Category Archives: Personal

Latest hatchling pic

You can really see details of the wings developing.

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Look what we found!

This weekend, my husband was trimming the dead parts off the holly bush, and he discovered a bird’s nest with eggs. Also this weekend, my friend Bonnie visited and we went to a nearby park, where I took several photos. … Continue reading

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Monday bit of joy

In case you’re having trouble remembering that Monday means possibility, have a gander at the latest flowers in my front bed. The girl was very excited to note that they look like hearts!

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Counting up . . . (15 things)

1 Really Cool Thing I’m on the Andre Norton Award Jury this year! Official announcement (Hey, look, I didn’t bury the lede!) 5 Things to Put You in a Better Mood Happiness, confidence, optimism, meaning in life, and success — … Continue reading

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A busy April day

How’d we get more than two-thirds of the way through April already? Outside, it still looks like late March — forsythia and weeping cherries, magnolia blooms drifting in the wind, but not even a hint of an azalea blooming yet … Continue reading

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Looking at Lift

I’ve been using Lift this year to try to encourage the establishment of good habits. It’s more of a social networking approach to habits. You sign in to specific habits, and others who are trying to do the same habit … Continue reading

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April is the weirdest month

Weird for weather, at least, although maybe not the weirdest (it was 70 degrees on December 22). Last week was beautiful spring weather. Weekend temps got up into the low 80s, and then the cold front moved through and there … Continue reading

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Grateful for HabitRPG

I always have a lot to do. Sometimes, I even manage most of it. Long-time readers might even remember I did a series of posts on time management. The problem with schedules, for me, is that they only seem to … Continue reading

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We’ve sprung!

Yes, we’re running about a month behind usual, but we do have spring flowers in the yard at last. Click through to see them all, as well as a couple pictures of bushes.

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The dogwood has friends

About twenty deer just congregated in the yard across the street, passed through our front yard, through our back yard, and on into the yards on the other side of the block. Thus endeth our Friday. How was your day?

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