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November 30, 2018

Spotted in my Yard – The Rare Red Couch

It snowed here again. I think this is the 4th time since early September that The Car Guy has...

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July 28, 2018

Sunrise – Not Over Miami

Palm trees – yes. Miami – no. Arizona! This post was for the old WordPress.com Photo Challenge Rise/Set.

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July 26, 2018

Prolific in Red – Bottlebrush Filters

The original ‘Prolific’ post and photos, without these Topaz Studio filters, are at my other blog post: Bottlebrush Plant....

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July 24, 2018

Palm Trees and Sunrises

The originals of these photos are at Fueled by Chocolate. All filters are available in a program called Topaz...

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June 27, 2018

This is my Crone Voice

On one of my recent ‘wanderings’ I came across the word ‘Crone’ or more specifically, the Crone Archetype. Initially,...

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May 24, 2018

The Upside to Absent-mindedness

For some reason there is a malfunction, some disconnect, between my imaginary hello and, well, my actual hello… Just...

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February 8, 2018

Increase Your Chances of Being Right

In “post-fact culture”, where rationality seems to vanish in the storms of lies and conspiracy theories, beliefs about the...

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January 14, 2018

When Do You ‘Put Your Affairs in Order’?

Unless your Doctor has given you notice that your ‘Best Before Date’ is rapidly closing in on your ‘Expiry...

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August 16, 2018

Wonkey Weaving Gourd Baskets

I’ve taken three Gourd Art classes from a talented artist, Margaret Sullivan of Rio Verde, Arizona. In two of...

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December 23, 2017

Christmas Tangle 2017 – A Star

Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have this...

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December 30, 2016

Christmas Tangle 2016 – Pine Needles

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June 2, 2016

Spare Time Crafting Stories – Knitting

My mom was a knitter. She knit in her spare time – but she could knit in ‘unspare’ time...

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November 11, 2018

Lest We Forget –

Calgary’s Field of Crosses Each year, from November 1 to 11, over 3400 Memorial Crosses are placed in a...

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October 19, 2018

Not a Sweet Tooth – a Chocolate Tooth

I started my Not Fueled by Chocolate Diet and Exercise program in April of this year. Six months into...

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October 16, 2018

Where is Your Codex Vitae?

Is Codex Vitae a technical term for a part of your body or does it sound like a disease? ...

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October 15, 2018

Puppy Classes… Again

Grandpa Car Guy said (or maybe he suggested, even perhaps asked) “Shake a Paw.!?” As near as I can...

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October 27, 2018

Three Distinct Sounds – Music for Your Soul

The Piano Guys The Piano Guys combined music from the score of “Indian Jones and the Last Crusade” with...

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July 31, 2018

Mildly Amusing Missives #4 – Twitter

I created a Twitter account a few weeks ago. I’ve been following and unfollowing people since then. There is...

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June 30, 2018

Mildly Amusing Missives #3 – And More Owls

The Owlets Take Flight Part Two of the Great Horned Owl Story is over here: The Owlets Take Flight...

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April 10, 2018

Mildly Amusing Missives #2

Robert Fulghum – Questions and Answers Question: If you could live your life over, what changes would you make?...

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October 2, 2018

First Big Snow – It’s a Home Day!

There is a reason why we talk about the weather so much here in rural Alberta… Early October, and...

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September 27, 2018

Playing with Snow

Not enough snow to play IN! Just enough snow to play WITH! Photo filters are courtesy the program Topaz...

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August 2, 2018

Great Horned Owl Update

We haven’t seen the Great Horned Owl Family very often this past month, but I now have a permanent...

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July 19, 2018

If You Build it They will Come – American Robins

For the rest of the story, head over to American Robins Raise Another Batch of Babies!

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December 12, 2018

Animal Species and the Language Police

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has taken offense to phrases that they say trivializes cruelty to...

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September 8, 2018

Canada Historical Climate Trends

Canada is the second largest country in the world, with an area of 9,984,670 square km (3,854,082 square miles)....

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August 22, 2018

Everyone Talks about the Weather

Weather is the state of the atmosphere at any given time and place. Climate is the long-term average of...

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July 27, 2018

Peterson Derangement Syndrome

Someday “Peterson Derangement Syndrome” will be cited in the DSM as a peculiarly virulent social contagion which did not...

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December 20, 2016

Anticipating a Better Picture – Over the Air Television

One of the things on our Christmas wish list this year was a gift for our TV set. Television...

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January 1, 2016

Security – A New Year – Time for New Passwords!

Happy New Year to you all! Do you have a List of Resolutions? Thought about adding ‘New Passwords’ to...

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November 6, 2015

Internet – Google Autocomplete – Unfiltered Eavesdropping

Google Search wants to help you find what you are looking for. To speed up the process, it uses...

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April 2, 2015

My First Look at Windows 8.1

Getting comfortable with Windows 8.1 - just before Windows 10 arrives

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December 14, 2018

Genealogy Quotations

A modern mother was explaining to her little girl about pictures in the family photo album. The mother said,...

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December 10, 2018

Grammar and Punctuation at the Bar Quotations

There are many ‘a man walks into a bar’ jokes, including: Two guys walked into a bar. The third...

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December 7, 2018

Health and Disease Quotations

Cancer An adult friend asked Christina what she would like for her eighth birthday. The small child, diagnosed with...

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December 3, 2018

Housework Quotations

A messy house is a happy home! Bullshit. How many smiling kids have your seen on Hoarders? 1. Log...

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March 21, 2018

Blanche Russell Rock Houses

A few years ago, after a visit to the Grand Canyon, we drove east on Hgw 64, then north...

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November 6, 2017

A Peek at Bourton-on-the Water

Bourton-on-the-Water is a village in the Cotswolds Area of Gloucestershire, England. The houses and shops in the village are...

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July 10, 2017

Arizona, BC, Germany – Looking at Bridges

Bamberg is an beautiful example of an early medieval town in central Europe. It has a large number of...

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June 13, 2017

RCMP – Law, Order and the Musical Ride

In 1867, Canada became a nation. This year (2017) is Canada’s 150th Birthday! Six years after the Dominion of...

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September 8, 2018

The Race is On – Fall Harvest

Alberta has 21 million hectares (52 million acres) of agriculture land that is used for farming and ranching. Wheat,...

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February 27, 2018

Faces in the Car Show Crowd

January and February are the best time of the year for the car buffs in Arizona! This year The...

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November 2, 2016

Transmogrify – The Rat Rods and Transformation

On March 23, 1987, cartoonist Bill Watterson introduced his readers to ‘The Transmogrifier’. In appearance, it looked like a...

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February 4, 2016

A Vibrant Willys Coupe at Barrett-Jackson

Willys-Overland Motors produced the Willys Americar from 1937 to 1942 – either as sedans, coupes, station wagons or pickup...

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November 5, 2018

What Were You Doing 3287 Days Ago?

Nine years ago (the aforementioned 3287 days) I published my first blog post: Did you Get the H1N1 Flu...

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June 11, 2018

Your Blog – What Do Your Visitors See?

I give my blog a make-over now and then. (WordPress.com has so many themes to try). When I test...

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May 26, 2018

Utah – Balance Rock: WordPress.com Upsets the Balance

As of the end of this month (and 2,000 Daily Prompts, 380 Photo Challenges, 260 Community Pools, and 100...

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April 20, 2017

‘It Takes One to Know One’ Department

Do you read the comments that come after Internet news articles? Some commenters (usually anonymous) are extremely mean and...

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