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Category Archives: Images
Portents and perplexity
I love light. Well, yeah, of course I love light. But I mean in my yard. I love the light in my yard. Especially when there are storm clouds over the mountains, hanging over the … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Images, Seasons, The outside world
Tagged light, yard
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The Great Journey~ Pt.4 and End
THIS is Max. He’s a divin’ fool. He demonstrates his technique. In which figures largely this philosophy: lean until you are committed. Hands out flat – Look down to make sure the water is still there. Then dunk yourself and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gin, Images, Journeys, Just life, The g-kids, The kids, The outside world, Visits
Tagged big trip, Gin, Max
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The Great Journey~ Pt. 3
And then . . . We took a bus. A happy bus. Transportation. Which put me in mind of . . . horses. I started missing horses. So we went looking for some. We found this one – part of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fun Stuff, Gin, Horses, Images, Journeys, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids, The outside world, Visits
Tagged big trip, Gin, Max
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The Great Journey~ Pt. 1
I love recording things here and sharing images. But sometimes it’s really, really hard to find enough lag time during the actual living part to allow you to step out and write things up. I’m not even going to try … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gin, Images, Journeys, The g-kids, The kids, Visits
Tagged Gin, Going places, Max
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Strangers in the back yard
Two little things before the stranger story: 1) G’s famous whole wheat pancakes: how I want some of these right NOW. 2) And why I keep talking about legs and gross things: Yucky, huh? This is actually not some poor, … Continue reading
Posted in Images, Just life, The g-kids
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He’ll be going round the mountain . . .
M will be home, ten months from yesterday. That was the first important thing about yesterday. The second is that we ended up taking the colt for his FIRST LONG RIDE up the mountain. It was a miracle of circumstance: … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Images, Images of our herd in specific, Just life, The outside world
Tagged Hickory, Horses, mountain
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July: not just fireworks
It’s not easy to write about life at the same time you are living it. What did Wordsworth say? Poetry is strong emotion as recollected in tranquility? Yeah. Tranquility. A poet who was obviously not a mother. Because I … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Images, Just life, Texas, The g-kids, The kids, Visits
Tagged Dad, family, Gin, grandkids, Keven
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Craft and cleverness
I love handmade stuff. Love it, love it, love it. And I love buying from the person who makes the stuff. Especially magical things like pottery and lampwork and stained glass and jewelry and onions. I wanted to show you … Continue reading
~:: having a hay day ::~
Now, ya’ll may not find this interesting. But as a dyed-in-the-wool ignorant suburb-baby, I find it absolutely and utterly fascinating. Stick with me and I’ll have you well educated in the art of angsting over the coming winter and knowing … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Explanations, friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Images, Just life, Seasons, The outside world
Tagged friends, hay, kids, summer, tractor
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July scrap
I love the Car Guys on public radio. I’m serious. I LOVE those guys. This morning, as I was winding my way home from manure shoveling (don’t tell the leg dr.), they were winding up the show with their usual … Continue reading