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Some Favorite Things

Some Favorite Things

Today I need to write something positive, just cuz.  So, here’s a blog post about some random ‘favorites’ of mine…with certain follow-ups. First up: Favorite Colors Yes, kindergarten is over thirty years behind me, and yet I am still going to tell you about my favorite colors.  I really, really like colors, okay?  …Which means I can’t possibly have a favorite.  But some colors I adore are: So, what’s more wonderful than gorgeous colors?  Gorgeous color-combinations.  A single, flat color…

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photo taken October 12th 2024 of a purple flower in front of yellow grass.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 41

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 41

See Previous | See Next This week the garden is looking a lot more like it’s fall, though with a few pretty flowers sticking around. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, makes me miss the sunflowers that weren’t this year, but also look forward to the spooky weather to come. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows this is the season when the foliage pictures are starting to take over from the flowers, and also gives the first…

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fly-by-posting: 2024/10/11

fly-by-posting: 2024/10/11

When you’ve got a sick kid, the job of the parent is the push any sort of real food that they’ll willingly eat like it’s crack. (bagels here today) Note, if they’re still pretty little, the other job is to watch the same Disney movie 3-4 times in one day. (Tangled, back in the day, and so glad Frozen hadn’t come out yet at that point)

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 40

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 40

See Previous | See Next As we advance into October, we have reached now the glory days of marigolds and ornamental kale.  Otherwise, with the combination of warm weather and shortening days, some leaves are turning for fall while others continue to resist. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, reminds us that fall flowers can come in just about every color, and that if we’re lucky we’ll get fall foliages in nearly every color too. Looking back 2-4 weeks…

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Just a Few Books, for ‘Research’…

Just a Few Books, for ‘Research’…

So.  Sometimes, reading other writers’ blogs, I’ll read about the sort of research another author might put into their story.  Maybe they’ll (1) talk about traveling to a relevant city (not exactly within reach for most of us), or pouring over Google maps of a relevant city (definitely sensible – sounds like a lot of work though – so, maybe a reason to avoid contemporary settings if at all possible?). Or (2) they’ll call up or interview an expert or…

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photo taken September 28th 2024 of yucca spikes.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 39

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 39

See Previous | See Next This week some things are kinda, sorta turning toward fall colors, while other things are remaining very committed to being green. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, never-the-less, shows off some pretty fall colors, along with the pretty variety of early fall flowers (though, very sadly, I am now lacking my pretty, pink deck rose this year). Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows off some other very pretty roses that just don’t…

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fly-by-posting: 2024/09/25

fly-by-posting: 2024/09/25

My brain is like a bureaucracy. Sometimes it can take a very long time for new or unexpected inputs to work their way through the system. Not because they’re not important, but because there may be bureaucratic structural reorganization that needs to happen before movement can occur. And then ditto if you want some action output.

photo taken September 22nd 2024 of backyard trees.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 38

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 38

See Previous | See Next This week we’ve had nice, cool temperatures and lovely moisture, so things are looking very lush and green.  But we’ve also got those first sprinklings of fall colors and so, with such a small change, now I look out my window and see a fall garden, rather than a summer one. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows other hints of fall colors to come, while also really leaning in to the pink- and…

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MT Mountain Wildflowers

MT Mountain Wildflowers

This post is mostly just going to be pretty pictures.  This summer, we went on an overnight backpacking trip with my dad in the Bitterroot mountains in Montana, on the trail up toward Glen Lake.  My dad remembered the trail as very forested, but since he’d been there last, wildfire had gone through and taken out nearly all the trees.  So, instead of a shady forest, we had a very sunny trip, with lots and lots of wildflowers.