tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86917848709616190692012-01-24T07:42:14.637-08:00and often how it makes me feel. I know you feel it too.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05298384921838537253noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691784870961619069.post-39530335146267064762011-12-03T20:02:00.001-08:002011-12-03T20:46:56.769-08:00

 I haven't emptied it in quite a while and I don't really know what is in it.   A lot of bills come electronically so I guess I don't have to worry about being overdue - but the good stuff is suppose to come in the mailbox right?      I wonder if there is one of these?  I usually get some kind of internal prompt to look somewhere obscure for things I can't find and "poof"  

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Body of work that is.   (Fooled ya)  No gossip here.     I have been sifting through what seems like hundreds of archived photos that are in my files. Julie Griffiths Photography (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) Julie Griffiths Photography (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)  Some images are from client shoots and some of friends who agreed to be my models.    Some from garden weddings and the interesting

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I caught X factor tonite between a little dinner,  a little baking, a little nap,  returning phonecalls, sifting thu paperwork, and thinking about trying to get to bed early for a good nites rest.   The music stopped me in my tracks.    I sat down on the couch and peered at the TV screen. Leroy Bell (Chasing his dream at the age of 60 !  I say fantastic)   Some of the voices of these

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Today was the last day of work at the site I have been at for quite a while.   It's not good when you get up and you feel like this guy because your job has become a drag.   You know its time for change.       Leaving is sort of a double edged sword because there are people there that I really love and respect and  also a few who I am not crazy about.    So let's begin a new chapter in

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I am suppose to be studying.     I am tired.  My mind is wandering to other things that interest me far more.     I have been sitting on the couch looking at photography books and shooting pictures of light hitting things in my place.    I have talked on the phone and boiled water twice to make tea.   I have eaten strudels,  and even used my good Tiffany's perfume as room spray.    I

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I am home from another fabulous va-cay out East.    Home is always a good place to put your feet up and be yourself but after laying in bed for a few minutes the other morning and pondering how a short flight followed by a nites rest steals you from  absolute pleasure and puts you back into reality - I just had to decide to put my feet on the floor and ( as my friend "CC" would say)..   "

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So the forecast says rain........  But I thought this was to be the longest summer.   Full of sunshine and renewal.   Sunny skies can change to gloomy ones and you don't even know how it happens sometimes. The weatherman is suppose to be our predictor but I don't think he is always to be trusted.So, the rain just pours down.It would be nice if you had your cover ready - but it would seem that

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I guess that's what I have been doing. Just letting life come my way. Of course, amidst this life that we live - there are bumps in the road but - keep the faith because  there's glory over the hill. In this case, glory came with a phonecall.  A weekend invite to The Gulf Islands and the sun is scheduled to shine! Phone rings..... it's my girlfriend shannon, from highschool. Can I come over

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DAYS IN A YEAR, HOURS IN A DAY, MOMENTS IN AN HOUR..... When I think about it...   isn't that what it boils down to.      And within those moments there are amazing things that happen and things we wish would pass quickly.     Today's moments?       Well,     Found the key to my mailbox that had been MIA for a bit.   Opened it to find the answers to a few things I had been wondering about.   How

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  I was tipped off by my blogging friend that there is a fantastic little shoppe in my area. Roses and Rutabagas.    As I have many days to do a little browsing by myself - i decided i would make myself "in the neighborhood". for my local friends....you must go. 33771 George Ferguson WayAbbotsford BC This little vintage buggy greets you on the sidewalk. inside the door your eyes don't know

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MEET SOMEONE SPECIAL. WALTER BREUNING . 1897 - 2011..... recently finished his life on earth at 114 years of age. Apparently the oldest documented man to live and then die of natural causes. He resided in the farming community of Great Falls, Montana and worked in his lifetime for the Great Northern Railway since 1913.No surprise, he was considered to be wise even beyond his years.

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Enough said.......

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Thank you Marie Antoinette... or words supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. Apparently Miss Antoinette didn't actually utter these words during the French Revolution. She actually said something like "let them eat Brioche!"And so like everything else that gets altered and weaves a different path as years pass, this is where we have

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When you crawl into bed and take that big deep breath because it feels so good to just STOP for a few minutes. Do your feet say thank you for getting off them?Do you worry about something you saw on the news? Do you think about people and wonder what everyone is doing these days? Do you think about that exam you have to write tomorrow?Do you think about what to make for your kids for thier

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on a rainy day, at home, when you have nowhere special you need to be. That's the best movie theatre in town.This movie was a surprise find in a bin of inexpensive movies at the grocery store. It is now in my pile of "fav's". This one for being one of the most romantic films I have seen in a long time. It is a story of a man who believed he was the world's greatest lover.

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"I'm leaving - on a jet plane..... Don't know when I'll be back again...... Oh babe I hate to go. That's a song. Really I am going on a "quick escape". Another "Get out of Dodge" moment. Camera . checkLipstick. checkLeather gloves. checkWarm coat. checkVisa. checkThat's all I need. Whatever you forget? You find along the way.

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So, just like Oprah - Julie has some fav's of her own. Valentines cookies with messages. I made these for my boys and this one was a reject. The writing is really bad - but ya know... love isn't perfect - so why does the lettering have to be? It's a love sandwich! 2 sugar cookies with raspberry jam between the sheets. A little icing on top to sweeten the deal.

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ROD STEWART MY FRIENDS, Rod Stewart. It was the first concert I ever went to and truly, It made an impression on me because many years later - I still remember the moment. He sang brilliantly I thought, obviously spoke to my sentimental heart and I remember him kicking soccer balls off the stage high into the stadium. This guy was way cool. I was in highschool. He was filled

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What do girls do when they are bored? Browse the shoppes right? Get a coffee ( or tea if you're like me) Pick up a few trinkets and if your lucky - you stumble on a great pair of shoes.. or boots..... or just plain "foot candy". I thought I would throw some pictures out at you. Things that are pretty slick. Some I would wear if I could - and some that I like - just because.

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Don't misinterpret this photo. I don't burn everything I cook and I have had people over for dinner who will vouch for the fact that I can pretend to be Julia Childs if I so desire. But desire is over-rated. If I had the choice, I would rather pick up something on my way home that tastes good and is ready to go but it's just not quite the same as a meal that someone has put together

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Kids grow up and life changes but I am looking back.....and forward...... listening to old music and new...... and window shopping in a new way. There was Kindergarten and smiling faces. And snowmen and snowforts.There were missing teeth and frozen mitts.Christmas lights and christmas pageants. There's my mom in her stylin coat out coming to see what the great snowman in the middle of

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Or it seems like I will never ever get through all the books I would like to read. I am working on "A Vintage Affair". Into the first 30 pages and I am liking this book. I was looking for a copy of the cover to show you and I found an earlier version. Actually I like this covershot even better than the current one. It is a story of fashion, friendship, regret and redemption.

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HE DIDN'T MIND THE GLASSES AT ALL.... SITTING SO NICE FOR A PICTURE IN HIS BACK YARD. LETS GO FOR A WALK. WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST SNOWFALL. WE ARE GOING

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So this is what I have been thinking about. This is Charlie. He's in a foster home. I like his face. He looks like a good guy. These are weiner dogs. I have always wanted one. Maybe because they have thier own special look. I like that. Get a load of this pack of ears flapping in the wind. Think of the pictures I

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I am famous for tearing bits out of magazines, and newspapers and tucking them in a notebook. Things to check out "on a rainy day".... I have had this one article in my little book for over a year. I noticed it when I was going through papers before the move and decided to make the plans to go out and check it out. The article was in "Flavours" magazine. It's a complimentary local

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This is how I can tell if it Rained in Vancouver ! I have really enjoyed being home this weekend. I think its because it feels like a refuge and I like that alot. Music sounds great in the space and I could sit down and doze off and not think about what I should accomplish or where I would rather be. There are books I have wanted to read, a photo studio in the garage I want to set

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Filing it... That's what I am doing. So so many changes. There have been things that have frustrated me beyond belief and things that have surprised me and made me smile. I have found that those small unexpected messages are the ones that make the "y" file of yesterdays brighter. Last week I was on hold for an hour with our cable company for help from a "technical service

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My youngest son and I went on a roadtrip together.. quality time with his mother. You know, the things that are on the top of a 15 year olds list of things to do. When you are on holidays... the time is not important ! The cottage by the sea that we would all like to have as a getaway ! We were heading to Cannon Beach in Oregon from British Columbia. The roadtrip

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Today I gathered up all my laundry, tore the duvet and pillow cases off my bed and decided to go to a coin laundry to get it all done in multiple washers quickly. I thought it might be an adventure so I took my camera along. It stayed in the car while I washed and dried but I wished I had taken it in with me after all. The place was owned by an oriental couple and as I spent the

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It's interesting how you wind your way through life meeting so many personalities and faces. Some make a big impression on you and others become just a face in the crowd. I have been thinking about people and why we feel so connected to some and can do without others. It's not always that you share the same common interests - but something must bring you together right? Where we

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**vintage mirrors are really lovely** **french newspaper sellers** ** MMMmm - well yes please! ** Where there are scones and warm smelling kitchens, there is "CC". This playful girl is a lover of all things french and has a special connection with tea parties and vintage hats. I still can't

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Perfume. That's the secret indulgence. Coco Chanel once said that it was the height of arrogance for a woman to think that she smelled good enough to go out without perfume - so if you want to make the right choice, what's a girl to do?I have my favorites and so at risk of revealing my secrets... I'll share just a little. I like the pure perfumes but sometimes

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I was watching a movie yesterday and one of the lines in it caught my attention...It was not an Alice in Wonderland show but there was a moment when a comment made the whole movie seem clear to me.Brittany Murphy was in this one ( I love her and think - sadly - she died too soon). In this show she is driving in her car talking to herself and she says.... "How is it that

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BEAUTIFUL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. YES THIS IS A REAL FOUNTAIN IN A REAL PLACE. I love them. Fountains. The dancing water and the mist that splashes when you get close. Even the sound of the trickling water calms your mind and slows you down. I have been shooting pictures for a while and realized there is something that draws me in. I have always had a

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I don't know what it is about crinolines and tu tu's but i think they are so crazy beautiful. I remember wanting to be a ballet dancer when I was little and I had this lovely white dress for a commencement dance I had to perform. I think I must have been maybe 7 years old. I'm not sure about the grace, or how well I listened, but I still remember that dress so that must have meant

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and some photos I like too. ROOM FOR RENT - FEATHERED FRIEND WANTED1. I read a post that said, " Do you know that they say you can always tell how a man will treat you by the way he treats his mother. Hmmm. I think there is wisdom in there. But I don't think we will discuss that any further.2. Pondering fate and believing in the power of

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Any one of these images could have described how I felt when I realized what I did yesterday nite. I pondered keeping it to myself but decided it's so crazy that I musn't be the only person who has ever been so overtired and brain overloaded that they have done something that makes you wonder if you have totally lost it once and for all.So here's the story. I come home from work at around

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"THE BRIDE". Student artist. "FACES ON CANVAS" Student artist. Loved, Loved this piece. Would I like this one for my place. YES!Last weekend I went to Vancouver to the Emily Carr School of Art & Design grad exhibition. One of the ladies I work with has completed her degree this year and she had her work on display. Of course a degree from this

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Disclaimer: you may want to get a drink and comfortable. It looks like a long one....... (blog that is) So, The plan is..... beautiful sunny day in early May in The Pacific Northwest. Day off work. Everyone seems to be busy so - mini roadtrip. Destination: Fairhaven, Washington. On the American side of our border - about a half hour drive once you cross from the

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LIKE IT ALOT! GREEN IS VERY ENVIRONMENTAL AND WILL GO WITH MY PLACE. (see explanation below)I've always wanted a California cruiser bicycle and I think with the summer right close by, it's time to start looking for one. I want to ride down the sidewwalk to the bakery to buy apple turnovers and to the beach so I can lay on the grass and read without having to pay for parking. I

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But that's not junk! Those are treasures.... great finds....... yesterdays memories and tomorrows stories!Being that I just got home from a fabulous roadtrip that began in Ottawa and took me and one of my "besties" down through the southern states I can tell you that a roadtrip on the westcoast to Spokane, Washington is a must for the calendar. Are you in? Follow us......

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What a treasure this project has become. Years ago I had a pink autograph book and I am sure it is still in a box under the house with other things I thought I should just keep forever. Somewhere in the last 3 years I picked one up and only decided to start an adult version for a kick. Every now and then I pull it out and ask interesting people I meet if they will sign it.

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...................And about St. Augustine, Florida. There's a certain Southern couple, " Mr. & Mrs. Magpie" that I need to talk to y'all about. The moment we arrived in thier seaside town of St. Augustine, We fell in love. It's an artsy town (which I always love) and boasts being the oldest city in the United States I'm told. Along with that honor comes a ton of charm and ambience

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457 East Main Street Franklin, North Carolina ring them at - 828 369 9446 You think your at a gas station but really there is more than meets the eye. Go around the corner (but not as far as the local gun shoppe) and you'll find the entrance. You could miss this "in the know" kind of local eatery if someone didn't tell you it was the best place to have lunch with your gals. I was

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What could be better - truly. Just imagine what it would be like to fly 6 hrs across a country to see a dear old friend and then hop in a car and drive around the eastern United States for 30 days straight. Along the way you sing songs, stop for treats, laugh at funny billboards, take photographs of perfect strangers who are willing to pose and make some amazing new blogging friends

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I feel an adventure coming on. Another escape from normality or abnormality depending on how you look at it. A one way ticket to a break in the routine. It's okay right? To step out and enjoy the world around you. Meet new faces and have new experiences. Work will always await us and so will the bills and the responsibilities. Guilty pleasures is such a lousy boulder to sit

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There's lots of action going on in Vancouver with the 2010 Olympics here and so I went down to the city to get caught up in all the festivities and fun. Red patriotism everywhere which is quite incredible for us Canadians who are usually fairly reserved, and great food and coverage of the games everywhere. While I was wandering down Granville street, past musicians and artistic displays,

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Not the true cupid which lies in the heart of deep admiration and respect for someone - but the imposter......Valentines day... It's the month where we are suppose to tell and show others or perhaps someone special how much we love them. I wonder, really - is it right that we have to do this on 1 specific day of the year? How does that really work? The other 364

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1. Publish a book 2. Sleep under the stars3. Play bass guitar in a band4. Visit France5. Drive a Ferrari6. Give more than I can afford to charity7. Go to Disneyworld8. Live in a penthouse suite9. Hold a butterfly on my finger10. Sing karoke11. Have a black weiner dog12. Design my own home with a huge fountain for a hot tub13. Climb a lighthouse14. See a ballet15. GO GATOR HUNTING! Did it!16.

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I am exhausted by my own self. Is that ridiculous? I'll check back when I get it all sorted out.Intrusions into that jumbled mess are images such as those........... can you make any sense of it? Looks like I need an electrician. The crab on her head is what my headache feels like. The road has its up and downs but it certainley is pretty along the way if you

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I love the old girls! 1958 or somewhere in there. I've daydreamed about driving one. I've seen them at the odd car show and if it's not the large rear fins that get you, all that shiney chrome just makes you want to run your finger over the door handles. You could seriously check your lipstick in a pinch and the hub caps are like fabulous earrings on a a great dress. I would love to

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RED. Of late I have made friends with this color. Perhaps because I have grown up a redhead - it took a long time but it is definitely one that you need a little confidence to walk with. Not every red is the same you know. And not every red suits everybody or thier environment - but used cautiously and with a little flair - it can put a smile on your face and warmth in your soul.

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Fresh outlook, a heart filled with hope, new adventures, happy moments, love, and laughter and warm sunshine on your back. It's all very psychological and so I did a few personal things to make this turning of the calendar symbolic. First I took out last years garbage, literally. Bagged it up - cleaned up all the Christmas trinkets and packed them away and then visited the

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I happened on my horoscope today: Aquarius. And this is what it said...... Someone telling you that you're unique, odd or strange would be the best compliment you could receive. You love to stand apart from the rest of the crowd and you don't mind it in the least. The people closest to you can't seem to figure out why you try so hard to be different, and you can't for the life of

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I am spoiled and I have an issue with taking the bus. It stems from an incident when I was out of highschool and I was going out to meet friends for New Years. A looong time ago. I was dressed up and took the bus to the city - it was about an hours ride and I was to spend the nite at a friends. The ride was completely distressing. Weird people all around me - making comments

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Ann-Marie. Who is she? Well she's That Girl. You know, Marlo Thomas in the t.v. sitcom from the late 60's. I loved those shows. She was a quirky, mod dresser who lived in an apartment in Manhattan and got into all sorts of predicaments. She was likeable and funny. Her boyfriend was a sensible, almost Dick Van Dyke type and they had great chemistry. Have a minute to see a

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I realized this morning that I am a "5 more minutes" girl. What I mean is I just don't get up and jump out of bed when the alarm goes off. Not really a snooze button pusher either. I kind of clock watch and doze. Then I am consistently running late. I know it's not a good thing - but those last few minutes of lying in a warm cozy bed are truly glorious. And it's amplified when

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Today I'm not much for words. Isn' t that unusual. I made a comic strip. I think it tells it's own story anyways.J.

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I love quirky. I even love the word. I think it's what makes the world a more interesting place. I understand it. It makes me smile inside often and if there was a town called Quirky - I think I'd fit right in. I bet the neighborhood would be super creative or full of all kinds of junk and everyone you talked to had a story that you had to sit down to hear. That's where I think all

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"Always moisturize your neck because someday it could be your face." Doesn't that make you chuckle? I read it in on a journal page I came across and it made me think about how every time I go to Winners to browse, the first thing I look at is the face cream section to see if there is any good stuff that says "Made in Italy" ( That makes it the best as far as I am concerned)....Anyways,

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I love the book store. All those fantastic covers and creative images - so many subjects and never enough time to read! I just told a girlfriend that we should start a magazine club instead of a book club because we could at least finish them before the next meeting comes around! So this book thing... My dad started that when we were little kids and I always remember that it was his

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I am sitting in my living room and the sun has shifted in the sky.    It is hitting the window of the apartment across the way and is reflecting amazing light back through my big window and into my world.     It shows up shadows of little things that you wouldn't have even noticed unless the light had revealed it.    The shape of the big bow around my lampshade and the statue of "the thinker"

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I am not really a horoscope person but I read them for a laugh on my coffee break at work and sometimes I take thier advice.  Last week  ( I am an Aquarius)    it said it was time to "Get out of Dodge".        It made me laugh because that is just what the doctor ordered.    I am leaving this morning to go to Las Vegas with my girlfriends from work.   Haven't been there in 20 years and I am ready

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THEY'RE COMING IN FROM THE COLD................  and I don't like it!     It's those long legged spiders - usually dark browny black - huge things with beady eyes - and they just show up out of no-where.   It's that time of year.   Not a Halloween thing - but a fall thing.    They are cold, and want to come inside apparently but I have not invited them.....      They  scurry along the floor like

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One of the things I seem to be doing is misplacing things.   It's temporary usually -  a kind of "my brain is so full - I just lost some thoughts down that dark hole"  kind of misplacing.    But I have found that occasionally there is delight in such a discovery.       Delight not in the fact that I no longer have to worry about the misplaced item, and not a delight that it means I have an excuse

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I have always thought the wind was not my friend.   I am generally a fair weather girl.  Love the sunshine,  the beach,  sunny patio's with little bistro tables and leaving my jacket at home because it's too nice to need one.          But of late.......    I have gained a new perspective about the wind.      I now see it as the messenger of change.         It's like a gentle signal that brushes

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