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| Herding Sheep in a Winter Landscape at Sunset Joseph Farquharson 1846 ~ 1935 Born in Edinburgh Scotland |
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| When the West With Evening Glows 1901 Joseph Farquharson |
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| Dark Road |
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| Bartlett Pear |
Anxiety is like that. It sticks to you no matter how you try to manage it. Despite snow in the forecast, I decide I would not miss the dental appointment I need to get to. I told myself if the anxiety becomes too sharp, then as before, I can cancel. The world will not fall apart and neither will I.
Everything this morning went well. I didn't wake up tired, cranky or very anxious. I didn't send myself into a tizzy figuring out what to wear. My focus is to get out the door to the appointment. So I did.
I was on my way home in less than a hour there. In all of it, nice people, clean place, good information, spot on answers to all my questions at Aspen Dental.*
As a treat, I stop at a favorite place to pick up a sandwich and coffee on the way home. I planned to go back out to do errands, but instead, me and my sort muscles (from the closet clear out yesterday) dozed off. Now I'm awake with a hot chocolate, and wearing my new sweat pants as I sit on my deriere.
How has your day been?
*Not a sponsored post
Finding stuff while cleaning out a closet can be fun as well as depressing. Fun because I'm glad to have found stuff I was wondering where they went to. Depressing because now I have a ton of shredding to do.
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| Single Bed Duvet |
A Source for large pieces of fabric:
Duvet Covers
Closet diving, I find the twin size duvet cover I bought at a thrift store last year. I opened the seams, and then cut the fabric in half. I will sew a French seam in the middle. The fabric is a light sturdy weave that will be easy to machine wash. The plaid gives the room a cozy cabin vibe that's comfortable any time of the year. In the summer, my mind can go to a cabin at the lake vibe. The label is gone. If I remember right, it is from Pottery Barn.
The surprise* of the day is finding only 2 large bins of fabric! In the past, I've had up to 5 large plastic bins of fabric, and a couple of sweater containers. Only 2 containers tells me the last time I sorted fabrics, I did a good job. This round, I'm organizing the remanants. There will be only 1 fabric bin when I finish sorting.
On my right side, I felt a muscle cramping up. Immediately I stop what I'm doing when that happens. As slight and brief as the muscle cramp was, the area is still tender.
No matter what age, I believe, stretching is a component of keeping yourself healthy.
I learned in the late 1980s when taking martial arts instruction, stretching my muscles properly is as important as the action itself. Sitting on the floor in a leaning position with my head on the floor, I nearly fell asleep, I was that relaxed. The sensei explained to me to follow the right amount of stretching.
This morning is a wake up call. I am old. Stretching must be a daily routine. The odd moment of remember to stretch something isn't enough. A routine for all muscles at my ability level is the best way for me to keep healthy.
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!
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| A Winter Sunset in Addison County Vermont |
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.
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| Bird Seed at Sunrise |
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?
