Category Archives: Thoughts

Art of the outside world. An art retreat to be enjoyed through various media. Giverny: Claude Monet’s Home, text & photos. Fondation Monet: visite-virtuelle, self-guided tour of the house by drone. Fondation Monet: home, clicking on the bridge & waterlily in the upper left gives a video tour of the grounds. Hat tip to AContinue reading “Fractal Alphabet H, Graphic Art”

Inspiration: Lettering Your Lineage with Holly Monroe, online presentation for the Washington Calligraphers Guild. See HM: Family Trees. My initiating idea was an arboreal design with annotations. The result was a pile of links. Reach, meet grasp. Mother My mother and me. [My Maternal Line] In August, my mother went to the 100th anniversary ofContinue reading “Genealogy Linkfest, Family On The Blog”

Awareness of the outside world. Slate: The United Sports of America. If each state could have only one sport, what would it be? (Pennsylvania, you get field hockey.), Levin, 2013 ~~~ New Place 1 mile walkRiverside ParkRiverside AL, USA Multi-use civic space. Railroad frontage. Wetland. Walking track. Ball field. The river in question is behindContinue reading “Down By The Riverside, State of the Fitness”

Awareness of the outside world. Al.com: Do you know which Alabama towns are in a different time zone? Kazek, 2017. ~~~ Updated Now Page +++ Month? October 2023 Rodney, long line? Check. Rodney, ride? Check. Milton, long line? Check. Milton, ride? Check. Milton, hitch? Check. Duration? Short stroll in pasture at a walk, with theContinue reading “Q&A, State of the Now”

Awareness of the outside world. Reminder for US residents. Today. “Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4.” Note to self, 1:20 CT. FEMA: FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4, 2023. [Small Steps] ~~~ Photo by Ten Toes Outdoors. [Show Media] Saddle seatContinue reading “Lower Legs & Lesson Horses”

Recovering from unspecified crud over the weekend. So, one from the reserve pile. ~~~ ~~~ Photo Note 3 am from my front door while waiting for the dog to finish. Not bad for a phone camera. Personal Note I’m hoping this weekend was actually a good thing. Been low-grade tired for a while lately. OnContinue reading “Moon Break”

Awareness of the outside world. Bleh. October means horror movies, which are avoidable. October means advertisements for horror movies, which are not avoidable. ~~~ We now have eight buckets for two horses. It made sense at the time. Buckets #1 & 2. Two buckets in a stall is standard operating procedure. Buckets #3 & 4.Continue reading “Watching The Water Buckets Accumulate”