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Saturday, September 21, 2024

One thing drives out another...!

This weekend Charlie expected to be in Victor at another street fair, this one with a Steampunk theme. He had a handshake agreement with the organizer but in this past week could not reach him to confirm it. So he contacted the people who run the Curiosities show here in town this same weekend. They offered him a 10x10 booth for $200, less than the usual $320. I guess they were very eager to fill a hole! So there he is, nicely set up indoors, while, as it happen, it is snowing in the streets of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Party games

At the party, Charlie set up entertainments for everyone. There were boffers, of course, although rather than dueling, one little fellow delighted in walloping the inflated, butt-weighted dinosaur with various styles of weapons. A couple of kids--twins--also walloped each other with glee. There was a fishing game for kids: a fishing pole with a big hook on the end of the string dipped into a bucket of 'fish' which were fish-shaped zippered pouches containing prizes. With the Compass Rose Stage... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Hello again!

Can't believe, but can, that it has been a week and a half since I've dropped in to write! Since getting back from cruise and road trip adventures, and with the Eleventy-first Birthday Bash to accomplish, it has been a poor time for thinking out blog posts. But those things are done now, and though the coming weekends will be busy with business and traveling--mostly Charlie's things--it suddenly feels like there is time to relax. As it happened, around 20 of the 30 people we expected actually... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 7, 2024

Home again again

The morning is quiet, bright, and cool. High today will be mid-80s, according to Alexa. Yesterday was another driving day. Charlie, on his birthday by the way, needed a drop-off at this weekend's LARP at a new site up in the mountains somewhere between Nederland and Estes Park. It's a YMCA camp with cabins and a lake and pine woods. I didn't mind making the trip because I wanted to see it, too. Still... another 250 miles round-trip on the Dentra and on me! I suspect it's the intense driving of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Thunder in the morning!

Strange light with the sunrise got my attention, got me out on the deck with camera in hand to capture the morning light on stormy clouds. Then--lightning in that cloudy sky, and thunder rolling out over the landscape...! Forecast says thunderstorms all morning and the radar shows rain coming out of the mountains. Temps today show highs in the 60s! Sounds like autumn rolling in! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 2, 2024

Settling in at home again, and it's good to be home! My own cat, my own bed, and my own kitchen! Oh, and my own shower with its Niagara-power water pressure! I reached Colorado Springs about 8 pm Saturday night, had dinner with Charlie before going into the house because I thought it would be unfair to go in and pet Pixiechops, and then go out the door again. In the morning we headed out early--for Charlie, very early--to watch the Labor Day hot-air balloon lift-off. I've posted the few shots I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Got it!

No, not the measles, the passport! Its main page is all plastic now, though the visa pages are still paper. Charlie will be looking after the house, the plants, and, of course, the critters. I hope Pixiechonk doesn't feel abandoned. In the hotel for the night, and ready for some good comfy sleep. The day's adventures are, as might be expected, in my Adventuring blog... Happy last of summer days! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Victory!

When I'm anxious about deadlines and time, I start out early and drive the top of the speed limit. So I got to the Colorado Passport Agency about 45 min before my appointment. No problem, just went right on through the process: three checkpoints before getting to the Adjudicator with all my paperwork approved by the guys before her. Then, had to re-fill out the renewal form as the one I'd been provided was the new passport form. To sum it up, my passport will be ready to pick up at the same... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

It's a roller-coaster!

So many ups and downs! Steps forwards seem so hopeful and relieving, and then they are snatched back, like the cartoon guy running through a doorway and getting his suspenders caught on the doorknob. Elation and tears and relief and anxieties rising to overwhelm everything... But I think... maybe... possibly... the solution is in hand! On Friday I made the appointment to speak with the passport agency in Denver, just have to bring in the pictures, the form... But the online form got stuck on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Confustications!

Thursday night falls with a distant rumble of thunder. It has been cool all day, raining some but not while I was out and about. It has been a problematic week, with the realization that there are documents I need to board the cruise on the 14th, and that I don't have them. I can't find the birth certificate and have not yet received the renewed passport, and my driver's license does not have the code, apparently that serves as a passport for Canada. I've been going through hoops and shenanigans... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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