Tag: Life

forty six/365

February 15, 2017 8428 Time. Pressed for time. Out of time.  Time to get moving.  However you slice it, time feels pretty intrusive this week and I don’t seem to be managing it well.  Tonight it seemed like I had just gotten home and then it was time to call it

forty five/365

January 14, 2017   The lady and I are not huge Valentines Day people, but we welcome any opportunity to eat ice cream cake.  I didn’t carve out the time I should have to capture a proper image (or series of images), but I did catch this one.  There are

forty one/365

February 10, 2017 8354 Weary. Tired. Fatigued. Drained.  I used to have physically demanding jobs – grounds maintenance, manufacturing, jet engine mechanic – and most days I came home tired.  I still come home most days feeling completely drained, like I have given all that I have to give, but the

forty/365

February 9, 2017 8331 Today was the biggest storm of the winter  – a lot of places were closed – and we took advantage of a snow day to hunker down and recharge.  It’s amazing to reflect on winters we spent in Anchorage where 8-12 inches of snow had far less impact on

thirty six/365

February 5, 2017 8289 Superbowl Sunday and a little outside time picking up sticks and killing time before the game.  The leaf in the top image was a lone hanger-onner on the blueberry bushes.  It’s crinkled, torn, and tattered, but still hangs on. From the yard to the game –

thirty four/365

February 3, 2017 8268 Friday night is pizza night (well, for this week, anyway).  When the kids were young, just about every Friday night was “pizza and movie” night – E would make the dough and throw together a couple of pies.  Every once in a while it would be a

thirty three/365

February 2, 2017 8248 No water.  We have no water.  A water main break has us feeling a little dry. Well, when life hands you lemons…why not write about it. The water has been off for going on seven hours, so the faucets and the sinks are quite dry.  Admittedly,

twenty eight/365

January 28, 2017 8152 Canon 50D Available light in the kitchen – “E” and I took a moment for cups of tea this afternoon.  It’s the kind of cold overcast day that invites hunkering down (and naps).  Alas, no naps, but a nice quiet afternoon with soft, even light.  Here,

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