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Sunday Sky
The sky yesterday could make your breath catch; a brilliant bright blue with not a cloud in it, and a hint of Fall in the air. Then this morning I woke up and it’s about 39 outside, about 45 in the...
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So, I guess “winter” was those three cold days in November, then?
I just don’t even know what to say about this. It’s January. It’s 80 degrees. Our azaleas are blooming. I saw a ripe loquat this morning. If this is winter, I shudder to think what summer is going to...
View ArticleWe’re off to see the wizard!
And by “wizard” I mean “ceramic supply shop” with a side trip to see Amy and Isaac and have lunch. If Tim is really, really lucky I won’t make him take a side trip to get me a Giant Metal Chicken....
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Go home, weather, you’re drunk!
I think I may have mentioned that with the exception of a few days here and there, we had a really mild winter. Gainesville usually does have a few nights of sub-freezing temperatures (no, really,...
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Tropical Storm Andrea
I thought it was a joke when someone mentioned a tropical storm coming our way last week. After all, didn’t hurricane season just start on the 1st? How could have have a TS already, by the 3rd? Go...
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The Sunshine State
I think Florida needs a new State Motto. It’s been like this pretty much since early June.
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My weather is worse than yours is.
This post is brought to you by the fact that anything below 61 or over 86 and I become a raving, angry crankpot who can’t hold a thought in her head for more than about two seconds. I do not for the...
View ArticleThe waiting is the hardest part
It looks like I’m getting an early birthday present of a hurricane. Thanks, Mother Nature? You made me something yourself? I was going to fire the kiln Thursday, for opening on Friday, with a custom...
View ArticleHurry up and wait
I feel like that giant rock monster in The Neverending Story, sitting around and waiting for The Nothing. “They look like such… good… hands…” (As an aside, I caught that a couple of months ago and...
View ArticleWe were unbelievably lucky
We didn’t even lose power until after the big part of the storm had passed – sure, it flickered a few times between about 1 and 4 PM, during the worst of it, but then it didn’t stay off until suddenly,...
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Cleaning and burning
Most of the day yesterday I wrapped soap and watched TV while doing it, and Tim and Joe started pulling schmutz from around the yard and burning it. Tim already had a respectable burn pile going in a...
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Well, THAT was crazy.
So, Tuesday night, about the time Tim and I were watching our last TV show of the evening, I was like, “Holy crap, what is that NOISE???”…. we paused the TV and listened to the longest rumble of...
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Well, THAT was crazy.
So, Tuesday night, about the time Tim and I were watching our last TV show of the evening, I was like, “Holy wow, what is that NOISE???”…. we paused the TV and listened to the longest rumble of thunder...
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There’s something off about that tree
I was in our driveway yesterday, heading to the post office, when something caught my eye. Something just didn’t look right…. You know how you see something all the time and somehow some time it just...
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Raindrops keep falling on my head (dink-a-dink)
… does anyone know any lyrics of that song other than those?! We’ve been getting some good soakers lately. Good for the garden, good for the aquifer, good for helping to put out wildfires. I saw on...
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Every day, every day, every day, every day I write the book
Some days it’s even not raining, and I can write a blog post! I know I’ve been knocking on our internet (or lack of it) lately when really I should be grateful that we have internet out here in the...
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Things to do (or not do) over the next 3-4 days
Do not eat all my hurricane snacks. Do not eat all my hurricane snacks. Do not eat all my hurricane snacks. Do not eat all my hurricane snacks. Do not eat all my hurricane snacks. Welcome to my...
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Living with Hurricanes: The Difference Between Panic and Preparation
Recently someone accused me of panicking in getting ready for Hurricane Dorian, and after I stopped laughing, I realized they didn’t grow up in Florida and don’t know hurricanes like I know...
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