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IAN: Thursday 2/15/2024 St. Swizzen's Day and the Gift of the Dish Towels
The time comes in every dish washer’s life when new dish towels are in order, or like me, demanded! I have a dozen cotton dish towels that used to be white but now are a dingy nondescript grey with...
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IAN: Thursday 2/22/2024 Craft time!
These are the February DIY’s for my guild. They all got homes today.As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not...
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IAN:Thursday 2/29/2024 Leap Year!
I am a February baby but in the middle of the month so leap year never effected me. One of my friends however, is 14 this year if you count only the years with her actual birthday in them. I have not...
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IAN: Thursday 3/7/2024 Its raining in So Cal again
It started raining just as I put Margie into her car and sent her home. Good timing. We had loaded the sewing machine and all the accompanying required gear before we went to lunch and it had been a...
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IAN:Thursday 3/14/2024 Just one of those days
Everything I use every day online has been weird today. I hope this diary takes so that I am not missing. I am concerned about Pam.As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to...
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IAN:Thursday 3/21/2023 Easter crafts
These are my Easter crafts this month. I hope you enjoy them.As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by...
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IAN: Thursday 3/28/2024 Quilters and Pool Sharks
All I have written about in the last week or so is the upcoming quilt show and the data base work I have been doing. It is coming down to the end soon. But, I had an interesting experience...
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IAN:Thursday 4/4/2024 Two Things I Keep in my Car
Sorry guys, I forgot to post this. A lot of folks keep emergency supplies in their cars. Others keep sack lunches or toiletries to give to someone in need. The two things I keep are not like that at...
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IAN:Thursday 4/11/2024
This is one of my night blooming cactus plants. The flowers are the most spectacular magenta color and huge when they open. Even the buds are huge. The one in the middle of the picture is 6 inches...
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IAN:Thursday 4/18/2024 Spring is Here, Get an Air Fryer
The neighbors have been replanting their front yard flower beds and trimming their hedges. The birds have stopped coming for daily baths, I assume their time is otherwise engaged. New shoots are...
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IAN:Thursday 4/25/2024 Next Stop-The Wedding
On Saturday, I will perform a wedding ceremony in San Clemente, Ca. It is a beautiful city on the coast. I am speaking as a Deputy Commissioner of Civil Marriage for the first time since the...
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IAN: Thursday 5/2/2024 Blooms!
I am always telling you I have no flowers, just succulents. While they do have their own version of flowers, this year I have noticed that I actually do have quite a few flowering plants. So here...
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IAN:Thursday 5/9/2024 Show Set Up Today
The picture above was taken at a large quilt show a couple of months ago. The bookcase quilt is mine. They were all donated by the artists for the local quilt guilds and shown in the hallway leading...
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IAN:Thursday 5/16/2024 Open Thread For Friends
Feeling poorly is crummy. We all know that. I can’t really complain because, on the whole, I am pretty healthy. I whine anyway. This is just a cold, not really more than body fatigue with the...
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IAN: Thursday 5/23/2024 A New Dragonfly
I came out to feed the fish yesterday morning and found this brand new dragon fly hanging from his last molt. It seems like the process of a butterfly but is very different.As you can see by Itzl's...
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IAN: Thursday 5/30/2024 The Current Pond
I have been working in the pond since I got over my cold. The left side in the largest container, 120 gallons I think. The middle is 80 gallons and the top is 40 gallons. Not a large area but home to...
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IAN:Thursday 6/6/2024 Picture Heavy Diary-Quilt Show
This is going to be heavy with pictures. I hope you enjoy them. The show was great, everyone had a fine time, I sold some purses and Bill sold some lathe turned sewing tools. I also won 2nd prize on...
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IAN: Thursday 6/13/2024 The Craft Thrift Store
Margie and I took “a light and tumble journey. From the eastside to the park”, or in this case from Norwalk to Pasadena. We went in search of Remainders Craft Thrift Store. We found it and a whole...
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IAN: Thursday 6/20/2024 Birds, Squirrels, and Dreams
The mocking birds must have chicks near by. I don’t see them and their sounds would blend into the other bird noises. But there is a squirrel who has started coming around and the birds are not...
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IAN:Thursday 6/27/2024 Open Thread
I lost track of the day and here is my poor excuse for a diary. Please check in and I’ll do better next time. I had a thread in my head and a plan but sometimes things just don’t come together.As you...
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