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Outside My Window ~ 10.25.09
Outside My Window…is quite cloudy….the temp is 59F with forecasted high of about 67F and cloudy skies today. Not quite as hot as it has been the past few days….yesterday was a balmy 82F. The one thing I don’t especially enjoy about fall and/or spring weather….you are never quite sure what type of clothes you will need for the day ~ sweaters or shorts? I am thinking…about how quickly this year has gone by. It doesn’t seem possible it is the final week of October…..it seems like I was just writing about the spring season not so long ago ~ now we are well into fall and heading towards winter. I…
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Road Trip ~ Part III ~ Down By The River
Before leaving for South Carolina, I did a little research on the area my parents had moved to. I found Landsford Canal State Park was close by and decided I wanted to check it out during my visit. Here is what the official site of South Carolina State Parks has to say about it….. A broad river, rich history and rare, hardy wildflowers come together at Landsford Canal State Park. Stretched along the Catawba River along the South Carolina fall line, the park is home to the well-preserved remains of the canal system that made the river commercially navigable from 1820 to 1835. Locks, a mill site and the lockkeeper’s home are among the…
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Outside My Window ~ 8.16.09
Outside My Window…is a nice morning……sun is shining….a slight breeze…..81F with 68% humidity. Yea, I’m wishing the humidity wasn’t that high. Wow, I just saw on the weather channel we have had almost 4 inches of rain so far this month…and I have noticed the tropics are picking up ~ three now. We are heading into the real hurricane season now. It officially starts on June 1st, but things usually won’t get interesting until mid August and they can get even more interesting as we approach mid September. It is perfect weather for storms to blossom in the ocean. For people who live near the east or gulf coast, the…
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A Run Through The Neighborhood….
One of the nice things about running through your neighborhood is the sites you see……the different flowers, different wildlife, different ways people landscape their yards, and of course the people. There is a couple (he is a massage therapist and personal trainer, she is a teacher) that gets up early and run….some mornings they are sitting on their porch enjoying a beverage afterwards and are always quick to shout “hello, how are you” and “you’re looking good, keep up the great work” as I run past. A little encouragement never hurt anyone! During my run this morning, I was thinking about what kind of post I could do today….and I thought why not…
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Finally……
Finally….. I completed the corner of the flower bed on the side of the house yesterday. That one little corner took as long to do as the entire rest of the bed! Part of the reason, I was digging up a lot of small tree stumps and one very large red tip bush stump. The bush died some time back but the stump has held fast for several years. But yesterday ~ success! Yea baby, I feel like Hercules…..or I guess I should say Herculita. 🙂 Before……as well as the bush stump (see white arrow), all of the little Mimosa tree stumps needed to be removed. I don’t know how these trees keep…
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Outside My Window ~ 4.26.09
Outside My Window…is a warm morning already. It is around 8:30 and we are already at 71 degrees outside. We have brilliant blue skies and a very slight breeze. Our high is forecasted for 91 degrees today. If the water temps at the beach weren’t still in the 50’s or 60’s, I might consider the beach! 🙂 I am thinking…about how glad I am I finally finished the corner of the flower bed yesterday. It was a chore to say the least. Now all that remains are the front beds, which fortunately are not that bad! I am thankful for…being able to spend some time with Papa and Nina this…
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Happy Earth Day!
My hope is future generations will never have to say “remember when there were trees and clear, clean water”……..do what you can to preserve our natural resources. 🙂
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Outside My Window ~ 4.19.09
Outside My Window…partly sunny at the moment, but more clouds are expected to build throughout the day. It is about 60 degrees right now with a forecasted high of 71. Oddly enough, our air quality is “good”……..I would think with all the pollen coating everything, not so much in the good range. If you want to get an idea of what I’m talking about, I posted a couple of photos of my Jeep coated in pollen on my blog yesterday ~ “Welcome to Virginia“. I am thinking…about all the things I want to get accomplished today. It is quite a list so I’m hopeful I can get through most…
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Welcome to Virginia
Welcome to Virginia……..and specifically Newport News. The city, while developing quite a bit in the last several years, still has a lot of trees. And lots of trees = lots of pollen. Check out the greenish-yellow powder covering my Jeep this morning…. and another angle……. Everything is coated with this powder and the air is filled with it……and will be until probably Monday when the rains are suppose to come. During this time of year, rain every couple of days is a welcome sight……washes the pollen away and clears the air. Oh, by the way, my neighbors car isn’t really clown orange, I guess the reflection from the sun caused the color to look…
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A Day Outside
I had to venture out yesterday and took the opportunity to take a short drive down the Colonial Parkway. I didn’t run into many blooming dogwoods….there were a few but not at locations where I could get some photos. I will try again in a couple of days and will hopefully run across many more. While I had the camera on hand, I took a few photos I wanted to share……. I love odd shaped trees and this one caught my eye…..see how blue our sky was on April 8th! 🙂 When we got home…….I snapped a few outside the house………my dogwood tree a closeup of one of the blooms…… a…