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Trip Update
My road trip is going well. I had a wonderful weekend visiting my daughter and her boyfriend – I even learned a new board game called Dominion. My daughter beat me and her super smart sweetie. I think she would have enjoyed beating us more if she’d realized she was doing so well. He knew […]
Preparing For Whatever Is Next
Earlier this year, I announced / stated / commented that I’d picked the word “curiosity” as my word to define this year. I played around with it a bit, but never really got traction using it. It appealed to me, but not enough to actually act on it. As my favorite boy toy and I […]
Anatomy of Spring
Spring arrived this week in central Virginia, bringing a different gift each day. Seeing robins shivering in snow is a sign of spring, but it isn’t really spring yet until the trees have leaves on them! Change has finally come, which is also this week’s photo challenge. Monday – I came in to work, to […]
Easter Weekend Photos
Spring is nearly a month behind where it was last year. It’s more normal for when it should come, but the cherry blossoms and flowers aren’t quite out yet at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Click here to see how Ginter looked last April. We haven’t had too many sunny days here either. It’s dreary and damp most of […]
Spring Flowers
My favorite boy toy and I have been busy working on the house. So while I’m taking a break from my regularly programmed life, here’s some spring flowers to celebrate the first day of spring. I took these at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens a few weeks ago.
Spring Is Coming
Last week, the eagerly awaited event finally happened – wait for it, wait for it – YES! There were robins shivering in the snow. And according to my observations over many years and in many states, that means spring is ready to arrive. Last year’s robins shivered in snow right around the same time (click […]


