The History of Shingles

5 August, 2008 @ 8:48 am
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Look what I discovered!

30 July, 2008 @ 1:40 pm
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Last weekend, David and I were hanging out at one of our favorite spots in the woods in a nearby park. I happened to notice a flickering motion in my periphery, and looked up to see what it was.

It was a teeny, tiny hummingbird, flitting around some branches overhanging a stream. It suddenly plopped itself down on its tiny little nest, which was no bigger than a large plum. It looks like the hummingbird has attached lichen to the outside of the nest, but it was hard to tell. Maybe it’s some special kind of spit!

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Post #983

29 July, 2008 @ 8:49 am
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Three Sundays ago, Steve and I went for a paddle that lasted most of the day. Where has the summer gone? I estimated that we paddled about 9 miles.

The above screen shot from Goggle Earth shows our basic route. We launched on the west side of the bridge, and paddled north of the circle. I used to call it the pond, but it’s not really a pond, and “the circle” is self-explanatory. Then we had to turn around and paddle into the wind, which was probably about 15 knots. That was kind of difficult, so we stopped off for a break and a swim.

Steve…

Swans and cygnets…

Baby osprey…

Heron…

I wanted to explore a cut in Goose Island. Steve asked me if it cut all the way through. I was pretty sure I remembered that it did not, and yet, we felt compelled to explore it anyway.

Yes, we had to turn around. But it was a fun little diversion.

Me floating around in the circle.

Heading home, into the wind - it was difficult, to say the least. For me, anyway! Steve brought up the fact that he had a towline, but I did not feel prepared to experience that level of embarrassment, so I stuck it out. My arms thanked me for it later. At least I’m not peeling any more.

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Exotic Pedicure?

21 July, 2008 @ 11:37 am
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I realize this is not the newest of news, but you can now pay a ridiculous amount of money to put your feet into a tank of tiny carp, and let them nibble all that nasty dead skin off your feet. Here’s the CNN article.

Can’t afford this exotic and costly treatment? Don’t worry! Dave and I went to our favorite little stream in the woods yesterday, and discovered that the minnows there are just as eager to nibble your feet. A couple were even kind enough to neaten up one of my scabs. It tickled. And yeah, it was kind of gross and unnerving.

But it didn’t cost anything. And no, that was not the purpose of our outing, it was just a surprising and comical little bonus.

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Who finds this attractive?

18 July, 2008 @ 7:43 am
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Seriously, does anyone actually find this person remotely attractive? Because she looks like a twiggy alien lollipop to me.

I’m not using her name, because I don’t want a million 13 year old girls linking to my site from Google. Huh, I guess I just answered my own question there.

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We’ll miss you, George.

14 July, 2008 @ 8:24 am
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I hope you’re having fun up there.

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Roldie Rocks Out

14 July, 2008 @ 8:20 am
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Harold had a great show Friday night at Borders in Meriden. He even played High and Dry, which is my favorite of the cover tunes he occasionally plays. Basically you should all go see Harold whenever and wherever he plays!

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“Anniversary”

3 July, 2008 @ 8:24 am
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Guess what! Our “anniversary” is coming up! Just two days away.

It’s been SEVEN YEARS, or nearly 25% of my entire life thus far. Wow!

Recently I realized that I’ve been “dating” David so long that I’ve already started to forget our “anniversary” - and we’re not even married yet! Then I realized that by the time I get married, anniversaries probably won’t seem that special anymore. Then I realized that some people have started to act like they don’t even expect us to get married at all. Then I realized that that makes me feel not so great.

But, yay for me!!! Seven years!

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