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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
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Congratulations on your virtual blogging adventure!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-BCoF_2-1901868_14.gif)  Hi:This brings to mind sewing and material. My stepmother made dresses for my stepsister and I. They were violet and a very pretty pattern. The material was organdy. I was trying to think of what year that might have been. I'm not sure, maybe around 1957. At that time organdy was a scratchy material. Pretty did not count if you were used to jeans and tennis shoes. I don't remember having to wear it very often. It was for the Easter service at church and my family did not go very often. Easter Sunday was always a special time for my dad to take us to church. For my family, Easter Sunday was a church day. A day to dress up and have Easter baskets. Even every day jeans were made with a heavy denim material at that time. I'm sure it was denser than fabric today. The denser material good for tree climbing and roughing around outdoors. Did not get so many skinned shins. As for organdy it went out of style, I think. Because I sew, I became interested in fabrics and noticed when clothing materials started to be made out of much softer fabrics. Now ladies' jeans are often made out of soft stretchy materials. I have seen ads on TV for jeans boasting of the softness of the fabrics. Happy sewing. |
| On this day in 1973 the first handheld mobile telephone call was made by an employee of Motorola, who called AT&T's Bell Laboratories. How important is a cell-phone to you? Do you still have a landline phone (telephone wired into your home)? Do you use your phone for more than making phone calls like playing games, taking pictures etc.? HI. It was difficult the give up our landline. We were tired of being harassed on it, without any way to change the situation. We did give it up as a result of becoming more used to using cell phones. Now, I would not want to go back. Presently, I use it most to communicate with other people. I had games on previous phones, that I liked to play. As a result of pricing, I have given up gaming on my phone and only use it for talk and text. Business and personal; keeping in touch with family. Have a good day. |
| What is the best thing about April? HI! For me this year it is going to be planning this year's garden. a few years ago, I was introduced to container gardening. No weeding! Now I have lots of yummy vegetables and pretty flowers without weeding. Just water and watch it all grow. We added containers last year and am going to add more this year. Lots of how to do it on You Tube. Maybe start a new orchard this year. And write more. Happy April. Looking forward to constantly warmer weather too. |
| Stars: Are they divine future tellers or are they just night lights? HI! They are part of the solar system. I find it amazing that a person has spent many months living on a space station off the earth. People are exploring the universe with more powerful telescopes. They are finding planets that can possibly be inhabited by humans if we find ways safely to go to them. Also, the expansion of the universe at this time is something to remember. Cosmologists are to be praised for their efforts in showing the world there is more for humans than the confines of the earth. Of course, we need to replenish the earth and show we can maintain the beauty and functionality of the planet. It really is up to humankind to make exploring the universe and fixing the earth worthwhile. apondia#1781748 |
| 10 Historical happenings: HI: 1. Appearance and resurrection of the Messiah. (Happy Easter) 2. WWI and WWII 3. Discovery of how the human body works. 4. Health related cares for the body such as penicillin, antibiotics, and vaccines to keep us healthy. 5. Israel is working on a way to recycle all things in a mass. I don't know how perfected the system is yet. I did read they were trying out one factory. 6. Robot ships to remove plastic waste from the oceans and rivers. 7. Factories to recycle plastic into needed beams and other building materials. 8. New types of metal roofing for buildings will last more years than previous types of roofing. 9. Microwave cooking. 10. Farm machinery that took some of the burden off farming and caused mass production of food. |
| First day of Spring Hi. First day of Spring Temperatures going up and down. First day of Spring acting like a clown. When Spring arrives, it enters like a circus. The next act makes us a little nervous. Is winter really gone? Just ask a little fawn. |
| Leprechaun's dancing in the mall. HI. Hello, Susi slow down. What's wrong. I have Susi listed on phone favorites and my phone was quick to answer her call. She was talking so fast I could not understand her words and she sounded almost breathless as she garbled her words. " Say again?" I questioned. "Leprechaun dancing in the mall I saw them. Then they vanished," she replied much slower. "They or one I questioned," Must be a joke for St. Patrick's I thought. "I didn't count but more than one for sure." She answered. "O.K. I'll be right down." I jumped in my car and headed for the mall. Our mall is a little shopping center on the edge of town. It has 6 stores. On the left 3 and on the right 3; facing each other with a semi park in the center. Lots of benches to sit on. Even a picnic table or two with thick spongy grasses making up a lawn and young trees for shade. Of course, when I arrived Susi was waiting for me. As I exited the car, she ran up to me. "Where are the little green men? I joked." " I don't know exactly now," she commented. "But they were playing tag a few minutes ago around all those trees over there. I hope they come back so you can see them. They were smaller than I thought they would be." "Let's catch some. I have just the thing," I laughed. I rummaged in the trunk of my car. "Aha, here it is." I brought out a small box. "Come on, just show me which trees they were playing near closest." I followed her over to several bushes and trees growing in a close clump. Putting down the box, I took out a small green leprechaun's hat with a hole in the center of the top. I looked down into the box, "Here it is," I exclaimed. A small sign, painted yellow with black words inscribed said," FREE GOLD INSIDE." I put the sign into a pretty yellow hat band that wound around the brim of the hat We left the area, walked to the front of one of the stores that had a beverage cart selling sodas and energy drinks. Susi wanted a drink, so I bought us both a cold cocoanut water. We sat down on a bench. "How long do you think it will take to catch one," she asked. "I'm Pretty sure not long. They like gold." "How does the trap work? Won't they be angry if there isn't any gold." "I wouldn't do that to a Leprechaun. There are a couple small gold nuggets in the hat. If they jump into the hole in the top of the hat there is a trap door that closes so they can't get out. Besides, there is a small window on one side of the hat we can see in. You know we have to turn them loose very quickly. It would not be nice to keep them locked up in there." "Can we check it now?" "O.K." We walked back to the grove of bushes and trees where we left the hat. "Look right in there." I pointed to a small window in the side under the sign. Sure, enough there was a little man dressed in green jumping up and down and stuffing the gold nuggets into his pocket. "Flip that switch." I pointed to a little switch by the hole in the hat. Out jumped the little man. He waved his hand and yelled in a squeaky little voice, "Thanks for the gold," and POP! he disappeared into thin air. I picked up the Leprechaun trap and stored it back in the box. Susi and I walked back to my car. "Come on I'll give you a ride home." "On the ride home Susi asked, "How come you have a Leprechaun trap?" "Just one of those odds and ends people keep around for emergencies." THE END SEE YA! apondia#1781748 apondia#1781748 |
| Write about the Ides of March. Hi. I actually had to look this up. Is everyone looking for disaster in March? It was a really rough winter and may not be over yet. OK, the Ides of March is considered in 44 B.C. the day Julius Ceasar was assassinated. Did you know he was warned about doing what he was about to do and about the meeting he had called for the day of Ides? It was because he was about to declare himself a god. It also caused a change in history for the Romans. Their republic ceased and then it became The Roman Empire. I guess other disasters have occurred on or near the middle of March. March is a month of weather change. Or perhaps better to call it changeable weather month. Another thing I know about is after 9/11; there were many articles written about how disasters often happen on September 11. I would guess it is why we are often told to live one day at a time. Don't guess about what might happen unless you have some action to back up what you think might happen. Now I'm wondering what other dates might be considered hazardess. Could it lead to holding your breathe every time some specific date was looming? Or do the people who cause disasters choose these dates because they are trying to control the thoughts and actions of humankind? Just a thought?  |
| Prompt: Language Is language just a communication tool? Or is it more than that? What do you think about languages in general? Every person has their own sound so it could possibly be a tracking mechanism I suppose if the technology is built for that.They are not difficult if you study them. First study the way language is formed then try a new one. If you understand the sound basics it is easier to read them, so probably easier to learn to speak one. Just a thought. |
| Prompt: Your speed doesn't matter. Forward is forward." Write about this in your Blog entry today. Hi. Just a word about March madness, which was for yesterday. Yesterday spring was springing forth everywhere outside. Green everywhere, summer birds returning, I walked the dogs, because no ice. This morning woke up to a blizzard. Three inches of snow expected, temps dropped into teens. Truly March madness. Did you ever wonder why March is mad? I think it is because Spring is tromping on Winter during March. As for speed not mattering. Since the day I turned 60 some people keep wondering when I will be old. The speed you age does not matter. What you use your time for does. Not always sure how to go about using time. Just spread the word. No one is ever old everyone is aging from the time you are conceived, you age. No way around it that I know about. Death is a part of life; something new to experience in life. At the proper time of course. Life moves forward at its' own pace. Apondia looking for Spring.  |
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