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Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

by Apondia

Rated: E · Book · Experience · #2050107

A Journal to impart knowledge and facts

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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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 10, 2025 at 9:41pm
In response to "Grandma is at home today."

My paternal uncle lived near my grandfather.

My maternal grandmother lived close to family in the hollow.

My father's family tended to live close, even moving together to Oklahoma and South Carolina.

My mother's family scattered.

I wish... but we both know about wishes without wings.

My experience in Thailand was mixed, but I don't doubt that families remain close as friends often do. In Costa Rica it can be multi-generations living in the same area.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jul 10, 2025 at 8:18pm
In response to "Grandma is at home today."

And I'm spending a lot of time teaching my granddaughter sewing and crocheting, I love that.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jul 10, 2025 at 8:17pm
In response to "Grandma is at home today."

I used to spend every summer with my grandfather and I loved it. During the school year I would spend weekends at my other grandparents and I enjoyed that time very much.

As a grandparent my older grandchildren would spend the summer with me. Then in 2021 when my daughter (my youngest) and her boyfriend split she asked for help, so we moved to Vegas. We share a house together, my husband, my daughter, my granddaughter and me. It works for all of us.

Apondia

Jul 10, 2025 at 6:15pm
In response to "Fixing it."

Yes. I have a ton of things to fix this year and I don't move as fast as I use to. I do expect a very snowy or just cold winter so I wand to be ready.

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Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jul 3, 2025 at 1:55pm
In response to "Fixing it."

Those who live in the colder climates see July and August as the months to get things done before winter returns. When I lived in Maine, after the 4th July family camping trip, we harvested some of the early veggies, then canning them for later. (I made pickles with a lot of baby cukes and canned tons of green and wax beans. In the evenings we cut and stacked firewood in the woodshed.
Hope all goes smoothly for you.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jun 19, 2025 at 10:40pm
In response to "Wilderness Trees"

I can see the green contrasting the hay fields in my mind. I miss seeing fields and orchards.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jun 11, 2025 at 11:41pm
In response to "Bikes and Sunshine"

Riding outside is definitely more scenic.

Seffi

Jun 10, 2025 at 3:11am
In response to "Pets as companions"

Always treat an animal as if it understands your language. They understand more than people give them credit for most of the time. - Completely agree. If not the words, they understand tone and behaviour.

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Joy

Jun 9, 2025 at 7:41pm
In response to "Pets as companions"

Such a beautiful entry!

I can imagine how lovely it can be living on a farm just because of the variety of animals. I think you were very lucky.

And yes, cats are very special friends.

Soldier_Mike

May 31, 2025 at 10:12pm
In response to "Rooms of comfort"

Sounds like you're both well-satisfied with the living arrangements. The layout sounds lovely!

March 5, 2018 at 3:49pm

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People Ask Question You Need Answers

Motivational Monday! Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator was born on this day in 1512. What's been your reasoning behind going anywhere you once thought before you'd never get to?

I never thought I would write poetry. Then, I started writing on

. I learned some things about Haiku. Then, I learned some more in a New Horizons Course about reviewing. Then, I took a course just about writing poetry and learned a lot there, so I'll never be a great poet but it surely is a great way to express yourself.

I wish I had taken Map-making in college. They had a course there but, I couldn't fit it in to my schedule.

I followed my Airforce husband (he is now deceased) to the Panama Canal Zone where he was stationed in 1960's. It was a beautiful place. The social aspect was so different than the USA. It was not nearly so regulated a life style as it is here. I wonder how a map maker would fair in the jungles of South America.

I guess as a Pennsylvania farm girl riding ponies on rural roads I never thought I would get to study dressage and show horses on the A show circuit in Texas, when I was in my twenties, or study to be a professional dog groomer, or become a journalist.

The clue in this prompt is the word reasoning. I can't profess to actually reasoning about learning the many things I've accomplished. Or, visiting the many places I visited. I just found myself in a position to choose to do some things so I grabbed opportunities.

I never actually went on a real fox hunt. I would like to. I would like to learn map making. I would like to train another companion dog. I probably will not get to do all the things that pop into my head but, I will forge onward toward just following adventure where I find it. It's never to late to learn something new or visit a place you have never been. Life is a journey don't be afraid to travel on.

Happy Trails.

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