Starting to get a taste for the coming humidity. After yesterday’s rain, the air was damp and the sun appeared, drawing the moisture out of the ground—and letting it hang there. No sign of the contractors who were working on … Continue reading →
What a change from yesterday. Barely grazed the mid-60s, cool and rainy all day. With my bum ankle it also meant I didn’t get out for a walk, which I would have done rain or shine under fully functioning physical … Continue reading →
Hubby and I rode our bikes to Leesburg this morning to eat breakfast at a place we hadn’t been to before. In the Before Times we were always on the lookout for a good breakfast spot, and preferably one we … Continue reading →
It’s all cicadas all the time. Enjoy these pictures of the lifecycle of the Brood X cicada. Our neighbor’s fence is a regular living biology lab, starting with the nymph crawling up the fence or nearby tre and hatching into … Continue reading →
Among others, the following it is today: National Bike to Work Day (on my bike I went after work) National Endangered Species Day (a worthy cause I do support) National Strawberries and Cream Day (in my salad they were) National … Continue reading →
I started wearing the boot again for the past couple of days. Even though I could walk a little better and had moved myself into a splinted ankle brace, the boot gives me more protection and a little more peace … Continue reading →
They’re heeerrrrreeee! Saw my first hatched adult Brood X cicada on the sidewalk today while going out for my daily roll on the knee scooter. There is no mistaking their large red eyes. I thought it was dead because it … Continue reading →
If my ankle is the worst inconvenience to befall me, I hereby pronounce myself blessed. An opinion piece in the newspaper I read this evening written by a critical care doctor at a hospital in Boston reminded me how much. … Continue reading →
Two things are getting old: the construction and my ankle injury. I realize these two situations will be stinking ripe before they’re finished. On the former, at least I have some company at the house, and the guys are really … Continue reading →
Among a total of 11 “National Day Things” today, are National Love a Tree Day (who doesn’t love a tree?) and National Sea Monkey Day (who doesn’t love a sea monkey?). I used to have sea monkeys in a little … Continue reading →
