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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
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Congratulations on your virtual blogging adventure!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-BCoF_2-1901868_14.gif) Good morning.Pine is the essence of winter at this time of year, I think. Because of trees and wreaths for the holidays. Pine livens up the household and gives off a scent that reminds of walking along a forest trail. No scents inside the house full of animals is pleasant. Two of my dogs have hunting genes and are inclined to smell anything that involves other species like birds on the front porch or mice in the walls. They also have exceptional hearing, which causes them to alert when there are birds at the feeder, deer browsing near the house, or rabbits hopping around close to a window or the porch. Winter still solidly at home outside, More snow in the forecast. After a few years of mild winters this is just not fun. Keep warm.  |
| Will someone wonder what you've left unsaid? I do wonder this sometimes. I have taken some steps to fix it by telling children things that have been left unsaid over the years, not always welcome conversations. I have relatives, that have moved on to heavenly realms, that took the time to tell me things I did not know. My grandmother and an uncle especially were worried that I was in need of information they wanted to pass on to me. I have always thought highly of them because they cared enough to speak up. It is a cold snowy day again more expected in the next few days. Brr.  |
| I made it back but only for a few minutes. Every New Year is different. This year was nice because we celebrated family Christmas at home this year. My two oldest boys never show up. They are missed. The weather was on our side, and we had a nice time chatting and catching up on family news on New Years Day. Even the New York section of the group was here. Family left before the storm moved in. By morning we had 2 more feet of snow. New Years Eve was quiet. This year we just turned in early and woke up in 2025. Some years we watch the ball drop in NY city on TV. Other years we just watch TV or read until lights out. One year quietly moves out and leaves room for the New Year to move in. Hope your New Year brings blessings. |
| Have fun with these words : twinkle, sparkle, ornament, tree, hot cocoa, icicles, snowshoes, and deer tracks. The snow falling in the evening hours twinkles when it hits the sparkling outside lights. I was sipping Hot cocoa and looking at the ornaments I just finished hanging on the tree. Outside icicles hang from the house eves. When I went outside to fill the bird feeders, I had to wear snowshoes. there were deer tracks around the feeders and of course the feeders were cleaned out completely as only a deer could manage. Just a quiet winter day. Merry Christmas. |
| Prompt:What books have you read that you find yourself thinking about years later? Write about this in your Blog entry today. Hi. I read the Bible both Old and New Testaments many days a week. So, it is easy for my mind to recall passages daily. I'm presently reading "The Universal One," by Walter Russel. I will probably be remembering it for a long time. I often remember parts of the entire series of "The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe." I believe it is an allegory of life on planet earth. Perhaps put on the earth to acquaint children of the hazards they would meet in everyday life. Reading the first book in the series or watching the movies made about it, should never be enough. I think of "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus now and then. Or "No visible Bruises" by Louise Snyder once in a while. I have favorite authors--fiction -- Laurie King, writes about Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russel, All the Hobbit series, and I like Science Fiction about space travel. Over the years I've read too many to name them all and anyone of them may slip into my thoughts for no imaginable reason. The Black Stallion, The Red Stallion, Little Women, Robert Frost Poems, Hiedi, Lots of others. I put them all there when I was reading, so I guess my mind will mull over them when it is not so busy with other thoughts.  Bye |
| Write about your favorite book, story, or poem. I don't really have a favorite book, or story. There are too many really wonderful ones. I've always liked Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" I don't think I can recall enough poetry to pick a for sure favorite. I just enjoy reading because in a book you can view History, motives, and mindsets of numerous people in numerous nations' doing all the things people can think to do. My favorites are often the one I read yesterday. Merry Christmas  |
| Prompt: "Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.: Denis Waitley Write about this in your Blog entry today. Yesterday I took the dogs for a walk. We walked on green wet yard ground. Today what looks like foggy weather is actually tiny drops of snow which now litter the ground. Once again all is a white wonder land.Determination Is active by endurance. Resolve is active by the mental insistence it takes to accomplish the goal. Both require a kind of energy placed upon the blocks in your way. Roadblocks will fall before the energy placed upon them as you achieve each step in your path. Wisdom works wonders, when thrown solidly against roadblocks. Merry Christmas:  |
| Write about holiday shopping. Hi out there. A windy cold day. Holiday shopping means fresh fruit or Etsy marketplace for one-of-a-kind gifts. Or search for the new gadget you did not know you would get. Even toys for adults is not a bad idea if it brings some fun into the celebration. Like the sparkling balls that float around in the air. Last year there was a ball under the tree for the dogs that has been fun all year. It is indestructible and shouts out fumy noises when it rolls around on the floor. We play for points. Drifter always wins. It's Christmas. Lively, if you get something you did not know you needed. Happy Shopping. |
| On this day in 1992, the world's first text message was sent by a test engineer for Sema Group. 32 years later, how dependent are you on text messaging? Happy Snow Day to Everyone I like text messaging, especially the quick ones. Like Yes or we are on our way. Interesting that you ask this since family members constantly test me about anything I regular do. For a while, I was on a service that I could not dial phone calls or do anything but text message. I changed service and bought a new phone to replace the one I had for ten years. Now can do it all; take great pictures, make phone calls, send pictures, or text message. Welcome to the technical age of personal phones. Is this what December is going to be like? If so, a white Christmas is on its way. apondia#1781748 |
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