Tiny miracles
reveal their glory daily:
oh! Purple crocus!
Oh Purple crocus!
Tiny miracles appear
in Spotsy daily.
Today's surprise in the garden!
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Thinking, Reading, Cooking
Cooking? Whole wheat pasta with chicken, shrooms and broccoli from our winter garden (still going strong, btw!)
Reading? Brian M. Wiprud’s BUY BACK. Where has he been all my life, Brian, that is? Read a short story of his in an anthology called THESE GUNS FOR HIRE, edited by J.A. Konrath. The anthology was full of short stories about assassins – many of the authors are very famous and familiar to me. Never had heard of Wiprud. Having trouble finding his books but am really enjoying the second one I have been able to find at our local library. Anyway – thanks to Konrath for the anthology that introduced me to some new authors!
Thinking? Hard not to think about the weather in the dead of winter when the flowers are all coming up and it is supposed to be 72 degrees tomorrow. So strange. But it has allowed us to really enjoy our first winter in Spotsy. The few snowfalls have been magical. The temperature has been bearable and spring appears to be upon us! Can’t wait to get all my veggies and perhaps a few fruit trees planted!
Easter lillies?
I have been told these are Easter Lillies. If that is true I should have a yard full of Lillies in time for Easter as they are coming up everywhere!!!
Gotta tell you – I am still enjoying Spotsy and The Basset Plantation! Come on down (or up!) for a visit!
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Anniversary Haiku
Nineteen years ago
I married my best friend and
I’d do it again.
The Eyes Have It
Retinoschisis = tears in the retina. Scary shit.
So my Orlando doctor said it was quite serious and not stable and needed to be checked every 6 months. He did so for 2 years and collected lots of money from my insurance company. He was rather cute and seemed well informed and it was not a terrible burden to see him every six months. Hell – my eyes were always so dilated, maybe he wasn’t really that cute!
New VIrginia Retinal Specialist (not so cute) says it is a stable condition, no need to be checked more than once a year. Not to worry. May never progress.
Doctors in Orlando were afer both Rick and me to get our colonoscopy screenings done. Doctor here told Rick is is a very invasive procedure and they don’t recommend it unless you are having some symptoms of a problem or have a family history of colon cancer.
Have yet to be to a peek and poke doctor here. But if I find one who does not insist on yearly Pap and Mammo, you had better believe I will go every other year or how often they suggest.
wtf? Do we listen to what we want to hear? To friends? To the AMA?
And what about Botox? I would never do it – but I gotta admit – I did not have these lines on my forehead til I started to worry about going blind with Retinoschisis!
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And So It Begins
Yes, it begins. The great blizzard of 2012 in Spotsy. Supposed to have 1-3 inches, by golly! That is 1-3 inches more than these Florida dogs have ever seen! That is 1-3 inches more than this Florida/California girl has seen since my few brief winters in Boston at college.
Stay tuned and perhaps I will add another photo later!
In the meantime – thinking about fires and hot buttered rum cuz this may be winter, for real!
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Here today and gone tomorrow
Sunny today and in the 50s!
Sunshine today, the flowers in bloom
Tomorrow, perhaps, they will go to their doom
The weatherman says that we shall have snow
I hope that the flowers all know where to go
With luck they will slumber their way through the storm
Then peek out their heads and come back when it’s warm!
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In Mother Nature……we’re not so sure!
Welcome to Virginia
Today the sun shines.
Tomorrow it grows colder.
Sunday it may snow.
