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Start your Success List Today
I am still thinking about and listing all the things I got right and am proud of in 2023. It is a fun exercise in this curious lull. But the mud. This is not on my Nice List. The mud just keeps getting worse. No cats are allowed inside until they have cleaned their feet…
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An Experiment with Movement while Over-Tired
Not that I was terribly tired of course. But people like me try to pack in all the things on all the days. And yesterday was one of those days. I thought I had done ok but when I got home last night – my evening Take Ten video had been published to the list…
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Bright and Shiny Sun
Hospital Day today. Not urgent. But the hospitals are miles away when one lives down in the country. We will be gone all day. Which means a picture day for you! Because I need to hurry through chores then get going. The sun came out yesterday afternoon. After days of gloom. I was doing house-keeping…
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How to Train a Peacock
I have had enough of this big beautiful poopy peacock hanging out on the West verandah, dropping his big wet peacock droppings. And Him Indoors tromping it inside on the shoes he refuses to take off before walking over my clean floors. Mr Flowers. My beautiful peaceful peacock. So I am training him to the…
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Running Out of Time
That’s what it feels like anyway. I am running out of time. Running after time. Where has this elusive piece of time gone? Time is not even a thing – how can I run out of it. This is why I hate the Christmas Day part of the holidays. This holiday is just so NEEDY.…
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Dirty Fingernails
Yes! That is the first thing that came to mind for my subject heading this morning. My fingernails are a little bit dirty but that’s because I’ve been working in the glasshouse and the barn. Dirty fingernails are a badge of honor! The glass-house is my happy place in the winter. Plus there is no…
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