Justin Timberlake - Say Something (First Take) ft. Chris Stapleton

How many times can you spill coffee on your sweater?

It's like this.

You have two hands. In one hand is a napkin. In the other hand is your coffee mug. What do you think happens when both want to get to your face at the same time? Yup. Coffee clash!

The spill flows down my sweater to be quickly soaked up with the napkin. Seconds later, feel a cold trickling on my arm, soak up of coffee that went inside my sweater sleeve. 

Have a Dry Sweater Weekend!

Bake potatoes

Cut out a string of snowflakes

Make a big plate of nachos

Draw your favorite chair

Read about relativistic mechanics*

Watch a funny movie

Make paper beads

A Winter Sunset in Addison County Vermont

* Quiz at a later date

Day 19 of week 3 January 2024

 

Where do sparrows sleep?

I recently Google that question. The answer tells me they group in trees and shrubs. There are and have been numerous shrubs near the building where I live. Yet, I have never seen a sleeping group of sparrows.

I Googled group sparrows sleeping. No images appear in the results. I have seen groups of sparrows in shrubs. They aren't sleeping. They hop from branch to branch making a lot of chirping noise.

Update on learning my iphone 13:

It is creepy how my iphone 13 will slide on the least little incline. Online, I read that the surface is slippery. 

My question is why make a phone that slippery? You need a cover on the phone that keeps it from sliding. You can sit there and watch it slowly slide, like a ghost pushing it because the incline is so slight it looks flat. The phone won't stop sliding until it bumps into something or falls on the floor. 

Black screen iphone 13 problem. Press power button, seconds later the screen goes black. Multiple times, slide, opens, goes black. Manage to put in passcode to open phone, screen goes black. Try again, have to log in again, screen goes black. 

Caution. If you log in with iphone passcode 6 times in a row, the device will lock you out.

My phone requires multiple log ins. If I use the phone, put it down for a few seconds, it goes off requiring me to log in again. I shut off the passcode requirement.

After I manage to use the phone for a few minutes, the going to black screen appears to stop. I searched online for a fix. I manage with great effort to restart my phone. So far, the black screen problem appears to have stopped.*

*Update late morning...black screen on and off problem hasn't return. 

The phone is a pleasure to use without a passcode.

Yo Yo Ma - Bach Six Cello Suites - The Odeon of Herodes Atticus Greek Live

A Busy Day Being Busy

Bird Seed at Sunrise

Bird tracks in the snow are such a joy to see. Why do they hop around here and there, stop, look like they're thinking, and then hop around more?

Have you ever been busy doing things that take you away from what you planned to do, and then wonder at the end of the day why you were so busy? That was my afternoon yesterday. It began with needing to out to get coffee and bird seed. 

After a few very cold days sitting, my vehicle needs a warm up. A drive to the thrift store I go. Yay me! I found a dip dish to put bird seed in (a butter crock, ceramic tiles for coasters, and a plastic covered loaf container). On the way home, I remember to stop for the coffee. Leaving there, I remember ah, the bird seed. I brought my haul inside using my plastic sled.

How was your day?

It is Cold Outside

 Sunrise  Vermont, 7:30 AM EDT

 13ºF

at Lower elevation of 282 feet

Digital photograph taken from indoors

snowfalling16Jan2024

The Golden Hour Watercolor Update

Dead Creek East Branch

  The first challenge for me is getting the color perspective right. Instead of sketching first, I made a few light pencil lines, and started painting right away. Not my best moment because the scale is way off.

In situations like this, I will finish without a lot of detail. using the painting as practice. I will then start over on another sheet of watercolor paper.

Thus far, I'm so digusted with my lack of paying attention, I haven't touched the painting with a brush in two days.

I did finish a major project today, furniture issue. That turned out well. And, I cleaned up the mess afterwards. No piles of stuff waiting for me to decide where to put it. 

Anyway, I will be painting later today. Another photo will probably appear below.
 

A Simple Thing To Be Excited About

Flowers just because 

The little green flower looks like a small rose. I haven't seen them before. Does anyone know their name? (see below)

The other day while reading a fashion blog, I click on a photo of a pair of joggers. I was thrilled to see they are the old style gym class gray knit with an elastic waist, baggy style called sweat pants. I ordered a pair. 

I rarely see them for sale at thrift stores or rummage sales. Wear until thread bare might be at work, as folks probably wear them until they fall apart, (the joggers, not the person). 

They are also called joggers now. Maybe the word sweat isn't chic enough for this era. If they wear well, then I'll buy a couple more. I think they are thee most comfortable pants in the world! It is weird to be so excited about a simple pair of knit pants.

What simple thing have you been excited about this winter?

Green Diamond Rose
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A Quiet Weekend

Sunset Over Vermont
13 January 2024

Mozarella Over Black Bean Chili

January 2024 Flower Bouquet

 

Walnuts, Kielbasa & Spinach

1. Sliced turkey kielbasa, brown in fry pan with a fourth cup of walnut pieces
2. Add a cup of washed fresh spinach
3. Mix in a tablespoon of honey mustard and teriyaki sauce
4. Stir while kielbasa heats up, about 5 minutes on medium heat
5. Options: Serve over rice pilaf or a baked potato

Next time I'll add feta cheese, and maybe a drizzle of white wine. If I use collard greens or kale, then I'll add a bit of apple cider vinegar, honey, and orange zest into the sauce.

I had it for dinner last night. The walnuts aren't as hard after cooking them a bit. My sense of taste is returning slowly. For what it's worth, I think it tasted good.