tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70980327284503525222024-03-18T11:02:31.687-07:00Linda Letters:Daily Life of a Retired Teacher Living in SeattleLinda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2840125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-22108624887975505822024-03-16T15:47:00.000-07:002024-03-16T15:47:14.517-07:00A Beautiful Saturday<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">...and I need to rest. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We have a garden club meeting here next Saturday, the theme of which is "Emerging: Signs of Spring". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">These last few days are certainly spring like and have given us the opportunity to get lots of work done in the garden. After all, if we are going to show off our garden, it needs to look spiffy. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">March is not our ideal month to host but it was left over and no one would claim it so we volunteered. We have a few more days of good weather to work, but then the forecast is for rain next weekend. We have warned our garden club members to be prepared for whatever the weather brings.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We have edged and mowed and raked and picked up bins full of yard waste, and cleaned garden beds and surfaces. We have more to do, but we have slowed down today.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEA31OtHRBr3yyHnTKdNUwcLaTISybdJp2DBL11xKE2UwgsX8VWx-ylk8diMoQPb4QpCKMLjiTU9z9oDgwLnHMIPSBJCRiScpTLRvf23-IF78zlyGL1Vq8xW4uUwKhQoIt8I7P9sBRHe0Nra9HdBn8BTTZOGJxZc3mQ01LQxaBClV0x-4BOzQQZy3qjM/s4032/IMG_4500.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEA31OtHRBr3yyHnTKdNUwcLaTISybdJp2DBL11xKE2UwgsX8VWx-ylk8diMoQPb4QpCKMLjiTU9z9oDgwLnHMIPSBJCRiScpTLRvf23-IF78zlyGL1Vq8xW4uUwKhQoIt8I7P9sBRHe0Nra9HdBn8BTTZOGJxZc3mQ01LQxaBClV0x-4BOzQQZy3qjM/w640-h480/IMG_4500.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, things are emerging, and some early plants and bulbs are blooming.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemxyBW4WePzOQ3koXVaebjW8W-SZlaQ-ZvS5urFjXkeIF93lMrl0mQcY2faekm_K3o6XUYwEMls8Brd-fUDZzNA21HKYrB6HysXFEmAMMnG7E69InaOtHRHm8P4krZUnTa9HZy6uMPRx16gGbTYM5ivPkwRjHa9sJao0wrHzFzm80NK4_V-xJa1wTBy4/w480-h640/IMG_4511.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Today Tom and Jill are at an afternoon Sounders match, and after I came in from more garden work, I watched on TV. It was a draw. :-(</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EsPw7lECy8ZFzgAzuibmuUYTNr7qz_CkOSnYJWmr9ZwpsQZSIsMR6wcJPOjpLdX45EoUzYkaPzZzZ_gDy2M_bZq3Wm4P7BwjOZmjO2Jqoio7C_esZ9uolLiL-6bHLEZUJ9hMLNecarTGuTrFsN72N_HWnc6-Jyk4uAnyy3P1l38YJn0JG9L09yACDAY/s4032/IMG_4515.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EsPw7lECy8ZFzgAzuibmuUYTNr7qz_CkOSnYJWmr9ZwpsQZSIsMR6wcJPOjpLdX45EoUzYkaPzZzZ_gDy2M_bZq3Wm4P7BwjOZmjO2Jqoio7C_esZ9uolLiL-6bHLEZUJ9hMLNecarTGuTrFsN72N_HWnc6-Jyk4uAnyy3P1l38YJn0JG9L09yACDAY/w640-h480/IMG_4515.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrAzv36lTdHU3Oo1BHtouTy9Xx_bHe82kKcPDsU0W46ofOl9Xvvl0j8v_LyjTiEhFFykdw-jr5IivWL2zlPN6X4MUa_pG3E4e0HdFEEzmlE4G602cZF9T2KHEDFmJHsWYnIs2xWQllHX7MBoTA_rkRN2cJqv5E1gpvPYnmc4Y8EcggZb_s_bulTLlKSw/s3088/IMG_4516.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrAzv36lTdHU3Oo1BHtouTy9Xx_bHe82kKcPDsU0W46ofOl9Xvvl0j8v_LyjTiEhFFykdw-jr5IivWL2zlPN6X4MUa_pG3E4e0HdFEEzmlE4G602cZF9T2KHEDFmJHsWYnIs2xWQllHX7MBoTA_rkRN2cJqv5E1gpvPYnmc4Y8EcggZb_s_bulTLlKSw/w480-h640/IMG_4516.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now I'm going to back outside and take some time to sit on the cleaned up patio and finally read the paper. Maybe Charlie will return for another visit. I think he's excited for spring too.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1q1E3mIt7iMp7k84v76dq-zNElRSIRVKbraUklEfKqmsWjYaBFBuSKcSSfMTNjQZK0psfo9PYxP14roggX7UlDxUf0mNDwtON_VyvVDF1DiLE_XLBk1Ey9aGanAmLsdpfzdphaBaERvUEDwdsvOm7MhRw9RFMYADe3IV1aYbyywNBRbsB0Rh0T2n03A/s4032/IMG_4499.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1q1E3mIt7iMp7k84v76dq-zNElRSIRVKbraUklEfKqmsWjYaBFBuSKcSSfMTNjQZK0psfo9PYxP14roggX7UlDxUf0mNDwtON_VyvVDF1DiLE_XLBk1Ey9aGanAmLsdpfzdphaBaERvUEDwdsvOm7MhRw9RFMYADe3IV1aYbyywNBRbsB0Rh0T2n03A/w480-h640/IMG_4499.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-15231905349049109012024-03-12T12:08:00.000-07:002024-03-12T12:11:18.627-07:00Busy Days Full of ...What?<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">I know I've been busy since I last posted, but I had to look at my planning calendar to try to figure out exactly busy doing what?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have been trying to either walk or bike each day. I had a physical therapy appointment Friday and now I have some new exercises that I had to spend some time trying to figure out how to do here at home, and then make new chart checklists. I use checklists to keep myself honest. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We were all prepared to watch the Sounders on Saturday, now that our Apple TV is working, but, alas, the game in Philadelphia was <i>rained out!</i> Now, soccer gaimes don't get rained out, but it was raining so hard that the field was so saturated that the ball wouldn't even bounce or roll. It will be resumed at some later date.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sunday we got our walk in in the morning and I worked on cutting the pieces for my next quilt square, which I hope to get back to today. Then it was time for the Academy Awards. We have seen seven of the ten nominated movies, all at home on our TV, most of them free. I watched the whole program, enjoying the fashions and most of Jimmy Kimmel's banter, and especially Ryan Gosling's performance of the Ken song. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was surprised that "Killers of the Flower Moon" was pretty much shut out of the awards, but we didn't really have favorites to root for. All in all, it was a good production. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Monday was house work and laundry day, and when that was done, I decorated. Saint Patrick's Day and Easter are too close together this year.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0PUuHTO4i8OP0WKoZr2UYkE6Pf-7O5sWk7TdY3w0X-_cZCoi6lrfdqBdefDyM7YXf-MBxDeqyT3eM6-cpRJy0QsjtONPR4tMUXVw0d9w_8vPr_zX3wLJTaJKdd1ho7rdqYBH89TAO93I30LBGBLpaZU7FB5LteWv-Jmjx2eX7oUOTUFoez9f9MB_on0/s3310/IMG_4484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3310" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0PUuHTO4i8OP0WKoZr2UYkE6Pf-7O5sWk7TdY3w0X-_cZCoi6lrfdqBdefDyM7YXf-MBxDeqyT3eM6-cpRJy0QsjtONPR4tMUXVw0d9w_8vPr_zX3wLJTaJKdd1ho7rdqYBH89TAO93I30LBGBLpaZU7FB5LteWv-Jmjx2eX7oUOTUFoez9f9MB_on0/w584-h640/IMG_4484.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Keep the shamrocks but put out the bunnies and chicks and ducks and eggs. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Looks a lot like all the previous years, but here is part of it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2229" data-original-width="3138" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOqslaS0z8IPuqA3SrkBwAsqhGrkVvzVe1hGF_E6Bm4YGy7pYS4XhE129arpz835In_5yaHULgM7d_p9QcaTiwEh6ZdszlG8HGEtdno_pdiFFBoT-fMwr768YTcbYlcKDqHYPuMrKnu859bZ6g0sy_HHwazVg0K00KylwYT2tlOHKsJZ7luT_zI3a5G4/w640-h454/IMG_4493.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have stopped collecting, but I still want to see all of my decorations and remember their history. I'll leave them up for much of April, as spring decorations. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It has been a rainy morning. We had our Zoom meet up, with good conversation. Jill stopped by. Now I think I finally have all the photos found and edited and it is time to get moving on something else. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-46098174312826626452024-03-07T16:38:00.000-08:002024-03-07T17:07:22.917-08:00Marching Along<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">We've had snow and we've had rain. We've had sun and we've had fun.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnRYaSYumSuuYddQUKIw3rg9XvOTxd27VeUrFeTH1SAyZ5QA88xJH09aZMnVeTXFUs42_yjrFVayqewNNOSz7w6lSw2ZiI8h49cnczz5kDSDbDI-k_VNhD8XAZrSUaSvat6lOrlzJU-vPFqTFtnkXb844izgFdi1lZypWlxqjbWMCm-fgFzZGCSVF7mc/s4032/IMG_4473.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnRYaSYumSuuYddQUKIw3rg9XvOTxd27VeUrFeTH1SAyZ5QA88xJH09aZMnVeTXFUs42_yjrFVayqewNNOSz7w6lSw2ZiI8h49cnczz5kDSDbDI-k_VNhD8XAZrSUaSvat6lOrlzJU-vPFqTFtnkXb844izgFdi1lZypWlxqjbWMCm-fgFzZGCSVF7mc/w480-h640/IMG_4473.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Celebrating Jill's birthday on Monday at a steak house was fun. Then it snowed on the way home, so Tuesday's walk at the park was a bit snowy, but sunny. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9qJr9rTNjMKgJ40xFTMI71DLtkrqbEE-be91Mz5AhA1y53tDrzNDohnO6iLlKGhyphenhyphenLKMAi62aKmDnm9BYOuFuRwWCFXM43IqVkITuGTEsluC9CgHUqhyphenhyphenSSXdO1g9P0DRh3Zu8HLwnAPgelZWWqVDsQy6Tqfgq2xf2NUFcyYLnWr1kEWUgLjK_drxeuaA/s4032/IMG_4475.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9qJr9rTNjMKgJ40xFTMI71DLtkrqbEE-be91Mz5AhA1y53tDrzNDohnO6iLlKGhyphenhyphenLKMAi62aKmDnm9BYOuFuRwWCFXM43IqVkITuGTEsluC9CgHUqhyphenhyphenSSXdO1g9P0DRh3Zu8HLwnAPgelZWWqVDsQy6Tqfgq2xf2NUFcyYLnWr1kEWUgLjK_drxeuaA/w480-h640/IMG_4475.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I finished two more quilt squares using fabric from my scrap box.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG8IqvTsJTO8MiFM7tROsubu_7c22BtsJrcTkRrGtAGgmFyg72fWsKgfJ-i7ER3KwWNPZ407SAgbZ1gRvf9MypOAjm57tRTMXoj4wXYSQDy_uLQ9bEscDgB71ZveMC-QzhpAa0EVAh5-RqaFj7SDhrf69NyAXkoZcd8TwFBco3S5DMzqxqm9oNX72tVs/s2857/IMG_4435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2840" data-original-width="2857" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG8IqvTsJTO8MiFM7tROsubu_7c22BtsJrcTkRrGtAGgmFyg72fWsKgfJ-i7ER3KwWNPZ407SAgbZ1gRvf9MypOAjm57tRTMXoj4wXYSQDy_uLQ9bEscDgB71ZveMC-QzhpAa0EVAh5-RqaFj7SDhrf69NyAXkoZcd8TwFBco3S5DMzqxqm9oNX72tVs/w640-h636/IMG_4435.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9DQh7HBKgdXuVoNf_J8d0WIx3kCpSHy3qt0zO9HSPek7rzMLVOEJpYMQh70soqteKwvFcTOOOhgn5okpkckgcu6OdV6KDUPWpy2Ft1gGvAilkOt-7EUStQrwmF03_YK5oq4K4hTCv2AsVJn6HXwlRIBZ3YUv312SZhNON_mh3l1qIwMovmMVjNt-mF0/s3024/IMG_4476.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="3024" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9DQh7HBKgdXuVoNf_J8d0WIx3kCpSHy3qt0zO9HSPek7rzMLVOEJpYMQh70soqteKwvFcTOOOhgn5okpkckgcu6OdV6KDUPWpy2Ft1gGvAilkOt-7EUStQrwmF03_YK5oq4K4hTCv2AsVJn6HXwlRIBZ3YUv312SZhNON_mh3l1qIwMovmMVjNt-mF0/w640-h634/IMG_4476.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom has been working outside a little every day, weather permitting. Today we were both out there. I pruned the roses and cleaned up the bed.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCot7nSz7X1a_oaN4lU39mQ6kXlraDBAXDxV_GgX1vgsaNtg36eKhhhA1cRqAr8o0KxrCESOatgeqpmVnEp9YnEvYGsNLZXO7PIuBGMWLnTRW8IYnPPGQDkqzNZ5F8il2zFtmdhwxZ9O_CWcpah_EXQ-TeFPFnRnvu-uBwwCHXMYm6i0myYIvyAUsc6zw/s4032/IMG_4479.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCot7nSz7X1a_oaN4lU39mQ6kXlraDBAXDxV_GgX1vgsaNtg36eKhhhA1cRqAr8o0KxrCESOatgeqpmVnEp9YnEvYGsNLZXO7PIuBGMWLnTRW8IYnPPGQDkqzNZ5F8il2zFtmdhwxZ9O_CWcpah_EXQ-TeFPFnRnvu-uBwwCHXMYm6i0myYIvyAUsc6zw/w640-h480/IMG_4479.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom pruned the juniper hedge along the driveway..</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i_o3LqGaXMNsjqGXJObQj0pWF28IwSGGYUGszN5YoFCescVH65FV5zKPC2mzawh3oj-E0G7w5f0ziDq5c8fAKe2rMBrAcl8o1N732LndGFdi2Ti7Fj5OdmTOfMIJZ2IVrK0-QonJZKH4-Z_Wle_0OLd7iDYWMYO-s_Uuk0walaa0qfJrSShn1EDOOlY/s4032/IMG_4480.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i_o3LqGaXMNsjqGXJObQj0pWF28IwSGGYUGszN5YoFCescVH65FV5zKPC2mzawh3oj-E0G7w5f0ziDq5c8fAKe2rMBrAcl8o1N732LndGFdi2Ti7Fj5OdmTOfMIJZ2IVrK0-QonJZKH4-Z_Wle_0OLd7iDYWMYO-s_Uuk0walaa0qfJrSShn1EDOOlY/w480-h640/IMG_4480.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now we are both tired and ready to settle in. I have some left overs to make into a meal. We'll watch the State of the Union Address.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We spent some time this morning with Apple TV tech support. It's nice to finally get a real person to talk to and we think we have our problen solved so we should be able to watch our soccer games on our big TV again. Tech issues are annoying. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The sun is still shining bright at 4:30. Spring is on the way. </span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-39315494735326090012024-03-04T15:10:00.000-08:002024-03-04T15:10:42.192-08:00She's 51 Today<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">I don't know if she is eating her way through the free stuff today, like she has in the past. She hasn't posted anything yet today. I do know that the family are going out to a steak house for dinner, where lots of eating will take place.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Last year Jill was diving in Hawaii for her 50th birthday.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrMHpW2ISrLx8YTxnZNtOwDNc8P8e4GEB9MWYAD-mEr1VkfmFDRqr0kFJ1mQsmSVTAoAJ5jOvG5kSHqeFuqEk2nV6VpynswnnH-vnz8k8oFMDG5e5vv1k0J2bVdWD6Cm2Vams9GKN2DJrmZVC30IQQ_GT8Ht9bgz7Wmjml6U0xisVM9hXkBcow45UbJ0/s2048/330586361_145810131408906_9172881579483726546_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrMHpW2ISrLx8YTxnZNtOwDNc8P8e4GEB9MWYAD-mEr1VkfmFDRqr0kFJ1mQsmSVTAoAJ5jOvG5kSHqeFuqEk2nV6VpynswnnH-vnz8k8oFMDG5e5vv1k0J2bVdWD6Cm2Vams9GKN2DJrmZVC30IQQ_GT8Ht9bgz7Wmjml6U0xisVM9hXkBcow45UbJ0/w640-h480/330586361_145810131408906_9172881579483726546_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then in July she was in Tanzania, climbing Mount Killamanjaro and going on safari with Irene.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpmKTDgxTW2_af7U0aTjDGp4r74LQrBhDrobideKb5dYf3pBJJ0vWXNQXZPZnvhrWzOP2eJENI_wHnef70lGBzUe2AiJPxUzCzbigDttmScsPRk-BmGnWqWk8APTyLlHvVTmZqTQwa1ZpfOpqKKIBpCr_gscXd_sPC9QTqLp7MSUBGHisjhL9FBLtJnU/s1638/IMG_4188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1229" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpmKTDgxTW2_af7U0aTjDGp4r74LQrBhDrobideKb5dYf3pBJJ0vWXNQXZPZnvhrWzOP2eJENI_wHnef70lGBzUe2AiJPxUzCzbigDttmScsPRk-BmGnWqWk8APTyLlHvVTmZqTQwa1ZpfOpqKKIBpCr_gscXd_sPC9QTqLp7MSUBGHisjhL9FBLtJnU/w480-h640/IMG_4188.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next month she will be diving in Fiji.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">She is a mother of two almost adult children, a supportive sister, a caring daughter and neice, and a fun loving cousin. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">She holds down a responsible job: part time teacher, and part time school administrator, in Physical Education, of course. :-)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">She is a single mother who is proud to have provided a home for her children, and even now for her brother. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We celebrate you, Jill. Happy Birthday!<br /><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-63768571222935607922024-03-02T15:25:00.000-08:002024-03-04T10:40:30.585-08:00Green! And Daffodils<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsR3yr4k7TnRGSbfSb_cYldmlsDMvPRS1N2ew9dKWBDLF9rTUhpYQYx1NipX4giHuOMkuXCm-hNDxsHvaRm5uTLt4mG1IO81PSC6k-WIfPKqXchTmvHb_ugBcVSXsPgigItHs62tXoZj1Wk17aWsBwQtc-vc2cdOhGc0MOatUdAuyiZTc2F0yh5UQdX8/s3585/IMG_4459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="3585" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsR3yr4k7TnRGSbfSb_cYldmlsDMvPRS1N2ew9dKWBDLF9rTUhpYQYx1NipX4giHuOMkuXCm-hNDxsHvaRm5uTLt4mG1IO81PSC6k-WIfPKqXchTmvHb_ugBcVSXsPgigItHs62tXoZj1Wk17aWsBwQtc-vc2cdOhGc0MOatUdAuyiZTc2F0yh5UQdX8/w640-h494/IMG_4459.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">When I came downstairs this morning, the opening daffodils I had purchased from Safeway in the bud yesterday greeted me with a sunny glow. And of course, I changed the table mat yesterday, the first day of March, to green. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">As I walked out to the street to get the paper the mossy driveway was glowing green in the sun. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzA2xcz-iGkgyhp8c4ruEEr3dB_hFtvoCSSnDaBT8EvyYIUQzbvk2Op5_72Yb6jWXTQVAO_ElGgADpE289-l70bNrRgd0Ng99TLIxooACliE9qnS7fLPAmzVDdhBi6lCnwi4wXtLUYrpf_yDDxR3nofQi9fAdCrchxxFxIDPRzIq2RCKSpAsCgKI5cjE/s4032/IMG_4446.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzA2xcz-iGkgyhp8c4ruEEr3dB_hFtvoCSSnDaBT8EvyYIUQzbvk2Op5_72Yb6jWXTQVAO_ElGgADpE289-l70bNrRgd0Ng99TLIxooACliE9qnS7fLPAmzVDdhBi6lCnwi4wXtLUYrpf_yDDxR3nofQi9fAdCrchxxFxIDPRzIq2RCKSpAsCgKI5cjE/w480-h640/IMG_4446.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">The green was calling me, so I stayed out a little longer before going in to breakfast. Green is everywhere. All kinds of green</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwkVAizN3NMKrfWG668IE9jIOi_E71OsEWsqzIRtGTCuMC91FW0s1QyhRjylsykt7F6DcqNDfUn6-_L8EBqz6i3rAQg7TmbHBMKfkOYNAzRGyLAlYzrnAecqnbDdUqixRHiSkLUf1VJ0DR_BONY7APAgofn80HN6Y34hpV0-JH8TOCxUOsMUjewgSUU4/s3975/IMG_4444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3975" data-original-width="2990" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwkVAizN3NMKrfWG668IE9jIOi_E71OsEWsqzIRtGTCuMC91FW0s1QyhRjylsykt7F6DcqNDfUn6-_L8EBqz6i3rAQg7TmbHBMKfkOYNAzRGyLAlYzrnAecqnbDdUqixRHiSkLUf1VJ0DR_BONY7APAgofn80HN6Y34hpV0-JH8TOCxUOsMUjewgSUU4/w482-h640/IMG_4444.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTYndOms_zlMUWbsKvbpzCxXbfRXouthXWFxugVfBT60sLm5Cl_wpT_O6V3xM6w0XVsnQvkMErEkwxD6JRg3PE4TriQo2-YmckQNFPcvvrqEuakKUR6o0vlKNIl5AR8IExK6aLvyWYXEeGMfUx5jinA62vmDTyxvEToY-Ei-yuHDHH47YXLJM9mShYzE/s3454/IMG_4445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy8mAP9GKHMX1bSvxU8ydDAtGSeq91Bas-9DCS9CQAwMpamstrByUGLrFQm8SDuBcK8VUoAcVwlBJbUqVYXZ6IkniPLTeOsAQexCzyOhQijFKCnS6fC49Yq48mZJAnC5DK5VGwTGoyZFHBGWb8U0c93e86421fffqYCniH1egl4MI5Pm7I__1JcH4wUE/s4032/IMG_4448.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy8mAP9GKHMX1bSvxU8ydDAtGSeq91Bas-9DCS9CQAwMpamstrByUGLrFQm8SDuBcK8VUoAcVwlBJbUqVYXZ6IkniPLTeOsAQexCzyOhQijFKCnS6fC49Yq48mZJAnC5DK5VGwTGoyZFHBGWb8U0c93e86421fffqYCniH1egl4MI5Pm7I__1JcH4wUE/w480-h640/IMG_4448.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tulips are poking up and euphorbias have green blooms. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAimacvD9W3FXm87Wl3MV1nJUjJPJoV3u7bunRGh3W_6DMWzJaOiN1qP_8TaOH0FGQBocfK_lqS1fSziaYXPBugHkmlzUu0lp7U7RkYzJyELYou41TaDVbs581GbCSgD6sjjuONskOHf-0ys2kHYcs8VkRC0a86WB-lvQkYG7_JT20tEI_FjQB0OJXcVw/s4032/IMG_4449.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAimacvD9W3FXm87Wl3MV1nJUjJPJoV3u7bunRGh3W_6DMWzJaOiN1qP_8TaOH0FGQBocfK_lqS1fSziaYXPBugHkmlzUu0lp7U7RkYzJyELYou41TaDVbs581GbCSgD6sjjuONskOHf-0ys2kHYcs8VkRC0a86WB-lvQkYG7_JT20tEI_FjQB0OJXcVw/w640-h480/IMG_4449.HEIC" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The lawn is green, partly with grass and a lot with moss.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTYPaediglUAsk2GksgjTnha8TUnHqGItUQrIn97BFpa9uPxfRnkPiwK73FpwWvgYK16me6eIlucDM1mHuTNWMdwAok7z6AmOd7FWJpulShCeafB4a2-AbCWLFHmOK2oodm4L8Pwrd0o5-mZ8xrpXesLxQL15QoG0VBwfgxoaIeMgDxlHRbWjpk24984/s4032/IMG_4450.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTYPaediglUAsk2GksgjTnha8TUnHqGItUQrIn97BFpa9uPxfRnkPiwK73FpwWvgYK16me6eIlucDM1mHuTNWMdwAok7z6AmOd7FWJpulShCeafB4a2-AbCWLFHmOK2oodm4L8Pwrd0o5-mZ8xrpXesLxQL15QoG0VBwfgxoaIeMgDxlHRbWjpk24984/w640-h480/IMG_4450.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We have stopped fighting the moss. Tom got the first mowing done between rain storms this week and applied fertilizer and lime and grub killer, which are now well watered in. We don't use a lot of chemicals but do use a couple of applications of fertilizer a year, organic lime to "discourage" the moss, and grub killer to prevent the crows and raccoons from feasting and destroying the lawn.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">As we adapt to climate change, lawns are discouraged, but there is something wonderful about the light and shadows playing across a field of green that we just want to keep as long as we can. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8wB_eX-Sm0wgLKu3QIYAIiWtHiWTa0nxNTW8MG1guv4lH0M6FArBb6OXB56lWuK6SQTOSV9qi3xZflX4kc-3FaSa4JeliM8CnN_QT8g0HqibopKbashso5JHqRch75Y3YivMyc6SQcFPnzSmWFsM4LZjGcsahrzhVciNU7mFNa4Za0M317kPrlh8stk/s4032/IMG_4451.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8wB_eX-Sm0wgLKu3QIYAIiWtHiWTa0nxNTW8MG1guv4lH0M6FArBb6OXB56lWuK6SQTOSV9qi3xZflX4kc-3FaSa4JeliM8CnN_QT8g0HqibopKbashso5JHqRch75Y3YivMyc6SQcFPnzSmWFsM4LZjGcsahrzhVciNU7mFNa4Za0M317kPrlh8stk/w640-h480/IMG_4451.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">February teases, eventually March pleases. Nature takes it's time. As I was typing, a snow squall passed through. March is a tease too. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYGRkurNb2q4k_vsSWkf5hktMee7SU1t3LL5kDOGjAIxMm22yumBqxdMKwoxbcSAd3QpM2qrMw3jbK0uWr4iZVPGuQmwC806Xqevd1qvMxztJzYrDp4Wq7oa06rFI-zPirSdBy8cBOAwB8iQnAfAMf0K8X8iMo35b7E2KkNOpz-GxQCG5jo-8108HRkU/s4032/IMG_4452.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYGRkurNb2q4k_vsSWkf5hktMee7SU1t3LL5kDOGjAIxMm22yumBqxdMKwoxbcSAd3QpM2qrMw3jbK0uWr4iZVPGuQmwC806Xqevd1qvMxztJzYrDp4Wq7oa06rFI-zPirSdBy8cBOAwB8iQnAfAMf0K8X8iMo35b7E2KkNOpz-GxQCG5jo-8108HRkU/w480-h640/IMG_4452.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9ofrrlU9Bu5vLKloITQVzG1C_YtVU-Hj96UAqb9ESAhFHWw6S8T3iTqpiywaBZ2G7klaYNL3cec9WZBgHYae163tqbJUyjErnTdpdm3d3DEOArBeQCUuU5EHPOhIt5FMOOPVOclTb6BsEZqZ3W6B2l6k3UTkO4RQfCO2USk2XvioqylD_sfaGZlYh98/s4032/IMG_4453.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9ofrrlU9Bu5vLKloITQVzG1C_YtVU-Hj96UAqb9ESAhFHWw6S8T3iTqpiywaBZ2G7klaYNL3cec9WZBgHYae163tqbJUyjErnTdpdm3d3DEOArBeQCUuU5EHPOhIt5FMOOPVOclTb6BsEZqZ3W6B2l6k3UTkO4RQfCO2USk2XvioqylD_sfaGZlYh98/w640-h480/IMG_4453.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Forsythia is opening, slowly.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmFJ_ZDO4GzW_bVwxv5cSmKpOEI2wRWOxHXuFp498Y_yo3wQSf80o_oo7pYAnlqhf86tHwzhaWjGDWgLnmwWEy3cBL5MtcEeopFMiRle8d8y_Dp36-dInk42rMJ1PUisacjIN0d5VosdvQP5ajiW4pWdy6AsoMVS8bn2SbLHCQ2oYBsy9DVAzoCmKD1c/s4032/IMG_4454.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmFJ_ZDO4GzW_bVwxv5cSmKpOEI2wRWOxHXuFp498Y_yo3wQSf80o_oo7pYAnlqhf86tHwzhaWjGDWgLnmwWEy3cBL5MtcEeopFMiRle8d8y_Dp36-dInk42rMJ1PUisacjIN0d5VosdvQP5ajiW4pWdy6AsoMVS8bn2SbLHCQ2oYBsy9DVAzoCmKD1c/w480-h640/IMG_4454.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWONqI80QJB_CEwQ4_ed-ZWg9mtwWvqw4dyHUni3bZe100zqZ4XNAR1q11hRYcaVERMyvzC4FuScW4h5VRK0A6BGk3W6vtyGZzWE_ERwh2YPJoNjS1Nz8UwY2LHXvRfsr41nG43UHLoaWsd-lCQTLI2M4_bHlafszbv7VUf67DdDSwL_pEvsyZ2il3imo/s4032/IMG_4456.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWONqI80QJB_CEwQ4_ed-ZWg9mtwWvqw4dyHUni3bZe100zqZ4XNAR1q11hRYcaVERMyvzC4FuScW4h5VRK0A6BGk3W6vtyGZzWE_ERwh2YPJoNjS1Nz8UwY2LHXvRfsr41nG43UHLoaWsd-lCQTLI2M4_bHlafszbv7VUf67DdDSwL_pEvsyZ2il3imo/w640-h480/IMG_4456.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">What was brown is now turning green, as bulbs like wood hyacinth spring up. Red leaves of Berginia make a nice contrast. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYYV8YqZKOOZ1uOL5cegIAuECDagQhDJbyszJbHtapHOFz-q2wKkP_YyHYLT3JDiqxgr-rGTxjJIQMdq05EAEjFVl8hpvyWnukQlT3VWCYGmpn05Pd6sUvkhFUuan6x0JqsL4entyPHM_x0N5_0XWeapQ43JergKc1LzxytbduH6dJQp2JQ5fiICqUjc/s4032/IMG_4457.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYYV8YqZKOOZ1uOL5cegIAuECDagQhDJbyszJbHtapHOFz-q2wKkP_YyHYLT3JDiqxgr-rGTxjJIQMdq05EAEjFVl8hpvyWnukQlT3VWCYGmpn05Pd6sUvkhFUuan6x0JqsL4entyPHM_x0N5_0XWeapQ43JergKc1LzxytbduH6dJQp2JQ5fiICqUjc/w640-h480/IMG_4457.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQc2dbhe4bmmVKTLzVlY9SjAQSmE73Hd5yQpe0AU604mW65FN_k9Dq1YhjZNSVXi0CLZPx6zuJ8nezO7AQJjH8y6SwHH2yJiTq2SBsrYide9I7BnzsfuaxW-ffOJv4JvpPosbQBvli7rBQHPvasYcFP9nm5KG5VNLN8BQM8UDclBxQgVCoZleHJFLu1U/s4032/IMG_4464.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQc2dbhe4bmmVKTLzVlY9SjAQSmE73Hd5yQpe0AU604mW65FN_k9Dq1YhjZNSVXi0CLZPx6zuJ8nezO7AQJjH8y6SwHH2yJiTq2SBsrYide9I7BnzsfuaxW-ffOJv4JvpPosbQBvli7rBQHPvasYcFP9nm5KG5VNLN8BQM8UDclBxQgVCoZleHJFLu1U/w480-h640/IMG_4464.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm wearing green too, Sounders green. Today is the home opening of the Sounders Soccer season. I won't be going. Tom and Jill will be there at the stadium. I'll be watching from home, but still wearing the green.<br /></span> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-51885202069816879112024-02-29T15:48:00.000-08:002024-02-29T15:48:17.556-08:00February 29th<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15Ieq02_ShhoVtVtkPnAmcex6DyCfKLFe2pTtUrOFnOoWBMScrdEeyyqAVFYQiOONBaXDHeAa_WpcsSTN7mEQCAaX_RcMJhhdSudBD_dipoIG3qnzBkwrAi50IbyQN-RATpG9un_nQGe0yqbPEWSsy2Um1kWusOOf_z9WqbHHTumMJ3kgOR2q7tOk6FA/s612/istockphoto-1785218012-612x612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="612" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15Ieq02_ShhoVtVtkPnAmcex6DyCfKLFe2pTtUrOFnOoWBMScrdEeyyqAVFYQiOONBaXDHeAa_WpcsSTN7mEQCAaX_RcMJhhdSudBD_dipoIG3qnzBkwrAi50IbyQN-RATpG9un_nQGe0yqbPEWSsy2Um1kWusOOf_z9WqbHHTumMJ3kgOR2q7tOk6FA/w640-h450/istockphoto-1785218012-612x612.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope you're having a hoppin' good day. :-)</span><p></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-73833080671432015982024-02-27T12:48:00.000-08:002024-02-27T12:48:42.889-08:00Winter Sun<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemO7DqB9Kddm3VWnewmUw2cjWfMDrwDcD586OlZHmf6CvQst2x8LC0-3xCvcxGtRuHYbbhlRIrBWwlIk7HslzeeRFVGflWLiXLH-qd64BzoVxm4o5Le2nYHPb4Xu5J171Xqow4Z_JjeMODVNdIjgj1mB5_xCes2HGszCeemhecZYqylYWp2BYCOvZFAo/s4032/IMG_4430.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemO7DqB9Kddm3VWnewmUw2cjWfMDrwDcD586OlZHmf6CvQst2x8LC0-3xCvcxGtRuHYbbhlRIrBWwlIk7HslzeeRFVGflWLiXLH-qd64BzoVxm4o5Le2nYHPb4Xu5J171Xqow4Z_JjeMODVNdIjgj1mB5_xCes2HGszCeemhecZYqylYWp2BYCOvZFAo/w640-h480/IMG_4430.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">It snowed a little bit yesterday. It didn't freeze though so this morning when I went out to the street to get the newspaper it was not slippery. The winter sun was struggling to warm us up.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin29wDyHXjlrXQAQzHIoY1ChC32g5iTofwaFWRDFAnuHMLAyb57oVwHA576Ns1uK8qMMuVpWfFi_DMX6Kya4lkx_3LNuQpaOShpIUQixVpWP5EvX_SFFKSce5ayRiuR7BsPEMs6GzlwSjWhRBOGfJIPW6ACkLQ8jmX-_8UN8JBGk5qErP1FpGe6cip-4k/s4032/IMG_4432.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin29wDyHXjlrXQAQzHIoY1ChC32g5iTofwaFWRDFAnuHMLAyb57oVwHA576Ns1uK8qMMuVpWfFi_DMX6Kya4lkx_3LNuQpaOShpIUQixVpWP5EvX_SFFKSce5ayRiuR7BsPEMs6GzlwSjWhRBOGfJIPW6ACkLQ8jmX-_8UN8JBGk5qErP1FpGe6cip-4k/w480-h640/IMG_4432.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's a good thing early blooming flowers know how to survive unexpected snow.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylDLp_aO8KXJQi46M-v2TpYnpzifiJTFYTYJ1cAjD8c8Pi6RSazR4uV27KpqUCTzRVwkKGPH9ZSiOXi4tHJSua64_JwhRsGVm8VyHeJWBXSXAil7xx6wM7pkLeq14emeJZwcou1tXsd06rW4ZaNrEd5hBVeShgipxHVv8pR4ggwXW9yYi8Q4yUzGFZ54/s4032/IMG_4433.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylDLp_aO8KXJQi46M-v2TpYnpzifiJTFYTYJ1cAjD8c8Pi6RSazR4uV27KpqUCTzRVwkKGPH9ZSiOXi4tHJSua64_JwhRsGVm8VyHeJWBXSXAil7xx6wM7pkLeq14emeJZwcou1tXsd06rW4ZaNrEd5hBVeShgipxHVv8pR4ggwXW9yYi8Q4yUzGFZ54/w640-h480/IMG_4433.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The primroses on the porch were not happy.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEZKZ4ijl4HCGwRLI1gEmWSgbcivCnEmfCfY-G8vb_M_QauTKULwxS9EM3pnYwylA_e1PKNQddkOGIHJnBW3gqJHAbynvVWE0qcWNMz5Wb5h0NTBAakfuJ2kjwO8RDIF_2DUhh_TzoiFaYCtuwCWfPk7_aThtrkO-spDv8SC65fEeqlpM_mUlTHdLpo8/s4032/IMG_4429.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEZKZ4ijl4HCGwRLI1gEmWSgbcivCnEmfCfY-G8vb_M_QauTKULwxS9EM3pnYwylA_e1PKNQddkOGIHJnBW3gqJHAbynvVWE0qcWNMz5Wb5h0NTBAakfuJ2kjwO8RDIF_2DUhh_TzoiFaYCtuwCWfPk7_aThtrkO-spDv8SC65fEeqlpM_mUlTHdLpo8/w480-h640/IMG_4429.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tete a tete daffodils are blooming now.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgn270UJgzHoAoZZd1HqH9j8YC1kktiq-UCr4Hxyol1eRdzDUbpPHbVy1q4v3mlkaj-TpYFim34hnJL34Wu7WQg33tX6XzANZIYDYBxqyvND8hmHLNdH9VL_n1dYm5e12vDkv2djKoX__cXGor4sUsKFX_VaIggNlf8NMlAzU5DAOlwWaYWCuDSr8HZg/s4032/IMG_4426.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgn270UJgzHoAoZZd1HqH9j8YC1kktiq-UCr4Hxyol1eRdzDUbpPHbVy1q4v3mlkaj-TpYFim34hnJL34Wu7WQg33tX6XzANZIYDYBxqyvND8hmHLNdH9VL_n1dYm5e12vDkv2djKoX__cXGor4sUsKFX_VaIggNlf8NMlAzU5DAOlwWaYWCuDSr8HZg/w640-h480/IMG_4426.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">These are not mine. I took this photo on Whidbey Island last week. My mini daffs are a bit bedraggled today.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We started today with our regular Zoom meet up. We began this during the pandemic, and since one of our friends now lives in Maine, we have kept it up. Today we talked about quilts. You never know where the conversation will go. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">After that Tom and I went for a walk over at our little neighborhood park. I got my mile in again. As much as it is hard work, I make myself move, and I really enjoyed the cold, fresh air. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now Tom has returned home from running some errands, I've read your blogs and posted mine, so it is time for lunch. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Outside the sun is losing to winter. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p></div>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-47326117851841113262024-02-23T16:44:00.000-08:002024-02-23T16:47:06.339-08:00Sun And Rain<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">"Rainful rain, sun and rain, find my way in nature's chain." </span><span style="font-size: medium;">- Garden Song, John Denver</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihslFmwtuK3t4LPOlldcVsspShyphenhyphen-4tG3MjgRCsKQrOHT9oujUze6KgW72gjDB5K3NlrINpwYEjtezfyEVF-Ynu0bWRcgIer5aeT-CCWG_5VIe9bFRxEACJzRP1xJZnLRNM8DhQrqysb2AfVVxTNgqizZpF_IG01qCKSRjFegLRMs-WzgZ5d1KvSva8yLc/s4032/IMG_4397.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihslFmwtuK3t4LPOlldcVsspShyphenhyphen-4tG3MjgRCsKQrOHT9oujUze6KgW72gjDB5K3NlrINpwYEjtezfyEVF-Ynu0bWRcgIer5aeT-CCWG_5VIe9bFRxEACJzRP1xJZnLRNM8DhQrqysb2AfVVxTNgqizZpF_IG01qCKSRjFegLRMs-WzgZ5d1KvSva8yLc/w640-h480/IMG_4397.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sun when we arrived on Whidbey Island on Tuesday afternoon.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAQA5kHiF5QpAKQePlsh0GwvhCtYMb1i1jxIaPfkUNGXFzHJk_EQfcufc9hHSgHeE__bwgF3_Wb8QXQXnScpPoiuGjRdJyLP92ojx0YW3f0XqhhZP2MIqXHLTagAwUXiWejLkCGQ5Hco3ea5ftMIvxJP2S9KX9nmBLz_pGah5zkX3k1MdufF7U5Y-O8M/s3865/IMG_4399.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="3865" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAQA5kHiF5QpAKQePlsh0GwvhCtYMb1i1jxIaPfkUNGXFzHJk_EQfcufc9hHSgHeE__bwgF3_Wb8QXQXnScpPoiuGjRdJyLP92ojx0YW3f0XqhhZP2MIqXHLTagAwUXiWejLkCGQ5Hco3ea5ftMIvxJP2S9KX9nmBLz_pGah5zkX3k1MdufF7U5Y-O8M/w640-h448/IMG_4399.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Clouds and rain while we gardened on Wednesday.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHfLRznkvak-MiBkYSOMorsiJLrd6ZtBNYFCkeh2D2B93caDkqbVxctRLTqvs6Ak5ObHzqyi70LTEBWy3GL-irx4lIjz-gxmgnnMJ77nJDFhBGBgvqp4ACbvoUq5e-J0QH9L9rwyiNudjVpvnPFNfVLHeftI2vXwPJ9XUf1GAviTjNAqm3mS1qjU1_7g/s4032/IMG_4404.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHfLRznkvak-MiBkYSOMorsiJLrd6ZtBNYFCkeh2D2B93caDkqbVxctRLTqvs6Ak5ObHzqyi70LTEBWy3GL-irx4lIjz-gxmgnnMJ77nJDFhBGBgvqp4ACbvoUq5e-J0QH9L9rwyiNudjVpvnPFNfVLHeftI2vXwPJ9XUf1GAviTjNAqm3mS1qjU1_7g/w640-h480/IMG_4404.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sun again on Thursday when we finished up a bit of garderning and took time to play and relax before packing up to come home.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHli1Vf-rFivdVN25ZFjNzwFpuEhDspVIKEZm-FJe1HLbaDMawyVELLZ_Wg85VkSEBpZHNxzhlBwhQLYLI6TaMt4m6_2QD4YBQRoqC-tRtP-GuvJlFOCDK1MJE1lSiWSoy3YvBhbmxrWaf7p4gjGZaXlm_8H1kJHpwo1I9rgGdGWp23tRQAwaZxtZd7mE/s4032/IMG_4405.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHli1Vf-rFivdVN25ZFjNzwFpuEhDspVIKEZm-FJe1HLbaDMawyVELLZ_Wg85VkSEBpZHNxzhlBwhQLYLI6TaMt4m6_2QD4YBQRoqC-tRtP-GuvJlFOCDK1MJE1lSiWSoy3YvBhbmxrWaf7p4gjGZaXlm_8H1kJHpwo1I9rgGdGWp23tRQAwaZxtZd7mE/w640-h480/IMG_4405.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qpT2FygyqaNKygbxaVdO4RO46JfL8wf83hleRxs3xB7bmi2fdJoJ3F1sZf7dskiBh4qElHy5eRE1LI22s-BIIlEQXlZmRvA53n1LXBJAUsR8eb5z2RAo-FrnyTCv3vHm9mxD3zG-avS6fHSQjoN_o74G-zQ2K8IOjUlih2hXKA0T0u2V55pwA5e6FRA/s4032/IMG_4398.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qpT2FygyqaNKygbxaVdO4RO46JfL8wf83hleRxs3xB7bmi2fdJoJ3F1sZf7dskiBh4qElHy5eRE1LI22s-BIIlEQXlZmRvA53n1LXBJAUsR8eb5z2RAo-FrnyTCv3vHm9mxD3zG-avS6fHSQjoN_o74G-zQ2K8IOjUlih2hXKA0T0u2V55pwA5e6FRA/w640-h480/IMG_4398.HEIC" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">There were ducks and herons in the lagoon. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGT6DpeEoaGt7Pp3sRc5VX2cIt0nqAFMQCD_eNdlQR1vk765AjniwWrXPsFmP3L5UzS4F1YZWFD8OBDyaNKIosOwA8ktNeFN0DxIEsw3yaQK8PxWrhk8EIyGcJa6rPdrYOe6LqFGpQ880Jh_zVHRjhbBK4RDgxBS115LSP61kd2ToqZ0eZT8V3RdlxTA/s4032/IMG_4401.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We found flowers. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyo1k_lG8EmoDBaQa1QW3jT3G4ErrbPS8aFXTiXqmxnVaqso8F7XnUItOOkxsiMKKyjyOwvlML4BFPNBW-X9WKPwNEMUBjMq4cAJOdMY1snT-skEp7dhyphenhyphenU1S_LtaFgXn3KbY2UYTkdflOP_6ZefXcNQ5p2rtHFBchRcRuQNGQm8IlJBwTqDLgVI6jKe6U/s4032/IMG_4417.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyo1k_lG8EmoDBaQa1QW3jT3G4ErrbPS8aFXTiXqmxnVaqso8F7XnUItOOkxsiMKKyjyOwvlML4BFPNBW-X9WKPwNEMUBjMq4cAJOdMY1snT-skEp7dhyphenhyphenU1S_LtaFgXn3KbY2UYTkdflOP_6ZefXcNQ5p2rtHFBchRcRuQNGQm8IlJBwTqDLgVI6jKe6U/w480-h640/IMG_4417.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBrRFzkyfLiFrF59OdW0k-bcoTMy0_i5Hn4uZp5lkuX3H9xCprFvzm0AuV0V5dSwktxeSAO4WSpXS3uc7LroVPeP8_8nw7YfUxdik0Jug9TSA6a5tTCTkX8Nf4IelI_cPFg8qPDPfm7lnWDkKFFRHt5d8qPkPXsMNhQL3K20pvoplx0EStYyKdO46gSM/s4032/IMG_4418.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBrRFzkyfLiFrF59OdW0k-bcoTMy0_i5Hn4uZp5lkuX3H9xCprFvzm0AuV0V5dSwktxeSAO4WSpXS3uc7LroVPeP8_8nw7YfUxdik0Jug9TSA6a5tTCTkX8Nf4IelI_cPFg8qPDPfm7lnWDkKFFRHt5d8qPkPXsMNhQL3K20pvoplx0EStYyKdO46gSM/w640-h480/IMG_4418.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-7iBnDn4hqOiFut8AlXmtL4f_6SzqlgLwgxRuiGaYA8g_fzB6hie5rcgcivqBW0K-YbBdyoPFcx6IuYOw_LHicoxPNpLYdsXZxewjAmHUzA0vipBqQXdSvu1xiO7qeJRVkrwMiIqoftcPnIyibPAqrc-voTGl6DadOZ8ZV3Nk4a0ydRcpmYKBCMyQko/s4032/IMG_4420.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-7iBnDn4hqOiFut8AlXmtL4f_6SzqlgLwgxRuiGaYA8g_fzB6hie5rcgcivqBW0K-YbBdyoPFcx6IuYOw_LHicoxPNpLYdsXZxewjAmHUzA0vipBqQXdSvu1xiO7qeJRVkrwMiIqoftcPnIyibPAqrc-voTGl6DadOZ8ZV3Nk4a0ydRcpmYKBCMyQko/w480-h640/IMG_4420.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">There was a short walk on the lagoon dike while Tom collected some wild rose starts, hopefully to eventually grow on in our cabin garden. We are trying to go more native. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNtC4zbH7x4wXe_TvSrQbA0qmtbKsz4kQszvMatmn5i2GDuP9ckbCptOU9Tts5EV6To8bXQ_Up5aDaKnXOT8Gwj5kvZP8-SlOfU8b4ierOHEsSaK7hwrCmU6_vl9PGgQ8dMLyx8pNNg4METVVDJvBCJW3WDlmO-yb0_TEqtgxMRr35VD7or6owtAc8N0/s4032/IMG_4409.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNtC4zbH7x4wXe_TvSrQbA0qmtbKsz4kQszvMatmn5i2GDuP9ckbCptOU9Tts5EV6To8bXQ_Up5aDaKnXOT8Gwj5kvZP8-SlOfU8b4ierOHEsSaK7hwrCmU6_vl9PGgQ8dMLyx8pNNg4METVVDJvBCJW3WDlmO-yb0_TEqtgxMRr35VD7or6owtAc8N0/w640-h480/IMG_4409.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5rpqpNeD-eIrNHYy7vsKg1rcC2isfLa1X4FCkCGhIkIW5AtB6yRiqtOKmC0tkMFhr2iTD-kMPOuvatDQmcC6HBYbaZv5Y_tPVex8vWrzZaDPPSQyCKyI87-arnrU9XLnPU9x7ljSLlG-v08tZbo15jBFPYxlRE7UesRC82IVFXiu-yfLQF-7tdbjhdk/s4032/IMG_4410.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5rpqpNeD-eIrNHYy7vsKg1rcC2isfLa1X4FCkCGhIkIW5AtB6yRiqtOKmC0tkMFhr2iTD-kMPOuvatDQmcC6HBYbaZv5Y_tPVex8vWrzZaDPPSQyCKyI87-arnrU9XLnPU9x7ljSLlG-v08tZbo15jBFPYxlRE7UesRC82IVFXiu-yfLQF-7tdbjhdk/w640-h480/IMG_4410.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pussy willows already blooming out. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kb1NBmzU8L1SZaQ4_h0eUP_1APbPRkLLni7-wVi0l-2ljNE5YulP8xAFvU99XrWgdFYXYKYeBAr4C7OK4woOoZ_5TGEwQZOuQqxPVbN4RZpgfdEXMGisfmy_l4kfA78owDalVCHSb8AWij3smheHYWb3Em1X6P_ZH2u4beyDpccIkq1G1mLbAsUhLHE/s4032/IMG_4411.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kb1NBmzU8L1SZaQ4_h0eUP_1APbPRkLLni7-wVi0l-2ljNE5YulP8xAFvU99XrWgdFYXYKYeBAr4C7OK4woOoZ_5TGEwQZOuQqxPVbN4RZpgfdEXMGisfmy_l4kfA78owDalVCHSb8AWij3smheHYWb3Em1X6P_ZH2u4beyDpccIkq1G1mLbAsUhLHE/w640-h480/IMG_4411.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgcSIXTM03gGkrE_f8kFkwLeF1p97Bpjc0wFiIaNEFe-SDkx1imLaprhEAXXJCo_nh65OsywQTvsINnZXH2A5Wu5vof564IziZMKjBTHH7sqItIjr_ol9m6dPIDZKDLCvHT6lMMIj33PCjnhblFmSzzBwKNlFYhguFyHlzeFxmYHT0a4DJD1alshbGTU/w640-h480/IMG_4413.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">With the garden tidy and weeded, hopefully the tulips will stay ahead of the weeds until we return, </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJfX5ecSkedp5pk9F1-Nz2B8vEZb73DkQTtHCc1RrdTrf9uQUOoytNcWQMvSBe5sAI89sHDmfpt1OKCkeZcH_x4sVvKFixWbUrbs3O9zvDbUAU0ywtneojj4xtFtOPdLkimPkhmDkWqDPQfSP1MtTEx4pzMxaegIcJMTr7DkFJ-GhvayLZh9yQNzdNCk/s4032/IMG_4414.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJfX5ecSkedp5pk9F1-Nz2B8vEZb73DkQTtHCc1RrdTrf9uQUOoytNcWQMvSBe5sAI89sHDmfpt1OKCkeZcH_x4sVvKFixWbUrbs3O9zvDbUAU0ywtneojj4xtFtOPdLkimPkhmDkWqDPQfSP1MtTEx4pzMxaegIcJMTr7DkFJ-GhvayLZh9yQNzdNCk/w640-h480/IMG_4414.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Gardening never stays done.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had a great little getaway, one much needed by me. <br /><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-2673681716053231232024-02-20T16:29:00.000-08:002024-02-20T16:29:51.238-08:00Time Doesn't Stand Still, So I Won't Either<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Sunday we went for a walk in the park again. There are signs of spring there too.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNnz1Zxn0ATuVRNui7aWDumBe3mAxI0lU42GMUZcnokAbX9JmBCEkT30NWZqC1zfCT7154QMrAp-x_jkCSzNQyIY0Lu2bU1vf2a-tRTGeMv9Uw2v3MVNSruVoE-mI68ySnI4oyj0mjlyecmnVyxyA8O5g-T9zUZM1NyR9WWIBFVfAnKi7IidiiE9i-0s/s3582/IMG_4389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="3582" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNnz1Zxn0ATuVRNui7aWDumBe3mAxI0lU42GMUZcnokAbX9JmBCEkT30NWZqC1zfCT7154QMrAp-x_jkCSzNQyIY0Lu2bU1vf2a-tRTGeMv9Uw2v3MVNSruVoE-mI68ySnI4oyj0mjlyecmnVyxyA8O5g-T9zUZM1NyR9WWIBFVfAnKi7IidiiE9i-0s/w640-h470/IMG_4389.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Red Flowering Current buds are swelling, getting ready to burst open.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMQvz8htn2xUpv8-oZuhxMIwnsEY9FWyIsS_p_Vp8WAugYNCyRSS-CBCXMK9S8W_vq_xHzbpzRhc7MtLEv9OWRrpcRRrup-zW9stXw1Wt4Bg5QaJ095_W6Sb1K6akPKXrkeNW0z2QT447JY-23rmx9Ea3WBT9NNP9UZARudwDxXMCuZprjkhi89Ww_tY/s4032/IMG_4391.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMQvz8htn2xUpv8-oZuhxMIwnsEY9FWyIsS_p_Vp8WAugYNCyRSS-CBCXMK9S8W_vq_xHzbpzRhc7MtLEv9OWRrpcRRrup-zW9stXw1Wt4Bg5QaJ095_W6Sb1K6akPKXrkeNW0z2QT447JY-23rmx9Ea3WBT9NNP9UZARudwDxXMCuZprjkhi89Ww_tY/w480-h640/IMG_4391.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Indian Plum is fully open. These are both native plants.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlvlTHq0bXI3d1wHy6Y2j2PIzDwCw8dGjZwUYVs2hKOd8oj3RSBfblJsK1a7l0M2WB18VOp072KyeJLxiRJG45SC2u6eOS-2_EZ-qQ2DT647vpgByifdbz2jfKHLRpUkQP6rY8MfUQ4zxV7ZZ8pmyuTN0oTBINHaWRgL31V9W6HE_K-uNEh79Wtg6GJ8/s4032/IMG_4393.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlvlTHq0bXI3d1wHy6Y2j2PIzDwCw8dGjZwUYVs2hKOd8oj3RSBfblJsK1a7l0M2WB18VOp072KyeJLxiRJG45SC2u6eOS-2_EZ-qQ2DT647vpgByifdbz2jfKHLRpUkQP6rY8MfUQ4zxV7ZZ8pmyuTN0oTBINHaWRgL31V9W6HE_K-uNEh79Wtg6GJ8/w480-h640/IMG_4393.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This little park is very close to our house and a great place to walk away from traffic.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Monday we both expended a lot of energy cleaning house and doing laundry. Then we were ready for little vacation.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today I am posting from the family cabin on Whidbey Island. After Tom hosted our Tuesday Zoom meet up, and I packed, we were on our way, stopping for Starbucks coffee and a ferry ride.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHQN03kpMjlX7j7CUEoxGt_8cv4qrnHliJi2zl71y7aj547nIOW-p-GH_CB_GUFqr9Yi0R-cC4ikLHeVm1a658u2JrBCGzw6zLph49ooq94W2i7AQ7xcYsgX4F2kngxG1aszgiEN1j_7seQe2Lkp5_rvch2bE1wxsaW4C4cUEFHBVYYhKZ_mgxxdf_I0/s3233/IMG_4396.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2214" data-original-width="3233" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHQN03kpMjlX7j7CUEoxGt_8cv4qrnHliJi2zl71y7aj547nIOW-p-GH_CB_GUFqr9Yi0R-cC4ikLHeVm1a658u2JrBCGzw6zLph49ooq94W2i7AQ7xcYsgX4F2kngxG1aszgiEN1j_7seQe2Lkp5_rvch2bE1wxsaW4C4cUEFHBVYYhKZ_mgxxdf_I0/w640-h438/IMG_4396.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">When we arrived at the cabin about 12:30 we were greeted by sunshine.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRiD4iKi3Lxow0EeNHGdmvUMPcMBau9BVg18sHy4rauXScFDq0Y7Ds4hQcz01FkXdaLVNTdJ2GD0aRCWq2Bn2FU66UyTvjV4m1-wgRxP3LlgpMDsgHc4hrWv4COkYcRjsifSmozbSsif5F2PV5pMT3kQyH0N9xjDZz52sDv3Cb08iZVc7SQRaUYvRDp0/s4032/IMG_4397.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRiD4iKi3Lxow0EeNHGdmvUMPcMBau9BVg18sHy4rauXScFDq0Y7Ds4hQcz01FkXdaLVNTdJ2GD0aRCWq2Bn2FU66UyTvjV4m1-wgRxP3LlgpMDsgHc4hrWv4COkYcRjsifSmozbSsif5F2PV5pMT3kQyH0N9xjDZz52sDv3Cb08iZVc7SQRaUYvRDp0/w640-h480/IMG_4397.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Blue in the sky and cool ducks on the lagoon. I spotted Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, and Northern Pintails.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7VdkrF6LaOA8H05uJn4qZRHF4WWHNfFoG4IBYwycKh_Mekpm6zDgILfsw8J0qHx5fle7Sp7gXogePLr08asnaEK-QyxX-OpFaNFNpT0nadx0zQh4FcqORVqU6UD2wKTmwmdtjvMdObGvoVpj_nM2Mw1LQB6UCMYGLdw_ZEgcEnE92pegTcrhBx4UnVY/s4032/IMG_4398.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7VdkrF6LaOA8H05uJn4qZRHF4WWHNfFoG4IBYwycKh_Mekpm6zDgILfsw8J0qHx5fle7Sp7gXogePLr08asnaEK-QyxX-OpFaNFNpT0nadx0zQh4FcqORVqU6UD2wKTmwmdtjvMdObGvoVpj_nM2Mw1LQB6UCMYGLdw_ZEgcEnE92pegTcrhBx4UnVY/w640-h480/IMG_4398.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxmkMKiOGWUSzj8XLSJjo37WbQcyKh_mI7bcdWfk9Cx2LGlIS3tccfW8-WQaz3pUNPgnzr_DYeUqx7PKR9L8D5LJVvPOHhzMOPDEA5ZR76OqO582dGhvRSBwjLwVvpaMJFdbjheLTdOfw7OMN_s7C0ubIzsrcpshD_WW4cFehL3tsMRGegOlWvVq1n8Y/s3865/IMG_4399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="3865" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxmkMKiOGWUSzj8XLSJjo37WbQcyKh_mI7bcdWfk9Cx2LGlIS3tccfW8-WQaz3pUNPgnzr_DYeUqx7PKR9L8D5LJVvPOHhzMOPDEA5ZR76OqO582dGhvRSBwjLwVvpaMJFdbjheLTdOfw7OMN_s7C0ubIzsrcpshD_WW4cFehL3tsMRGegOlWvVq1n8Y/w640-h448/IMG_4399.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This afternoon I went for a walk on the beach road, stopping at the beach to see the bay view. I got my mile again. Tom worked tidying up the cabin garden. Tomorrow we'll both spend a little time weeding in the garden, but not too much.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am on vacation. We'll have dinner out tonight, I'll cook and work tomorrow, and then Thursday we'll play before heading home.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I had a message from my surgeon's office this afternoon. It looks like my knee surgery won't happen any time soon, maybe not even until after July. So...I'll keep on moving. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-66381859768181212512024-02-17T16:14:00.000-08:002024-02-18T10:39:44.506-08:00Fun or Interesting.<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Yesterday at breakfast one of our friends started us off by asking, "Did anyone do anything fun or interesting?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">There was a silent pause, so I spoke up, "We got a new dishwasher this week." Everyone laughed. I guess a dishwasher is neither fun nor interesting, but when you are old, it just might have to do. It did generate some conversation before it sparked something else and we moved on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">That dishwasher was delivered on Monday, in a box, uninstalled. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yeeHHigzoVe0ALNCfNyFVusjA380ly8JlLyrsMj0ZG2rkc0EUQD24Lr6vhW1GWFPm9mcXqnwnKJzUa7Kg21cwqOLazwfmS_51vsjw4snyYCswHG_ZKnUXJRKxazYEwLbhKCbs-SP2t3ft9v4k_uZmYX4iMrZnV3MoikfwtoTvGebJ6idhK6UaNykN5U/s4032/IMG_4370.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yeeHHigzoVe0ALNCfNyFVusjA380ly8JlLyrsMj0ZG2rkc0EUQD24Lr6vhW1GWFPm9mcXqnwnKJzUa7Kg21cwqOLazwfmS_51vsjw4snyYCswHG_ZKnUXJRKxazYEwLbhKCbs-SP2t3ft9v4k_uZmYX4iMrZnV3MoikfwtoTvGebJ6idhK6UaNykN5U/w480-h640/IMG_4370.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom and Jake were going to do that. Apparently the directions were less than clear and much discussion ensued, along with considerable frustration. I opted to go upstairs and check in later. It took several hours, but apparently all was well as I reemerged for lunch.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_o0UnfmxHzahg5KrQFoguyWQGTl2DZ3GNs0EJBmsIk5zXoBKh0LhmrfT73d6nmeHTdERNkewGrvYGheEFjDMErn49nhKtB1av1k-qGHMz2Nd1BItVk4zZyTOcPUXgrKzKRXRDhmZqaae7q7lz3lcvnFgEd00jTNNRvv7GX8aujMN2D4PFwM4OQ8PA0tc/s4032/IMG_4373.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_o0UnfmxHzahg5KrQFoguyWQGTl2DZ3GNs0EJBmsIk5zXoBKh0LhmrfT73d6nmeHTdERNkewGrvYGheEFjDMErn49nhKtB1av1k-qGHMz2Nd1BItVk4zZyTOcPUXgrKzKRXRDhmZqaae7q7lz3lcvnFgEd00jTNNRvv7GX8aujMN2D4PFwM4OQ8PA0tc/w480-h640/IMG_4373.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three days later, when we ran it for the first time, it was so quiet Tom wasn't sure it was working. But it did, no leaks, and clean dishes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Otherwise it was just an ordinary week. Tom worked outside when he could. I'm not sure what I did but I was always busy. I did decide it was time to have surgery again, a knee replacement on my right knee. After exhausting all other possible causes, I have decided, with previous hints from my Docs, that my poorly functioning knee is partly a cause for my poor mobility. I emailed my sugreon, heard back from his office, and I guess I will have to wait longer than I want. I have a preliminary appointment for April 3rd. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The rain held off again today and we were both outside doing clean up. I raked up debris from the last wind storm, and Tom spent a lot of time in the garden trimming and grooming and cleaning up, a lot of the work I used to do when I was more able.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkycv1IYz-M6CvqpLmWEJ57IET2Xg-FcqOLEU6wquuyO5Qi7atVhC9_LI0wTH4lyixZuTzSGJOm0jtdGXvbzIua5Qgcsr0lRd6R1WMmfDZ76oVmTWT_XEbF6103ocZiAu_02Ak78xae5feviqjFkoEfIdoljkl6GcrJf5AV78e-MzTqIJqx1rOR6usYbo/s4032/IMG_4380.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkycv1IYz-M6CvqpLmWEJ57IET2Xg-FcqOLEU6wquuyO5Qi7atVhC9_LI0wTH4lyixZuTzSGJOm0jtdGXvbzIua5Qgcsr0lRd6R1WMmfDZ76oVmTWT_XEbF6103ocZiAu_02Ak78xae5feviqjFkoEfIdoljkl6GcrJf5AV78e-MzTqIJqx1rOR6usYbo/w480-h640/IMG_4380.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiWJANp6efaNL_HGVu0kteZFZNKUyaiPeWfguHbdj1SBLi_5OruyFI9nlMMj8eIbvKYI7zPU-35pI_Ga3P3IyyYIV-D8VN1ulmVBevoGgo8vPzmQ2ZUHPPoMt-ivRU8_6FOYxZGcYpne_cMNXXcCYwnS8Tx7KdQjnIgn-XvhP8AdEHgxvDFGA9mOZ6hA/s4032/IMG_4384.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiWJANp6efaNL_HGVu0kteZFZNKUyaiPeWfguHbdj1SBLi_5OruyFI9nlMMj8eIbvKYI7zPU-35pI_Ga3P3IyyYIV-D8VN1ulmVBevoGgo8vPzmQ2ZUHPPoMt-ivRU8_6FOYxZGcYpne_cMNXXcCYwnS8Tx7KdQjnIgn-XvhP8AdEHgxvDFGA9mOZ6hA/w480-h640/IMG_4384.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">He does get to rest now and then.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFE958axSeDL8bBfFwp_fWgr4JSF7o8VlwoqcbX3ElfRiVwAynwEdw53RT73fpNKu9aKg_JNyAD1ld3QHi9y9sVKWeE6nm4JWq1jZBMUpaDwUGBWO8Ar_WZp5AHdpNbQMeH_KXBoDyIsKXV99dfVTnZa4ppLkArQWofCtaSl37Q4ZBO3km-WVcMfNOHY/s4032/IMG_4382.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFE958axSeDL8bBfFwp_fWgr4JSF7o8VlwoqcbX3ElfRiVwAynwEdw53RT73fpNKu9aKg_JNyAD1ld3QHi9y9sVKWeE6nm4JWq1jZBMUpaDwUGBWO8Ar_WZp5AHdpNbQMeH_KXBoDyIsKXV99dfVTnZa4ppLkArQWofCtaSl37Q4ZBO3km-WVcMfNOHY/w480-h640/IMG_4382.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Opps. Looks like he left his coffee cup out in the garden. I do tease him about working with his coffee cup in his hand. Never was my style.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuT-obYfvsLJmqHnRt2y-RYRJt0sM2aZt6jgVAzr9p2yR4884Ydta_-Ilzhfxmt3ApC-7CjSt5CC3ThcnL11hObaQfxzj2r577N-Iw5cZenhCsT3psYb2hTnvt7K6PnQGeL2i_MJBv9SQXJWfHd1updE8T2sWCK3yprcJNZ2PRBZpZIiUmXG6-KE2ekg/s4032/IMG_4383.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuT-obYfvsLJmqHnRt2y-RYRJt0sM2aZt6jgVAzr9p2yR4884Ydta_-Ilzhfxmt3ApC-7CjSt5CC3ThcnL11hObaQfxzj2r577N-Iw5cZenhCsT3psYb2hTnvt7K6PnQGeL2i_MJBv9SQXJWfHd1updE8T2sWCK3yprcJNZ2PRBZpZIiUmXG6-KE2ekg/w480-h640/IMG_4383.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">There was just enough sun to open up the first ranunculus today.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxguWNr5vcsPA3YMhjwIbLLcdBoL1YSohZ-e9bhxWpEkB7yYqYHHRWZYgGdRSEIjDJfCLe3oXGUwS-tSpR4pxL2HQtNyfpzrqnjgeoT9-smAkifnIp8alYo7NKxc2xZoztJtvtqB2UEbp1UyZ_I376MYKnTVcyRv73yaSHZA9EPoZqEPK65ccyoT4txZs/s4032/IMG_4381.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxguWNr5vcsPA3YMhjwIbLLcdBoL1YSohZ-e9bhxWpEkB7yYqYHHRWZYgGdRSEIjDJfCLe3oXGUwS-tSpR4pxL2HQtNyfpzrqnjgeoT9-smAkifnIp8alYo7NKxc2xZoztJtvtqB2UEbp1UyZ_I376MYKnTVcyRv73yaSHZA9EPoZqEPK65ccyoT4txZs/w480-h640/IMG_4381.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Daffodils won't be far behhind. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NBoaOLdaK61OfyhOtVVDa3k79b90sHUs6Hmcn9EA9LGVUvHhTq4YmFwTmqc6u7DoTgjpJiGDReKadWM_gx1pmmoDj-k1eov0F1tlwbP74X0p_fp3C9P2Z78saRKxvbNNXHr0p0E5KyXNMCsW1KVfbj9D_eAOE3mbjuYe6zl_avKMLrzZv7n9J1L-ppU/s4032/IMG_4385.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NBoaOLdaK61OfyhOtVVDa3k79b90sHUs6Hmcn9EA9LGVUvHhTq4YmFwTmqc6u7DoTgjpJiGDReKadWM_gx1pmmoDj-k1eov0F1tlwbP74X0p_fp3C9P2Z78saRKxvbNNXHr0p0E5KyXNMCsW1KVfbj9D_eAOE3mbjuYe6zl_avKMLrzZv7n9J1L-ppU/w480-h640/IMG_4385.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Spring emerging in the garden is both fun and interesting. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-31378160859144300192024-02-14T11:41:00.000-08:002024-02-14T11:41:46.723-08:00Valentines Day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEV3q_8suLrYdbSH6nwOwurIKgrz3HWJ-cJntkHLA8hlxT_9_k4JmHJDX8VZD1YT1C4n55IhzKKk3Fo_fLPhE4jUoJzteABZ7CXu8N6PWPN4qMXgKqe5XK8s9tskoeyM4bn53iPmGhooRskUNBwYpN73HDIYT36UJQW0dvjr6unFxNzzGlYWfMpwry7d4/s1920/1335903-happy-valentines-day-card-with-heart-illustration-free-vector.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1920" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEV3q_8suLrYdbSH6nwOwurIKgrz3HWJ-cJntkHLA8hlxT_9_k4JmHJDX8VZD1YT1C4n55IhzKKk3Fo_fLPhE4jUoJzteABZ7CXu8N6PWPN4qMXgKqe5XK8s9tskoeyM4bn53iPmGhooRskUNBwYpN73HDIYT36UJQW0dvjr6unFxNzzGlYWfMpwry7d4/w640-h390/1335903-happy-valentines-day-card-with-heart-illustration-free-vector.webp" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom is out working in the garden, potting up plants he dug out of the bed we were renewing.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEVYc7ULYzJ7pLTou3BD3kEt23GN3N_rddujh4tjXm_BdanH7mGmqy-iWbsmJwarjvydMMNH5tIgH4YU4C49YCxV489iUvkakF9VIEFewH0HoFbqmXcGN2MqE6uL0shwZZiEfS3_kgz88zH24yjyEnk2Q6aiQK0z5VWHJ90IdxLDDNY8OTRcOpbGyWls/s4032/IMG_4368.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEVYc7ULYzJ7pLTou3BD3kEt23GN3N_rddujh4tjXm_BdanH7mGmqy-iWbsmJwarjvydMMNH5tIgH4YU4C49YCxV489iUvkakF9VIEFewH0HoFbqmXcGN2MqE6uL0shwZZiEfS3_kgz88zH24yjyEnk2Q6aiQK0z5VWHJ90IdxLDDNY8OTRcOpbGyWls/w480-h640/IMG_4368.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I helped transplant new stuff. Tom still has to straighten out the edge. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">While he got all of the prunings loaded and hauled away, I planted the primroses in pots on the front porch and did some cleaning up there.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGG0e9DonVdEB-kaXtgXTCGRW1UCPgc9tRc1Y1ADa4-S6k2i-hVFbF9LkyGusvmRTgMP1cEVRwIBEYbd3tDNqppoJ_fIcNgDm3F7psK4xZu41vbm5FqQGhM8wE-RIORqIc0j0CEkSO5NblhpLRpQrzp_p5ZKI40XKyHYBJUqYUKFSV-WTXE7DnBBY5JY/s4032/IMG_4374.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGG0e9DonVdEB-kaXtgXTCGRW1UCPgc9tRc1Y1ADa4-S6k2i-hVFbF9LkyGusvmRTgMP1cEVRwIBEYbd3tDNqppoJ_fIcNgDm3F7psK4xZu41vbm5FqQGhM8wE-RIORqIc0j0CEkSO5NblhpLRpQrzp_p5ZKI40XKyHYBJUqYUKFSV-WTXE7DnBBY5JY/w640-h480/IMG_4374.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTvc_M-aXaDZ-3DjS95a26E4XXnhCLOQxolcDlHEyJbUPjFyt8l1nKsk98apmLF09-c_XWyOtUCbdU1VKl46z-BOq2pAqsBSM09pz5_F8JGrJUpWsqUO37Go8V98LnLKOeUiCvIvFc6vMEHeAfrP82PYjo0Deo4mEwxqw43bbwWeAZbk2AzomN-flc-s/s4032/IMG_4377.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTvc_M-aXaDZ-3DjS95a26E4XXnhCLOQxolcDlHEyJbUPjFyt8l1nKsk98apmLF09-c_XWyOtUCbdU1VKl46z-BOq2pAqsBSM09pz5_F8JGrJUpWsqUO37Go8V98LnLKOeUiCvIvFc6vMEHeAfrP82PYjo0Deo4mEwxqw43bbwWeAZbk2AzomN-flc-s/w640-h480/IMG_4377.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I made a quick trip to the grocery store this morning to get a few things for dinner. We'll be dining in, I'm cooking, Tom will assist. Dessert is from the store. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">When Tom comes in from the garden, we will go for a short walk. At least I will attempt to walk. I seem to be getting worse all the time. But my dear partner will go with me and we'll do what we can do. That's how it is now as we grow old together. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXqd6dvmqU2hZrjQqMODrWe8OwtA925mhlXkge8KztT3_4Bx1mK17p2-JpgLlDEy62iNVDu0NmCXvXD5ipERUC6ffFSMsn9HzBlNouPyD6gSlcSXhU7p2Qye1vLGbgtMkb7mLMeEt_Y8HOFZ6lHvI8-E7sPBWcdWiDyAqdoo-jmWDaH42hZXrczFYzJY/s2896/266410818004212.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="2896" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXqd6dvmqU2hZrjQqMODrWe8OwtA925mhlXkge8KztT3_4Bx1mK17p2-JpgLlDEy62iNVDu0NmCXvXD5ipERUC6ffFSMsn9HzBlNouPyD6gSlcSXhU7p2Qye1vLGbgtMkb7mLMeEt_Y8HOFZ6lHvI8-E7sPBWcdWiDyAqdoo-jmWDaH42hZXrczFYzJY/s320/266410818004212.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wishing you much love on this Valentin's Day.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-9141350747092159792024-02-11T12:27:00.000-08:002024-02-11T12:29:34.104-08:00Winter Gardens<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Sometimes we need to get away from our own gardening and go see other gardens. The Northwest Perennial Alliance Open Gardens Program doesn't officially start until May, but occasionally there is a garden that needs to be seen earlier. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Barbara Flynn has such a garden. She collects snowdrops. She has 90 varieties of them! Of course we have to see them in February.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsQah47gPbKTcP4BVFqxQKzxbnnkbV4dFFlC7cCI-6NnV0gqfA-zIJASc1y0aMgabONXrs1tNipU9-kAoBwzfJa8fEoj_k_D6ivJxKJnuhNm9ZIvC1t1sP6_gWiVClmvmwIW_EUTpZSoKKdS7m2mYS0WdasueYq-9UVQpY6I8dim5QDmsDgU6jnlGZ1Y/s4032/IMG_4326.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsQah47gPbKTcP4BVFqxQKzxbnnkbV4dFFlC7cCI-6NnV0gqfA-zIJASc1y0aMgabONXrs1tNipU9-kAoBwzfJa8fEoj_k_D6ivJxKJnuhNm9ZIvC1t1sP6_gWiVClmvmwIW_EUTpZSoKKdS7m2mYS0WdasueYq-9UVQpY6I8dim5QDmsDgU6jnlGZ1Y/w480-h640/IMG_4326.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Tsm8iMPpyXXZRseOToCwc81B0uyDca2yJ-ij953ARAjYtmM_JJEXiKysaatyO1qDlllKzS-yr3HkJDe5n4so8gKbZ3YvLj_Ycpgrej01EoYhtjWqAeCuK3eNQAl3QFnRc9ZRKI9680aKnfNJ5qY12VFDolHFJeSxeM4lhJd7QJY33oX1HT9_vDqCNxs/s4032/IMG_4327.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF-fWNVfMm_NtFEJ9TERgTYwqn4M8mBH1kUEopvlRsB5L8ocAbPpVKgxJJbhYEvH06d7jSY4HXpDv4Ro4GGfkNPphnkLedUeUBaqW77WT6CUIpok-yJTju_Hjh07uV9h0pxRZe-y2tsoagzuOB9B2dwtU-tOfy_oloXDQXDlIAFOOW-Z_EtQssYQ-PGk/s4032/IMG_4329.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF-fWNVfMm_NtFEJ9TERgTYwqn4M8mBH1kUEopvlRsB5L8ocAbPpVKgxJJbhYEvH06d7jSY4HXpDv4Ro4GGfkNPphnkLedUeUBaqW77WT6CUIpok-yJTju_Hjh07uV9h0pxRZe-y2tsoagzuOB9B2dwtU-tOfy_oloXDQXDlIAFOOW-Z_EtQssYQ-PGk/w640-h480/IMG_4329.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">There are other early little lovlies that pop up out of cold winter ground, like these Winter Aconites. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW0yln4eT9ybyt31o2gjurh1O4rzTIpVOSZeYT_DjoLJJI6EiFCMNQIqQohmJBvz6m-D8j_izDARTW5OUSvzsSObmVzSvkj6kCZvEDRp5g7sPs80ioSgJI7mAbf4mFSLSJ3Zur8MFeTSXNg5_3RDkBlAfYtNdS64EPp6WFGFTW5cITlmXNLDxopGXlUk/s4032/IMG_4330.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixUPhD0hAr1B3xFKZ25n8sKnIICbM0EYSnWZbeiSLxrAJB8HuCjlEulz0rz8Egrk-39tCBhXPs6bR-mqhnqEa_x79lzTv3wCsqSBkvA0ZI7teM-9gflkezUu7LnegRqiYY4v4izzBe_S9kNnbec6liVCs47B9a6OMBhAQKef6OkukQuE8dEylg3RVUFg/w640-h480/IMG_1808.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was lovely to spend the morning strolling through gardens, but then I was tired and we were hungry. Time to find a Starbucks for lunch.</span><p></p><p><br /></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-57411221943065773852024-02-09T16:23:00.000-08:002024-02-09T16:23:00.565-08:00Winter Gardening<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRZLMGLVmt2NnygPthdVrtAW2pcqGK17rc-yofISsOXhAL-04dKBdx3icivghhdhi9_g5nO12LW7xmAx4ixNjOaRpwLz-gpA5bm6FvTaqW66pFHzC3JxjNIaqgyWdPlPW-7bokY0X7lsO9RFrgzjVDKZlaGJpZWM2aMUVrzHA0LYVtE20yES-Vp4OVPw/s3021/IMG_4322.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2763" data-original-width="3021" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRZLMGLVmt2NnygPthdVrtAW2pcqGK17rc-yofISsOXhAL-04dKBdx3icivghhdhi9_g5nO12LW7xmAx4ixNjOaRpwLz-gpA5bm6FvTaqW66pFHzC3JxjNIaqgyWdPlPW-7bokY0X7lsO9RFrgzjVDKZlaGJpZWM2aMUVrzHA0LYVtE20yES-Vp4OVPw/w640-h586/IMG_4322.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom has been doing a lot of work in the garden, "making hay" while the sun sometimes shines. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Winter gardening means pruning and digging. Tom has pruned the hydrangeas and the Buddleias (butterfly bush). These are just a few.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjB0SOURL2HGE3cKLrXKKvyvwHRx66PjAOOAf-u29jm6nQIm4NvhecOWNRYfCFm6qnx4ZveiwVZy1nNa3hOdbhlp8sMd-VBS_vnlIbEtg5EMJ2V2LspCCkhBZqZ8KfdRYSSuTxiXqgz6HXEX5aHJ0qd4CeNWmDYqu0BRHmWTFIgjCnPmJOMKa3Kk-CY0/s4032/IMG_4313.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjB0SOURL2HGE3cKLrXKKvyvwHRx66PjAOOAf-u29jm6nQIm4NvhecOWNRYfCFm6qnx4ZveiwVZy1nNa3hOdbhlp8sMd-VBS_vnlIbEtg5EMJ2V2LspCCkhBZqZ8KfdRYSSuTxiXqgz6HXEX5aHJ0qd4CeNWmDYqu0BRHmWTFIgjCnPmJOMKa3Kk-CY0/w480-h640/IMG_4313.HEIC" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPrhP1ieNNRCS3gVuJkD8lOYFmqYrblESBMDexEm9wf9KBwF02mcBDDC_iPdI0MINgDPMF31i2ps-1CvnG5x6rFtssQDvtNF5GFZESnQ2ghR5CUh9OB_n4_gMnSoGhKkoH5vHyEuDDGQ_Kj-cIYCfwqhwSKxUvgYweJxb8Lzg_nfmaNabJEZ-pa5_p6Y/s4032/IMG_4312.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPrhP1ieNNRCS3gVuJkD8lOYFmqYrblESBMDexEm9wf9KBwF02mcBDDC_iPdI0MINgDPMF31i2ps-1CvnG5x6rFtssQDvtNF5GFZESnQ2ghR5CUh9OB_n4_gMnSoGhKkoH5vHyEuDDGQ_Kj-cIYCfwqhwSKxUvgYweJxb8Lzg_nfmaNabJEZ-pa5_p6Y/w480-h640/IMG_4312.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmOdE14TYCRYQvfOw71aqnGyeIirRizndqwQtccWz0CdbKCMq7U6qOijgfnwWF-8Mr1Ded6XmCe6e5fiz4RkBRlpi5G5TUqS-ccurCiey1CV3OpHkMC6LxO65FI8oWpGxiFpbI1DH5FCNxBaENYYMPpF_k7zkNQh0okriMkd5fnvhcjg0iHi24AZ23nU/s4032/IMG_4311.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmOdE14TYCRYQvfOw71aqnGyeIirRizndqwQtccWz0CdbKCMq7U6qOijgfnwWF-8Mr1Ded6XmCe6e5fiz4RkBRlpi5G5TUqS-ccurCiey1CV3OpHkMC6LxO65FI8oWpGxiFpbI1DH5FCNxBaENYYMPpF_k7zkNQh0okriMkd5fnvhcjg0iHi24AZ23nU/w480-h640/IMG_4311.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>The bigger prunings have been hauled to the driveway, awaiting borrowing a pickup to haul them to the dump to be made into compost. I actually helped a little to cut them up. :-)</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2j-FVyCBHKnHflIyj4IUDztem2m_SHZZWWw91FDFNeD2Hli2EERulfs_u5A7uSuXOrPjMDsyeaYFaJip_748aSpLkLZWv7-PMxevQdfuRfOK9wLCci93NEx4zA4bbKWAUNLA9la8wri91ePpIMXPe7jA-2tgAzUVlD7u09pyQ9v17cB26-PrYS7eiKc/s4032/IMG_4308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2j-FVyCBHKnHflIyj4IUDztem2m_SHZZWWw91FDFNeD2Hli2EERulfs_u5A7uSuXOrPjMDsyeaYFaJip_748aSpLkLZWv7-PMxevQdfuRfOK9wLCci93NEx4zA4bbKWAUNLA9la8wri91ePpIMXPe7jA-2tgAzUVlD7u09pyQ9v17cB26-PrYS7eiKc/w640-h288/IMG_4308.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The digging involves lifting out rampant ground covers and no longer appreciated plants in order to renew beds. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MdckieVd7JxVYAcv-yE6jk6OESMlrg0x3tgMwMjVnCV3EcQpnVuEFo0zV9VpZs06MJFPdJH9Qsa5ztcmBvmfRfO0CMXomeH8jYSPbqU-3fabgTvCcaIcXdV-20_oYSHt6IAt3aRIzgQrRkuNBety_py7eyd29fD-SYw6mT1HbHwKVTTUTO6et-2MT34/s4032/IMG_4319.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MdckieVd7JxVYAcv-yE6jk6OESMlrg0x3tgMwMjVnCV3EcQpnVuEFo0zV9VpZs06MJFPdJH9Qsa5ztcmBvmfRfO0CMXomeH8jYSPbqU-3fabgTvCcaIcXdV-20_oYSHt6IAt3aRIzgQrRkuNBety_py7eyd29fD-SYw6mT1HbHwKVTTUTO6et-2MT34/w640-h480/IMG_4319.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSCPlBv7VXF5X4Zguocidtiqj_-kflVDi_S2uyGcisOBRJl-wkNSwIyCLaMEBhrs4F1-7A9R0m1991GdnYPJVXm3kXG9hvgji_0AhAPqmepGL-RI6MJicJXLsOeTqwLc7zKO4NOUdUCjDsGmQ0S7Bz1X7K8wN3mjZvNqa3gXC4kGtf9p9PnfoK7wyQ9w/s4032/IMG_4320.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSCPlBv7VXF5X4Zguocidtiqj_-kflVDi_S2uyGcisOBRJl-wkNSwIyCLaMEBhrs4F1-7A9R0m1991GdnYPJVXm3kXG9hvgji_0AhAPqmepGL-RI6MJicJXLsOeTqwLc7zKO4NOUdUCjDsGmQ0S7Bz1X7K8wN3mjZvNqa3gXC4kGtf9p9PnfoK7wyQ9w/w640-h480/IMG_4320.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">And then, yes, he does get to rest. </span><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWstU7gc6DHMvOaXyeGGeVGRJViaqFq4CndSl9KF8fbfn8asGabAcwWLfINqvtcTtq6MFg0hgBjZ-WaKVXPgDccu2Ap7XcJEQiF7VgP8jJ0csI31RYhyxjAXZp1sTrAvVJvQ0cVARiMQi0KyLCPx9wqlQN-XRx46Eciy0i79SNRRRYTpFsO6CywzRd2k/s4032/IMG_4325.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWstU7gc6DHMvOaXyeGGeVGRJViaqFq4CndSl9KF8fbfn8asGabAcwWLfINqvtcTtq6MFg0hgBjZ-WaKVXPgDccu2Ap7XcJEQiF7VgP8jJ0csI31RYhyxjAXZp1sTrAvVJvQ0cVARiMQi0KyLCPx9wqlQN-XRx46Eciy0i79SNRRRYTpFsO6CywzRd2k/w480-h640/IMG_4325.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">And what am I doing?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well, yesterday I did our income taxes and got them accepted by the IRS. I make sure to go out and praise Tom's work. I cook his dinner. And I work on Project Me, which is going only so-so. I took these photos today while carrying around 8 pounds on my wrist. I do have to be careful not to hurt something else. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">After our breakfast with friends today, we went grocery shopping and found Dungeness Crab on sale. I bought wine and brie cheese and we will have a crab fest for dinner. Yum!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">And tomorrow we are going on a field trip. All work and no play makes for a dull life. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-65346358604421432772024-02-06T12:00:00.000-08:002024-02-06T12:00:22.694-08:00Cold and Wet<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIJq58M13GzHcr7rNQpgnfKhnZAd7OQ89lVMxt5nS_ewkOcabYzgQWCKeMJKqFN8bBWe_QEN7JoGy3401cPBqpAlDrfhUdZFSQ2pmQ_I-4eqov-iyU4NxUh39U2lNuiD_B9y1bXlCYpBHZcJLdy9gvzFGgQEqTheeY6CynhYhZDKqm5AMeFo9ZrnUIWI/s4032/IMG_4300.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIJq58M13GzHcr7rNQpgnfKhnZAd7OQ89lVMxt5nS_ewkOcabYzgQWCKeMJKqFN8bBWe_QEN7JoGy3401cPBqpAlDrfhUdZFSQ2pmQ_I-4eqov-iyU4NxUh39U2lNuiD_B9y1bXlCYpBHZcJLdy9gvzFGgQEqTheeY6CynhYhZDKqm5AMeFo9ZrnUIWI/w480-h640/IMG_4300.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">In Tom's trip out to the greenhouse yesterday, he discovered that the Paper Whites Jill gave me for Christmas are blooming so he brought them in. They smell heavenly. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">After warm days, then cooler sunny days, our weather has now turned cold and wet. Jake was over yesterday to help Tom prune the hazelnut trees that border our property.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf_xVUKdMDPBaiHBKlZ3gjsXe4EUn1bEMe9P493yInz2IZRlYO_0n9eAvcSrWTT8H0_9O_c2WTonXnsrdZy0Y8ylYxgxYq7NVyNMeXpS_hC0gL1mo6FlOfkKCTV10R9Ml7YTJTXzB6H-AoE-Z0hubHXg7ZQCOO545bCpS0mCj4lqA3pYmOlqhlV_p9RY/s4032/IMG_4304.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf_xVUKdMDPBaiHBKlZ3gjsXe4EUn1bEMe9P493yInz2IZRlYO_0n9eAvcSrWTT8H0_9O_c2WTonXnsrdZy0Y8ylYxgxYq7NVyNMeXpS_hC0gL1mo6FlOfkKCTV10R9Ml7YTJTXzB6H-AoE-Z0hubHXg7ZQCOO545bCpS0mCj4lqA3pYmOlqhlV_p9RY/w640-h480/IMG_4304.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">If it stops raining long enough I hope to be able to get out to help him cut them up into lengths to be hauled to the dump in a borrowed pickup truck. No hurry now. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I found Tom outside checking his green house and then watering his over-wintering bonsai and potted up stuff under the hoop covers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK2ZvBx1K0gn73UhQe7zg7p0DE7QvVaj6bz-04EDh6QNEEqXADcAkR59JzfzhH5zN7fDdLDowhNqkeM3YUm-ga70eiB-QN-dHmY5UzgH8OsYm1z8MzLmiFhzQBB7XJRzIFcxK7CaCSM4LJiF9Hvmd9UUHkUGL40RO4DKw4cVXzHiXx4aXgCAsqvGyVxU/s4032/IMG_4301.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK2ZvBx1K0gn73UhQe7zg7p0DE7QvVaj6bz-04EDh6QNEEqXADcAkR59JzfzhH5zN7fDdLDowhNqkeM3YUm-ga70eiB-QN-dHmY5UzgH8OsYm1z8MzLmiFhzQBB7XJRzIFcxK7CaCSM4LJiF9Hvmd9UUHkUGL40RO4DKw4cVXzHiXx4aXgCAsqvGyVxU/w480-h640/IMG_4301.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">After our Zoom meeting this morning I have been killing time. After reading blog posts, I decided to look up Taylor Swift. She is such a phenom and I had never heard any of her songs. I listened to a few.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I watched much of the Grammy Awards on Sunday, and I have decided that we don't have many real singers anymore. We have music performers. Taylor Swift is one of those. But she does perform her own songs, written by her, and her lyrics are complex. I do find it hilarous that the MAGA folks find her a threat. Maybe she's just smarter than they are. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Project Me has had a setback. Something I did has reactivated my sacroiliitis. Ouch. Well, I can still ride my stationary bike. Time to get to it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-80623533604017568702024-02-03T15:09:00.000-08:002024-02-04T16:11:56.888-08:00Settling Into February<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM50uEecMQVRNxbAzbTNxV_on8Vi7pE0TC-QY4EofZdPR5O_XlZ5lNiNSKFCfM9PADI-j5FBacFZN5JdOQElSU0jP4r67dGuzDBS46-2yoNtpZy_OUepDLKQKwhx-FmijAUytpULO1o9p82O5UwIsDPFRSab-1e_5R16Y63ReLtRNLF0a-2VvE_y52M04/s4032/IMG_4292.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM50uEecMQVRNxbAzbTNxV_on8Vi7pE0TC-QY4EofZdPR5O_XlZ5lNiNSKFCfM9PADI-j5FBacFZN5JdOQElSU0jP4r67dGuzDBS46-2yoNtpZy_OUepDLKQKwhx-FmijAUytpULO1o9p82O5UwIsDPFRSab-1e_5R16Y63ReLtRNLF0a-2VvE_y52M04/w640-h480/IMG_4292.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Many of us here in the northern states are relieved when we have made it through January. Even if the weather hasn't changed much, it's getting a little lighter in the late afternoon. Spirits are lifted. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's time to put away all that red and green, buy pretty pink grocery store flowers, and find the February table mats.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zcYJIDtJxqLmjeXotpCtoK4YJDr0oZ0DZ4lO49TcqiM479gy7jfgYcOdp1JQGtwaQCMMALjyj8Ryo-a2XlhmK6691COL8AMJuScNHUyWGKm5c_8BiCoj_56-k7r7Vrygr6ABRaKEKL_pm8xWZ575lM4fl4bMsu1qwIC84SXDpVYt8nhv3PjQf9LHxO0/s4032/IMG_4293.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zcYJIDtJxqLmjeXotpCtoK4YJDr0oZ0DZ4lO49TcqiM479gy7jfgYcOdp1JQGtwaQCMMALjyj8Ryo-a2XlhmK6691COL8AMJuScNHUyWGKm5c_8BiCoj_56-k7r7Vrygr6ABRaKEKL_pm8xWZ575lM4fl4bMsu1qwIC84SXDpVYt8nhv3PjQf9LHxO0/w480-h640/IMG_4293.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I saw my shadow on Ground Hog's day. All that means here is that it isn't raining, but we are loving the several days of sunshine we are getting. Tom is working in the garden.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpU8rSsCZIkvUtOfeH27tyAOWwDryFsX0aeob2Rtiki_4jXx2AUMeROSFUkF6ntdmUP-Ql1rMYgW1Z_snopugwUmdd8m0QcUjR0XpmkxRWX90xlU-P_czlJSrjEXSEOzzSBB2c3kv7G4-ecTmZMgRI-qdLUxXNMv1TtwfSBmjftMgzqxx_UTKc1MWMYQQ/s4032/IMG_4294.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpU8rSsCZIkvUtOfeH27tyAOWwDryFsX0aeob2Rtiki_4jXx2AUMeROSFUkF6ntdmUP-Ql1rMYgW1Z_snopugwUmdd8m0QcUjR0XpmkxRWX90xlU-P_czlJSrjEXSEOzzSBB2c3kv7G4-ecTmZMgRI-qdLUxXNMv1TtwfSBmjftMgzqxx_UTKc1MWMYQQ/w480-h640/IMG_4294.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>I am working on Project Me, and it is going well enough. I am noticing a slight improvement in my walking without a cane/stick. I did 16 minutes with the weights today, plus another .90 miles with my trekking pole</span><span>s, plus all of my PT exercises. On the full routine days, like today, that takes up a chunk of my time. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I bought some dahlia bulbs this week to replace those we lost. It will be a while before they go into the ground. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1COhMrzklkMbURjlNMTEyWnliaaJ6fVOAdnp9OTAiA3D7Y0U_JHx6tasK0ex4EvQnUff1askgjzpPZt3MbWP4XnjZKVMY89gZddJ3RI5zbl5TdAVhopAjdQtxJD3dgHde42Cv2Jkng6Vx6sJt2V_W8_ppzswni9DxsUzrkl5aADKa4ZqtWQrjJGAevqA/s3624/IMG_4284.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2306" data-original-width="3624" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1COhMrzklkMbURjlNMTEyWnliaaJ6fVOAdnp9OTAiA3D7Y0U_JHx6tasK0ex4EvQnUff1askgjzpPZt3MbWP4XnjZKVMY89gZddJ3RI5zbl5TdAVhopAjdQtxJD3dgHde42Cv2Jkng6Vx6sJt2V_W8_ppzswni9DxsUzrkl5aADKa4ZqtWQrjJGAevqA/w640-h408/IMG_4284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">This week, while riding my stationary bike, I finished a good book, <i>The Bookwoman's Daughter.</i> It is a sequal to <i>The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek, </i>by Kim M. Richardson. The author is a native of Kentucky and writes historical fiction about her Appalachian homeland. There are strong themes of miscegeny and misogyny, as local women struggle against racial prejudice and suppression of women in the 50's and 60's. They overcome! Makes you glad you live when you do and boosts your courage to fight for what you believe in. Women are still fighting for our rights. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">There's some sunshine left in this day so I'm going back outside to soak in a little more and check in on Tom. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">See you later.</span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-59261676630904608052024-02-01T15:53:00.000-08:002024-02-01T15:53:46.715-08:00Raindrops On Snowdrops<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLsGUh8TXjONSeo46bQmN1UrIDiQW0lzXpfbqgz3fOyLgUbHdmlE91nz8YAf9TaYnTFJR7P1ujxqHzHk5c6hD4uGfjZ47IWyPkG8QAhH8-CGSRd1GTDsKIlaapysxKjoRPnC3t-vgzoiCHf1z87-28-kaWLej6HEztGdYddSqNqmwj5K7vjPR5w9Ldc0/s4032/IMG_4277.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLsGUh8TXjONSeo46bQmN1UrIDiQW0lzXpfbqgz3fOyLgUbHdmlE91nz8YAf9TaYnTFJR7P1ujxqHzHk5c6hD4uGfjZ47IWyPkG8QAhH8-CGSRd1GTDsKIlaapysxKjoRPnC3t-vgzoiCHf1z87-28-kaWLej6HEztGdYddSqNqmwj5K7vjPR5w9Ldc0/w640-h480/IMG_4277.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The snowdrops bloomed. No snow, just rain.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXwaWQjvKpQiVfCyejXQC1l4F7cnPFPrsU_RjbQaNpwH1x1fPQ2EGdBdOYEdvcoVoLvFftLRcFkzUv-izy7bnIN5I74ycmX1NBaF8xszKZFSbPhgLHt_szP5-37BjxJnszpKxLIle2mA3dKLUG6XYrWni7bhttdXvIyT75oudi5RaX2W5dsZOvxbnMeY/s4032/IMG_4274.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXwaWQjvKpQiVfCyejXQC1l4F7cnPFPrsU_RjbQaNpwH1x1fPQ2EGdBdOYEdvcoVoLvFftLRcFkzUv-izy7bnIN5I74ycmX1NBaF8xszKZFSbPhgLHt_szP5-37BjxJnszpKxLIle2mA3dKLUG6XYrWni7bhttdXvIyT75oudi5RaX2W5dsZOvxbnMeY/w430-h640/IMG_4274.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixN0un0oRQdOYcJGDFNDSOHG280VcMYUWUSOBAM6B_Bu4gwf7GvUxn2k9DOusjzIuL1dTFzkOfdKJ1GeTrnzuo_7xfhHmo0eyLULPQw2oyrEFkhkzH9unqk-8N-dVFMvPOTlyjf1tM2tHlkmyArlh-HE86U-01Paw41cwoC30p5LxcRM2cWjeE-FMpKh0/s4032/IMG_4275.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixN0un0oRQdOYcJGDFNDSOHG280VcMYUWUSOBAM6B_Bu4gwf7GvUxn2k9DOusjzIuL1dTFzkOfdKJ1GeTrnzuo_7xfhHmo0eyLULPQw2oyrEFkhkzH9unqk-8N-dVFMvPOTlyjf1tM2tHlkmyArlh-HE86U-01Paw41cwoC30p5LxcRM2cWjeE-FMpKh0/w480-h640/IMG_4275.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdui7vy4Bv-ngqIna9BX2Up7GJHaiN7XOFK1SR7hACfTqDqucvqI-YWJ0L8tsrfq1pIO2aSBaL2YBPHoB2yhNvdVXN-eRP2JdjZN2coO6juqO-mqfTB1rdjinoTzGD7M4OKzGtktc-j5OY98t0i985z1GcUl-i0C_s1AK3QqRADuD1axpo54D5tO-o_s/s3914/IMG_4280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3914" data-original-width="2753" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdui7vy4Bv-ngqIna9BX2Up7GJHaiN7XOFK1SR7hACfTqDqucvqI-YWJ0L8tsrfq1pIO2aSBaL2YBPHoB2yhNvdVXN-eRP2JdjZN2coO6juqO-mqfTB1rdjinoTzGD7M4OKzGtktc-j5OY98t0i985z1GcUl-i0C_s1AK3QqRADuD1axpo54D5tO-o_s/w450-h640/IMG_4280.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's hard to believe it was a whole week ago since I last posted. Where did that week go?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Friday there was breakfast out and grocery shopping. Then I was on the computer and the phone making plans and reservations for my 80th birthday celebration in July. Booking lodging and park entrance for Paradise Inn in Mount Rainier National Park is tricky these day. We managed to get two rooms for one night. The rest of the month was already sold out. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Saturday we attended our planning meeting and lunch for the Joyful Gardeners garden club. We are booked to host in March. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Sunday we walked, I fixed a nice dinner, and I was disappointed that the Detroit Lions lost their playoff football game.With Kansas City and San Francisco in the Super Bowl, I don't care who wins. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mFB4aB-N9vhhYJjlwe93VR9cfOF7IWhW3QsdGU_bWVXKRDuG4DfCrVCMW7zjdirxN0SiN3-Gqq0DIQ3az21nK9R8cjzOwc_86BKibqQK4ZPRntntGHlWWOp2bQmljhvvFmgaYwCn-ki5HqDk9SpwP9l3R1_7s7oM-zvOy3uSePxwN06e6s0Z-CPP7UQ/s4032/IMG_4269.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mFB4aB-N9vhhYJjlwe93VR9cfOF7IWhW3QsdGU_bWVXKRDuG4DfCrVCMW7zjdirxN0SiN3-Gqq0DIQ3az21nK9R8cjzOwc_86BKibqQK4ZPRntntGHlWWOp2bQmljhvvFmgaYwCn-ki5HqDk9SpwP9l3R1_7s7oM-zvOy3uSePxwN06e6s0Z-CPP7UQ/w480-h640/IMG_4269.HEIC" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The hellebore and hardy cyclamen are beginning to bloom. Tom continues to work in the garden when the rain stops, as it has this afternoon. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjIE19g52zRJ6tCJEq94M3AM3IOku6Vt2NRqoA_ftLTT1k0vOTN_Zkfcfkg7H2Hs97uvj38cclN4f8leAljhqU65ivjYPSli8acUnoXUi3q2rmxty0kiUW2bsExVgqjqH2EcYcj-LUVGFunCkyKkqxKyJO99z5LK2o_oJfnzyeeJgPzdxiduYSioA1BE/s4032/IMG_4270.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2131" data-original-width="4032" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjIE19g52zRJ6tCJEq94M3AM3IOku6Vt2NRqoA_ftLTT1k0vOTN_Zkfcfkg7H2Hs97uvj38cclN4f8leAljhqU65ivjYPSli8acUnoXUi3q2rmxty0kiUW2bsExVgqjqH2EcYcj-LUVGFunCkyKkqxKyJO99z5LK2o_oJfnzyeeJgPzdxiduYSioA1BE/w640-h338/IMG_4270.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYnby2Xvh9L2M1QVItIBOgZnzZZD2774MzACeUMzLdseAF5xVq7VajTeV3HS9RmJz33dyf1V4JB-ZAPClxQH6eIqp26rPlRANg1KoWjKV1prfgsjF3N1LjouLg5eFzHSpioyXMqSVEV8Y-tNhzb5MAB82uKJiaO4GWAviGmni5cb8a1RXGkShnd5vzKc/s3057/IMG_4271.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3057" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYnby2Xvh9L2M1QVItIBOgZnzZZD2774MzACeUMzLdseAF5xVq7VajTeV3HS9RmJz33dyf1V4JB-ZAPClxQH6eIqp26rPlRANg1KoWjKV1prfgsjF3N1LjouLg5eFzHSpioyXMqSVEV8Y-tNhzb5MAB82uKJiaO4GWAviGmni5cb8a1RXGkShnd5vzKc/w640-h634/IMG_4271.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRUlvYk3KMva03vaypnL88NCbTfKPtWNbmoy61GHIgJjycR7Ko8-xUSU3TrSy8Qw0OGdN-1jaehvLys7jZKaD_pBREdl-T8Zk1BXqxNmz__gsGY_xL9OlxH_Y-aXiOY50OOK4Cm2PrwjwTvMrARCzZ7kXPR5lW4nw8qq5skhFBNfRi57en_QvsVSFgX8/s1484/IMG_4278.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1484" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRUlvYk3KMva03vaypnL88NCbTfKPtWNbmoy61GHIgJjycR7Ko8-xUSU3TrSy8Qw0OGdN-1jaehvLys7jZKaD_pBREdl-T8Zk1BXqxNmz__gsGY_xL9OlxH_Y-aXiOY50OOK4Cm2PrwjwTvMrARCzZ7kXPR5lW4nw8qq5skhFBNfRi57en_QvsVSFgX8/w640-h628/IMG_4278.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPWrJj8FKs3ixy07q6w2fx-AWbfYTvZJzrpqE3dFrMrCKN99NyWPNV-05Vtv2efmUOIVj2UnKPAqdQmJRrRzvLpvBTSLK3EHZJuZE-1_GABtjcBa3uKXjhPXXCYVkDxWQcQV2S7qjEFEm_VWEv0JUlWsr-jxLSRp7IVy065CyLURhuKpuVjQeI-PxJpo/s4032/IMG_4282.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2474" data-original-width="4032" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPWrJj8FKs3ixy07q6w2fx-AWbfYTvZJzrpqE3dFrMrCKN99NyWPNV-05Vtv2efmUOIVj2UnKPAqdQmJRrRzvLpvBTSLK3EHZJuZE-1_GABtjcBa3uKXjhPXXCYVkDxWQcQV2S7qjEFEm_VWEv0JUlWsr-jxLSRp7IVy065CyLURhuKpuVjQeI-PxJpo/w640-h392/IMG_4282.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Monday was the usual laundry and house cleaning, plus I had a dentist appointment.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Tuesday I started the day with a physical therapy appointment. My therapist, Erica, continues to try to think of ways that might help me walk better. Now we are trying weights on my left wrist to try to teach my brain to support that side better. I ordered weights from Amazon, and have been trying them out. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtbnCLwBgVuHZLbmscueW1Qt8sZA86Fwdl973lk7za5ikgz4f6b4gAyy9l12dINgdZudVWUfEBb0kj-nY_kzq3akPFxlFxmXQgSuptUmEr37mktVCUm1_kqAcSmh96q8JUCgD1CJIJJWXAP9rsHWAvr6-gf24Nj2wR-Z4J4eTq4ndc_c-mELcwuMUJdg/s4032/IMG_4289.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtbnCLwBgVuHZLbmscueW1Qt8sZA86Fwdl973lk7za5ikgz4f6b4gAyy9l12dINgdZudVWUfEBb0kj-nY_kzq3akPFxlFxmXQgSuptUmEr37mktVCUm1_kqAcSmh96q8JUCgD1CJIJJWXAP9rsHWAvr6-gf24Nj2wR-Z4J4eTq4ndc_c-mELcwuMUJdg/w480-h640/IMG_4289.HEIC" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is eight pounds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wednesday I walked with weights, worked out on my stationary bike, and paid the bills. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today we went to Costco, and dodging carts while shopping was my exercise for today, along with weighted walking. Costco has beautiful primroses for a good price, so we bought a flat. We'll keep them under cover for a few weeks to let some of the heavy rain pass by before we plant them in the front porch planters. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And now the first day of February is fading. Tomorrow will be a usual Friday, and there are no plans for the weekend. But we have some dry days now, so I will try to be outside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Heart Month!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwSidEeMVSSM7mX9aBlz_EFiH8vvupsT778MZ2XSlKOCb9n8diFg9W81Hp7ALrDsMTM4D6EXauX34kRgwOgqw9Bq_fOy5U6CYI0G3j8It5htRO2RXU09ATyQyHgzbKLH9D2SJX5W-R4-6JGgLDj5-o04RQpCEJuf9sFgT35M92S3s6bvIml2xJsiJKx4/s2896/266410818004212.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="2896" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwSidEeMVSSM7mX9aBlz_EFiH8vvupsT778MZ2XSlKOCb9n8diFg9W81Hp7ALrDsMTM4D6EXauX34kRgwOgqw9Bq_fOy5U6CYI0G3j8It5htRO2RXU09ATyQyHgzbKLH9D2SJX5W-R4-6JGgLDj5-o04RQpCEJuf9sFgT35M92S3s6bvIml2xJsiJKx4/w400-h400/266410818004212.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /> </span><p></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-36208271149536786462024-01-25T13:23:00.000-08:002024-01-25T13:23:41.592-08:00Winter Projects<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Winter calls for indoor projects. Some of them happen here. All of them require being done on the cheap because we have had some big expenses lately. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_4l-FLn60nCxQr3r-xm4XithyphenhyphenRn645n04SEh0qwm4WiiGypMFG4jZ0D-YPOJud2pTxP3xOnMr-5-6u9ph7y2jJBVGW4OMEsWuHKJKbFAPMJ9HOxG-bTpfBBKZy1F421FTw9HZL2whmh7wDxfflLTNIYBsGqVkhhkn6wyazXksmR0RvcmjZDB3nspgPQ/s4032/IMG_4255.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_4l-FLn60nCxQr3r-xm4XithyphenhyphenRn645n04SEh0qwm4WiiGypMFG4jZ0D-YPOJud2pTxP3xOnMr-5-6u9ph7y2jJBVGW4OMEsWuHKJKbFAPMJ9HOxG-bTpfBBKZy1F421FTw9HZL2whmh7wDxfflLTNIYBsGqVkhhkn6wyazXksmR0RvcmjZDB3nspgPQ/w480-h640/IMG_4255.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, I got out my sewing machine and have started on some more quilt squares using fabric scraps. It's fun playing with color and shape, and sewing even seams is a challenge. I need challenges. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I just finished my first one for this round. I work slowly and cautiously, and not with perfection.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sR49VfiY02KIejRIakCbpJGnMxLDXZZG77e6JiV90IQSfQPydDsYA7T0LyIY5H4-eB2yRu0yIz14OvJVRUk7WKSLbuoU4wesmZ3nSaNJIcHxTD9snh2EjWJOrq_6A50ddsxOHt2kH4xJl2yI1UEeAiuRY0HFDGegFD47PkE8jpQZr38uJ1MRr4kI0G8/s4032/IMG_4258.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sR49VfiY02KIejRIakCbpJGnMxLDXZZG77e6JiV90IQSfQPydDsYA7T0LyIY5H4-eB2yRu0yIz14OvJVRUk7WKSLbuoU4wesmZ3nSaNJIcHxTD9snh2EjWJOrq_6A50ddsxOHt2kH4xJl2yI1UEeAiuRY0HFDGegFD47PkE8jpQZr38uJ1MRr4kI0G8/w480-h640/IMG_4258.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is the new one next to one I did last year, using the same pattern but a different color scheme. Look how different they look. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzpDpy5lFh34xC2-CUjmzVK4px-ZkbJsx5QiEC-zuIKVM3EcSzn6SwMT7V8i-6cbapKt2jbnboz_aK_mgz2mhSFoYCuQO86YLyaHY5okPkCbDktjKOqnpQ4MhP5hGOmhQi1dyBffDGMU8v3hlyMny-TZ_B42vV0alpXKriydZHe8CuM-nSc4f3TSlJlo/s3421/IMG_4260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2050" data-original-width="3421" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzpDpy5lFh34xC2-CUjmzVK4px-ZkbJsx5QiEC-zuIKVM3EcSzn6SwMT7V8i-6cbapKt2jbnboz_aK_mgz2mhSFoYCuQO86YLyaHY5okPkCbDktjKOqnpQ4MhP5hGOmhQi1dyBffDGMU8v3hlyMny-TZ_B42vV0alpXKriydZHe8CuM-nSc4f3TSlJlo/w640-h384/IMG_4260.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">In that same work station where I sew, Tom works on his genealogy. Fitting data and DNA records together to chronologically make sense is a puzzle of another kind. Also challenging. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Another project I work on is Project Me. Yes, it's time to take stock of my physical condition, and since the Docs have no answers for me, I will do what I can. I have taken several walks of about a mile with my new trekking poles, and alternate that with time on the stationary bike, which is in the garage, and rain doesn't stop me. I also have added hand weights back into my daily PT routine to regain arm and shoulder strength. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindCwplBNzhn2XIyiOdpENKFQVusVlTrnRf8UUmQY4ApntQ-anSeyouew8dusQU0E_eJdUKAX8LUN89uSq3k17c78bX-ODxu8Tn0sCJkWdSPBi447pCPfjb4kVTDxmXK_tJVY1I8MZKoqfIg9OfNiTlfeXwjcJnwDp4wbLUzCuqsXvNUZ-3r3gEJRH4WA/s4032/IMG_4257.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindCwplBNzhn2XIyiOdpENKFQVusVlTrnRf8UUmQY4ApntQ-anSeyouew8dusQU0E_eJdUKAX8LUN89uSq3k17c78bX-ODxu8Tn0sCJkWdSPBi447pCPfjb4kVTDxmXK_tJVY1I8MZKoqfIg9OfNiTlfeXwjcJnwDp4wbLUzCuqsXvNUZ-3r3gEJRH4WA/w480-h640/IMG_4257.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was time to put away anything holiday, so I got rid of the candle and centerpiece on the kitchen table, flipped over the table mat, and picked some sprigs from the garden. The sarcococca is almost finished already, but I found a few sprigs with flowers to bring in to scent the kitchen with wonderful vanilla fragrance.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I still haven't figured out how to restore my spell check, so you may find errors. That's a project I might have to call Geek Squad for. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-64325774411976591092024-01-22T15:14:00.000-08:002024-01-22T15:14:27.476-08:00Pacific Northwest Winter<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">After that few days of deep freeze, we have gradually returned to our typical coastal Pacific Northwest winter.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXOU-t2oZgbsupCJi1J7YL0LIhWD5jhu9uf6wRCvF2v6f2RuC9lFrgzBHC2UuGXOl20xVuGnafqveWpQEX1fyB1sTJo5xHbk3XU9kqJldTnP-RTXQU8fy1JzanO42-Lha5BhGi3kAINjmq_w7n70JS2U8jh8uaO0B-V4lYvXBkWeJt_AxWpU4b0_Kt4k/s4032/IMG_4216.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXOU-t2oZgbsupCJi1J7YL0LIhWD5jhu9uf6wRCvF2v6f2RuC9lFrgzBHC2UuGXOl20xVuGnafqveWpQEX1fyB1sTJo5xHbk3XU9kqJldTnP-RTXQU8fy1JzanO42-Lha5BhGi3kAINjmq_w7n70JS2U8jh8uaO0B-V4lYvXBkWeJt_AxWpU4b0_Kt4k/w480-h640/IMG_4216.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's mild, 45 - 50 degrees F, cloudy, with a steady light rain. It's the Big Gray, but we'll take it over what much of the country experiences. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Before the steady rain started, I got out on Friday and Saturday for some short trial runs with my trekking poles, about a mile each day. I have a long ways to go, but I'll keep at it, once the rain gives us a break. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy151JYBCJZ4i3cmGlGeHaPqbizu5wt9uhkNvpMBQuUrZ6fCjZ1Lh_9YOLxkvcfSCS9MpNha6jlouDupLkXkLigax6T9Lj1XcaMvaTifs6FOV74oJ_lab9aS47x9eli8G96f7oUyxixcIXmNWkL-y1aWyOn-j-7wpVs0jH-0y0_zGDo6OEJODPO3fqUe8/s4032/IMG_4210(1).HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy151JYBCJZ4i3cmGlGeHaPqbizu5wt9uhkNvpMBQuUrZ6fCjZ1Lh_9YOLxkvcfSCS9MpNha6jlouDupLkXkLigax6T9Lj1XcaMvaTifs6FOV74oJ_lab9aS47x9eli8G96f7oUyxixcIXmNWkL-y1aWyOn-j-7wpVs0jH-0y0_zGDo6OEJODPO3fqUe8/w480-h640/IMG_4210(1).HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">The deep freeze didn't do much damage to our plants, and they are all perking back up.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Saturday we attended a memorial service for our teacher friend Colleen. It's sad to lose old friends and she was always so much fun, but at the end she was very ill and her passing became a blessing. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">With no sports teams of our own in any playoffs, I have chosen to follow some of the classic old football teams, and I watched several playoff games this weekend. I was unhappy that the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers lost, but very happy that the Detroit Lions are still in it, as well as the Baltimore Ravens. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BWiF-LP-dnEoeJ8BZ-I4_gtmISjZ6S_AIO3qBKM2-7kXdrAtr8z7TYYoGN5HRKR-HtpfbenMbLAACgOsS5xk89nFrtOOPQaTIFpfw97fQfO-jeyjRlDzOKkZwRJA99UM6t06k2SJ5LsxGbRoanEU50Qeh548JpQJxXaB9yKMf-yyhnHSkhcCdz0hSXI/s4032/IMG_4211.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BWiF-LP-dnEoeJ8BZ-I4_gtmISjZ6S_AIO3qBKM2-7kXdrAtr8z7TYYoGN5HRKR-HtpfbenMbLAACgOsS5xk89nFrtOOPQaTIFpfw97fQfO-jeyjRlDzOKkZwRJA99UM6t06k2SJ5LsxGbRoanEU50Qeh548JpQJxXaB9yKMf-yyhnHSkhcCdz0hSXI/w640-h480/IMG_4211.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today we finished all of the Monday house work and laundry. I got a pot roast started in the oven, and now we are both taking it easy for a while. I want to read my book, but I keep falling asleep when I read in the afternoon. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I guess I'll stay here at the computer and see if I can figure out why the spell check stopped working. With my clumsy typing, I need it!</span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-85322291193642403392024-01-18T19:40:00.000-08:002024-01-18T19:40:59.508-08:00No News<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">It will be two years next month, following my TAVR (aortic valve replacenemt), when I got all tipsy and wobbly and scared everyone in the clinic and in the aid car, and whoever else eventually was involved, that I might be having a heart attack. I wasn't, and I knew I wasn't but after every possible test, it was decided that I wasn't. But a Dr. in that Federal Way Hospital, who I never met, saw me walking with an "abnormal gait", ordered a brain MRI, and decided I might have Normal Pressure Hydrocephalis. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I checked myself out of that hospital, but back in my own medical center I did have that MRI and there was some scan evidence of slightly enlarged brain ventricles, a sign of NPH. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Several neurologists examained me and found no clinical evidence of NPH, but from then on until now I have been daily evaluating myself, worried I might have NPH, even though I could not self-identify other symptoms either. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Since then I have had my second hip replacement, and have finally mostly recovered from that. I have been exrayed and tested and evaluated, trying to figure out why I am losing my mobility. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have been to my hip surgeon, my spine surgeon, had x-rays and MRIs, had my ears examined by an outolaryngolist for inner ear causes, and none of them have found anything.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally, this last Tuesday I saw a new doctor, a neuroligist specializing in movement disorders. She examined me thoroughly and found, " no evidence for NPH and your recent MRI is less concerning for this as well". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">She also checked me for Parkinsons and found no symptoms. I am to go back in 6 months for another check on some slight "rigidity". That's not too surprising given my recent physical therapy session. My PT assigned me to do "Standing Pelvic Circles", the motion you do when you play with a Hula Hoop. I couldn't do them - at all. But I've been practicing, and now I'm at least a little bit less rigid. :-) I can circle my hips. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today we went out and bought me some trekking poles.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLuswsQ7ZNU2RRW90P7wcyv7jQmTh9CUkUl9aLtltwqLQsn-4-UsAuhlOWLUs3UL_akiFNsApycNGXVXr8wGx3IxpmnRTkweZN9C47Tx3tIPNnBSWazwTyg4QVUXrI8Vbg9cVntPz9TjJkojBtlLtIOcXPnDEPhl03BGc3odGlGVaKAB1VX8G0zkoJWA/s3694/IMG_4245.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="3694" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLuswsQ7ZNU2RRW90P7wcyv7jQmTh9CUkUl9aLtltwqLQsn-4-UsAuhlOWLUs3UL_akiFNsApycNGXVXr8wGx3IxpmnRTkweZN9C47Tx3tIPNnBSWazwTyg4QVUXrI8Vbg9cVntPz9TjJkojBtlLtIOcXPnDEPhl03BGc3odGlGVaKAB1VX8G0zkoJWA/w640-h292/IMG_4245.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">If it ever stops raining I will take them out for a walk. Eventually I'll take them to PT and have my therapist make sure I am using them correctly. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">One way or another I am going to work on getting my mobility back, or at least improved. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eRrSTymsFRkRkboWYNQHLYz1DQ_MpHyXHLI4g0j-JInai2vcDq25DJ8_5J3RsY1mdjpIqrqKVl9IuKz_zGMcMLTzBJmi7BAX6G7lhbEZIUwrFoggoLHwkw52aa10PxUdc4iOQ8KUmnN-DE1opNXaZERG9nsnA_wTIRXio3sVVQpYYyftmO3_-riDpbI/s3546/IMG_4250.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3546" data-original-width="2587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eRrSTymsFRkRkboWYNQHLYz1DQ_MpHyXHLI4g0j-JInai2vcDq25DJ8_5J3RsY1mdjpIqrqKVl9IuKz_zGMcMLTzBJmi7BAX6G7lhbEZIUwrFoggoLHwkw52aa10PxUdc4iOQ8KUmnN-DE1opNXaZERG9nsnA_wTIRXio3sVVQpYYyftmO3_-riDpbI/w466-h640/IMG_4250.HEIC" width="466" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am not ready to give up walking. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am ready to give up worrying. No news is good news. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-60546573534185395312024-01-15T15:28:00.000-08:002024-01-15T15:29:18.816-08:00Getting Outside<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Yesterday, Sunday, when I walked out to the street to get the newspaper, late because we slept in, I was struck by how wonderful it felt to be outside. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was still cold, 20 Degrees F, but it was dry and calm and sunny, and I decided we should get out for a bit of a walk and just have a change of scenery. It was almost noon when we arrived a Seahurst Park on Puget Sound. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">There were others there but there was still plenty of parking.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-0OOLohT2BT-Z1lPEDpkfjI0X3QEqlcrksXkvsS7B1p0CyaP_UUgbZv6ybWeqxuFuY2yeKZeHJwzLFD8wbRtVM1bfgTYgWCDaNbG1nfM8RLs91NdKz3NZXQV0CEzHY7_X9dbee-hkpfW4ZbblnFuZYlH-C-iS-rRNTGFWlI7mx8AtTDVQsd1RP64Jd8/s4032/IMG_4228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="4032" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-0OOLohT2BT-Z1lPEDpkfjI0X3QEqlcrksXkvsS7B1p0CyaP_UUgbZv6ybWeqxuFuY2yeKZeHJwzLFD8wbRtVM1bfgTYgWCDaNbG1nfM8RLs91NdKz3NZXQV0CEzHY7_X9dbee-hkpfW4ZbblnFuZYlH-C-iS-rRNTGFWlI7mx8AtTDVQsd1RP64Jd8/w640-h420/IMG_4228.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The sun was muted by high thin clouds, great for photography, and enough to light up the new snow on the Olympic Mountains. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4OYXTpbxMawSsvanjnFWomvPS2Pyf3_yAHNvBVITjgDo0gVdqGDvPuIAx41DSqLZfMwxbzDi3l87vjfK7qK1_K6xcgIXaO8JqKF7JuC3uv_GwqqeicO44yiIbLJou0dROlfKO-hTFJbeKwBkDgxrHHqwZ-dc5ggBgTShAZG1dysrSJR2nq6Ye_KVuns/s4031/IMG_4229.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="4031" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4OYXTpbxMawSsvanjnFWomvPS2Pyf3_yAHNvBVITjgDo0gVdqGDvPuIAx41DSqLZfMwxbzDi3l87vjfK7qK1_K6xcgIXaO8JqKF7JuC3uv_GwqqeicO44yiIbLJou0dROlfKO-hTFJbeKwBkDgxrHHqwZ-dc5ggBgTShAZG1dysrSJR2nq6Ye_KVuns/w640-h408/IMG_4229.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mountains, sea, and ferry boats. That's Seattle. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_MjkwNvv4s9d91L8IKjBzwmgzfLCVh3_RQE1IKtE7v8GNyHsTM2lUtMZk6SBriYu6AUQpPPeSYmzXXoZLIaAN5nF8MGTsKzYH-ZudMbYXLaFf60BqMaXUJZ1rGPk-TbqjcCTvfSwrJ9IpqfxFm9f16U5b9p1_usr3A8XYZ1L_-iihUmHrl3CoM1kev0/s4032/IMG_4230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2459" data-original-width="4032" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_MjkwNvv4s9d91L8IKjBzwmgzfLCVh3_RQE1IKtE7v8GNyHsTM2lUtMZk6SBriYu6AUQpPPeSYmzXXoZLIaAN5nF8MGTsKzYH-ZudMbYXLaFf60BqMaXUJZ1rGPk-TbqjcCTvfSwrJ9IpqfxFm9f16U5b9p1_usr3A8XYZ1L_-iihUmHrl3CoM1kev0/w640-h390/IMG_4230.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The leaves are gone, of course, but the color and texture of the trees and bushes still make for a lovely scene. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ice lingers but it didn't freeze hard enough to stop the rainwater runoff from the hillside. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKD8axu7epWgPo_kXfnw72Kc9F7phRY0Kt243brnr7kTnGBN_aaSTUghGjEBrlpkQzWVQoMqSWJe0Xix5Zwnhg_P-GPyG6-32IOHqpVjne3v-emjyj2c4SejaTtkZ2AdBmLjL_LqqrT4jhY-fPb4eI70CVFL0yO7AjvY55nP9-M_Y1BeGOI0LMMiZmzk/s4032/IMG_4237.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKD8axu7epWgPo_kXfnw72Kc9F7phRY0Kt243brnr7kTnGBN_aaSTUghGjEBrlpkQzWVQoMqSWJe0Xix5Zwnhg_P-GPyG6-32IOHqpVjne3v-emjyj2c4SejaTtkZ2AdBmLjL_LqqrT4jhY-fPb4eI70CVFL0yO7AjvY55nP9-M_Y1BeGOI0LMMiZmzk/w480-h640/IMG_4237.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And there's pretty ice lace in the runoff drain.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOU7VUcYXIVrvkqj9JV4QCdAjM9XkPXmNyc4S2CV6Tf-f5Ftf9QtKm_B3aIvHZcbXzm8XcXClXPboRRh43Qjyj9cZ7bV007UVLpi7OAKtWC3fb7piY2B-Wco55-HSGaKotKWPpwGltr_PxbATep4guwqIenb6PaRo7R7Ki2z6mtEjfAg4liF3DOfk12E0/s2469/IMG_4238.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2469" data-original-width="2204" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOU7VUcYXIVrvkqj9JV4QCdAjM9XkPXmNyc4S2CV6Tf-f5Ftf9QtKm_B3aIvHZcbXzm8XcXClXPboRRh43Qjyj9cZ7bV007UVLpi7OAKtWC3fb7piY2B-Wco55-HSGaKotKWPpwGltr_PxbATep4guwqIenb6PaRo7R7Ki2z6mtEjfAg4liF3DOfk12E0/w572-h640/IMG_4238.HEIC" width="572" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today, Monday, was a work day, but now the house work and laundry are done. We can relax and enjoy the fact that the temperature is now 36 F. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We'll dip below freezing again tonight and tomorrow night, but then the rain will return. I should get back outside again tomorrow while I can. </span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-55382541434201859372024-01-12T17:32:00.000-08:002024-01-12T17:37:40.195-08:00It's Cold<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">We enjoyed some pretty good weather during the week, but we were warned it was coming. Thursday evening the temperature began to drop from 40F eventually down to 22. We had a dusting of snow but no more and by morning that was freeze dried in the cold north wind. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We were able to drive easily down the hill to my dentist appointment this morning. I had an extraction and an implant, beginning a months long process to get a "new" tooth to replace a badly broken one. So far the pain in minimal with just ibuprophen and Tylenol. But the Novocain is just wearing off, so we'll see. I want to eat!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Early in the week I made a big pot of beef stew, and then yesterday I made a big batch of spaghetti, so Tom has plenty of left overs to last a while. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom changed our Google password without telling me, because of some trouble he was having. After two days of having trouble commenting on blog posts, I think I finally have it straightened out. He apologized. (It's now hours later and I'm back to finishing this post on my laptop. My desk top is messed up. Grrr)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I took some photos in the garden a couple of days ago because I needed something for a blog post. You can be sure that most of the flowers I posted last week are shriveled up and frozen now, but most will survive.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF487hiMHP-_-MWzSb9h6Ss4PIsM2R7i8uTidjaTBfJoSUdZk70Tu9RwlpyUX_4wKVJkxHY_Wn4nb-kBlEIU0Xw3U0KOW27ogKkSkUXTbgloq_eSJ91JBOkrPXYBuxjrIQrG9wXMZUXaSpI1oRSPFKqricc0mUUkfk_mTBUszrMgLMoFUU2mUHHS6gFw/s4032/IMG_4215.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF487hiMHP-_-MWzSb9h6Ss4PIsM2R7i8uTidjaTBfJoSUdZk70Tu9RwlpyUX_4wKVJkxHY_Wn4nb-kBlEIU0Xw3U0KOW27ogKkSkUXTbgloq_eSJ91JBOkrPXYBuxjrIQrG9wXMZUXaSpI1oRSPFKqricc0mUUkfk_mTBUszrMgLMoFUU2mUHHS6gFw/w640-h480/IMG_4215.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The first hellebore opened, but the photo isn't very good because I was upside down and backwards.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_ykWkJtMDTToNnMXJOmWA8xwnmlBZIJnfgbThOwi9JziebJoqEU329eAT8PPCg1FwyTq9CL5Iv8QygHX_iWF8rgseaICN6yC1cSl0i8S6HbK9x9G8-kGRUUdOXKzMCuw0706lJT1xarJ1c0dRlVkogYlJEq9L_O2jInQmqKMzQ0M7hJFPp6v3kWiflg/s4032/IMG_4214.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_ykWkJtMDTToNnMXJOmWA8xwnmlBZIJnfgbThOwi9JziebJoqEU329eAT8PPCg1FwyTq9CL5Iv8QygHX_iWF8rgseaICN6yC1cSl0i8S6HbK9x9G8-kGRUUdOXKzMCuw0706lJT1xarJ1c0dRlVkogYlJEq9L_O2jInQmqKMzQ0M7hJFPp6v3kWiflg/w640-h480/IMG_4214.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">The lawn was full of fir cones. We've had wind.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxu7X7FniWbjw9KWc1AvxvdpwME1oS9KGWV9A_L1GZB1NRzaB1-Un4gaP3VI-plHwcTavU3oyXD54nSppAKbzLwuVMxXw0yDm3xcQ61QuBbDBpbTstFQyjZDCfXT1x6kVMU0xgpwjICkjJIyQhaoyMZRbvLypFBDf1Zq9sZRXGNsg-4t6B7RSR1fGv8Yc/s4032/IMG_4206.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxu7X7FniWbjw9KWc1AvxvdpwME1oS9KGWV9A_L1GZB1NRzaB1-Un4gaP3VI-plHwcTavU3oyXD54nSppAKbzLwuVMxXw0yDm3xcQ61QuBbDBpbTstFQyjZDCfXT1x6kVMU0xgpwjICkjJIyQhaoyMZRbvLypFBDf1Zq9sZRXGNsg-4t6B7RSR1fGv8Yc/w640-h480/IMG_4206.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlUFMgEbaqF3x2b4Msicvv2OpXg2u8qjowzZUTe0fY3VfJjUEVwp4bx-YPxMcGgb_m_aSQN8SIbnyRsDq1fWKa7rsTu76rSKbcL97RZlkaSqyREcF6wv1GvO3wGBFa7lPEGxWouiHe7c9lfFcR5QJovdnOItWvl35ToNwbbMPGCQ0N0NsoVIiKSeaFC4/s4032/IMG_4207.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlUFMgEbaqF3x2b4Msicvv2OpXg2u8qjowzZUTe0fY3VfJjUEVwp4bx-YPxMcGgb_m_aSQN8SIbnyRsDq1fWKa7rsTu76rSKbcL97RZlkaSqyREcF6wv1GvO3wGBFa7lPEGxWouiHe7c9lfFcR5QJovdnOItWvl35ToNwbbMPGCQ0N0NsoVIiKSeaFC4/w480-h640/IMG_4207.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7efFoWNBDKMqglEttRC5J-iowTmGRM8VUbXXsNQp-wQNdiANlaJ2c8vHlMN1s_upodSZSsVRSX4DuBKzvVwtmV3AQ86QYVuv3K5KjorvsTpHhnk71TdCQgfQBpZdcXvbyb78iYfNCPEp5iUVyWAD51qhM5pzL-4Kd7RKoi2cblpSn_Gwloljs0yN1rI/s4032/IMG_4208.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7efFoWNBDKMqglEttRC5J-iowTmGRM8VUbXXsNQp-wQNdiANlaJ2c8vHlMN1s_upodSZSsVRSX4DuBKzvVwtmV3AQ86QYVuv3K5KjorvsTpHhnk71TdCQgfQBpZdcXvbyb78iYfNCPEp5iUVyWAD51qhM5pzL-4Kd7RKoi2cblpSn_Gwloljs0yN1rI/w480-h640/IMG_4208.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Later in the day Tom was out with the rotary lawn mower "vacuuming" up all of the debris. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZzVw1uuqp48vShwFEBT5jfvrrSHcjmDcn-06qbz_N7FvzZdMybky9LCwG_emZzWhcbuxUtLreO2z0jEgJFRydcrYua04fg4bEGwRiRa6d02saPgC-M8ruRdv-8jpiV87SOLnATx_6VzqWEylzEfiXaaVNtGIck55Ep2-MomS0gN67-j893aXS_kdodQ/s4032/IMG_4222.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZzVw1uuqp48vShwFEBT5jfvrrSHcjmDcn-06qbz_N7FvzZdMybky9LCwG_emZzWhcbuxUtLreO2z0jEgJFRydcrYua04fg4bEGwRiRa6d02saPgC-M8ruRdv-8jpiV87SOLnATx_6VzqWEylzEfiXaaVNtGIck55Ep2-MomS0gN67-j893aXS_kdodQ/w640-h480/IMG_4222.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then last night a big limb came down out of a fir tree. Tom was back outside beginning the clean up in 18 degree weather. He kept warm for a while hauling the branches to be placed on the dahlia bed for insulation. Hope it's not too late. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMkPaisrxXF3aIqRidX1Skw1D4gM10NJGTlr3U6A-eY2EPoPgp9_6D2R3-rtU9IjKTchuBPYeJj6tDq_Sok7rhPSh6uO6Yit7BQ3Yg7iW6Cv_PhA4-JvKJvQf1q-sHWihLLbQxwe83s77RJifOoMlnYUvoJWYayxses6k_20ATj_arXACW2pa-_zCHBI/s4032/IMG_4223.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMkPaisrxXF3aIqRidX1Skw1D4gM10NJGTlr3U6A-eY2EPoPgp9_6D2R3-rtU9IjKTchuBPYeJj6tDq_Sok7rhPSh6uO6Yit7BQ3Yg7iW6Cv_PhA4-JvKJvQf1q-sHWihLLbQxwe83s77RJifOoMlnYUvoJWYayxses6k_20ATj_arXACW2pa-_zCHBI/w480-h640/IMG_4223.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">He came in when he got too cold. Eventually this will be a chain saw job, maybe when it's warmer. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQKs7yb6N1T-__bjV5fAJg23RaqFYNBZ7eG20RJsP7olwqTYM0mDrnvv1AvI3fMjPyqeSL0FPLAPLt6Xr7-Fnc9zliGpC-zb4o0XK89CTv4Uruzi2QBTL1ylQgHDsbk0KI2eRQrXjaqswqXY44JdQ_A7OyaA8j0ZODjzw69rjiuhE0M0OAzqKhpCT6Lk/s4032/IMG_4224.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQKs7yb6N1T-__bjV5fAJg23RaqFYNBZ7eG20RJsP7olwqTYM0mDrnvv1AvI3fMjPyqeSL0FPLAPLt6Xr7-Fnc9zliGpC-zb4o0XK89CTv4Uruzi2QBTL1ylQgHDsbk0KI2eRQrXjaqswqXY44JdQ_A7OyaA8j0ZODjzw69rjiuhE0M0OAzqKhpCT6Lk/w480-h640/IMG_4224.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was still fighting with my computer when he came back in. Then Tom discovered that the cold water in the upstairs bathroom was frozen. That happens when it gets this cold. I monitored the faucet while Tom tackled the pipe, which unfortunately was left exposed by the builder, with hairdryers. Eventually it broke loose. Now we will keep the faucet trickling and leave the heat up over night. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I still have a gauze pack in my mouth because the extracted tooth site is still bleeding. It's dinner time. I'm trying hard not to be "hangry". Tom doesn't deserve it. It's a good thing he has leftovers.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's now down to 16 and dropping.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's cold. </span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-10784368537309979092024-01-08T14:51:00.000-08:002024-01-08T14:51:45.730-08:00Happy Birthday, Isaac<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">From zero to 21.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCtuho1C9kudTNfQ3w0TOYCF1H1_oTLjgWjupgq_4aJEz6ZlNPjfo3BgTMjgwW8O96aQL63MEX0xn8Wgznwyc0UlFk2_qdGJjbjQeLRfFEkwGiM-a2D8ezBqvsFx_VzByC90Kn4TCYqJNcDXthUz_HWC3j-sSDMBn6WULTZsF3bfzQblQyrOGC__Iymk/s390/32EB1020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="390" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCtuho1C9kudTNfQ3w0TOYCF1H1_oTLjgWjupgq_4aJEz6ZlNPjfo3BgTMjgwW8O96aQL63MEX0xn8Wgznwyc0UlFk2_qdGJjbjQeLRfFEkwGiM-a2D8ezBqvsFx_VzByC90Kn4TCYqJNcDXthUz_HWC3j-sSDMBn6WULTZsF3bfzQblQyrOGC__Iymk/w640-h512/32EB1020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today is Isaac's 21st birthday. We celebrated yesterday with a family dinner out. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had good Italian food and then lots of dessert. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qPMRaaVOyZ5TJHi-X31xZIXqb02ZNFBxJiJ2FDlIxlwH5NfHPod55yj_A9rqrgtYkizN7B1NimOjzKTQH5gHZkAfyfSe8z_4ckx0E1i1jVh3xugMcaAKE8ZH7UwTjSZhCpSJURiI2vS7wx6IrS0EG_prfUIUcVfDMxmW_0EXAOiEg7HzF3XXSM3iawo/s4032/IMG_4201.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qPMRaaVOyZ5TJHi-X31xZIXqb02ZNFBxJiJ2FDlIxlwH5NfHPod55yj_A9rqrgtYkizN7B1NimOjzKTQH5gHZkAfyfSe8z_4ckx0E1i1jVh3xugMcaAKE8ZH7UwTjSZhCpSJURiI2vS7wx6IrS0EG_prfUIUcVfDMxmW_0EXAOiEg7HzF3XXSM3iawo/w640-h480/IMG_4201.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OCQJU0-2G0eL-2e5jJEQdY88b335wUbuM6kufC1I7BzZsE_cThCcGKr7tKlGkaHJOlOWht2UUAfGSf_5lofA84bPbRGly_wKIiio6EPktv4SrTAqBvlp5iyuWWBlcPogkxNultYB6UoluL5yAdfEASAdbvDB9TdUxZ0MWr0WkwKOis1jyECwxqB817o/s3145/IMG_4196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3145" data-original-width="2304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OCQJU0-2G0eL-2e5jJEQdY88b335wUbuM6kufC1I7BzZsE_cThCcGKr7tKlGkaHJOlOWht2UUAfGSf_5lofA84bPbRGly_wKIiio6EPktv4SrTAqBvlp5iyuWWBlcPogkxNultYB6UoluL5yAdfEASAdbvDB9TdUxZ0MWr0WkwKOis1jyECwxqB817o/w468-h640/IMG_4196.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Isaac was a sweet baby, a sweet little boy, and now a sweet man. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Birthday to our favorite grandson. We love you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-70343555157239680552024-01-04T19:18:00.000-08:002024-01-04T19:19:58.059-08:00All Done<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">From Thanksgiving to New Years, the shelves were full of Santas. In fact, there were holiday decorations everywhere. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The tree came down first. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRhZsaJf7G2bCjAUhLL9ZArwz74l8SD39OPkCCse5M-XPkAKy0UzOl3Ej-xUyGYVHfIE5dG-Wh_lSSwKmczdiT075BmtEREUbLh4G-qJr5VFaG2Jijy3LNZDUyrpOmkzC6ZxALVVqABlcXmdA5Qnlr6wAK2ILurqCUVMJP9aEGHsX6RJ0kNKHISXiPNQ/s4032/IMG_3932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2786" data-original-width="4032" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRhZsaJf7G2bCjAUhLL9ZArwz74l8SD39OPkCCse5M-XPkAKy0UzOl3Ej-xUyGYVHfIE5dG-Wh_lSSwKmczdiT075BmtEREUbLh4G-qJr5VFaG2Jijy3LNZDUyrpOmkzC6ZxALVVqABlcXmdA5Qnlr6wAK2ILurqCUVMJP9aEGHsX6RJ0kNKHISXiPNQ/w640-h442/IMG_3932.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then it was time to put the Santa collection and everything else away and move on into the new year. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The shelves were all cleared off and the Santa collection was packed up in tubs which will go back into the attic. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">I've spent the last three days taking down Christmas all over the house. Jake came over to help stuff it all back into the attic and help take down some the higher lights. Tom took the rest of the outside lights down, when there was a break in the rain. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOg70zkT2W6DdaN9kByCsRtZpnguCyrQVAk-0ZipjUsimALfSn1JB3pkhx4tnlI6_s3gkzGXXC9O-SkSoNjf8IREfcfQHUxRqi5GqVnfG9D3Tm0q7bBCu4j4nQ2QcJx7MGvoBKkJLnKKZyIqrBboa-eioUcSbFcB4c7AdQNz48NoFn0_T4aG5sQ2H0_A/s4032/IMG_4189.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOg70zkT2W6DdaN9kByCsRtZpnguCyrQVAk-0ZipjUsimALfSn1JB3pkhx4tnlI6_s3gkzGXXC9O-SkSoNjf8IREfcfQHUxRqi5GqVnfG9D3Tm0q7bBCu4j4nQ2QcJx7MGvoBKkJLnKKZyIqrBboa-eioUcSbFcB4c7AdQNz48NoFn0_T4aG5sQ2H0_A/w640-h480/IMG_4189.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">A lot of cleaning happened today. Tom did much of it.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then all of my pottery collection and Tom's pop-up book collection came out of temporary storage to go back on the shelves. We worked together. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xD286GhWPwAvsbuC2SAGJmxwCEK-g4mOEqvm0f_Tqaytg0yr8RYWp9WesEq5Pi8uS47mMtqooeWp7DLSODGwJRQzM0qDWZzcji8kE1fnhdvMknJLd5PxYo2Ez-pL_V0WO701JnW0YhDRhikiYK66doPanBonafaL4dRda2crEsQcK4rGSIwR93DPR3k/s4032/IMG_4193.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2892" data-original-width="4032" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xD286GhWPwAvsbuC2SAGJmxwCEK-g4mOEqvm0f_Tqaytg0yr8RYWp9WesEq5Pi8uS47mMtqooeWp7DLSODGwJRQzM0qDWZzcji8kE1fnhdvMknJLd5PxYo2Ez-pL_V0WO701JnW0YhDRhikiYK66doPanBonafaL4dRda2crEsQcK4rGSIwR93DPR3k/w640-h460/IMG_4193.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now everything is back to "normal". </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It feels good. We love the holidays but when it's over, it's over. It's all done. We're moving on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-25949087798889703652024-01-01T16:28:00.000-08:002024-01-01T17:27:49.251-08:00Blooming and Booming<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAyaZujZqf3SmoNQpwPbLG0CeQBeZPbU-J5uBriKq6RvS513TMgZ9ZQhE5skfv3c6Ovcs4GY6AmOGq_zKfeGs5pCeaPdsojAqAGLZfAbYxCnqf9S9Cmma3l6ljMxJ4hT0QjotYB_pHL6sTPlWuaM6tbgY3uifcCgOEM26WRkl8fi0YJCotUh8YwF62P8/s4032/IMG_4182.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAyaZujZqf3SmoNQpwPbLG0CeQBeZPbU-J5uBriKq6RvS513TMgZ9ZQhE5skfv3c6Ovcs4GY6AmOGq_zKfeGs5pCeaPdsojAqAGLZfAbYxCnqf9S9Cmma3l6ljMxJ4hT0QjotYB_pHL6sTPlWuaM6tbgY3uifcCgOEM26WRkl8fi0YJCotUh8YwF62P8/w480-h640/IMG_4182.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We watched fireworks from the Space Needle on New Year's Eve. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnw8dJCjGKepyar1ODk7FVMvWFxZxEkS1RvS2Kl5WftX_Wyq6K1Xg1FpjwzEJNPytk-J_Z38iZ9ZSZioHgxsFZdoDFyW8zvOvyP-xjIunh7YjPBH6tyoto35W5ECiWWtSxyCbfPF6x66-4SoY9L-ZvRPecS07LsoHpBD3m5HReOiAef-Zlhe-zIP1p-8/s4032/IMG_4183.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnw8dJCjGKepyar1ODk7FVMvWFxZxEkS1RvS2Kl5WftX_Wyq6K1Xg1FpjwzEJNPytk-J_Z38iZ9ZSZioHgxsFZdoDFyW8zvOvyP-xjIunh7YjPBH6tyoto35W5ECiWWtSxyCbfPF6x66-4SoY9L-ZvRPecS07LsoHpBD3m5HReOiAef-Zlhe-zIP1p-8/w480-h640/IMG_4183.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Unfortunately a fog bank parked itself right over the Space Needle. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5S22GgyAMnxHnmRVsGGv0y96WP49VpsmvqnjCQl5x1K9dC8ly58YnPpiCX2xk9ITViXacTy8AAB2DAN8Dbbd9Y88CzBXX9HlWRwCnE3mQpiGPPBtpl31ZAwuGtEULy4CUI7t6w5aMWCuqBIdFKVw53cYUqVvSwNWGZpPuwi_n2iy10VSIwAR2RHpv9jQ/s4032/IMG_4184.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5S22GgyAMnxHnmRVsGGv0y96WP49VpsmvqnjCQl5x1K9dC8ly58YnPpiCX2xk9ITViXacTy8AAB2DAN8Dbbd9Y88CzBXX9HlWRwCnE3mQpiGPPBtpl31ZAwuGtEULy4CUI7t6w5aMWCuqBIdFKVw53cYUqVvSwNWGZpPuwi_n2iy10VSIwAR2RHpv9jQ/w480-h640/IMG_4184.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4YvPaFYtKlCbziORp7DsfFmqfoYfn3WKsGMJ67lvCqzlXG5pMphTfgIiWPtq_KR2lFfKjfbl2nB29VyX20FAuZV0mpz7BjXFIUgc2GkjXLTQlAH4jOVd8Y1AilGT_CS6_RV3W_6LOaGo6am3poZwQc6Xlfsf02EFH01RY-Jv78V46STFnQbH0hlIhCM/s4032/IMG_4185.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4YvPaFYtKlCbziORp7DsfFmqfoYfn3WKsGMJ67lvCqzlXG5pMphTfgIiWPtq_KR2lFfKjfbl2nB29VyX20FAuZV0mpz7BjXFIUgc2GkjXLTQlAH4jOVd8Y1AilGT_CS6_RV3W_6LOaGo6am3poZwQc6Xlfsf02EFH01RY-Jv78V46STFnQbH0hlIhCM/w480-h640/IMG_4185.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope it's not an omen of things to come. Probably it's just Mother Nature playing tricks on us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This year the weather was hospitable during the day on the 31st and Jan 1st, and I got out to do something I used to do every year: What's Blooming on New Years Day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Winter blooming Mahonia, a humming bird treat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN-aDFih601oa-QV72d6b0Ojhn30TfFsQMQ9FQTClhQ-_O3UakJtXFw9TlQhtzev7m-zApx_ksRVqnzDgtnSuSdy0NeYQV0wQqMuIlUSjVBcfLpqssv0qtPbXZ8LHHGc8IwPOSRjsVmnPaU_-4any_nOp7BX4AvTBNjYEuBm850-3R5SqfdnMUyB9cbM/s4032/IMG_4156.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN-aDFih601oa-QV72d6b0Ojhn30TfFsQMQ9FQTClhQ-_O3UakJtXFw9TlQhtzev7m-zApx_ksRVqnzDgtnSuSdy0NeYQV0wQqMuIlUSjVBcfLpqssv0qtPbXZ8LHHGc8IwPOSRjsVmnPaU_-4any_nOp7BX4AvTBNjYEuBm850-3R5SqfdnMUyB9cbM/w640-h480/IMG_4156.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Winter jasmine</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qqaOcm7P8u_iA_918BwGgqig1C9veEbPUjxzU7wJXE_nsSsR70IoIoEjaBOeQo_JEIQI2KS6Fc9aEvhrhdbJ2YN-4_IE1wsEuxwLr_L56tuBLrXKkURfM9ZreXCe436NMEQ_hQN366XTS7L22D0VEwwMUUZ2sUk19WTbUwh_fbd38NxXKVYAvtDQnLs/s4032/IMG_4158.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qqaOcm7P8u_iA_918BwGgqig1C9veEbPUjxzU7wJXE_nsSsR70IoIoEjaBOeQo_JEIQI2KS6Fc9aEvhrhdbJ2YN-4_IE1wsEuxwLr_L56tuBLrXKkURfM9ZreXCe436NMEQ_hQN366XTS7L22D0VEwwMUUZ2sUk19WTbUwh_fbd38NxXKVYAvtDQnLs/w640-h480/IMG_4158.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JrIBz2KKDb9Y-vk2uyZz4fEkkewMoJhFaVW848BCNJ3z4UDcytCoeu_9fN_ezZi4rOOSRxaknzLhzgeH9ZA1WBVshrkyQhgCIbCHDBJPExAnFHMvcLodasOtjAlsrBMvyYKu22HHSH8QU83Agh-ntHKVLAvjyt-Ed14cok0uGE5lGoWtAZg7QsafL3o/s4032/IMG_4159.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JrIBz2KKDb9Y-vk2uyZz4fEkkewMoJhFaVW848BCNJ3z4UDcytCoeu_9fN_ezZi4rOOSRxaknzLhzgeH9ZA1WBVshrkyQhgCIbCHDBJPExAnFHMvcLodasOtjAlsrBMvyYKu22HHSH8QU83Agh-ntHKVLAvjyt-Ed14cok0uGE5lGoWtAZg7QsafL3o/w640-h480/IMG_4159.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Little bits of spring bloomers</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXwrFv2TK3EDFrhqHgVivoBqCMqpo4ZNQBz_20oa0YK3vKtoCtYp6WP5HAl9rW4ziIbYuFZpEmo4184B8vb32UeaTFp3OaWUFxxAkgXtQC4HXwA-n8hiuGT8NlWqpwVm1_l40YeGL4wj-IGH0aGw13GlrVHZpqKx4RnIVBZ9k_SgGJ9y70F8WpuKyVgo/s4032/IMG_4160.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXwrFv2TK3EDFrhqHgVivoBqCMqpo4ZNQBz_20oa0YK3vKtoCtYp6WP5HAl9rW4ziIbYuFZpEmo4184B8vb32UeaTFp3OaWUFxxAkgXtQC4HXwA-n8hiuGT8NlWqpwVm1_l40YeGL4wj-IGH0aGw13GlrVHZpqKx4RnIVBZ9k_SgGJ9y70F8WpuKyVgo/w480-h640/IMG_4160.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hellebore emerging</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVcacGaW1myONZJQW3P2-49Lk21I3VU7SrKb0Jr46Mlnv9cj8aP2e2ObqBJXq2N4DvbqkNHPUn8Co9LS2q5lPw-ZNYvD3d-s-X9534aiLbANP_oW6OvLlsZrOX7wxy6LVfHijpeghELg3HMgeS0d4c3pRGl7mZocWxIfpU1c-JHY-KsjyMNI38zzxO3E/s4032/IMG_4161.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVcacGaW1myONZJQW3P2-49Lk21I3VU7SrKb0Jr46Mlnv9cj8aP2e2ObqBJXq2N4DvbqkNHPUn8Co9LS2q5lPw-ZNYvD3d-s-X9534aiLbANP_oW6OvLlsZrOX7wxy6LVfHijpeghELg3HMgeS0d4c3pRGl7mZocWxIfpU1c-JHY-KsjyMNI38zzxO3E/w480-h640/IMG_4161.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hazelnut Catkins at the park. Yes, we went for a walk!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiins54nClNb3ezigPPFQoMzsorPPepkeLxVP0PAdkSEW6xp2AYe4l8KpKGRsS16Dfm-raepEsAT-fkY3FqWhymZ_suyEuAxDzADPeYakgn-gjjYeV9Tu9LsBVczqlt61CERazbGYZuRT9ClW0UZe-gV6QqEtZ8jSFHcP3idg_rE9EI2e9DFkwZ0bOHtmI/s4032/IMG_4162.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiins54nClNb3ezigPPFQoMzsorPPepkeLxVP0PAdkSEW6xp2AYe4l8KpKGRsS16Dfm-raepEsAT-fkY3FqWhymZ_suyEuAxDzADPeYakgn-gjjYeV9Tu9LsBVczqlt61CERazbGYZuRT9ClW0UZe-gV6QqEtZ8jSFHcP3idg_rE9EI2e9DFkwZ0bOHtmI/w640-h480/IMG_4162.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I forget, but leftover from Fall. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7BOnGfLpajdYnIAwSsIivkimxJpz5QOGc75YQ-3z26q0Qv4S0ROCZNVr_CgpBofBuxg1ku9CPA1YmCWCEhy20KOeDASCscM7WyBvPNiACLI-INeMsnSEi0X0ic3XLwlCBVzYqxFg7RD5tiXSQfghPErD4nu44q9XPx9NBR4Gim4w_Aq2O1stsj6vwsc/s4032/IMG_4163.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7BOnGfLpajdYnIAwSsIivkimxJpz5QOGc75YQ-3z26q0Qv4S0ROCZNVr_CgpBofBuxg1ku9CPA1YmCWCEhy20KOeDASCscM7WyBvPNiACLI-INeMsnSEi0X0ic3XLwlCBVzYqxFg7RD5tiXSQfghPErD4nu44q9XPx9NBR4Gim4w_Aq2O1stsj6vwsc/w480-h640/IMG_4163.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Primroses are back after the heat of summer. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqySaEUW7E6QJ5J128t-GuchU1d4jKiP-I_yDV3oYfzwzWQ80PBpYQRN91xLtrgcJ-wGs2HkDAttUO2jsuoKfET5SxezYoCyjVvcbokoF5b50tpb99jmNAGjJzIQTiLTOeH5qq6cdYnlkcYSqh88QJKjl05vYJt2yoaCvhdxzd8Fgz8gxOp24Pa2-OFi0/s4032/IMG_4164.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqySaEUW7E6QJ5J128t-GuchU1d4jKiP-I_yDV3oYfzwzWQ80PBpYQRN91xLtrgcJ-wGs2HkDAttUO2jsuoKfET5SxezYoCyjVvcbokoF5b50tpb99jmNAGjJzIQTiLTOeH5qq6cdYnlkcYSqh88QJKjl05vYJt2yoaCvhdxzd8Fgz8gxOp24Pa2-OFi0/w480-h640/IMG_4164.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Snowdrops are emerging. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CbG2vm7K0YrrEID0yXTqHVOOmTArcTJGkxFpEVCGeG-w980J4MBtelvapcIPZIv_cVlpXGrs_uwSuj8ZZhvnUQT90FvBk-e_ResgIFs0HoYPdufbCd88fH6gZuQQGKdh4DZyg17N9JEA-DEAScx9yQOoEUQ2WQLd0sRn7VY0AgsK8iP1HmLt_t60Ags/s4032/IMG_4166.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CbG2vm7K0YrrEID0yXTqHVOOmTArcTJGkxFpEVCGeG-w980J4MBtelvapcIPZIv_cVlpXGrs_uwSuj8ZZhvnUQT90FvBk-e_ResgIFs0HoYPdufbCd88fH6gZuQQGKdh4DZyg17N9JEA-DEAScx9yQOoEUQ2WQLd0sRn7VY0AgsK8iP1HmLt_t60Ags/w640-h480/IMG_4166.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sarcococca is blooming and scenting the air with vanilla. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh-gyMZsWK82TJU9wAL0c80U80JFmLiFJl6PjjuteRO7qfHUnbmyjmvKUnuDiZEUkJpPu1bb1caC5Jf7EUBNvp04WJ5_dgbjKmh9uirsIDXELE6-3FyEk9fDT7A-zrvVq5ch-DHhIe7R-RZf81GrrBawvqGxMHjiqvIsnMdpiVgoU1s2Fhxi5odzNiYI/s4032/IMG_4167.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr2sD3Q0cOBJE5Eqh4WtHGu1xg8XyPcSsfRSLMp1_lNzPnhoI89THsjIC8kijijv0we2bW9Eoxdz9vhLGTTuA-duDbCofn2t5dcQJfBzXjR2O3BlqTBaaWllA5-gxF1RrsN3kMYb-oEmqwOJooWRVpe1Jrg_JXVswYS541Onv_WUAKh1leSgLEJNVwNc/w640-h480/IMG_4181.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">And now darkness is slowly descending on the first day of our new year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom informs me that he found Dungeness crab when he went to the store. Yay! A crab feed for dinner, while we watch the U of W Huskies in the Sugar Bowl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A good start to the new year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098032728450352522.post-51493496860069521072023-12-30T15:42:00.000-08:002023-12-30T15:45:46.948-08:00Winding Down<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">2023 is winding down.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">My family went to Whidbey Island for the week. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I had lunch in Ballard with my cousins Dan and Kris and her partner Charlie. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">A new child was born to our family, another grand nephew, named Milo. He was born on my mother's 102nd birthday. They live near Boston. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had our last Friday breakfast of the year.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I confirmed some medical appointments for 2024 and filled out my new appointment calendar for January. I will continue the quest to find out why I am losing my mobility.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Gifts have been tried on, used, and/or put away. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The turkey went into the soup pot yesterday and the turkey noodle soup will supply several evening meals. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We finally took down the dining table this morning.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1gl-WYEFbgZztepETCmYxbW5PSlOItjlmTJZ-Xtil6t1d2Wmzs7wp6fbCADfzdH5jGcNZavRRu7LHl1QUUOl57EQ_tEHTjkDadhM9nscN316vMiZRp6Sqn4lxBbqGVXS2lQvqRrK92uFEXV_JUBtA85vt1CydwftBNdwUK1uUIP8bHckTS5EVO3kSoI/s4032/IMG_4153.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1gl-WYEFbgZztepETCmYxbW5PSlOItjlmTJZ-Xtil6t1d2Wmzs7wp6fbCADfzdH5jGcNZavRRu7LHl1QUUOl57EQ_tEHTjkDadhM9nscN316vMiZRp6Sqn4lxBbqGVXS2lQvqRrK92uFEXV_JUBtA85vt1CydwftBNdwUK1uUIP8bHckTS5EVO3kSoI/w640-h480/IMG_4153.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We will take our time undecorating because there is no need to hurry and it's hard work. Jake will come by sometime next week to help take down house lights and install Tom's new weather station on the roof. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I made banana/cherry muffins this morning using some of the left over candied cherries. They are left over because I didn't make fruit cake this year. The muffins will be a little healthier. We tested one and the rest are going into the freezer. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHF6skasyg5K06oHvEQM5uAUhJFyc1ou16BsmxriyhAJ8Fv57_oHr7iJDBQx6ngLpxW4p7MluowrMr58iMHXkuKQHfVD3zV7dDug8p4kpJtUgSQGhnPpoci8qYU2sTD-46ovzoLDgTyzz65J6XqM62WOyAlqzfYX2ueVHwJRllLABXFA1J9HpNB7Um3Lo/s4031/IMG_4151.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="4031" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHF6skasyg5K06oHvEQM5uAUhJFyc1ou16BsmxriyhAJ8Fv57_oHr7iJDBQx6ngLpxW4p7MluowrMr58iMHXkuKQHfVD3zV7dDug8p4kpJtUgSQGhnPpoci8qYU2sTD-46ovzoLDgTyzz65J6XqM62WOyAlqzfYX2ueVHwJRllLABXFA1J9HpNB7Um3Lo/w640-h390/IMG_4151.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I hope to lose some weight in the new year. Don't I always. The supply of chocolate we have stashed in the pantry won't help. Everything in moderation, even moderation. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">2023 has been an adventure, with too many medical appointments, but only one surgery for me this year! Tom had one too, cataract surgery. We took no trips, did spend a little time at both Rockaway and Whidbey, and a lot of time just being here at home. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now as the rain drip drips off the roof, I welcome a quiet winter in the Northwest. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy New Year. May happiness be a part of each of your days. We can find it if we look for it. </span></p><p><br /></p>Linda Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.com10