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CLIMBING EVERYTHING
With the Vietnam River Swift Boat behind us. At Guadalajara in Old Town. They marched everywhere at the Maritime Museum yesterday. I pottered doggedly knowing that it was good for m...
SCRAP QUILTS
I recently joined a Facebook group for scrap quilters. I certainly am a scrap quilter as most of every quilt I do is made from bits and pieces. All their work inspires me. Their enthusia...
FREE AT LAST
Left Sally, Right Poolie. Wonderful news yesterday. After a full body scan, Captain Poolie has no sign of lymphoma. She is totally free. Now only the brain tumor, the blood clot in he...
ALL THOSE THINGS
• Or should it be….”all those Grumpy things?” G fixed the short by reinstalling the radio. Grumpy was a little cranky at first, but now all seems well electrically. What one cannot do is ge...
HORROR STORY
Skies outside Las Vegas, 2008. Why? We will never know. Like the 9/11 terrorist attacks, there will be radical groups claiming responsibility. The airways will be filled with talking ...
SISTERS
Two of my grandkids are spending a few hours with each other today. The littlest one wanted to meet the older one. I so hope they like each other. ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
TAKING A DAY OFF: Poolie and Grumpy updates
He’s got jury duty, and I am home alone. Usually the first thing I do after a bit of the news is to update the ACS Discovery shop page. I hit the pool next. Two days ago, I burned a not-nice l...
NOT DRIVING IT
Despite all the good words, intentions, and efforts of all the local car guys, I’m not driving it. Yes, the gauge read complete discharge. Yes, it started once. Yes, it overheated the tr...
AN ALDER
When we first moved here, this Alder tree had giant, beautiful leaves. Within a few years, the leaf size began to shrink. Two years ago, all the alder trees began dying. This condo complex...
CLEANING UP AFTER A SLOB
I confess, I’m the slob. I get started on a project and my neatness factor falls off the chart. Worst of all, it isn’t just in the work area. I feel no guilt about unwashed dishes, un-hung-up ...
THE GOOD LITTLE THINGS
Every morning, I grumble, moan, and groan about going to the pool no matter the weather. To keep my life simple, I have to get there before 0630 on work days. This morning, it was 63F, 16.6667...
THE CLUB SANDWICH RANT
Photo: Michael Ruhlman This afternoon in Michael Ruhlman’s blog, “The Turkey Club Sandwich,” he wrote, “I worry when we become this careless about standard preparations. If we are thought...
SCRAP QUILTING
That’s what I make, scrap quilts. Each piece of fabric is a little bit from a source like a dress or a gift from a friend. This is a crib quilt for a granddaughter. Yes, there are two major e...
KHAKI PANTS
1991: Mage in khaki pants and Bobbie in grey on Mage’s 50th Birthday. This last Sunday I wore my Jones of New York khaki’s to the Speaker’s meeting. I knew they were tight and the fabri...
THOSE LEMON COOKIES
One of those fabric fish came through the store this week, and I got it for Poolie. She so loves it that she’s even posed for pictures with it. Every day we try to bring a little something…...
ALIEV-I-ATED
482 In Silverton. Yes, I am going through my train photos. The contrast on this one could have been increased, and it could have been cropped much tighter. But I share it with you as i...
76 TROMBONES
The old main ticket area at LA Union Station. At first I, then both of us, spent the morning putting fraud alerts on accounts and freezing our credit reports. George found that it wa...
READYING
G stepping up to the Denver & Silverton Narrow Gauge steamer 482. *Equafax let itself get hacked, and we like millions of others are taking action today. * NBC Nightly News recommends ...
BOATLIFT
I watch this every year on this day, and every year I still cry.
SMALL ORTS, BITS, AND LOVE
• QUILT: I finished replacing the terribly sun damaged border on this quilt. The rose colored cotton fabric isn’t quite a match, but I am very pleased. • VISITING: Every day we go see Capta...
TRAIN TRAVELING US
Portland Union Station, 2007 We are busily planning a trip up the coast. I want to see my old friend Dixie while she still remembers me. We will do it next month sometime when the horrors...
DISHES
There are those weeks when not one single thing but dishes come in front of my camera. The first thing I do at work is photograph things for the Discovery Shop Facebook Page. We have been ma...
HOT, HOT, AND HOTTER
A hot summer day on Hydra. Photo: WS. • George is addicted to “Game of Thrones.” That pretty much says it all. • Poolie is home, and no support was provided. Her insurance wouldn’t...
FOO DA FISH
Poolie at her best…Photo: a friend She was flying high after surgery. As a result, we had examples of her completeshort term and long term memories in action. She sang all day long. Sa...
NEWS FROM FAR AFAR
The Captain at the opening of the Steampunk show at the Auto Museum. Yesterday afternoon, we stayed at Scripps Mercy Hospital with Pam, Captain Poolies friend, and Poolie until they wheeled...
