The Art was the Repeat.....Tuesday, January 13th....Sunshine and 32 degrees

 Well, I give up....I had an image of my now (third year) amaryllis bulb sending up a fresh new pair of leaves...... but the image is stuck somewhere and is not arriving in my desktop mail.  If it shows up... or not I can still be very very proud of it........the bulb and the tiny green leaves....

My neck is itchy,  Some people get itchy in the Summer months..I get itchy in the Winter.  But now that I am thinking about it...I get itchy All the Months.......

Today the Sun is shining and daughter has plans to sort and throw away a box full of Father/ Husband's old work things.....we can possibly shove it all in the big shredder in the Library hallway...after removing any identification if it ALL has any..... I had planned to do the same with his high school yearbook- but his classmates wanted me to send it back to them.   My own yearbook was lost decades ago...while in a drawer in my mom's attic.  Where I thought it was safe.  Nothing in my mother's keeping was ever really safe.  Even her children.

Daughter searched the fabric boxes in the sewing room and found me an old fashioned red for replacement of a few rotted out red strips on that old quilt... 

Antique's Roadshow in Alaska was interesting.... yesterday.  Today I have British Soccer...

I spoke to our Banker regarding income tax season...daughter is still waiting for last year's refund. Banker said they have a "shortage of workers" at the IRS...Trump fired a LOT of government workers......perhaps will be allowed to rename it the Trump IRS?????  Things would.....well, stop completely, then,  I guess. but the sign out front would be LARGE and plated in FAKE GOLD.

A woman will be charged (after death) with making a Three Point Turn.....in front of ICE.  And ICE was terrified. Possibly never seeing a three point turn.... before????

And that's it for today...

Another Monday Post- January 12th at 11:01

 A repeat as I have done NO art so far this year.  This one is nice. Again.

Shower....Washed my hair.....changed my bandage.  Carrying my socks around with me... instead of putting them on.  My neck itches.  My rash might be spreading.  Doctor on Thursday.

My Potato got baked.....after the pizza.  Not together.

Football...I'm not sure if I watched two games or three...but I watched them...the last was the Patriots game- looked really COLD.  Lots of injuries- possibly due to the playing field being frozen???? Or do they have heating elements under the turf?????? I don't need an answer.

I might have forgotten to put cream on my face....feels tight and dry.

Been watching a movie short on my PBS of Roland and Mary....they get calls to pull trucks and cars out of snow banks etc.   While driving they talk...about life.  I like it because it's very obvious how much the two care about each other......and they have struggled to make a life for themselves and their three adult children and grandchildren.....and they park their tow trucks next to each other and eat lunch together.

Mary is called to pick up a UPS truck which is damaged and gathers all the packages etc to put in HER truck so...after dropping off the truck for repairs- he driver can deliver them - with her driving him around (between jobs)... The UPS guy looks at the camera and it's like-"she doesn't have to do this"....but he sure appreciated it.  So the short movie is about love and kindness.  I've watched it three times so far.

I've now mentioned it in blog posts twice....it's better than talking about the NEWS.  Or the Football yesterday.  I went to bed before the New England game got going....no paper...it's Monday so I will ask the Internet.....    (we won)

Sunday January 11th... Cloudy and 35 degrees

 You get a repeat of pencils... freshly sharpened.

I love Art Supplies.... simply love them..... and paper- I adore paper...good paper- the kind I can fold, paint, add more crayon etc.  I also like books of blank paper pages.......any size.

I also love scraps of cloth- trimmed off edges and rolled into balls...and one of those balls of strips and edges is right here on the desk top...  I love it.

Today is Sunday Pizza day...I'll be adding my unbaked potato to the preheat and the bake...  I really love a nicely baked potato....with crisp skin.  I just checked - no sour cream but plenty of butter.

Morning headlines here on the internet...more very very horrific stuff about Epstein and his island.

On that very upsetting note.....mainly imagining parents missing a daughter all this time...enough.

Saturday, January 10th. Ice Covering Everything... Son is salting the steps. 33 degrees.

 The image comes from an article on Baker and Taylor the "new" book supplier to every Library. Image also is good for ice covered steps and sidewalks.  This morning.   I'm sure my son is rethinking living here with me as he salts his way to the street and the morning newspaper-- for me to read.

I recall husband slipping and landing on the front steps- on his face...and the second "trip" being to the Emergency Clinic.  

I used to put down sand...not salt.  But I think we might be out of sand. 

My iPhone is not able to connect to the "weather" info... my iPhone is incredibly OLD.  Right now it has color images of clouds and the time. 8:36.  So helpful.  Ah, also my location.  And the date,  And an encouragement that I upgrade.

My Son and I talked about me using my husband's newer iPhone going forward... wiping it and putting the few items I use on it.  We haven't done that as yet..  I haven't a clue how any of that works.  I take pictures and send them to the blog....that's all I do with the iPhone.  But right now I see the date and time and various colors of sky and clouds moving from left to right on the screen. Along with the date.  That's pleasant.........every so often it stops.....then starts up again.

Magically the fresh today's newspaper is on my placemat along with my daily pills.  That guy (my Son) works wonders. Well, my ankles are chilled and the socks are sitting next to my left hand- so best tuck them onto my feet.  I think I will mend the old quilt some more....today..... and watch some of the many Law and Order episodes I have in the Tivo.  No news.  I might never watch news again... the morning newspaper is enough.

 I tried to follow the words of the Orange Man yesterday as he sat (with his spine collapsed) in his chair. But he wasn't coherent.  And kept switching over to different topics and then a sudden swing back to the message.at hand.......and not being able to stay on message even while reading the words.....  My Son says I do that. 

So...I am certainly NOT competent to be running the United States Government,...and doubt Trump is either.