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[Darkm]

Josh wrote: "Darkm wrote: "The problem is people writing on the ancient monuments or breaking them out of spite.
..."

I lose hope for the human race sometimes. We have that out there too in the desert -- Indi..."
This is both sad and absurd.
And you can see the same here in Rome sadly.
I saw it in Pompei too, I was so angry I still haven't got back there, although it's a wonderful place. I don't know if now it's in a better condition. :/

Calathea those pictures are absolutely lovely :)

[Josh]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Wonderful pictures!

In St. Andrews I ran on West Sands beach, like the protagonists of the movie Chariots of Fire, singing the soundtrack by myself :)

I didn't climb anything, I was too lazy at t..."

:-D

[Josh]

Wonderful.

[Karen]

Coffee on the balcony overlooking the Willamette River | Portland, Oregon | 10/13/12

The Darkling Thrush and The Song of Achilles: A Novel

[Josh]

Karen wrote: "Coffee on the balcony overlooking the Willamette River | Portland, Oregon | 10/13/12

The Darkling Thrush and The Song of Achilles: A Novel

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I do love the Pacific Northwest!

[Johanna]

Such a nice picture, Karen! :) This is the best way to couch travel (I'm not sure if there is such a term in English language...).

[Karen]

Josh wrote: "I do love the Pacific Northwest!"

I do too, although (or because) it's such a contrast from the high desert of New Mexico, although something of the temperament feels akin. Our older daughter attended Univ. of Puget Sound in Tacoma (more than a bit like the school in Fair Game), and now works as a marine biologist for one of the Olympic Peninsula tribes, so we've seen a lot of it since 2004. There are also tango festivals in Seattle and Portland where my husband is sometimes invited to DJ, so we've been back and forth a number of times.

[Karen]

Johanna wrote: "Such a nice picture, Karen! :) This is the best way to couch travel (I'm not sure if there is such a term in English language...)."

Yes, the couch traveling is good here. ;-)

[HJ]

Karen wrote: "Josh wrote: "I do love the Pacific Northwest!"

I do too, although (or because) it's such a contrast from the high desert of New Mexico, although something of the temperament feels akin. Our older ..."

Karen - as soon as I saw that your daughter is a marine biologist I was reminded of a book I really enjoyed which featured one - albeit working on Cape Cod rather than Puget Sound:

The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist aka Pemberley By the Sea. It's m/f, and there's another set in the same place called Morning Light.

[Johanna]

Inspired by Karen's The Darkling Thrush photo...

Under the apple tree with the audiobook in October:



While raking I also had a brief conversation with this fellow. He seemed to have pretty stiff moves, so I tried to tell him that he really should be searching for a place for hibernation already. In the end of our little talk he ate some dog food with great delight. :)

[HJ]

Johanna wrote: "Inspired by Karen's The Darkling Thrush photo...

Under the apple tree with the audiobook in October:



While raking I also had a brief conversation with this fellow. He seemed to have pretty stif..."

Lovely hedgehog! Do you still have lots of them? They used to be very common in England (they were always getting run over by cars) but one rarely sees them now, not even as roadkill.

And of course credits for feeding it dog food (and not bread-and-milk, which is bad for them).

[Johanna]

Hj wrote: " Lovely hedgehog! Do you still have lots of them? They used to be very common in England (they were always getting run over by cars) but one rarely sees them now, not even as roadkill.

And of course credits for feeding it dog food (and not bread-and-milk, which is bad for them)."

We do have quite a lot of hedgehogs around here. And unfortunately hedgehogs (and squirrels) are run over by cars a lot too. :(

Interesting that hedgehogs have decreased in number in England. That happens in cycles with brown hares and voles around here too, but unfortunately after few years they are all back to feast upon my roses and apple trees.

And yep. No offering milk to a hedgehog. They have lactose intolerance. :) I suppose that cat food would be the best option, but dog food is close enough... ;)

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

I love all the pics :)

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Inspired by Karen's The Darkling Thrush photo...

Under the apple tree with the audiobook in October:



While raking I also had a brief conversation with this fellow. He seemed to have pretty stif..."

I love the gardening gloves -- and that you're in your garden even if you are reading and feeding hedgehogs rather than pulling weeds. ;-)

There's nothing better for your mind and soul than time spent in a garden.

[Jen]

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Inspired by Karen's The Darkling Thrush photo...

Under the apple tree with the audiobook in October:



While raking I also had a brief conversation with this fellow. He seemed to ..."

Very true. It is therapy for my dad. As he is getting older the actual garden shrinks (Potatoes (yukon and Sweet), Pumpkins, Gourds, Corn) while the Raised beds increase in population easier on aching joints

[Kari]

Johanna wrote: "Inspired by Karen's The Darkling Thrush photo...

Under the apple tree with the audiobook in October:



While raking I also had a brief conversation with this fellow. He seemed to have pretty stif..."

Awwww! We don't have hedgehogs, but the squirrels are epidemic this year. I didn't even get a chance to carve up my pumpkins before the wee beasties decided I'd opened the critter buffet, but wth, they look scary all bit up.

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "I love the gardening gloves -- and that you're in your garden even if you are reading and feeding hedgehogs rather than pulling weeds. ;-)

There's nothing better for your mind and soul than time spent in a garden."

This is so true. And I seriously think it has something to do with aging... ;) We bought a house seven years ago and one of the reasons for doing that was to have a garden of our own. I was pretty much a perfectly happy citygirl until that point. My mind and soul have been grateful ever since. :)

[Johanna]

Kari wrote: "Awwww! We don't have hedgehogs, but the squirrels are epidemic this year. I didn't even get a chance to carve up my pumpkins before the wee beasties decided I'd opened the critter buffet, but wth, they look scary all bit up."

I sympathize with you, Kari! On the other hand... How practical to have squirrels do the pumpkin carving for you! I wonder what kind of designs they carved? Hawks and cats or acorns and pine cones? ;) Last summer I watched openmouthed a squirrel stealing our strawberries by lifting the protecting net with its other "hand" and picking the prettiest strawberry with the other. And when ever I turn my back they are running away with the cherries and plums too. Still, the squirrels are too cute to be angry with. :)

[Johanna]

This great picture is from Anne and the comment is hers too:

This picture is taken on the balcony of my son's apartment in New York. He lives on East Street 23 on the 16th floor, and the view is of down town Manhattan. In the background you can see the work in progress of the Freedom Tower, built on Ground Zero.

[Anne]

Johanna wrote: "This great picture is from Anne and the comment is hers too:

This picture is taken on the balcony of my son's apartment in New York. He lives on East Street 23 on the 16th floor, and the view is o..."

Thank you for helping me posting, Johanna!

[Johanna]

No problem. :) The cover of Heart Trouble looks fabulous in your new and shiny iPad. ;)

[Anne]

Johanna wrote: "No problem. :) The cover of Heart Trouble looks fabulous in your new and shiny iPad. ;)"

It does, doesn't it?

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "This great picture is from Anne and the comment is hers too:

This picture is taken on the balcony of my son's apartment in New York. He lives on East Street 23 on the 16th floor, and the view is o..."

Oh that's wonderful! Anne is having such a wonderful trip. I'm enjoying every minute of it. :-D

[Anne]

I am happy that you enjoy my trip, so did I. Back home now, with my head full of images and my stomach full of reminders of all the wonderful food I had; Maine lobster and corn on the cob, French, Italian and Greek cuisine in the NYC restaurants, soul food in Harlem, a Swedish sweet roll in Brooklyn, not to mention American pancakes, organic orange juice and the crispest bacon on earth, I love American breakfasts!

And bookstores! And galleries! And the enormous mix of humanity in the cities! And Halloween decorations!

It's a good thing I have the weekend to come to my senses before going back to work. And btw, the first thing I shall do is to give my notice. I just accepted a job offer from the place where I had an interview some weeks ago. Seems I was the right age after all :)

[Kari]

Anne wrote: "I am happy that you enjoy my trip, so did I."

Sounds like you had a wonderful time! :-)

i just accepted a job offer from the place where I had an interview some weeks ago. Seems I was the right age after all :)

CONGRATS!

Re my pumpkins, I read somewhere that I could soak hot pepper flakes in water overnight and then mist the pumpkins with that to keep the squirrels from nibbling away at them...but to me, that just sounds mean.

[Calathea]

Anne wrote: "It's a good thing I have the weekend to come to my senses before going back to work. And btw, the first thing I shall do is to give my notice. I just accepted a job offer from the place where I had an interview some weeks ago. Seems I was the right age after all :) "

Anne! That's wonderful news! And you say it so nonchalant. :D Congratulations and good luck for the new job!

[Anne]

Thanks guys :). The reason I sound nonchalant is that I am trying to hide that I am scared to death!;)

@Kari; I love it that you won't be mean to squirrels :)

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

What a wonderful trip, Anne! :) Congratulations on your new job.

[Anne]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "What a wonderful trip, Anne! :) Congratulations on your new job."

Thank you!

[Johanna]

Anne, you rock!!! Congratulations! :)

[Johanna]

We are visiting my parents-in-law at the Arctic Circle where the first snow has fallen this week. Unfortunately it already started to melt away, but here's the newspaper from Thursday with kids making the first snowmen of this winter.

They have their snowmen and I have All She Wrote to read...



And here are the sad remains of one unlucky snowman, who has literally lost his head:

[Calathea]

I love the photos you posted here! They are just wonderful: The Darkling Thrush in Portland, under an apple tree with a hedgehog, Heart Trouble in New York and All She Wrote at the Arctic Circle.

[Cleon Lee]

Congrats, Anne!

And Kari, I love you more for not shooting the cute little pests, a.k.a squirrels. I live in the city and I'd be so happy to welcome any squirrels. As it is, we only have stray cats and occasional rats around here. lol.

[Antonella]

Congratulations, dear Anne! I had thought of you and the job interview and I was sure that you would inform us as soon as you would know something about it!

And it sounds as you had a great trip!

[Kari]

Snow. Oh please, don't say it. LOL

Cleon wrote: "And Kari, I love you more for not shooting the cute little pests, a.k.a squirrels. I live in the city and I'd be so happy to welcome any squirrels."

I was less happy when they were eating the paint off our deck a few years ago, but I still didn't shoot them. Can't. On one end of the property, sure, nothing's back there, but on this end, there are houses nearby. Granted, not nearby by city definitions, but...You don't shoot unless you know where that bullet's going. Somebody could get hurt.

Besides, it's not the squirrels fault they're hungry. If you think about it the right way, I'm a guest in their home rather than the other way around too. They wouldn't eat my pumpkins if I stayed in the city with the other pesky humans where I belong, right? Which is all very nice, but I'm a lot less this-is-your-home about coyotes and bears. If I see a bear, I don't care whose house is which direction. He's gotta go. My cat isn't coyote kibble either.

[Karen]

Hj wrote: "Karen - as soon as I saw that your daughter is a marine biologist I was reminded of a book I really enjoyed which featured one - albeit working on Cape Cod rather than Puget Sound:

The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist aka Pemberley By the Sea. It's m/f, and there's another set in the same place called Morning Light. "

Thanks for these, Hj. I'll look into them and pass the info on to my daughter.

[Karen]

Johanna, I love your hedgehog and gardening with The Darkling Thrush photos + All She Wrote and snowmen in the arctic circle. Thanks for Anne's Manhattan pic as well. Such a fun page for this group!

[HJ]

Karen wrote: "Hj wrote: "Karen - as soon as I saw that your daughter is a marine biologist I was reminded of a book I really enjoyed which featured one - albeit working on Cape Cod rather than Puget Sound:

The..."

You're welcome!

[Josh]

Anne wrote: "It's a good thing I have the weekend to come to my senses before going back to work. And btw, the first thing I shall do is to give my notice. I just accepted a job offer from the place where I had an interview some weeks ago. Seems I was the right age after all :)
..."

YAY! Congratulations!!!

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "We are visiting my parents-in-law at the Arctic Circle where the first snow has fallen this week. Unfortunately it already started to melt away, but here's the newspaper from Thursday with kids mak..."

I'm so glad to see you traveling and relaxing and enjoying yourself -- even if you are going around beheading snowmen.

NO! DON'T TRY AND PRETEND IT WASN'T YOU!! The person who discovers the body is always a prime suspect!

[Johanna]

Karen wrote: "Such a fun page for this group!"

I know! This totally gives couch traveling a whole new dimension. Today morning I spent some time googling New Mexico. And learned a lot of new stuff too. :)

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "We are visiting my parents-in-law at the Arctic Circle where the first snow has fallen this week. Unfortunately it already started to melt away, but here's the newspaper from Thursd..."

It wasn't me. I SWEAR! I don't know what happened to him — he probably just got a little sick or something... YOU GUYS HAVE TO BELIEVE ME! I haven't have any kind of relationship with that particular snowman and I'm not in his will either... Can I make my one phone call?

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "We are visiting my parents-in-law at the Arctic Circle where the first snow has fallen this week. Unfortunately it already started to melt away, but here's the newspape..."

Yes, sure. FALLING HEAD SICKNESS! Who hasn't suffered through that during the school year?!

Yes, you have ONE phone call, missy. And I would make it count. :-P

[Anne]

Thank you all for your congratulations.

And Johanna, I was busy with my little niece and nephew (twins of 20 months) so I couldn't answer the phone, but don't worry, Miss Butterwith IS ON THE CASE!

[Johanna]

Anne wrote: "Thank you all for your congratulations.

And Johanna, I was busy with my little niece and nephew (twins of 20 months) so I couldn't answer the phone, but don't worry, Miss Butterwith IS ON THE CASE!"

And thank YOU for making me spit Pepsi Max all over my desk!!! LOL. :)

And since the discussion has taken the strange snowman-crime-horror turn (how did that happen?), I couldn't resist the urge to add these pictures into it. You all have read Calvin and Hobbes comics, right? And you remember the kind of snowmen those two make? We (that is hubby and me) made a couple of those kind of snowmen in front of our house about five years ago. The moral of this story is the fact that somebody — who no doubt pitied the smaller snowman in his agony — kicked the evil snowman's head off during the Christmas time. Now that's the true Christmas spirit. :)





ETA: Kari, I promise not to mention snow anymore... ;)

[Anne]

Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "Thank you all for your congratulations.

And Johanna, I was busy with my little niece and nephew (twins of 20 months) so I couldn't answer the phone, but don't worry, Miss Butterwith I..."

Oh, the snowmen are wonderful and creepy!

[Cleon Lee]

Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "Thank you all for your congratulations.

And Johanna, I was busy with my little niece and nephew (twins of 20 months) so I couldn't answer the phone, but don't worry, Miss Butterwith I..."

I LOVE the snowman pics, Johanna. ;)

[Johanna]

Thanks, Anne and Cleon. :)

[Reggie]

Cleon wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "Thank you all for your congratulations.

And Johanna, I was busy with my little niece and nephew (twins of 20 months) so I couldn't answer the phone, but don't worry, M..."

Thanks for the pix!! =D

@Anne -- Congrats!**Victory Dance**

[Cleon Lee]

Kari wrote: "Snow. Oh please, don't say it. LOL

Cleon wrote: "And Kari, I love you more for not shooting the cute little pests, a.k.a squirrels. I live in the city and I'd be so happy to welcome any squirrels...."

This squirrel thank you. I think he's the one stealing your hair gel though, Kari. ;)

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