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Swooning

April 28, 2025 at 8:08 am by Claudia

Well, it’s a sunny Monday after a cold and windy Sunday. Thankfully, it will be warmer today because…..drum roll….we are mowing the front lawn! It’s way too long, so I imagine we will be unclogging the lawn mower frequently. We had so much rain on Saturday and the grass seems to be growing by the hour.

It will definitely be a two person job with breaks added in. Once we get this first mow under our belts, it will be easier. I need to go back to the nursery, but I’ll leave that until tomorrow.

You know we love mowing.

Don had a gig on Saturday afternoon and someone in the audience took this photo of him.

I’m swooning a bit here. First of all, I love it when Don wears dark colors. His hair looks great (I nudged him into getting it cut last Friday.) But most of all, it’s his concentration as he plays his guitar, the ease with which he holds it, than angle of his head.

It’s the Don I know so well. Bless the gentleman who captured this moment in time. I love it so much.

As I say to Don on a daily basis, “I’ve got a crush on you.”

I forgot to mention that Laural went home from the hospital about a week ago. She’s still quite weak, so she’s concentrating on regaining her strength. Very grateful that she came through this.

And Margaret had surgery on both of her fractured legs. She cannot put weight on them for at least 6 weeks, so she’ll be moving to a rehabilitation facility soon.

Okay.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

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Monday Morning Catch Up

January 27, 2025 at 9:13 am by Claudia

A slightly cluttered corner of the den.

We finally went above freezing yesterday and I could hear the drip, drip, drip of snow on the roof all day long. The same goes for the next few days. So our lovely white snow will be melting. I’ll miss the sunlight bouncing off the white snow. The light streaming through our windows has been wonderful. There’s still snow on the ground today. I hope it sticks around a bit longer.

Don is sick and is feeling pretty miserable. He played that gig on Friday night and he was playing near the door to the street, which kept opening and closing while he was standing there – the temps were below zero at that point. The next morning, he felt miserable. It seems he caught a chill which blossomed into a big old cold. Bless his heart, he really doesn’t feel well at all.

The puzzle arrived. It’s a newish Laurence King puzzle – The World of Oscar Wilde. Wilde wrote what I consider the perfect play, and it’s one of my favorites: The Importance of Being Earnest. It looks like it will be fun. King’s puzzles are always beautifully designed.

Okay. I did another video tour – I had to take advantage of the winter light flowing into the the corner of the den where the girls live. It’s often a little dark there, which makes photography problematic. But the light that day was perfectl. It’s up on my YouTube channel, but you can watch it here.

Visit YouTube – my account: claudiathechroniccollector

My Blythe Doll Collection

I also named my channel. (Don’t worry, it will be a modest little channel.) The name? Claudia the Chronic Collector. Might as well get these collections on video while I still have them!

Hope you enjoy it.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

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A Bit of Ennui and Some Music

January 13, 2025 at 9:19 am by Claudia

I haven’t been taking any pictures lately, though I did take this one the other day for my Blythe IG account. I’m always taken by Pru’s expression. Boredom? Ennui?

Yes, the tree is still up and we’re hoping to keep it up until at least Wednesday.

A member of the Blythe community who lives in Altadena, CA lost her beautiful old Craftsman home in the fires. Corinne, a student from my days at Boston University, also lost her home in the same community. It’s absolutely heartbreaking. I can only read about the fires in bits and pieces because it’s just too much to take in. I pray the Santa Anas depart as soon as possible.

We’re due for more frigid weather, apparently, with high winds (again!) on Tuesday through Thursday. But I will not complain. We have heating oil and we’ll be fine.

Don has been doing some recording lately. He deleted his YouTube channel content, but he is posting new recordings on his Bandcamp account. He recently recorded some songs with acoustic guitar accompaniment resulting in a new album titled That’s All I Know.

You can download the songs for free. He’d love it if you gave it a listen.

Here’s the link.

He’s real proud ot it.

Thank goodness, All Creatures Great and Small  has a new season airing on PBS. We watched the first episode last night. Boy, do we need it!

Alright my friends. I’m going to sip my coffee.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday,

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