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| An ice cold mountain stream. |
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| We visited the waterfall in the canyon, a good activity for a hot summer day. At the trout pool you can feed the fish, they are pretty tame. |
I feeling kindof
blah tonight. I though we'd go to the movies, but the movie we wanted
to see was already gone from the theater. Then I thought we'd go out
to eat, like we do on many a Friday night but no, hubby had a big
late lunch and was not interested. Also I am wondering just what to
do with myself, I have had our 9 year old granddaughter at the house
for about a month so far this summer and I have suspended most of my normal
activities to cater to her as it is an awkward period for her with
her Mom gone in the Army. She is with her other Grandparents this
weekend, so here I sit with a few free minutes, wondering what to do with myself. Such is life, expect
the unexpected.
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| Outings with my granddaughter...A large butterfly made out of butterfly specimens at the | Natural History Museum |
I've been
busily working on getting my teaching degree and have taken 4 out of
the five classes needed this past year. I am working my tail off for
the on-line ones. It takes hours to get all the portfolio stuff,
classroom application and content, discussion and quiz done. I've
been going through a creative block for all other endeavors as I
concentrate on the one subject that I am taking a class for, for that
period of time.
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| In Zoology class I learned about Cephalopods, this nautilus is an example. |
My brain is worn out. My one solace is I still can
manage to squeeze a bit of reading for my own enjoyment in here and
there. I have discovered it is mostly escapist reading after looking
over the list of what I've read tonight. I guess I need a break!
Because I have
not been working as much as I used to I've been able to do a few
things that I haven't done for a while, even a few years...like get
my plant light set up again and nurture a collection of cactus and
succulents and a few African Violets, an old favorite of mine. Do a
bit of embroidery, and make two cute blankets using some 'minky'
fabric, for my two sweet granddaughters. I've never worked with 'minky'
before, it's incredibly soft and cuddly. A bit on the pricey side but
very nice for blankets.
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| In our yard we have a few of these garden snakes, they like to snack on the goldfish in our pond. Dang critters. |
I have even been, gasp, organizing and doing
a bit of extra cleaning. I must admit though, that reorganizing under
the kitchen sink was inspired on by a leak in the water filter! Some
of the organizing (and de-junking) has also been spurred on by the
in-laws moving from their large home into a smaller planned community
home for seniors, and all the packing and junk sorting that has been
going on there.
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| It's wonderful to see my water lily blooming! |
