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We had a beautiful moon the other night so I slipped out to the deck for a few photos.
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Halo time.
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I’m not sure what causes this phenomenon…
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But it sure was pretty.
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Halo there…
Tag Archives: moon
Lazy cats and lovable octopi.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten does not exert himself unnecessarily.
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Or at all, honestly.
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Cat life is good.
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The moon has been amazing lately, but I never manage to take decent photographs of it.
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Doesn’t stop me from trying though.
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Shout out to Grace at Just Tawkin’ for recommending this beautifully written, heartwarming, and simply wonderful book.
You’ll never think of an octopus the same way.
❤️
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Mooning… it’s always popular.
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I’m usually up early in the morning and often see the moon go down.
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It’s beautiful in the winter….
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Bouncing off the white snow, against a blue sky.
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So I brave the cold and trot out front in my pajamas for a few nice photos.
To find I’m not the only one with that idea.
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We have large open spaces around our property and people often stop for Kodak moment.
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Good thing he was facing the other way. No one needs a picture of me at 5:00am wearing penguin pj’s.
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Cosmo Hell.
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The April issue of my (is this awful gift ever going to end?) Cosmopolitan subscription is here and as usual, it’s filled with things too ridiculous not to share.
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Fashion… or do designers just have twisted senses of humor? Tough call.
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This months quiz was pretty lame. And in case you’re interested…
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This next one made me laugh as well as cringe.
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If that doesn’t make your eyes roll, nothing will.
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I don’t know about you, but I neither have.. nor need… to bathe my crystals.
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Is it any wonder this country is going down the proverbial drain?
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Date ideas seemed like an interesting read and a good way to see how things have changed since I was on the market back in the dark ages of the 80’s.
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Mario Kart can improve your sex life? What am I missing here….
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Wow. I know I’m middle aged, menopausal and not as hip as I once was (the casual use of the word hip proves the veracity of that statement even more than the scrunchie that’s currently holding my hair back) but cutting each other’s toenails on a date? That makes me very glad I’m old, happily married and way off the singles track.
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The very definition of random.
Let’s start with a beautiful picture I snapped the other night when we took a ride up the coast.
Maine summer on the ocean.
You can’t beat it.
Our neighbor invited us over to see their tree house up close and personal.
Yes, the tree adjacent tree house I complained about in my blog a while back.
So… which one of you weasels ratted me out?
Adverbs.
Or rather, the death of them… is driving me to drink.
Real delicious?
Make the next one a double.
Grocery store bouquets.
Because sometimes a girl just has to buy herself flowers.
Socks… for my table?
Wonder if the dryer will eat those as well.
And finally, because you know I couldn’t resist….
You’re welcome.
Cape Cod Day 4. Farewell to Martha’s Vineyard, hello to Bad Martha’s beer. And then some Italian.
While we’d planned on taking the 8:30pm ferry back to Woods Hole…
We arrived early and were put on an earlier freight run.
Yay! Third car on, I figured we’d be the third car off.
I was wrong.
So very wrong…
But it was a gorgeous night for a boat ride.
And for some full moon photography.
Even if some of the shots went a little wonky.
Before we knew it we were pulling into port.
And the doors were opening…
Damn.
Do I take fascinating videos or what?
Naturally, we were almost the last to leave.
But that’s alright, it was a wonderful day and a memorable adventure of a fabulous place.
Next stop?
Beer.
We’d passed this place in Falmouth a few times during our trip and decided that night we’d stop.
Bad Martha’s, a brewery from Edgartown on the Vineyard… from whence we just came, but managed to miss while we were there.
It was a fun space.
Loud and exuberant…. probably like Martha herself.
We did a flight.
And sadly weren’t impressed with the beer, the really uncomfortable metal tractor seats or the small menu. Basically a few pizzas or a cheese plate.
So we moved on to Mashpee and found a great little Italian restaurant.
Cranberry margarita in hand..
We drooled over the menu.
Veal Portofino for me…
(Okay, 2 cranberry margaritas in… I admit the quality of photography tends to decline.)
Chicken Florentine for the husband.
And a classic on the television at the bar.
(I still have my original album, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. Hey Bartender!)
Dessert was a shared Limonatta cream cake. Husband said he didn’t want any and ended up eating 2/3rds of it.
Light as air and positively delicious, how could he not?
One more slightly inebriated photo later…
(It was a nice looking place, you’ll just have to take my word for it.)
Day 4… over and out.
Still drinking, still knowing…
Still have to share my ridiculously useless knowledge.
Did you know….
1. The little dot over a lower case i is called a tittle.
(There won’t be any memes to accompany that precious nugget of information.
Google image searching for the word “tittle” led me in some very disturbing directions.)
2. An octopus will eat it’s own arms if it gets hungry enough.
But Hell….
I think we’ve all been tempted to do that at one time or another, no?
3. In 1900 the third leading cause of death was diarrhea.
Aren’t you glad you started reading this blog?
4. Winnie the Pooh was based on a real life female bear named Winnie who lived in the London Zoo.
5. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by the Egyptians in 2000 BCE.
I don’t know about you, but crocodile dung would definitely be enough to kill the mood for me.
6. Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
Really?
Orchids I could understand. They’re fussy, creepy, high maintenance flowers that look like they want to bite off your finger.
But ferns?
They’re delightful..
7. Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
How’s that for serendipity?
8. If you live in Michigan, it is illegal to put a skunk in your boss’s desk.
Sorry Detroiters…
I’m sure that’s very disappointing news.
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