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Impatiently Waiting

April 16, 2018 at 10:07 am by Claudia

When I arose this morning, I saw what looked like snow on the ground (gulp!) but was in reality an icy mix. It rained all night and will rain all day. The birds were out in full force searching for food, taking advantage of the rain-soaked ground.

But it’s gray out there. And sort of dismal.

Temperatures are lower than normal. This is the latest spring I can remember. Everyone is more than ready for warmer temperatures, and not just a day or two here and there, but consistent warmth. We’re getting very impatient, Mother Nature.

Sigh.

I managed to watch Masterpiece, which is airing a new mystery starring one of my favorite actresses, Nicola Walker, and the second half of the Comey interview. Why, tell me why, does ABC feel they have to add music and stock footage? It’s not reality television, it’s news. It took away from the seriousness of the interview. I have a feeling that Rachel’s interview with him on Thursday will be much more satisfying and will have the necessary gravitas.

That being said, there was nothing all that shocking and nothing I didn’t know already. That Spanky behaves like a mobster is crystal clear. And New Yorkers have known about his mob ties for years.

I’m trying to decide when I’m going to spend a day or two with Don this week. Maybe Thursday? I didn’t want to go in today and have to deal with an umbrella while schlepping my rolling suitcase and shoulder bag during the several block walk to the apartment.

Nothing exciting on the docket today – a trip to the grocery store, vacuuming, dusting, swiffering, that sort of thing.

Happy Monday.

 

 

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Flowers, Pillows & Egg Cups

April 15, 2018 at 10:13 am by Claudia

I wasn’t able to respond to comments until late in the day yesterday and I found that you’d been talking amongst yourselves! I absolutely love that. In fact, I found myself thinking that I should just sit back and let you talk to each other sometimes. Hmmm…

Right on the edge of the woods, here come the daffodils, planted long ago by a previous owner. They are always the first sign of spring. The forsythia hasn’t bloomed yet, the lilac is in bud, I see nary a bud on any of the trees, but this reassures me that, thought late, spring is coming.

It was warmish yesterday and wonderfully sunny, but the wind kicked up last night and it’s much colder today. It’s only going to be in the thirties today. Yikes. Rain later today and all day tomorrow, then off and on all week long.

I ran some errands yesterday and bought a couple of pillows for the sofa in the living room, as the pillows that have been there for the past few months are actually meant for the porch glider. And I’m just about to move them outside.

The new additions are the pillow in the center and the one on the right. I’m going to keep searching for a largish pillow in either yellow, red or aqua to complete the picture. The little red pillow actually belongs in the den.

And, finally, the egg cups I bid on arrived yesterday. They’re quite old and are stamped ‘Germany.’

I couldn’t resist these bluebirds. Aren’t they lovely? They’re now on the shelf in the den.

Happy Sunday.

 

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Loveliness (and Madness)

April 14, 2018 at 8:49 am by Claudia

A favorite view.

Another tense evening, with you-know-who desperately trying to distract us from his very real problems at home. Question: if he cares so much about the people of Syria (and he should) why did he do everything he could to close our borders to Syrian refugees? And what about the horrors going on in Yemen?

You don’t have to answer. They are rhetorical questions. We know the answer.

Anyway, this happened late in the evening so yours truly had to run a bubble bath in an attempt to relax my rigid muscles. Sigh.

I did more work outside yesterday, slowly uncovering the big garden bed and completely uncovering the garden bed right next to the porch. I’ll do more today and then we’ll be in the middle of two days of rain starting on Sunday. It will be heavy rain at times, which makes me think it is the midwest storm moving east. Those of you getting snow: I’m so sorry. It will melt quickly, but it really is the final straw, isn’t it?

It was very warm yesterday and that warmth is going to continue in NYC today, but not here. We’re back down to the fifties. It’s so wonderful to hear lots of birdsong in the morning. This morning, when I got up and walked to the upstairs bathroom, I could hear a symphony of singing birdies. Last night, when I went to bed, I could hear a symphony of peepers, with a bass accompaniment by the bullfrog.

That makes me smile.

I got called for jury duty! But as it was going to be the week of April 23rd, I postponed it. That’s smack in the middle of trying to get the garden up and running and I can’t spare the time – what if it became a long trial? I’ve postponed it until the end of June. and I will perform my civic duty then.

It’s sunny today. Slowly, ever so slowly, I feel the shackles of a long winter easing their grip. I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend.

Happy Saturday.

 

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