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Snow, sleet, a bit of ice – I’m not sure how much snow fell but it looks to be about an inch and a half. We’re staying away from it for a while because we have no idea how slippery it is out there. It’s already above freezing and the temp should reach 40, so we might wait for Mother Nature to melt some of this mess.

It’s not really a pretty snow. It’s  a messy snow.

May this be the last. The next 10 days shows snow showers off and on, but no measurable snow. Though we certainly have been surprised in the past by snow in late March and early April. Who knows?

My old friend Tom Sizemore died yesterday, surrounded by his family. Much too young. I’m very sad.

Rest in Peace, Tom.

Too much worry and loss lately. Too much.

I don’t have a whole lot more to say today. I’ll leave you with this little photo of Katie. When my friend Stacy gave her to me, she was wearing a wig. Wigs aren’t my favorite choice for a Blythe doll, but then again, you can play with different looks. I recently bought an inexpensive $20 wig for her and it arrived yesterday. My instincts were right about this choice:

I love these little curls! (She’s not sad, by the way, she just doesn’t like posing for pictures.)

Beautiful Katie.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

Mother Nature, Cell Phones, and Lucy

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Friday.

We have another ‘event’ coming this evening, but the guidance from various weather forecasters is wildly different. Yesterday: 8-12 inches with sleet and ice. Then 5-8 inches with sleet and ice. The National Weather Service says 1 -3 inches with sleet and ice. And our local guys now say 1- 3 inches. Obviously, when you factor in ice, I much prefer 1 -3 inches. Yesterday, we had a high of 53 degrees, so much of the snow from Monday night has melted.

Right now, it’s sunny. The calm before the storm.

Thank you, Mother Nature, for giving us an entire winter in one week.

Grateful for the snow for our water table. But very ready for spring.

I ended up running to the library yesterday to pick up two more books. I have to read 3 books in 3 weeks time. I can do it! Yes, I can!

A story from yesterday. Don went to the store to stock up on things. While he was gone, I vacuumed, swiffered, sorted through things, straightened up, etc. So I was fairly busy. When I was finished, I sat down in my chair. Couldn’t find my cell phone. Okay. Got up, looked everywhere. No cell phone. I’d been in the house all day, so it couldn’t be in my car (I had yet to go to the library.) Looked everywhere again. Then I thought, I’ll have Don call my number so I can hear the phone ring. Ummm…no. Don isn’t here and you no longer have a landline, so you can’t call him. I had no way of communicating with him! Such a strange feeling. I finally came to the conclusion that Don  must have it.

I sat down and checked to see if I had a message from Don via email. Sure enough, he had reached into one of his pockets and found my cell phone. He told me later that he just stood there in the grocery store staring at the phone trying to figure out why he had two phones with him. Thank goodness, I wasn’t expecting an important call!

I finally gave up waiting for him to get home and went to the library.

Let’s close with this photo of Monty, Lucy, and a carrot.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.

Books, Puzzles, and Weather

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The Deborah Crombie arrived at my local library yesterday, so off I went to pick it up.

Current reading pile – and I am  reading all three at once.

Oooh, how lovely! Three excellent books and I get to read them. I’m close to finishing Underland  and I can’t say enough about how wonderful it is. Of course, three hours after I went to the library, I received an email saying that two books I had also reserved had arrived. I think I’ll wait to pick them up tomorrow, so the two weeks we get for ‘new’ books starts a day later – giving me some wiggle room.

Also, Galaxy Puzzles (based in my old neighborhood in Michigan) is the online company I used to order my very first jigsaw puzzle at the start of lockdown. The owner is closing down because it’s been so successful that it’s become too much for her to handle. So she’s going out on a positive note.  She’s discounting all the stock in her warehouse. I ordered 3 puzzles.  I think they were discounted at 20-30% off. She ships quickly. I ordered on the weekend and I received them yesterday.

Anyway, the discounts are even deeper now; most, I think, at 40% – just in case you’re interested. I saved some money and I have some on hand.

Sophie:

It’s a rainy morning here with another storm headed our way tomorrow night. There is some disagreement on the actual forecast and my favorite local weather guys say it’s too “fluid” at the moment. So, something’s coming, we just don’t know exactly how much. Unlike the pretty snow of earlier this week, this one will have some sleet and ice in the mix. Not good.

Stay safe.

Happy Thursday.

 

 

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