It seems that this summer has been blowing by like the March winds. I have been feeling as though it will be gone before I know it and suddenly it will be cold again. Not a good feeling ( Read more... )

A long and very pleasant weekend is about to end. There was hiking


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Went to the 5th Annual International Folk Art Market today and, as so often happens when I go out and take advantage of the great things that go on in this town, wondered why the heck I'd waited two years to go back. It was an extravaganza of folk art: the handmade, the beautiful, the quirky; of wild hats, turbans and indigenous costuming; of ( Read more... )

Posting in the rain, I'm posting in the rain...

Shades of Gene Kelly. It's thundering and pouring outside, the rain is falling in torrents and I must go close the windows, but it is so beautiful I had to share.

Thunderous downpour!

Awake and fairly alive after a nasty day yesterday. Had a flu bug and it walloped me. I laid on the couch all afternoon and tried to watch Lawrence of Arabia, supposedly one of the best films ever though I couldn't tell. (Heresy!!!) Maybe on the big screen it would pack a bigger punch, but on my TV it just seemed to be an endless and rather ( Read more... )

Hey anyone who reads here. I've just moved my blog here http://marikio1.blogspot.com/ for reasons explained in today's post. Please bookmark it so you can visit often and feel free to comment. Love to hear from anyone!

Well, I did download the photos and thought I'd include a few more. To begin with, here are the Boys Wonder:
(Ben and Sawyer, from our hike to Rio en Medio in May)


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Fortunately, LIveJournal has remembered who I am and I didn't have to remember my login today ( Read more... )

I've heard people say that wind can drive a person mad and I'm beginning to believe it. After a few days of wonderful spring/summer weather the winds picked up again today, gusting and blustering. I walked the dogs during a lull and thought about how picky we get about weather. I thought that perhaps we are a tad unreasonable at times; winter ( Read more... )