at least it's not a porsche

92386 Miles

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the atom decayed

Ineligible

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New York State is able to hold two contradictory States of Being to be true at the same time, a bit like Schroedinger's cat. Yet, when it favors the governor's budget, only one is true and that one is the one that is unfavorable to those involved. Sheesh.

it happened again

Alien Invasion

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Once again, I was hit with the same allergic reaction as the other day. Something, maybe the B-Vitamins, the newest addition to my daily arsenal, reacts with something else. Cripes, it hurts!

earth-moving day

Folding Mountains

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series within a series

Emotional Oscillation #1

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where the sun ends

Dent in the Heliosphere

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Back in December 2007, astronomers found that the sun's influence—its heliosphere—was not symmetrical. Somewhere out there, it came upon pressure from outside of its influence. I had planned on building a large art quilt, using beaded sunrays. That piece got delayed and I finally decided that it wasn't going to get done, so now I'm using its pieces for other things. The first use of a beaded ray had to be this version of Dent of the Heliosphere. Here it is.

effects of time

Detritus

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Detritus: eroded or disintegrated material. We will all be that one day. Hold on to all your pieces until you can't.

building out

Importance

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This, from the workshop word size.

dark mornings

Dawn at 10 of 7

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anyone without these?

Complexities

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gone to water and back

Lock 11

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new vocabulary

Allergic Reaction

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I ate something spicy. Ten minutes later, I turned red. My face, ears, hands, palms, feet. Bright red. No rash, not really itchy, but very hot and painful. It hurt. I stripped bare and washed the affected parts with cold water. It felt good. About a half hour later, it was all gone. Gone. No rash, no red, no itch, no pain. A little tingling. Amazing what the body might do. It speaks a language that I don't always understand.

Sort of like listening to my cat demand I-don't-know-what.

a solution

Saw This

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Build a viaduct.

a problem

Came Here Last Week

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How to make a railroad cross a creek that is in a deep ravine?

they were right

Fish in the Snow

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It snowed. Yes, it did. Not much, but enough to gather on the roof and on the leaves that are still green on my maples.

The fish had a delightful time frolicking about. Intrepid little critters.

how to get things done

Organization

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Put things in boxes, stack the boxes, and then try to remember what is in them while they teeter in the closet. Even with notes inked on the outsides, it is impossible to really and truly know what is hiding there.

I favor open storage.

enjoy

Golden Afternoon

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We had one of these the other day, a day of brilliant blue sky, golden leaves, firebushes flaming on the ground, and the wind pushing the clouds out of the picture.

They say it will snow soon.

blog action day

Climate Change Changes Everything

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This year's Blog Action Day is about Climate Change. It's a day to make our viewers a bit more aware of what is happening in the world. See here or to the left there in the blue box for more.

how to be safe

Shrine to Traveling Legends

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In fourteen hundred and ninety-two,
Columbus sailed the ocean blue . . .

And guiding him and the rest of us was that later-decanonized Saint Christopher, whose little image was sent to me by my friend Melissa, she of the other shrine and of legendary travels of her own.

The perfect non-saint to watch over me, the perfect non-believer.

just a point of view

2nd Departure

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Bring them up as self-sufficient, independent thinkers or make them dependent on you. Your choice, but know that the former always leave, the latter never do.

what kind of spider is this?

What is this spider? Click on the photo to see it larger. I photographed it down in Pennsylvania yesterday. HUGE body. Anyone know?

stitching time

Ancestral Remnants

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My mother's mother's mother made this; she and her granddaughter were my teachers.

into the woods

One Day, Last Week or So

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Heartbreaking color, light, shadows, sky, field, and the road leading somewhere, away.

more, soon

Foggy Sunrise

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These morning mists soften the crispness in the air, the sharp chill that portends more of it to come.

stripping slowly

Windy Day

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More and more of the sky is showing through the tree branches as the leaves fall in the winds.

those who leave

1st Departure

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color magic

Aster

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light magic

Full Moon

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Click on the image to view it larger; maybe then you will see the sparkles.

escapism

Sun on Water

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october color

Queen Anne's Lace

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now

Already

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October. There are many nice things about this time: good leaf colors, nice crisp sleeping nights, fresh air. And then there are the others: turning the furnace on, waking up in the dark, cold feet in bed. The best thing about October is that January comes that much sooner than it was going to in September, and then the days will start showing more daylight.

This is how pessimists make believe that they are optimists.

she said she likes trees and will plant another one

Wind

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The neighbor had a tree taken down today. After tomorrow, all trace of the red maple will be gone, stump and all. Maybe lightning damage, maybe age. Experts said that it would have to go, so it went. Now the north wind will have easy access to her bedroom window, and although it was a maple and would have no leaves in the winter, the branches still cut some of the air flow. Not anymore.