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Outside My Window ~ 9.9.2012
Outside my window…is a dark and chilly evening. Well, chilly might be a stretch but compared to recent evenings, it is chilly. Right now, at 9:00 p.m., it is 66°F with clear skies. Our forecast low for the night is 61°F and continued clear skies. We did get some stormy weather last night when the cool front moved through….yesterday was hot and humid, today was cool, sunny and beautiful. While there were some white, puffy clouds throughout the day, we reached a high of 78°F. The next ten days have been forecast to be much the same as today and this evening ~ a teaser for fall or the new…
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September 2012 Free Desktop Calendar
I have really got to figure out a way I can get these done prior to the 1st of the month….I’m generally thinking about it, but before I know it the day is upon me and I’m not prepared. 😳 There are two free desktop calendars this month…..the first is one of my morning glories… To download a zip file of this calendar, click here. There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. The next one is a a scene I caught in an industrial office area…. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here. There are six…
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Outside My Window ~ 9.2.2012
Outside my window…is another rainy Sunday evening. Rain…more rain. It appears as if Isaac remnants have finally moved far enough east to impact our area. I saw a fairly confusing forecast earlier this week that said part of the remnants would split from the main storm and move east {what we are experiencing now} and the rest would follow {expected tomorrow}. Our forecast is for scattered storms for the week. I’m not sure how much I believe them….last Sunday it said we would be in the mid 80’s this past week…they were wrong, it was more like the very high 80’s and low 90’s with a heavy dollop of humidity…
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Blue Moon
And for a sweet version of the song….click here. 😀
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Outside My Window ~ 8.26.2012
Outside my window…at 5:45 this evening it is pouring rain, thunder and lightening…..for the last hour. We are currently at 75°F with a flood advisory until 7:00 this evening….and a pollen alert? Seriously….pollen? The rain is forecast to stop around 8:00 this evening. There is a section of my street that is already flooding again. Yesterday morning we received three inches of hard rain in three hours and it flood a good deal of our region. When I last checked early yesterday we had received 3.54 inches of rain….I don’t know what the final tally was for my area, let’s just say I have two very full rain barrels. …
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Wordless Wednesday
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Remembering
Patricia Jean Floyd November 9, 1952 – August 20, 2011 You told me once…. …..that I was your hero and had given you the courage to do what needed to be done. …..how excited you were to become a grandmother. …..how scared you were when you had your heart attack. …..how much fun you had creating your miniatures. …..that you never regretted your decision. …..to go after my dreams and don’t let anyone stand in my way. …..how much you loved to go out dancing again. …..that he wasn’t the one for me ~ and you were right. …..how happy you were with him and how much it broke your…
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Outside My Window ~ 8.19.2012
Outside my window…is the close on another weekend. We are over half way through August and closing in on Labor Day….soon it will be Fall and before we know it, winter and the end of the year. I know I have said it before but I can’t recall having this feeling that the year has just zoomed by. Today was a rainy day….the morning started out nice enough with the temperature around 73°F when I went out for my morning run/walk at 8:30. It was sunny to begin with and the clouds began to move over near the end of the walk. Not too long after the rain began and…
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Being Still
I sent out an email to family and friends recently and told them I was “amazed that it is already August…this year has just flown by as far as I’m concerned. It makes me almost dizzy when I look back at the year and remember certain events and highlights…and the summer, almost a blur! I have come to the conclusion that I don’t always have to be doing something….it is ok to be still. Sometimes it is nice to just sit…to look around and really see…to take a moment to listen to the sounds of life. I’m practicing enjoying silence….enjoying just being still.” I was recalling a night recently when thoughts were…
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Wordless Wednesday