Tag Archives: leaves

~:: November 2013 ::~

I know this is November because G has already sucked up all the leaves. October is a glorious riot.  November is this quiet, sorta peaceful and bland time between wild October and glorious December. See how the children are playing … Continue reading

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~:: All Hallows Eve ::~

Okay – I had a lot to say.  I wanted to write about October (which I still will), and about Hallowe’en – (sneaking in the fact that I love the yellow moons and the black cats and the pumpkins and … Continue reading

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~:: Fire on the mountain ::~

First, may I say that if any of you are paper-cut aficionados, you will be interested to know that in order to get a true Class A specimen, all you need is a corn stalk. A dry one. One you’re … Continue reading

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~:: New Buddies ::~

Two weeks ago – almost – Donna Lohr flew all the way across the country to spend a few days with two crazy women: Rachel and me. There are plenty of people who are suspicious of relationships that are started … Continue reading

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~:: Turn, turn, turn ::~

I found out today that my early-autumn-angst was slightly overblown. The mountains are changing – but we rode through them today and found that the mountains’ sides were still chock full of green.  And somehow, that made it easier for … Continue reading

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~:: Flying South: pt.2 – treasure ::~

I did make two suggestions while I was down there with Kev. We went to the movies, for one. And I loved that. I’ve been wanting to go to the movies for months. And the other was based on a … Continue reading

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~:: Tales of Salmon ::~

They always come swimmin’ right back up the river ~ And this is what we did this weekend.  Have children around.  Gin came home for a day.  She dropped the dentist off to be Slick Rock Bike Guy and came … Continue reading

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~:: Bedlam ::~

Here is the story of our luck.  It’s not a simple tale.  And maybe it’s just this year.  But maybe it’s not.  So I was – doing something.  I think I was cleaning the kitchen.  I probably wasn’t, but the … Continue reading

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Just Wait Five Minutes

Our dependable world: October 22: Box Elder leaves just starting to turn yellow.  Some down.  Usually, at this time of year, our whole yard goes stunningly yellow and stays that way till the first of November.  I was anticipating that … Continue reading

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~;;~ Game Day pt.2: the cookies ~;;~

Take a very good look, because what you see now was gone yesterday.  Stormy, seasonal (for a change) weather, we’ve got now.  But on game day – it was like this: early morning slant light, sun just over the mountains … Continue reading

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