In my neck of the woods...

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Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

 And it was all melted, the other day.....

The Old Oak Tree........   Which is always beautiful.......

Ugh......  But!!!   I know!!!   See the pristine beauty.  Enjoy the clarity, of few competing colors.  Drink in the crystal stillness.  ~~~~~~~~~  Yeah, yeah, yeah...  -pout-

Happy St. Patrick's Day Weekend, to you!!!

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Quartz...Views...Books...Blahhhh...

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We found this quartz half, down cellar...  Something which survived the "big clean out."  "Uncle A." washed it well and it's lovely, again.  :-)  The holder is gone...    He'll have to make another 'thing,' to hold it correctly.  Out of wood.
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(Just a light-shadow, on the kitchen floor...)

Our heating system quit, Wedesday morning.  So Wes (our long time plumber) came over and got it going again.  A couple more things have to be installed, but that will be another day was done on Thurs.  I'll tell ya', tiss way too soon, to be without heat, in the house.  -chuckle-
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Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, I had been "pushing the envelope" on dairy consumption.  And today, I "paid the piper."  With a sudden and long trip to the "looooooo."  lol.  Too much information, I know.  But just letting you know, why I do NOT  EAT  many things, which I DO  NOT  EAT.
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My gut has a way of keeping me *on the straight and narrow.*  Which is a good thing.  If I could consume loads of "bad-for-me-things," and get away with it, would I be as careful, as I am?  Don't know.  But don't have to find out.  :-)
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 Do you Dear Reader, have any health necessities, which your body insures that you *keep on the straight and narrow,* about?????????????
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"When asked to explain the brisk pace of his novels, Elmore Leonard said; "I leave out the parts that people skip.""  (Written by George Will)    Sadly, that's what I feel like I have to do, when composing blog posts.  Leave out a lot, because Dear Readers may just skip words/thoughts, if I don't.  

Do you get this feeling also?  Do you sometimes begin, with a plump paragraph?  And end up, with 3 sentences?   Do your own eyes tend to "glaze over," when you open a post, with lots and lots of words?

A tiny detour here, for a mention of a fav peeve of mine.......  Writing, which is not broken up into paragraphs.  Eeek!  Eeeek!  Eeeek!  Please people, begin a new paragraph, when you move to a different aspect, of your over-all topic.  IN Comments too...  Please and thank you.  
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You can see my review of "Swamplandia"
by clicking here.......................

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It's still cold here in my neck of the woods.  I'm not feeling particularly *Spring-eee*.  But so many bloggers are, feeling *Spring-eee,* that I thought I'd add a pretty picture from a Net source. 

Actually, I really need to PERK  MYSELF  UP!!!  I'm getting tired of blogging,  tired of trying to do a wee bit of art, tired of doing even a little baking, etc.  Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kind of covers it.  And I DO NOT HAVE A REASON to feel Blahhhhhhhhhhh. 

So snap yourself out of it, "Auntie"!!!  

Hip, hip, hip!

Get to it!!!!

Perk up!!!!

NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Oh, oh...

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Oh, oh...  I think it's finally happening...

The *long-ness* of this Season, is setting in...

Dull...  Dull...  Dull...  Dull........................  The world outside my windows, looks dull, dull, dull, dull, dull, dull, dull.........

-sigh-

Look at those colors...    Dull, dark, flat, not uplifting...

Hardly any color, to speak of. 

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Color!!!!!!   That's what I need!!!!   Color!!!!

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Bright splashes of color.....

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I can't paint the trees or the bushes...   But I suppose I could paint lots of color, on paper.........

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Then again.......   What reason do I have, to be made sort-of-depressed, by the dullness of the late Season of Winter???  That is such a small *discomfort,* compared to all the possible endless real discomforts, in life.  So I should be put-out-at-myself, for even allowing my mood to be made sort-of-depressed, even for a small amount of time. 

So there!!!!!!!!!!!!

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There be weirdness around........ I have told you!

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Oh I'd love that (pale pink hair)!!!  But one would have to Helen Mirren's money, to have a beautician do the perfect dye job.

I was considering the use of Kool-Aid.  But reading up on that (use of Kool-Aid), one must try to not get it on the scalp.   My hair has gotten thinly spaced on my ol' head, with age.  -chuckle-   So it would be nigh-on-to-impossible, to not have it SHOWING on my scalp, in places.  -chuckle-

A cold start to the week...

Shocking photo, above...  Yes???  Dessert!  Purchased from a Bakery!  Here!  Eeeeeek!  Yes, I did "allow" us one-piece-each, on Sunday.  Mine being the G/F Almond Finger, and his being the very decadent Brownie.  And ya'-know-what?  Mine wasn't worth it.  Not the exorbitant price.  And not the taste/fun, either.  Bahhhh-humbug...  This has happened before.  I asked "Uncle A." to REMIND me of this happening...  Before.....   The next time I get this same idea...

Another part of the Weird Sunday...  "Uncle A." and our Daughter, were doing some kind of wood working in the garage...  Cutting a piece of wood, which will be part of our Son-in-law's iron work wine rack business...  The piece of wood was so long, that to cut it, they had to open the garage door!!!   In came the wind chill.   Soon as they were   done with that part, they closed the garage door again, turned up the garage heat, and came in to "thaw out their hands"!!!

I suggested they turn on the fireplace and sit by it.  Which they did.  Looking like people, from another century, kind-of.  :-)  (Huddled around a fireplace to get warm...)

Meanwhile, Son-in-law and "Granddaughter" were in his shop, doing another part of the work.  But they did it, INSIDE!  So Lisa and her Dad have "We had it harder" bragging rights!  ,-)

And of course, it made a Surprise Photo Op, for me!!!!!!!!!!!!  

I spent the time, inside, in my comfy chair, reading....  So I noticed the gorgeous PINK sunset effect! 

Naturally, I had to run in the den and get my camera!  Never pass up a beautiful Photo Op!!!

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Btw, "weirdness" is accumulating, even today/Mon.  I had "it" on Sun.  Later on Sun., "it" hit "Uncle A." computer.   Now this morning, I just hit-some-key and lost everything.  Got it back, but don't know what-I-did...  Ya' know...  Those experiences with a computer.

I am warning you!!!!!!!   There are some silly vibes around!!!  Be on guard!!!
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Trying, trying, trying, for lightness...

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Wednesday

Snow

Becoming a "Marshmallow Covered World" around my neck of the woods.
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(My last Header pic...)

Do you know what 'Tony' said to 'Zeva,' as she was leaving...? (Tues. night NCIS episode)  I've been looking it up on line, and I think it comes down to;  "You are not alone."  Which fits perfectly with her reply.  And which moves this (T and Z) sub-plot along, very nicely.  Imho.

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Who sezzzzzz that you can't put these sponges (with a soft scrub side), in a microwave, to eliminate germs?  I did it and it (microwave) didn't spark or flash or sound-unhappy.  :-)  And it's much easier, than boiling, for a minute.

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It's been snowing all day, Wednesdays.  I've been trying to "catch" falling snowflakes, in photos.  This one, works best...   Earlier, the pics I took, almost looked like falling rain...  :-(
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A Question for you, Dear Readers...   Sometimes I have an awful lot of different topics/photos in my blog entries.   Sometimes I only have about 5-6 topics/photos, in my blog entries.

Actually, it seems that most of the blogs I read, have only 1-2 topics covered, in each blog post.  And 1 or 2 or 3 or so photos, in each blog post.

Which, do you prefer to find/read?  Few topics?  Many topics?  Please and thank you.
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A January gift  --  To me  --  From me  --  A used copy of Susan Branch's first book...  :-)

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"We had mighty good weather
as a general thing, and nothing ever
happened to us at all."  ~Mark Twain

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NOT Wednesday's Moon...!!!  But a pretty waxing moon.    We won't see the moon tonight, through all the falling snow.
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Know what's sneaking up on us?  On teeny, tiny, tippy toes?   ,-)))))   Sneaking...  Sneaking....  Sneaking...  ,-)))))    Hu?   Hu?   Hu?  Remember!  You saw it here, first!   A Valentine!  2013's first Valentine, in Pretty Blog Land!  :-)

YES!  I am TRYING very hard, to have JOY and PRETTINESS and LIGHTNESS here...  At this time of many calling for national knee-jerk solutions, to real problems. 

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