It’s Beginning. . . . Spring is On Its Way (and bringing some continuing thoughts on Retired Life)

 As you will know if you’ve been reading here for any time at all, one of the toughest aspects of this move, for me, has been leaving behind a garden I’d created and nurtured for…

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Five Things Friday, Home Alone. . .

My week alone wasn’t as productive as I’d hoped, but I did finish this handknit doll and sew up the tulle skirt to match her new owner’s preferred style of dress. . . . I…

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Word-less Wednesday, What I Wore….

What with being away all fall — and before that, having barely got the keys and dropped off the moving boxes at our new urban condo after a big move from a much more rural,…

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Friday at the BirdFeeder (and a Paris TV series for good measure)

Okay, that was a rather horrid week. And the month before it wasn’t so great either. But I’m going to hope that I’ve got the year’s worth of viruses done with in one convenient, concentrated…

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Weight Loss, the Hard Way. . . .

The “good news” is that the scales tell me I’ve lost 6 pounds since Saturday. . . . The bad news is a most horrid variety of Gastro-enteritis (or some such beast)… I thought I…

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