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The Welcome Mundane on a Saturday

September 15, 2018 at 10:07 am by Claudia

Yesterday was spent doing three loads of laundry, watering plants, pulling weeds, and remaining glued to my laptop as details slowly emerged as to Paul Manafort’s guilty plea. When I saw he was cooperating with Mueller, I almost did a little jig right here in the den!

Even though Don doesn’t like to watch news programming at night or pretty much ever, I persuaded him to watch Rachel with me last night. Oh boy, things are getting exciting for those of us in the resistance! Let’s see what happens in the coming days. If it tries to pardon Manafort, his goose is just about cooked. The same thing if it fires either Rosenstein or Mueller.

It’s like a cornered rat, so who knows what this narcissistic fool will try?

(It = that man.)

Anyway, back to mowing, recycling, and grocery shopping today. Back to the mundane, yet comforting, daily chores.

Three weeks from tomorrow, we leave on our trip. It will be here before we know it! We still have to book our Edinburgh lodgings, but everything else is taken care of, save any day trips we might want to take.

I’ve got Don hooked on The Great British Baking Show. Who would have thought? Rick, Doug and I were chatting about how much we loved it and Don’s interest was piqued. We watched a couple of episodes the other night. Then, when I mentioned that I wanted to watch Rachel, he said “Only if we can watch an episode of The Great British Baking Show  first.”

My work is done.

I hope everyone in the path of the hurricane is safe. We are thinking of you and sending our prayers your way.

Happy Saturday.

 

Filed Under: Don, our trip to Europe 32 Comments

Primary, Flowers & Don

September 13, 2018 at 8:55 am by Claudia

Why do I have the feeling I’ve posted this photo before? In fact, I have that same feeling about both of the pictures today. Sometimes I just don’t have new photos to share with you, so I go back in my photo library to find something current which I think I haven’t used yet. But…it’s a bit of a crap shoot. I’m pretty sure I haven’t used it, but I’m not absolutely sure, and then I say to myself, what the heck? Use it.

Anyway, the flowers down by the mailbox still look like this, so I’m putting it in the post. I love Queen Anne’s Lace and it always shows up down by the road in the late summer.

We have a primary here today for State offices; Governor, Attorney General (so important now as NY State is taking action against Trump,) Representative, etc. If you live in New York State or any other state that has a primary today, get out and VOTE!

Rick and Doug are stopping by this morning with Sam to check out what they need to know about our alarm and watering the plants when we’re away. They leave tomorrow. Sam is coming in to see our house, just in case we ever need to keep him with us for some reason. He can sniff it out and it will seem familiar to him. I love that boy.

 

I stopped by the place where Don was hanging out with his camera yesterday. He has a whole set-up now and he’s doing well! Anyway, we’d had a little tension that morning (yes, we’re like everyone else, we do have arguments) and I regretted being short with him. So, as I was showering, I decided I needed to stop by and apologize. Which I did.

One thing about Don that makes me fall in love with him all over again is that he is always surprised and delighted when he unexpectedly sees me. A smile lights up his face, he leaps to his feet, and embraces me. It’s no different than it was when we were first dating. I know I’m his favorite person, but in those moments, I really know I am.

How lucky am I? I already know the answer. Very.

Happy Thursday.

Filed Under: Don, flowers, garden 30 Comments

Butterflies and Photos

August 13, 2018 at 10:28 am by Claudia

I was running around, trying to get a photo of this beautiful monarch who kept flitting from one milkweed plant to another. So sweet.

At the same time, I saw a black swallowtail on the limelight hydrangea, but he was too fast for me.

I had 3 inches chopped off my hair yesterday by my friend, Dawn. She charges $10 for a cut. (Do you believe it?) I always end up tipping her $10 as well because she works long, long hours and deserves it. The cut was overdue as I tend to let my hair grow until it’s out of control – not a good idea when you have baby fine hair. I feel much better. Then, because Don was off taking pictures with his Crown Graphic, I went to the bookstore for the first time in a while and bought some magazines and a few books.

It’s been rainy for a few days now and today is no different. I’m over it.

Don has been getting some great pictures. He has learned how to get the kind of picture he wants  in cloudy or sunny weather. He’s figured out framing. He’s honed in on his particular style. He has done great work for the past few days and I think he’s ready to start asking for a donation for each picture.

I’ll share a couple with you. What these digital pictures of his photos don’t show you is the luminous quality of the Fuji (Polaroid) film. It glows. It’s gorgeous. The digital camera can’t capture that, but let me tell you, when you’re holding that photo in your hand, it’s unlike anything else.

The film is expensive because it’s hard to manufacture and Polaroid stopped making it several years ago. Don has been investing in it, so he can hoard as much as possible until someone else comes up with an equivalent for Fuji’s version, which is still in stock, but will eventually be phased out.

Love this one.

We’re getting a little reflection from the iPhone lens, but you get the idea.

These are all a little lighter than what you’re seeing, but we were on the porch this morning and it’s raining. You can see more of his work on his IG account and in his stories.

I’ve never seen any film like this film. It’s beautiful.

So proud of his work ethic and what he has achieved in a few short weeks.

Happy Monday.

 

 

Filed Under: butterfly, Crown Graphic Press Camera, Don, monarch butterfly, photography 22 Comments

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