Posted in Nature, tagged aliens, crop circles, we are not alone on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well, it’s happening again! Just last week this jellyfish crop circle appeared in a field near Ashbury, Oxfordshire, Great Britain. It’s 600 feet long, three times the size of other crop circles, according to researchers.
Shortly after that, a 150 foot dragonfly appeared in a barley field in Yatesbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
So, what ARE crop circles? [...]
Posted in Life, Rants, tagged bad doctors, detached fingernail, Obama on July 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Since my “Bits and Pieces” generally consist of stuff that’s floating around in my head, I’m going to have to begin with a couple of rants, or min-rants, since those are the kind of things that stick to my brain, kinda like gum on the bottom of your shoe.
(1) Okay, those close to me know [...]
Posted in Aging, Humor, tagged age spots, getting older, liver spots, Porcelana, signs of age on July 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Okay, I’ve come to grips with the onslaught of gravity on my formerly taut face and body. Once something goes south, it generally doesn’t return on its own. As for the creases around my mouth that appear to have taken up permanent residence, I often refer to them as “laugh lines” because that sounds ever [...]
Posted in Humor, Nature, tagged bird drama, birds, birds in love on July 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
In my new role as resident Bird Sociologist, I have continued to observe the daily goings-on in Birdville, i.e. the Mulberry tree. You might remember these two from my last report. They had met, fallen in love instantly and flew off to consummate their love somewhere far from the probing eye of my camera. Since [...]
Posted in Life, tagged flour beetles, flour bugs, gross, weevils on July 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well, a nasty little thing happened the other day. Or, maybe I should say an educational one. I was making a batch of sugar cookie dough and had the initial ingredients in the mixing bowl and had blended them. I pulled the flour canister toward me and when I opened it, was appalled to see [...]
Posted in Life, Nature, tagged cool temperatures, flowers, gratitude, man boobs, moon on July 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
…or, if it’s not a banana, it certainly looked like one when I stepped out on my balcony Saturday morning before the sun came up. Why up so early, you might well ask? Well, we were blessed with a tremendous DROP in temperature this weekend and I was out there in my nightgown reveling in [...]
Posted in Life, tagged clumsy workmen, grumpy, gum abscess, teeth problems on July 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Okay, I’ll just flat out say it – “I’m GRUMPY!” Most of the time I manage to roll with the punches, and, when I get annoyed, I can usually manage to shake myself out of it. But, you know what? There are days when you just need to “get your grump on!”
First off, I have [...]
Posted in Humor, tagged furniture that's alive, insane hose head, recliner on July 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’ve written before of my suspicion that certain so-called “inanimate objects” often, in fact, have minds of their own. And unfortunately, those minds are obsessed with one desire – to torment, annoy or hoodwink their humans. I’ve recently experienced two new cases.
First off, I was on my front porch washing the front of my house. [...]
Posted in Life, tagged alien mushrooms, boob tree, cottonwoods, e-cigarettes, quitting smoking on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today seemed to be a good day to do a few follow-ups and throw in the odd thought or two, so here goes:
(1) Remember earlier in the summer when I complained about the cottonwood trees behind my house shedding bits of “cotton” to the point where I could hardly sit on my balcony without getting [...]
Posted in Nature, tagged cloud shapes, clouds on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s been awhile since my last cloud patrol episode, but it’s not because I’ve been at a loss for clouds. It’s just that, for a time, the clouds that did appear were pretty, but had no artistic or creative sense whatsoever. So, I had to wait them out. I often wonder what my neighbors think [...]
