Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
What the warm weather brings ...
These warm days are bringing plants and other things to life. Lots of bugs now, including ants in the house and a butterfly out back. (Maybe it is because I did not grow up in Wisconsin but in Texas, but it seems to me there were a lot more butterflies around when I was a kid.) Also, note to Tom and self: Ant traps!
And we saw our first garter snake of the year. We were looking over the side of the deck trying to decide where to plant something and a foot-long snake slid by. Usually we deal with snakes that the cats bring in the house, small ones that they catch on the rocks that line the flowerbeds along the front sidewalk. This more sizable specimen hung around briefly before heading to the back of the property. Cassidy went down to investigate, but by then the snake had moved on.
At any rate, the very warm days are about to cool down later in the week. And we may have some thunderstorms and showers most of the week. Today though we still enjoy dry, sunny and warm.
As apparently do the snakes.
And we saw our first garter snake of the year. We were looking over the side of the deck trying to decide where to plant something and a foot-long snake slid by. Usually we deal with snakes that the cats bring in the house, small ones that they catch on the rocks that line the flowerbeds along the front sidewalk. This more sizable specimen hung around briefly before heading to the back of the property. Cassidy went down to investigate, but by then the snake had moved on.At any rate, the very warm days are about to cool down later in the week. And we may have some thunderstorms and showers most of the week. Today though we still enjoy dry, sunny and warm.
As apparently do the snakes.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Family
These seem to be family-connected days.
The sad news first. My cousin Linda, only a few years my senior, died of cancer this past week. She lived with us for a short period while she was in elementary school, which always made me think of her as a semi-sister as well as a cousin. (This is how I feel about her sisters LaNelle and Kay who spent some time with us, too.) This is the second cousin I have lost within the past 13 months, as well as losing my father last summer. It has been a rough patch, but I guess this is what happens as we grow older. I think I lost some other, more distant relations, but they were people I knew only as names.
On a livelier note, Peter was here this past week on his spring break from teaching. Helen came down for a few days to visit while he was here. They each took off this morning, Peter heading south and Helen north. Tonight Tom and I go to Madison to see Lucy. She is participating in a roller derby bout at the Alliant Center.
The cats are readjusting to a less crowded house. They grew up with Helen and Peter, so they are not strangers. But you know how cats are about any change in the environment.
Weather is glorious: sunny, highs around 80 (26.6 C).
And happy St. Patrick's Day to one and all! May you find your pot of gold or at least see a rainbow. ;-)
On another note, I broke down and got a web cam and opened Skype and Logitech Vid accounts. I may break down further and reactivate Facebook. I am being dragged reluctantly into the present. But as Calvin said when being dragged off kicking and screaming to the bath tub, "They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity!"
The sad news first. My cousin Linda, only a few years my senior, died of cancer this past week. She lived with us for a short period while she was in elementary school, which always made me think of her as a semi-sister as well as a cousin. (This is how I feel about her sisters LaNelle and Kay who spent some time with us, too.) This is the second cousin I have lost within the past 13 months, as well as losing my father last summer. It has been a rough patch, but I guess this is what happens as we grow older. I think I lost some other, more distant relations, but they were people I knew only as names.
On a livelier note, Peter was here this past week on his spring break from teaching. Helen came down for a few days to visit while he was here. They each took off this morning, Peter heading south and Helen north. Tonight Tom and I go to Madison to see Lucy. She is participating in a roller derby bout at the Alliant Center.
The cats are readjusting to a less crowded house. They grew up with Helen and Peter, so they are not strangers. But you know how cats are about any change in the environment.
Weather is glorious: sunny, highs around 80 (26.6 C).
And happy St. Patrick's Day to one and all! May you find your pot of gold or at least see a rainbow. ;-)On another note, I broke down and got a web cam and opened Skype and Logitech Vid accounts. I may break down further and reactivate Facebook. I am being dragged reluctantly into the present. But as Calvin said when being dragged off kicking and screaming to the bath tub, "They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity!"
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Think we're all equal?
You can be fired just for being gay. Not because you did anything wrong, not because you are not doing your job, not because being gay in any way causes problems at work. But just because you're gay. In more than half the States in the Land of the Free.
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