Category: Front Porch Musings

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Some things done and some Spring

Saturday it snowed.

I worked on my taxes.

Sunday morning started at 21F!

I finished my taxes!!!

And it was sunny and it did not snow.

Monday, today, started at 25, but warmed to 57F.

Beautiful.

Mostly, courtesy of my neighbors, the firewood area is looking a bit neat. They needed a bit of firewood to finish the year and I needed to get some firewood…some that might have rotted had it gone through another summer…gone!

Win-WIN!!

I did do a bit of cleanup and I need to do some shuffling/re-stacking also. Every year I say…a couple of 15 minute sessions every day…in the yard…would be good for me and for the yard and the woods, etc.

So, again.

THREE 15 minute sessions most days is my goal! Good exercise, good breaks in my day and a little work every day gets things done.

Let’s do it!

A not so beautiful sight…Wild Thing’s windshield did NOT survive the Winter, even with my tarp…

RATS!

I knew it had to be done but I had hoped for another year.

Some things done and some Spring.

***I have my alarm set for 1:30 a.m. I very much HOPE that skies are clear. If it is not hopelessly cloudy (forecast is for an approaching front), Bear and I will go to the “Road Home” spot and see if we can see AND photograph the Lunar eclipse. The timing is so perfect. With moonrise at just after 8 p.m., the eclipse at 2:00 a.m. should be straight overhead…I hope, I hope!

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Friday stuff

Friday was grayish.

No precipitation of any kind, but it stayed gray.

All day.

Nevertheless, we all spent some time outside.

And then inside.

Lazy Friday afternoon.

Bear had a bit of an event chasing off a wandering dog.

Nap needed afer.

This video is an Auggie VERY, VERY, VERY Short: 8-barely 9 seconds… Auggie’s “through the split screen” technique. Auggie decided from the get-go that the way through the screen was a jump…so, darn cute!

Through the screen from Liz Summers on Vimeo.

And now..in a complete turnaround.

A professional video.

A Simon’s Cat video. I LOVE Simon’s Cat! Happy, Happy Friday and I hope this makes you laugh from the belly!

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Marvelous Monday

Auggie, Bear and I did indeed have a Marvelous Monday.

And there are no photos :(

I had a wonderfully productive and enjoyable workday!

The Jeep got fresh oil and tires rotated at a wonderful place in Bigfork that I should have investigated sooner…

And while the Jeeper was getting all spruced up, I spent a nice 2 hours working in the offices of a friend/colleague …located about 50 yards from the shop. I got to visit a bit with Mike and his wife, Emily and their company: BigforkWEB (www.bigforkweb.com) graciously gave me a VERY comfortable conference room to both work and participate in an internet work group meeting. Thank you BigforkWEB: Mike and Emily! One of my work group, Roberto, has also worked with BigforkWEB and BigforkWEB provided graphics for UCLA’s CapSTAR project. All in all, a good thing for all of us.

The day was sunny and temperatures were in the 60’sF. We are to have another 60’s day before a week long cold front…so we, as in Bear, Auggie and I – enjoyed…today!

And today is my folks 15th wedding anniversary and Bill’s (step-daddy :)! ) 66th birthday. They are celebrating with a ski trip in Summit County, CO. Happy, Happy Everything Mama and Bill!!!

Such a good day.

Such a good start to the week.

Marvelous Monday.

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Undone

So, part of my desire to stay on track last week was to have the weekend to fix my bedroom closet door and to do my income taxes.

Re the closet door: one of the bifold door’s upper hardware pieces failed. I kind of fixed it some months ago but it did not hold up. Looking at everything, I bought an entire new set of hardware and rail for both of the doors thinking to just replace everything.

Sheesh!

MUCH worse than the island parts and instructions.

I read through everything, gathered the tools specified…

And kind of procrastinated.

Then I dug in.

And then I reconsidered.

I did take all of the failed hardware off the one door. And I found a reference to the hardware manufacturer – original hardware – on a door hinge.

I googled.

I ordered new hardware for just the one door and the one track – the original hardware – vs replacing everything with a different brand hardware.

And so, for today, the closet door fix remains undone.

But, Auggie had fun!

He put one of his birdies behind the door.

Then he tried to retrieve it the hard way. This is the game, the puzzle, the “what to do when it is cloudy and raining outside”…

Put the birdie in the tool bag!

Onward.

Income taxes.

Yuck.

It was alternately blustery and sunny.

I have NINE days left for the tax prep. Procrastinating.

Undone: closet door and income taxes.

Done: Playing outside when the sun is shining!