get a bit more of my
inside list done… and get outside to do ranch rounds… savor the
sunshine… it is supposed to be in the 50’s F here for the next 9 days or
so… <br /> <br /> Gratitudes: less pain today… breakfast… a decent night’s sleep…<br /> <br />
bugger it… the cat is right… I am getting the sweats… that is a bit
like slamming into a wall of exhaustion ... first come the sweats...
then the chills... pppphhhhttt... to it... bills still need to be paid…
that is on the list for today… and the ranch rounds still need to be
done… sweats or not… friend is coming over to do some work in the
Quonset too today… busy day… <br /> <br /> Later taters…</span></span></span><br />
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Breakfast is done… eggs… squash… bacon… coffee… cacao nibs and honey…
the cockatiels are sitting out on the porch… yes it’s heated… there is a
larger window there and they are enjoying the morning light… singing…
or screeching… depending on your point of view… along with the wild
birds outside… <br /> <br /> Woke up in the dark of the night… with the guineas screaming alarm… and the la<span class="text_exposed_show">bs
barking… then I heard the intruder’s voice… an owl was hunting… it is
more than likely that there is now one less guinea living this morning…
part of the flock of guineas roost in the trees… <br /> <br /> Saw a couple
more beautiful predators day before yesterday… they had been hunting… or
were hunting over the prairie dog towns … beautiful young bald or a
golden eagle… I have a tough time telling them apart until the young
balds develop the white head… anyway this beautiful eagle glided in low
over my yards… amazing wingspan…</span></span></span><br />
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very true... and definitely not an easy thing to do... not an emotion... a choice...<br />
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hehehehehehe.... yeah I know... but it did make me laugh...<br />
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Mary E. Robbins<br />
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I watched a bit of the sunrise this morning… was beautiful as color
splashed across the clouds … shades of pink and gold… it was over 40
degrees F this morning… supposed to warm up into the 60’s later today…
yay! Tomorrow … not so much… high of 24 F… never thought I’d be so
focused on the weather… lol… but then out here it shows itself on a
grand scale… it is amazing watching it sh<span class="text_exposed_show">ift and sweep across the sky and landscape… <br /> <br />
The other day it was bursts of snow flurries… kind of like summer
cloudbursts of rain… except it was white patches sweeping down from the
clouds… <br /> <br /> The morning of the hoar frost… was amazing… I could
see clear areas… and areas with patches of mist/fog as the sun was
shining out from behind the clouds… it is rolling hills out here… and I
can see for quite a distance to the southeast… from my yards… if I go up
the hill I can see Laramie Peak to the west… that is when it is not
storming or foggy… lol… <br /> <br /> Last night the clouds were luminescing
across the southwestern sky below the moon… it looked as if they were
glowing from within… I was at my friend’s house and we stood out there
and just stared for a bit… I had stopped by to give him a birthday card
I’d made and some pecan dessert things… yeah… we’ll just call them
things… they did not turn out as I thought they would…lol… they were
not horrid but they were not what I thought they were going to be… aw
well… he liked them… or said he did anyway… lol… <br /> <br /> Thanksgiving
dinner turned out pretty good… we enjoyed our meal and sat and visited
for a time… conversation was good… food was good… David would have
enjoyed the meal as well… the ribs turned out extremely tender… sautéed
beet greens with onion and bacon… oh my… those were tasty… who knew…
lol… beet greens… lol… had some mashed potatoes with butter… the
potatoes were from my garden as were the beet greens… had some
cranberry… cooked with orange… walnuts… and honey… <br /> <br /> Quite a bit
on the to do list for today… did not get much done yesterday… was
exhausted all day … body needed a rest… was rather insistent about it…
result… work did not get done… ok… well today it needs to be done… so…
here goes… not sure how much will get done… but some will… truck needs
unloaded… animals fed and such… and on and on… such is life on a ranch…
firewood needs bourght in… or rather I need firewood brought in… lol…
supposed to be much colder tomorrow… no firewood… equals no heat…
brrrrr… not up for that… <br /> <br /> Gratitudes: woodstove… firewood… peace… yes… today I actually have peace… and am savoring it… <br /> <br /> Ok… gotta get with it… <br /> <br /> Later taters…</span></span></span><br />
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Happy Thanksgiving… kind of surprised I am actually able to say that
and mean it… lots of conflicting emotions … have been flying around… <br /> <br />
Thanksgiving was a big deal for David and I… he would have loved the
menu today… even though it is not a traditional thanksgiving menu… put
some beef ribs with mushrooms and onion in the oven early this morning…
cooking slowly all day… some whit<span class="text_exposed_show">e button mushrooms and some baby bellas… the aroma is wonderful… <br /> <br />
I did make cranberry sauce/relish… cranberries… honey… water… a whole
orange… rind included and walnuts… cooked it this morning… have it in
the frig cooling it is best served cold and after sitting for hours… or
days… <br /> <br /> Want to bake some cornbread… yes gluten free… organic…
and some pecan tassies... at least that is the plan… thinking maybe some
greens would be good to go along with dinner as well… or maybe not…
lol… don’t know… <br /> <br /> Had a wonderful soak this morning… love the
scent of lavender oil… yes I had some in my tub… happy that I made it
into the tub and was able to enjoy the hot soak… <br /> <br /> This morning
was a beautiful gift… there must have been a fog late last night or
early this morning… because when I went outside there was a winter
wonderland… totally calm… wonderful… no wind… and hoar frost on the
fences… trees… and so on… with mists off in the distance… some blue sky
showing through the clouds… beautiful morning… wild birds singing… other
than that…quiet and calm… even my geese were quiet… wonderful… <br /> <br /> Gratitudes: the scent of beef and portabellas cooking… lavender oil… beautiful morning… <br /> <br /> Later taters… gonna try to make that cornbread… using coconut flour for the first time with the cornmeal…</span></span></span><br />
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Peeps... actually had this happen once when I was on working on the
railroad... we were stopped on a siding and I'd gotten off to walk the
train... afterwards I was waiting outside for other trains to come to do
roll-bys... we were way out on the range-land... hot sunny day... and
this beautiful butterfly flittered in from somewhere and landed on me...
huge butterfly... beautiful... <br /> <br /> today<span class="text_exposed_show">
is a more productive day for me... yesterday was ... well it just
was... some days seem to be mired in retrospection ... spiraling
grief... survived yesterday... today is another day... <br /> <br /> washed
some dishes this morning... clean laundry piled on the couch waiting to
be folded... bath water ran... yes I am getting in there... so I am
posting quickly and off here before the water cools... <br /> <br /> gratitudes: survived another day... it is not snowing... state of mind more alive today... <br /> <br /> later taters...</span></span></span><br />
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the connotations of this are .... well would be world changing... can
you imagine... rather than spite... selfishness... abuse...war...
greed... it would be consideration... compassion... acceptance... being
true... <br /> <br /> this post is not about religion... it is about a way
of living... of life... but then from what I can tell... Jesus was not
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baaaaa.... probably won't look like these... but hoping or some baby
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had a delicious lunch of 2 dates... and popcorn... with cinnamon and
salt... cooked in coconut oil... and a cup of coffee...what can I say...
craving popcorn and cinnamon... making myself head out to do chores...
the sun is shining ... it is 41 degrees F... not sure why I am
procrastinating... ok woman move... later taters...<br />
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31 degrees F supposed to warm up to 40 F... yesterday there were
winds... this morning thankfully there are not... want to get the
critters all taken care of before any wind picks up... <br /> <br /> Had a
rough few days ... thought I might lose Diesel... he is doing better and
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of the bitterly cold days... fortunately in comparison to what it could
have been it was relatively mild... he is cocking his head a to the
side a bit and his coordination is off but he is eating good... and able
to walk and move quickly around... albeit a bit clumsy... looking for
lots of hugs... yes he is getting them... <br /> <br /> as of now he has been outside for is morning business... had his breakfast and is snoring... <br /> <br />
I seems to be the transition from the warm house to the cold outside
that triggered the stroke... the rapid constriction of blood vessels...
just as it does in humans... <br /> <br /> I tried to stay calm when I
realized what had happened... failed rather miserably... but tried...
took some rescue remedy to help even out... gave Diesel some too...
along with vit C... echinacea... and aloe vera.... to help his body heal
itself... <br /> <br /> when I get upset it upsets Diesel (cane corso)...
so trying to not do that... want to give him a calm safe environment to
heal in... hes I know he is canine... but he is also my family... and
my friend...<br /> <br /> One of my sisters-in-law and I visited on the
phone yesterday... it was good... almost made it through the
conversation without bursting into tears... aw well... almost... David
was her big brother... and my husband/best friend... he was a good man
and left a big footprint... and you know... when we all got together...
he was supposed to be there... he was always so happy when we all got
together... getting together was not an easy task... David was out on
the railroad most of the time... but when we managed it... he treasured
it... he was so looking forward to spending time with folks when he
retired... then... poof... he is gone from this life... <br /> <br /> poof ... such a silly word... <br /> <br />
Diesel is asking to go outside... or rather insisting... and my work
list for the day is waiting... critters to be taken care of... so it is
on with the day... poof or no poof... <br /> <br /> may you walk in peace...<br /> <br /> gratitudes: the time we had together... diesel is recovering... visit with Pam... <br /> <br /> later taters...</span></span></span><br />
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night folks... fell asleep on the couch... woke up let the mastiffs and
pominators out and brought them back in... checked on the goats...
startled the geese... no not on purpose... looked at that amazing night
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Peeps... well let's try this again... hit the wrong key and wiped out
what I'd written... all in all it's been a relatively good day... had an
appointment so I had to come out of my hermit hole (yes I live in a
hermit hole... semi berm house) ... and go into town... and yes I made
it to my appointment... although it was questionable this morning...
took care of some errands... missed some er<span class="text_exposed_show">rands...
they will just have to wait for another day... got 4 bags of alfalfa
pellets... yes they are still in the jeep... picked up some groceries...
wished a friend well that is moving to another area... <br /> <br /> It is a good move for her... heading to the mountains... I will miss seeing her face but will visit on the phone... I<br /> <br />
Wow.... did it again... wiped out over half of what I had written... I
am tired and hands are twitching a bit... keep hitting keys I should not
be hitting... <br /> <br /> I am going to call it a night... before I wipe it all out again... <br /> <br /> nite peeps... may you rest well... <br /> <br /> gratitudes: warm fire... the jeep ran... I made it into town and home again...<br /> <br /> I liked this quote... be grand to begin a new day serenely and with a high spirit... unencumbered... sounds delightful...</span><br />
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I am sooooooo very glad to be back inside... finished up ranch rounds a bit ago... heat wave... ti is<br />
5 degrees above zero... Fahrenheit ... for those of you that go by
Celsius minus 16 degrees... brrrrrr.... the wind chill factor is going
to be wicked tonight... on a bright note... all the critters seem to be
doing ok... cold of course... but doing good... <br />
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I saw numerous purple finch in the yards today... sparrows... blue
jays... a robin... doves... and others I could not identify... some of
them are so tiny... yet they survive the cold temps... amazes me... <br /> <br />
brought in a cart load of firewood and filled the wood ring for the
night... will refill the cart and ring again tomorrow... the nanny goats
were bummed today... they did not get to go out to graze on fallen
leaves... I just fed them in their corral instead... <br /> <br /> the first real cold snap of the winter always seems so much harsher than when it comes back around later ... <br /> <br /> the ducks and geese were playing in their water tank... splashing about... <br /> <br />
I am having a coffee and just sitting listening to the clock tick right
now... comforting sound... oh that and one of the mastiffs is
snoring... lol... gonna warm up a bowl of leftover hamhock bean veggie
soup and relax a bit... then if I get motivated... which frankly at this
point is very questionable... may do oxycise... more than likely fall
asleep in the chair... gonna watch a bit of tv I think... probably sleep
through it... I get really tired after working out in the cold... <br /> <br /> gratitudes: the elec is on... a chtair to relax in... warm fire the wood stove...</span></div>
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