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Created: July 22nd, 2015 at 2:52pm
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July 22, 2015
I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.
I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.
I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.
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February 2, 2024 at 11:21am
February 2, 2024 at 11:21am
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Prompt: Rhyming February
How about: February lacks strawberries. or I'm merry in February. or February follows January. or February cold and airy. or February good for fairies.
February is a difficult word to tack on a rhyme. As a poet I don't always show it.
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February 1, 2024 at 10:10am
February 1, 2024 at 10:10am
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“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer. Let this quote inspire your writing.
Apondia writes
This is another way of saying, "Be all that You Can Be." or
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. ~ Vince Lombardi Or
Philippians 4:13 = I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Because there is only one God, some Bible interpretations change this to God who strengthens me.
These sayings are meant to bring out the best in people who may be struggling with whatever effort they are pursuing. Encouragement is always welcome in any of life's struggles. In every way it is said, it tells us to put forth our best effort at all times, because we cannot know how the effects will show up later in life.
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January 26, 2024 at 11:30am
January 26, 2024 at 11:30am
January 23, 2024 at 9:40am
January 23, 2024 at 9:40am
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Prompt: Begin your entry with "The only option I have left is _________."
APONDIA
This is not a prompt I should be answering today. I try to be mild mannered about most problems, not today.
I put in a large order from Chewy.com for different kinds of feed for my pet crew. It has been 6 days since the order and the merchandise is not here yet. They broke the order into two packages and now FedEx will not acknowledge one of the tracking numbers. Everything is supposed to arrive today. I have received emails two days that the package, one or the other would arrive on that day. So far, no pet food arrived. If the packages do not arrive today, I will have to cancel the order, get in the car and find a place to buy the food. The parrot pellets I use are not available anywhere near me. I have been buying them through the mail for years. My patience is just being tried. A game to somebody not to me.
The ignorant thing is; any day since last Wednesday would have been better to bring those packages in here, than today. Yes, we had snowstorms, but roads were decent. Today, we are having ice conditions because it rained lightly on the snow this morning and froze. I have ski poles with sharp ends that drive into the ice and used them to travel the short way to the bird feeder when I filled it. the driveway is a slippery mess. I salted the porch and steps to front and back doors, when I went out. It is actually quite warm out. Lots of melting going on outside. I just have to wait to see if they actually deliver my packages today.
Keep Warm
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January 22, 2024 at 12:25pm
January 22, 2024 at 12:25pm
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Here are the two prompts for Week Three
Prompt # One: I hereby resolve to get a job.
Andre say's "Not Likely".
I hereby resolve to take better care of my teeth.
or
As for jobs, this is what I experienced lately. I could probably not get out of my driveway. Too much snow. So, no danger of me getting a job. and my internet does not allow me to earn money at the level we presently rent. If I made any resolutions like this, it would collapse as I made the sounds of the words.
So, let's look at teef. Nope no sense in doing any resolutions concerning teef either. I noticed on the picture Andre sent out one day a couple weeks ago he has big teef. Beavers have big teef too. Beaver teef grow out as they wear down when they chew wood. Human teef just fall out if you don't take care of them.
I always say I don't make new year's resolutions. Then, I realized I was thinking I should try to do more walking on my treadmill. And I was thinking that on 01/02/2024. Horrors! Is that a New Year's resolution? If it is it is already trashed because I have not walked on that treadmill since 01/02/2024. However, I might get it done again one day soon. I have been sidetracked by baking new recipes of buttermilk bread in my bread machine. I never tried buttermilk recipes before, and they are exceptionally yummy. I think my children would have liked the new recipes. Too late. They are all in their 50's with their own lives to beat up.
It has been windy, snowy weather for two weeks. I'm tired of it, so, I hope it goes away again soon. I watched a documentary video this morning about the Mohawk Trail. I think it would be fun to go vacationing by driving the Mohawk Trail. Maybe not in the winter as a lot of it is in Massachusetts. Probably under more snow now than we are.
As for new Years resolutions I wonder what qualifies as a resolution. It is easy to look out at the desolation of snow bound forests and resolve not to visit any outside places near my home for the imediate future. Almost impossible not to resolve to do something or to resolve to not do anything until winter is resolved.
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January 22, 2024 at 11:54am
January 22, 2024 at 11:54am
January 22, 2024 at 11:22am
January 22, 2024 at 11:22am
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Prompt: winter birds
We have a lot of birds that brave the weather here in the winter. Cardinals, doves, titmouse, bluejays, chickadee, nuthatch, and some I forgot to name all show up at the feeder daily. Also, crows show up regularly, but do not usually mingle with the smaller birds.
Whatever parrot pellets are discarded to the bottom of the parrot cages are recycled to the ground at the bottom of the feeder. This is a treat to the crows who check out the ground daily to find whatever pellets may have been thrown out.
Doves are hatching eggs as early in the year as March here. When I first learned this, I was surprised because March weather is not to be trusted. It can be blizzards or warm enough to grow grass.
The birds will fly in to clean out the feeder even if the wind gusts are in the 40 mile per hour range. We have wooded areas heavy with brush, bushes, and trees quite close. So, lots of cover for birds to take shelter from storms or hawks.
There is a cherry tree outside an upstairs room window. One early morning there was a huge owl sitting on a limb in the tree. I watched it swoop down toward the feeder and catch a mouse. Then it came back onto the limb of the tree and promptly swallow the mouse whole.
I know mice simply die if something catches them and they cannot escape. I doubt they stay alive long enough to contemplate their fate.
Even though this is about birds, deer also visit the bird feeder in early evening when birds are usually bedding down for a long winters nap. Whatever is left in the feeder is often licked clean by deer.
Over the weekend the weather put down 8 or 10 inches of snow. Until it melts, which is supposed to happen during this week it will continue to keep a chill in the air.
KEEP WARM.
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January 22, 2024 at 11:22am
January 22, 2024 at 11:22am
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Prompt: winter birds
We have a lot of birds that brave the weather here in the winter. Cardinals, doves, titmouse, bluejays, chickadee, nuthatch, and some I forgot to name all show up at the feeder daily. Also, crows show up regularly, but do not usually mingle with the smaller birds.
Whatever parrot pellets are discarded to the bottom of the parrot cages are recycled to the ground at the bottom of the feeder. This is a treat to the crows who check out the ground daily to find whatever pellets may have been thrown out.
Doves are hatching eggs as early in the year as March here. When I first learned this, I was surprised because March weather is not to be trusted. It can be blizzards or warm enough to grow grass.
The birds will fly in to clean out the feeder even if the wind gusts are in the 40 mile per hour range. We have wooded areas heavy with brush, bushes, and trees quite close. So, lots of cover for birds to take shelter from storms or hawks.
There is a cherry tree outside an upstairs room window. One early morning there was a huge owl sitting on a limb in the tree. I watched it swoop down toward the feeder and catch a mouse. Then it came back onto the limb of the tree and promptly swallow the mouse whole.
I know mice simply die if something catches them and they cannot escape. I doubt they stay alive long enough to contemplate their fate.
Even though this is about birds, deer also visit the bird feeder in early evening when birds are usually bedding down for a long winters nap. Whatever is left in the feeder is often licked clean by deer.
Over the weekend the weather put down 8 or 10 inches of snow. Until it melts, which is supposed to happen during this week it will continue to keep a chill in the air.
KEEP WARM.
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January 8, 2024 at 10:18am
January 8, 2024 at 10:18am
January 8, 2024 at 9:57am
January 8, 2024 at 9:57am
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Prompt: I am looking forward to ___________________ in 2024, because ...
I am looking forward to spring in 2024 because when it snows I am always looking forward to spring. And this weekend it finally snowed like it was actually Northwestern Pa., USA.
I filled the bird feeder late yesterday afternoon and it is a good thing because the bird of many varieties are flocking in and out of the feeder this morning. These are year - round birds that are adept at living in this climate no matter the circumstances. My human side just wants to shiver when I think of living without heat in a snow storm. It has been snowing now for two days. Accuweather says it will stop today for most of the day. Than tomorrow it will snow in the morning and rain in the p.m. which will mean ice on the roads unless it warms up enough to melt everything. So, I'm in hibernation mode officially.
Happy New Year--stay warm. |
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