Beautifully Green (with a boil your water alert) in Everyday Ramblings
- May 24, 2014, 2:23 a.m.
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I can’t figure out how to size pictures properly here. Oh well. And I admit I stopped cross posting on ED. I’ll work on it again when I have some free time.
Just reveling in the greenness out there. This is a few blocks away, a spot I walk by practically every time I go for a local walk that is not to work or the track or to catch a bus.
The visitors to my feeders have changed with the season and particularly in the evenings I am getting these groups of House Finches. The Dark Eyed Juncos have gone back up the mountain. The male finches are so handsome in their iridescent red cowls.
For the third time since I have been living in this apartment we have a boil water advisory in play today and most likely tomorrow. They found harmful to humans fecal matter in two of our local uncovered reservoirs. This time the ban is citywide, actually a little bigger than citywide. I never take my clean water supply for granted but even more so on days like these. It is an inconvenience. And it is easy to forget.
As this is the start of a holiday weekend for most folks here I can just imagine the justifications out there being declared for drinking, umm, beer. :) My electric teakettle and me are the best of friends right now.
We had rain most of the day. I walked the track in it at lunchtime and when I walked over to the studio tonight I wore my rain pants and of course it didn’t rain and I got all sweaty because it was weirdly humid. But that is weather these days, weird.
I admit I am kind of blue. I think I am just tired and a little worried and hoping for the family and that life will settle into some level of comfort for all involved.
Sammy is purring. I have my activity in for the day and can be slothful now and have free unfettered unstructured time (with boiled water) ahead of me tomorrow and I am sure my mood will improve. It is, after all, beautifully green out there.
Deleted user ⋅ May 24, 2014
Tired will do it every time. I forgot to mention on your previous entry how much I imagine those carers appreciate your presence at the hospital. I'm also realising how good it is that the hospital thinks of doing that. And to see the kids .. how grounding! It stirs my heart from here. Wow you have a fantastic effect on those around you, even from this distance.
Ragdolls ⋅ May 24, 2014
Linda ⋅ May 24, 2014
I can't even get to this place to post as frequently as I once did at OD. I'm so sorry you are blue and worried about family.
The water issue: Eeek!
Lyn ⋅ May 24, 2014
Maybe this will help on the resiing:
http://prosebox.wikispaces.com/How+do+I+resize+an+image%3F
Your water problem was on the local 11 o'clock news here tonight!
Wishing sunny times for you and your family.
seedys ⋅ May 24, 2014
I was sure thinking of you when I saw on the news about your water problems there. Ick, I am glad water quality is constantly monitored so you are safe, even if it is inconvenient to boil. I grinned at your comment that it is easy to forget. yes, habits of a lifetime hard to short circuit and then go back to normal. Blue? What is the phase of the moon? I have been up, up and away in mood this week, however this evening I am feeling melancholy...
Indigo ⋅ May 24, 2014
Come to vancouver, we have water :) I hope today is a better day.
Zipster ⋅ May 24, 2014
How inconvenient to have to boil water; one forgets how spoiled we are by the ease of just turning on a tap. I so agree with you about weather-weird here too. Worry and care can take a toll; I hope for you and your family.
gypsy spirit ⋅ May 24, 2014
the various green hues and other colours in that photo are lovely....a gentle scene. Sorry you are feeling a bit blue right now....and boiling water can be a hassle but you don't want to become ill on top of everything. When your energy returns, how about sharing some bird photos? hugs p
edna million ⋅ May 29, 2014
EWWWW re: the water! I've been lucky enough not to have experienced a boil-water alert. So far. That's a huge area.
Gorgeous photo! I've been using the html from Flickr, which baffled me by making changes itself and doing away with the URL option-- but turns out the html is easier and you can pick the size. Although I don't know how to do it either if it's anything but small medium and large. Before I found out how to do that I was using Facebook URLs and the sizes were all over the place.
I'm also finding it hard to cross-post. If I just copy what I have here and use the html option there, I still have to go back putting in paragraphs. It might be easier without pictures but I always have pictures. When I posted my last one I went through all that and then the entry vanished. I think I hit cancel accidentally instead of save but it was really annoying.