tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186283492024-03-18T20:45:30.987-05:00JUST DUCKY!Ginger cuteness, purr and simple. Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.comBlogger3499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-66725773652345096292024-03-18T00:30:00.020-05:002024-03-18T00:30:00.139-05:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Actually, cats do this to protect you from gnomes who come and steal your breath while you sleep.</b> - John Dobbin </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The weather has turned colder, I even spied a couple of snow flakes flying around yesterday. Not enuf to make a mess, just flying in the air. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank goodness that the one day mum has to take me out of the house was a nice day. Yeah, I had to go see the stabby man for my routine checkup. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxHPxCCGAkY1lF497AtDWNciLqDC1fVx3oIQpYY9SNWJG28ynmglx_nKOmAHKAwvPOQBIbDYg6GrDE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> Mum getting me ready to go into the metal monster. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxjq0j-mdFCt6LXcfNnYFYySHC-glVgT4jfESRXjdecPqAlE2A6sP_NP2hPtJaTLo8q60WmKZwoqnQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Me and mum waiting for the stabby man. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSAm5VsXRPxNnyPQlzBOS2jjGc8rgZLi2T5Z7hbswIe8V1ZKU9_PffCscRO7pWREoGsWH6hm2q_Y2OwuhTOH_c9DeL3nYZH2sjr6ZqlIvV_iNTdZbZX53EdMXbBgcQ-GYFBx6Hh8puVe-H__5tsyUEyOwN9YBn8KuW-g6C7YqT7ZJ_Is2KuvUJA/s4032/IMG_8704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSAm5VsXRPxNnyPQlzBOS2jjGc8rgZLi2T5Z7hbswIe8V1ZKU9_PffCscRO7pWREoGsWH6hm2q_Y2OwuhTOH_c9DeL3nYZH2sjr6ZqlIvV_iNTdZbZX53EdMXbBgcQ-GYFBx6Hh8puVe-H__5tsyUEyOwN9YBn8KuW-g6C7YqT7ZJ_Is2KuvUJA/w640-h480/IMG_8704.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Back home later. They stole my bloods and pee, they showed that I am doing just fine. Mum even had stabby appointments this past week too. All her results were good, heck, even improved which made mum happy. So we are all good for another six months. Both of us!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCqOqFw1vpIAcHoyVOvp2ZHSAwPw-3urhn40pa_cvQ_72vkTCo77sBgcwfU2Obom7_V21MFRuBo2Q9HKHN6oDz01EpYe8qblOaJ1975P7Zb5bvKjrG1-3RMEh5N-tEBWaUlu3kOLMw8tdhPERT-427hKvHxj9JyTSWX59IwjjyIxDpoVEnk1ccw/s3088/IMG_8745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCqOqFw1vpIAcHoyVOvp2ZHSAwPw-3urhn40pa_cvQ_72vkTCo77sBgcwfU2Obom7_V21MFRuBo2Q9HKHN6oDz01EpYe8qblOaJ1975P7Zb5bvKjrG1-3RMEh5N-tEBWaUlu3kOLMw8tdhPERT-427hKvHxj9JyTSWX59IwjjyIxDpoVEnk1ccw/w640-h480/IMG_8745.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Me holding mum down while she worked on the latest blankie. She even went out and bought more yarns this weekend! Said her shelves weren't full enuf! Sheesh mum, you have a supply that will last you two years here! </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mum and I did watch a bit of basketball. Seems it is that time of year for brackets. Mum doesn't do them, says she never guesses right anyway. We will have to see how our Whisker-consin teams do!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have a good week everyone. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-4576915532556992462024-03-13T00:30:00.098-05:002024-03-13T00:30:00.146-05:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Time change, nice weather and being busy has made for less reading time. That is OK, a few more days and it will be back to cooler weather outside. Then I will be inside more again, for a while. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Although I picked up books on Saturday and have read two of them already. Need to get started on the third, then I have six more from this checkout to read. Most of them should be pretty quick reads. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Plus tonight is trivia night at the library. Third of three months, then we take a break for a month. See if we patrons can beat the librarians! Our team did really well last month, the topics were stuff we knew, for a change. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDSlfttxDlx63CaUFXqHejj3wlGxgA7XFFxKS7tJF1MgZNGwLZfvHy8YTluiTYWFiaMFqoQDyEPmgIfzPzLSFeKCNWXzxC2Ng-9B7UsKWN3gojdly2D_KbTcJ38RxjT-B69N-yFxYlkeJAvzWZFaiEZNlA8F6go8P8EfDSNttu1zbSXaG6ZuVLQ/s4032/1-18-24.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDSlfttxDlx63CaUFXqHejj3wlGxgA7XFFxKS7tJF1MgZNGwLZfvHy8YTluiTYWFiaMFqoQDyEPmgIfzPzLSFeKCNWXzxC2Ng-9B7UsKWN3gojdly2D_KbTcJ38RxjT-B69N-yFxYlkeJAvzWZFaiEZNlA8F6go8P8EfDSNttu1zbSXaG6ZuVLQ/w640-h480/1-18-24.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>A Murder at Balmoral</i> includes some revisionist history. Going back to 1936 King Edward VIII does not abdicate but does marry a suitable woman, acceptable to the establishment and has children. The story revolves around his eldest son who is now King Eric. The family is spending Christmas at Balmoral with only the chef inside the house to serve the dinner. King Eric dies. Who done it? <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>A Heart that Works</i> is a memoir by Rob Delaney, actor and writer, who relates the family journey when his son, Henry, is diagnosed with a brain tumor at one year old. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Sourdough</i> a cute novel. Lois is a computer programmer who works long hours. She has gotten into the habit of ordering food delivery at home. When the guys who make the food have to leave because of visa issues they give Lois their sourdough starter. The starter takes Lois on some interesting journeys. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon</i> a extensive biography of Elizabeth including use of private letters she wrote or were written to her. I learned a great deal about her early life and early marriages. I am old enough to remember her life since <i>Cleopatra</i>. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Invisible Kingdom</i> is the author's relating her story of her ongoing journey of finding why she was run down and ill and chronic illness as a whole. It was about her story as well as the general information of auto-immune diseases. Lupus, thyroid issues, or something else. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Forever Witness</i> is our DNA. The book covers the 30 year old cold case of the deaths of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook. It involves DNA and genetic genealogy and was the first case to use this to help identify the person who committed the crime. He was found guilty but appealed and a lower court set aside his conviction due to a juror bias. However in late 2022 the Washington State Supreme Court reinstated the guilty verdict. Interesting book!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPEkYDrlqJYQqjGENa9gSZ9be3i1SneDp2Y5XfNfq6xJpReZu5-I6aVgJr9bShuafMNrahP0zRQK3-VRBgj-683WcWJh24y-vlvGGQANBpUhEStlnRW7FBxE-YCganc_zbJ0Ol6DmzPT4gdJrQY16rDGITQNUvh2pgGb_2lxruBssDWWVOlNQXw/s540/135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPEkYDrlqJYQqjGENa9gSZ9be3i1SneDp2Y5XfNfq6xJpReZu5-I6aVgJr9bShuafMNrahP0zRQK3-VRBgj-683WcWJh24y-vlvGGQANBpUhEStlnRW7FBxE-YCganc_zbJ0Ol6DmzPT4gdJrQY16rDGITQNUvh2pgGb_2lxruBssDWWVOlNQXw/w534-h640/135.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGVEKyl2J9I6FWlNtwN51ZJXQHLqsvUBNahUh_SC2jJJJOq9-S1bBpBOp5mJBtdRNmSW0I635Ejq1qs7m9UKU6wSpopuRbMrJSrdg2wBiIlK91O071YHRkqn0Lij5gQ0eukMV0kbi60V546mKMXE5T7udTQbyefj9gL8CtgUVxfd14DhtBKVdtw/s526/136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGVEKyl2J9I6FWlNtwN51ZJXQHLqsvUBNahUh_SC2jJJJOq9-S1bBpBOp5mJBtdRNmSW0I635Ejq1qs7m9UKU6wSpopuRbMrJSrdg2wBiIlK91O071YHRkqn0Lij5gQ0eukMV0kbi60V546mKMXE5T7udTQbyefj9gL8CtgUVxfd14DhtBKVdtw/w640-h640/136.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx20GnkT2B0vXf272yEaGli4OFqBAP0ezOemQNqIELvIqEfcMCOWQH1H6IL1EuEkfz1jjYRUlIWNtkKU9EENChbkUTgz9UUdKhXwXnfzAMNWxJed8WGXBFxGrQoQXDyTH3qOOcJ7X9hlAvEGVXm-ayhdcOaLda7qv6ADV8fN7OI7JpC03gKmkVAA/s526/137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="526" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx20GnkT2B0vXf272yEaGli4OFqBAP0ezOemQNqIELvIqEfcMCOWQH1H6IL1EuEkfz1jjYRUlIWNtkKU9EENChbkUTgz9UUdKhXwXnfzAMNWxJed8WGXBFxGrQoQXDyTH3qOOcJ7X9hlAvEGVXm-ayhdcOaLda7qv6ADV8fN7OI7JpC03gKmkVAA/w640-h636/137.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9qN5O7-CgbF-H_0GqSGKpUt9LXvfAReh1OcBIepbrO2Ojnl4fKWszHB4NKiskQnG35XTl_1LZcrNswJFzFh-w_P_hl9oXRIpExGqqa0u9EMbmHmslcBJnT2yBCibKRvWVejvgOWZtN45msZRaastDaoMGulSJzOmqfPSZq6mNi2lhm1UdGaRqg/s526/138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9qN5O7-CgbF-H_0GqSGKpUt9LXvfAReh1OcBIepbrO2Ojnl4fKWszHB4NKiskQnG35XTl_1LZcrNswJFzFh-w_P_hl9oXRIpExGqqa0u9EMbmHmslcBJnT2yBCibKRvWVejvgOWZtN45msZRaastDaoMGulSJzOmqfPSZq6mNi2lhm1UdGaRqg/w640-h640/138.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">AWWWWWW. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading. <br /></span></p><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-77265982258802394602024-03-11T00:30:00.032-05:002024-03-11T00:30:00.200-05:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue.
Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it.
She looks up and gives me her full gaze.
Don't be ridiculous, she purrs, I wrote it.</b>
- from Miao by Dilys Laing </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum hid the hour in lots of time keeping things in the house. But she has been shifting things for the last week. She even woke up right on time, the new time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlPeTFDlxjKuoLVbyNTFD_4zMrLuw0DMWk_sCMQgXCFGya6DF9tKUYILQl965zNTENuE-ezVEFYloGNlkTlBPn0QBckYquJ_IxzO9eNJC6adXgFUMqVdicLK6TmZWo3psOCT1rQO_-_o4zQo1mzivXHPXqsv2-HspOS4GsctvPuBEzheTJv4o3Q/s4032/IMG_8685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlPeTFDlxjKuoLVbyNTFD_4zMrLuw0DMWk_sCMQgXCFGya6DF9tKUYILQl965zNTENuE-ezVEFYloGNlkTlBPn0QBckYquJ_IxzO9eNJC6adXgFUMqVdicLK6TmZWo3psOCT1rQO_-_o4zQo1mzivXHPXqsv2-HspOS4GsctvPuBEzheTJv4o3Q/w640-h480/IMG_8685.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />We both took it easy, all of our lives are usually easy. Mum says that is cuz we is retired. I nap, mooch treats, watch fevvers. Mum reads, does her crow-shay and chores. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum did watch the award things last night, but she recorded it and started watching an hour after it actually started. She could skip the boring spots and by the end she caught up with the actual live show. Then she went to bed. She actually saw one of the big movies of the year. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-p5tGodHmsgn6lZIswBVLcsCKShyqcv8mPKXtkihg_U5d2irR1Q15AdFbYHSqd1VZ3DMk3p7YVnkI3TDV3VYG3vB4gzNRA9aEow2VD5-l96kPqj_W4g2V3x_MN0pEslwkXSAE1xxp8Tq9TjVJ17Or4K8oj8fwabjShMmV5lvtu-j0ZlOrPVcLg/s4032/IMG_8650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-p5tGodHmsgn6lZIswBVLcsCKShyqcv8mPKXtkihg_U5d2irR1Q15AdFbYHSqd1VZ3DMk3p7YVnkI3TDV3VYG3vB4gzNRA9aEow2VD5-l96kPqj_W4g2V3x_MN0pEslwkXSAE1xxp8Tq9TjVJ17Or4K8oj8fwabjShMmV5lvtu-j0ZlOrPVcLg/w640-h480/IMG_8650.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our first flowers opened up this week too. Although some days it has been cool and windy. Mum says it might be nice enuf for a few bits of open windows, at least for a few days. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a good week everyone. <br /></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-51370003580709257132024-03-06T00:30:00.079-06:002024-03-06T00:30:00.141-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday <p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I hope all of you are reading. I am and off to a good start for the month. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zdl-N7km_pwG0ybMY4hHl35dXlKhV5kLs1WLw9Vx50gEDbC6j6GlzmFq4NgFJz3Ko2r-v96dQyB5p0bvu1bD4SR0AYL0RKZUkLRhi0zpsF8d_1ZYZpelf19Hf_WrwYl8nvc54NQ4oSrpnPOl_jGriNn6HPy3HE5GLgv3S2oaOWjETx7E4oenPw/s526/430752923_949731736546940_7232305040954105865_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zdl-N7km_pwG0ybMY4hHl35dXlKhV5kLs1WLw9Vx50gEDbC6j6GlzmFq4NgFJz3Ko2r-v96dQyB5p0bvu1bD4SR0AYL0RKZUkLRhi0zpsF8d_1ZYZpelf19Hf_WrwYl8nvc54NQ4oSrpnPOl_jGriNn6HPy3HE5GLgv3S2oaOWjETx7E4oenPw/w640-h640/430752923_949731736546940_7232305040954105865_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />The weather has been changing, some days really nice, others very windy and some are good days to stay inside and read. Plus I am trying to keep up with various TV shows that I record so I am not weeks behind. I record many of the shows since then I can fast forward through the commercials and it doesn't take as long to get through an episode. Current watches are the new <i>Shogun</i> adaptation, as well as<i> Feud: Truman Capote and the Swans. </i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Enough about TV shows, on to the books!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNSKNQZno3XsqlK86NAlTXF4LTkL-fY9T7kIqkQpsK5q252_NL4-dolojwAQiBcspGiN7FKj9jzqpzE6g7ucivQ0blJbQi2TfmcuaDbo0qGKcjVtv_rBmvH84wsKIzNspn-rCjfRjP38RSSlzScJzh7cXMrblTuV0yLsuqQJNntnsaXjiHuyi0Q/s4032/1-2-2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNSKNQZno3XsqlK86NAlTXF4LTkL-fY9T7kIqkQpsK5q252_NL4-dolojwAQiBcspGiN7FKj9jzqpzE6g7ucivQ0blJbQi2TfmcuaDbo0qGKcjVtv_rBmvH84wsKIzNspn-rCjfRjP38RSSlzScJzh7cXMrblTuV0yLsuqQJNntnsaXjiHuyi0Q/w640-h480/1-2-2024.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Murder on the Ile Sordou</i> finds Antoine and Merine on holiday on a small island off the southern coast of France. All is well for a few days, then there is a death. Accident, angry spouse, angry stepson or revenge? <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">How to Survive Everything is a fictional novel. A father, who is a survivalist, kidnaps his two kids to keep them from a deadly pandemic that is dealier than Covid. How this all works out is the story. I really couldn't get into this and didn't read the entire book. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>A Death Long Overdue</i> the previous library director visits and ends up dead. A missing diamond necklace and will Lucy be giving up her apartment in the lighthouse? <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Newsroom Confidential</i> is a memoir by journalist Margaret Sullivan who has held top editorial positions at <i>The Buffalo News</i>, served as the first female public editor at <i>The New York Times</i> and as a columnist at <i>The Washington Post. </i>Found the book informative and entertaining. She is now at Columbia University. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tFWmlQKmvbcgYHGqxMaFUu9RZ_WInt9fHi9UYNsSBkDKFwGiRq3w_ufh2mGqscxbv4_Tss7zMJCdvN97vfndF1UPA17cgSC7lIb3tHZ4m_e5EMG4w5K0Whq5nMXv6FRPtwnPtohlK9HfQe4bRhIdHsm_2BnecpWyvRTH3DMGtaMeRKxOCD8M-A/s526/131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tFWmlQKmvbcgYHGqxMaFUu9RZ_WInt9fHi9UYNsSBkDKFwGiRq3w_ufh2mGqscxbv4_Tss7zMJCdvN97vfndF1UPA17cgSC7lIb3tHZ4m_e5EMG4w5K0Whq5nMXv6FRPtwnPtohlK9HfQe4bRhIdHsm_2BnecpWyvRTH3DMGtaMeRKxOCD8M-A/w640-h640/131.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVn9NBPPq5TAG91jhZGPJlgUtXziHTX3ydC4TrcM3t9Ysl6tzvzgX4qrd4W95XfHvhTF65zQAWKq9BjcmycCQYMwSx-loNorrQR_7ZX-AXPUlmgDrO5101s2NPaDQiVVHCoXoVcD5VvSa6iAZXeOW-JTmyS_gKSRbpNakm6vaARADg1aPay-BrA/s300/132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="300" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVn9NBPPq5TAG91jhZGPJlgUtXziHTX3ydC4TrcM3t9Ysl6tzvzgX4qrd4W95XfHvhTF65zQAWKq9BjcmycCQYMwSx-loNorrQR_7ZX-AXPUlmgDrO5101s2NPaDQiVVHCoXoVcD5VvSa6iAZXeOW-JTmyS_gKSRbpNakm6vaARADg1aPay-BrA/w640-h444/132.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnuvYqV9zezGbSMUKGoxZQdKPx-mG_Q-yI8UhK26qXPPeulqHZ-59BJhhpwpQOfPRf-yvrvuC1i6hpwr_MIFP-NMOAYxpTR7nlJ2CT0vUOoj93lKm5PVmJOS40eS1LUd_87Jed3D2pnHbeltmeOgOuEZwh338p4tsupp8Jn5HM8Fq12Y4xFXWCQ/s526/133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnuvYqV9zezGbSMUKGoxZQdKPx-mG_Q-yI8UhK26qXPPeulqHZ-59BJhhpwpQOfPRf-yvrvuC1i6hpwr_MIFP-NMOAYxpTR7nlJ2CT0vUOoj93lKm5PVmJOS40eS1LUd_87Jed3D2pnHbeltmeOgOuEZwh338p4tsupp8Jn5HM8Fq12Y4xFXWCQ/w640-h640/133.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41kKFjSxIhVxLEvENwe-NlvEf9IO7_T636_Z9ZMmNv7xMoms8McPRjGQIZKtiILdho1zNYYcn2cWW54NwjAGxpngv77o7BjWA4omGz8xOGQt34QBBtlNxnN6C7gsSsv3j9OaEmlDMa-SHMHBxZnfRIT2CzKIZjRjU4YVrPeeXw4uxo2bQvYTPCg/s526/134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41kKFjSxIhVxLEvENwe-NlvEf9IO7_T636_Z9ZMmNv7xMoms8McPRjGQIZKtiILdho1zNYYcn2cWW54NwjAGxpngv77o7BjWA4omGz8xOGQt34QBBtlNxnN6C7gsSsv3j9OaEmlDMa-SHMHBxZnfRIT2CzKIZjRjU4YVrPeeXw4uxo2bQvYTPCg/w640-h640/134.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!<br /></span><p></p><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-44940644047981086092024-03-04T00:30:00.025-06:002024-03-04T00:30:00.140-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>Managing senior programmers is like herding cats. </b>- Dave Platt</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heck, managing a senior isn't all that easy either! Make sure she gets all of her chores done. Make sure she takes care to me too!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhn_6Ew_N6tQgh_8BkSwh_wPPMY7egPvakq0hSZ9eKIkB-ivYUqAOR6mCEG_JCDxrEMjhS5uWf7Nw45zBk1lV0or5GvsWNzJDHqO8zKS6g1I16NcL8fbsKV3mLtRhccNdOvXdB4rxjWy923a-HUvYRyc6tIQVZ5BfuDakeV2sBcCHEiXXxKMUDQ/s4032/IMG_8636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhn_6Ew_N6tQgh_8BkSwh_wPPMY7egPvakq0hSZ9eKIkB-ivYUqAOR6mCEG_JCDxrEMjhS5uWf7Nw45zBk1lV0or5GvsWNzJDHqO8zKS6g1I16NcL8fbsKV3mLtRhccNdOvXdB4rxjWy923a-HUvYRyc6tIQVZ5BfuDakeV2sBcCHEiXXxKMUDQ/w640-h480/IMG_8636.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Snoopervising the reading and crow-shay too. We have had some nice days but mum isn't doing outside stuff just yet. She says it is too early. Maybe in another month. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLApyaFuz0SfdeBpfILcSCKIdeFUE6NXg8WEJ2xIKF99bUrelpDwyjStVv0oleKAkZ3ukbpp1FpHdSvSHC5ICoQX1fw6HTF-tDffjZXkuEj9LYJjp_E5nNcT-n1CC9vlqb__Lp-fxy7tpUNN7fYdibzufeSlLBbieZbxq2pPktU6TcmAESVMksg/s4032/IMG_8642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLApyaFuz0SfdeBpfILcSCKIdeFUE6NXg8WEJ2xIKF99bUrelpDwyjStVv0oleKAkZ3ukbpp1FpHdSvSHC5ICoQX1fw6HTF-tDffjZXkuEj9LYJjp_E5nNcT-n1CC9vlqb__Lp-fxy7tpUNN7fYdibzufeSlLBbieZbxq2pPktU6TcmAESVMksg/w480-h640/IMG_8642.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjILinDwlbZ6mLy3w2CbvHsxe22F5MrWfGH8mFQc9uc-arj1W-KOyDP1QAwn7tGxbuKjilJWTRVCTZ5G6xQvy_f3fLslvthLAdnYgTaYnKKCMKTfUnkVcwk7yZczbyypJMwXWHdHTzaH_mOMFJS7mhCqePrum8AWrsPdHs75PruCdBbXqmxynIw/s4032/IMG_8647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjILinDwlbZ6mLy3w2CbvHsxe22F5MrWfGH8mFQc9uc-arj1W-KOyDP1QAwn7tGxbuKjilJWTRVCTZ5G6xQvy_f3fLslvthLAdnYgTaYnKKCMKTfUnkVcwk7yZczbyypJMwXWHdHTzaH_mOMFJS7mhCqePrum8AWrsPdHs75PruCdBbXqmxynIw/s320/IMG_8647.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum's latest blankie that she finished yesterday. She watched some racy cars and the ladies playing bucket ball. <br /></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-19322053740501018602024-02-28T00:30:00.081-06:002024-02-28T00:30:00.173-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">At the end of February, although this year we get an extra day! One more day to do all the stuff we never seem to get done. That just seems to be the way life is. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Weather is getting nice, way nicer than usual for this early in the year. Makes me wonder if we will get a dump of snow in March, although snow in March doesn't last long with more sunshine and higher sun angles. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Maybe soon I can sit outside and read! I did sit outside on Tuesday, the temperatures were in the 70's. Just enjoyed the warms, the birds singing. Wednesday early AM the temps dropped into the 20's!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnIFG_n_qHOGLIK0BV-1fb3-U0kYbaOBgyHzYJ1sHM51IHANDaEPFbq45_n1lTebWSV-XNa1v05q74aOEcFvhgVxrYjfGxyhsVcxjPJcI_fZVFXMkFR2lvvy921Ea_1KY7dwHsz30q-bXR-GTnrZH8x4HjxZ8esFhfCBv0KVkJ8CYdvQceTGRQg/s4032/1-2-24.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnIFG_n_qHOGLIK0BV-1fb3-U0kYbaOBgyHzYJ1sHM51IHANDaEPFbq45_n1lTebWSV-XNa1v05q74aOEcFvhgVxrYjfGxyhsVcxjPJcI_fZVFXMkFR2lvvy921Ea_1KY7dwHsz30q-bXR-GTnrZH8x4HjxZ8esFhfCBv0KVkJ8CYdvQceTGRQg/w640-h480/1-2-24.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>The It Girl</i> another goodie from Ruth Ware. April and Hannah are roommates at Pelham College at Oxford. Hannah is your average person, April has money, looks and smarts. At the end of their first year Hannah finds April murdered and by Hannah's testimony one of the college porters is convicted. When he dies in prison ten years later, still protesting his innocence, Hannah begins to wonder did she get it right on who did it? <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Genome Defense</i> is the true story of how the ACLU sued a private biomedical firm that tested for the breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. The company had patented the genes and was charging people thousands of dollars to see if they had a predisposed genetic makeup to cancer. The case ended up at the US Supreme Court and came back with a unanimous decision for us as individuals. DNA should not be patented!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Housekeeper</i>, is a suspense story. Jodi is a successful real estate agent with a hectic life, family and aging parents. She hires a housekeeper to help out her parents and the housekeeper seems to be perfect. Maybe too perfect!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUWZGcRW22FJhtG2_0NNF7v8ZyUc8DeIEoFSrU-uR4dP5W5IQ69MCxkSSSoO7hQR0FTOU1nn1Co_yr_7fP-MmTNipuAhuCVKrT8jwbf7mcKAi_4MyxpqDaks1A62I3MJ40s4y1E6sVccg8wSQETlm58USs4Jncj69xvp1wjqKLYn6zNr3E6ysNw/s563/125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="563" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUWZGcRW22FJhtG2_0NNF7v8ZyUc8DeIEoFSrU-uR4dP5W5IQ69MCxkSSSoO7hQR0FTOU1nn1Co_yr_7fP-MmTNipuAhuCVKrT8jwbf7mcKAi_4MyxpqDaks1A62I3MJ40s4y1E6sVccg8wSQETlm58USs4Jncj69xvp1wjqKLYn6zNr3E6ysNw/w640-h536/125.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I have that, it is called retirement!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDO_mrGr8uh4vDNc0lQ26PPVWZrjGrFkrQp4Crf8tBLxqghqPF9sdzuJOOsNf4vi8xZCfILhcMrPneFxeb4zlA2F07Ow725ncS5jmXzgmR9crU6_gxs4UXeFeyf-QdIUfThduVJLuWVSDfyAFEFE1V6xvSw21FmkPAkjHTsX-ldyWNIcnxBW-RQ/s526/127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDO_mrGr8uh4vDNc0lQ26PPVWZrjGrFkrQp4Crf8tBLxqghqPF9sdzuJOOsNf4vi8xZCfILhcMrPneFxeb4zlA2F07Ow725ncS5jmXzgmR9crU6_gxs4UXeFeyf-QdIUfThduVJLuWVSDfyAFEFE1V6xvSw21FmkPAkjHTsX-ldyWNIcnxBW-RQ/w640-h640/127.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Escape, learn, connect, dream. All of what reading is for. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTos7672yEX21kN9_YWBhNab7kL_NQmL8vUspIruaiWGs5CnU-rE4VZzJnfjXrSrsVtLosXT5s7nPzXlC6z9xNR4eXdjClsmZs5xj89S_bcxuXpa53MwTf9U7D05P402t_66o5leXu6G6TM0nHjZU8Zpwl192ZdIXXDeZ2f7gsykMyD8ygTXIBJA/s640/128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTos7672yEX21kN9_YWBhNab7kL_NQmL8vUspIruaiWGs5CnU-rE4VZzJnfjXrSrsVtLosXT5s7nPzXlC6z9xNR4eXdjClsmZs5xj89S_bcxuXpa53MwTf9U7D05P402t_66o5leXu6G6TM0nHjZU8Zpwl192ZdIXXDeZ2f7gsykMyD8ygTXIBJA/w640-h478/128.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I remember my mom reading to me as a kid. I even have the story book she read to me from! Battered spine, but a much loved book. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieL7TtnUyJFbaKe9r0DCmzW6mTR-2ZVOHXJUoxwVjEofJy_VBBXn9q-ofPwblVfuuOl9qfLMFqqiQ-EKexIp2O9QyehyphenhyphenHW0Y1HQyHEreDCZQN8I8wkSe8UmvIH8zowxSQ8vK2M35O3AvT83EliWyJp0vZHcxRP88kM9MQHtx_TdEiU3lR9osQm5w/s526/129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieL7TtnUyJFbaKe9r0DCmzW6mTR-2ZVOHXJUoxwVjEofJy_VBBXn9q-ofPwblVfuuOl9qfLMFqqiQ-EKexIp2O9QyehyphenhyphenHW0Y1HQyHEreDCZQN8I8wkSe8UmvIH8zowxSQ8vK2M35O3AvT83EliWyJp0vZHcxRP88kM9MQHtx_TdEiU3lR9osQm5w/w640-h640/129.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Happy Reading. <br /></span><p></p><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-28836270982194548942024-02-26T00:30:00.030-06:002024-02-26T00:30:00.335-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time.</b>- Roger Caras </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beauty-full? I am a man-cat. I am handsome!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3o8hugFFAsa9SxDPVRqH7exU2Wh_ftWlC7VWEj1lROP661V2GWfsoIl00hTDIjThpXOOMwWmUi6H4bRcCnKo5qZj0Gtxv42Wtm72gzQ_JAV1hDC7OtgPXaQlxsHi2YRmcrJuC1KgRjR_uupUbt6OTTaUyEBqFQhY_JWeNT759KpWDavv3GpmwQ/s1536/IMGP7399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3o8hugFFAsa9SxDPVRqH7exU2Wh_ftWlC7VWEj1lROP661V2GWfsoIl00hTDIjThpXOOMwWmUi6H4bRcCnKo5qZj0Gtxv42Wtm72gzQ_JAV1hDC7OtgPXaQlxsHi2YRmcrJuC1KgRjR_uupUbt6OTTaUyEBqFQhY_JWeNT759KpWDavv3GpmwQ/w640-h426/IMGP7399.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjOWJqUi5e8LwFHG2zY3dmGVZIP06pQzx-Kk129DNe0_r2lb8uR9MGxxhrJPFZdHfOeS7IN7YyqZjlKho12KnBOL6Z01M_T9HwX0CafT_v7SYQQIrsUeBJFnN-LbTe0GoP4MjeCqiN9MgsTm2iueFmFZj9EVz6pJV_P8fB3JquG5rHIEvkW-47A/s3264/IMG_3487.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjOWJqUi5e8LwFHG2zY3dmGVZIP06pQzx-Kk129DNe0_r2lb8uR9MGxxhrJPFZdHfOeS7IN7YyqZjlKho12KnBOL6Z01M_T9HwX0CafT_v7SYQQIrsUeBJFnN-LbTe0GoP4MjeCqiN9MgsTm2iueFmFZj9EVz6pJV_P8fB3JquG5rHIEvkW-47A/w640-h480/IMG_3487.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Our snow is gone, heck it was gone last week. Then we got a little bit more, that is gone. Weather guessers are saying a tiny bit this week, but on a roll with nice temps.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our spring fevvers are back. They all showed up last Thursday while me and mum were counting. Mr Robin and Mr Red-Wing Blackbird.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbnWfkVbmVbQNZ312-c8VHRHZN4K3RnaPkZ_UqffI-cmYmgtw5X12Vo5-7QxQvybo12xBinEqLXOwKf_YOVLDUCkr76NRpRZPmhyphenhyphenTGDFZIPLjlU7PUKEU58TduuqE8cwIAlEopbAoXkK_U6KEOLV7MIL5B6dmSWkPkSpiOP_UoARgy9A4Xe8q5g/s1536/IMGP9865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbnWfkVbmVbQNZ312-c8VHRHZN4K3RnaPkZ_UqffI-cmYmgtw5X12Vo5-7QxQvybo12xBinEqLXOwKf_YOVLDUCkr76NRpRZPmhyphenhyphenTGDFZIPLjlU7PUKEU58TduuqE8cwIAlEopbAoXkK_U6KEOLV7MIL5B6dmSWkPkSpiOP_UoARgy9A4Xe8q5g/w640-h426/IMGP9865.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy1HE9zzZgYV6L0UKR8AJVuGm565jf710LiIyfI1pPd941FtKueO5ifu1Y7nOpXdHepaBYi6tm7jqklHQWDzMO-XeTttyEHCr1IEpf63WeTGfM-qtXTVX1imVAyvr4e5jW2p_xR8Ydh-y7Hp5sSkQyqCGPrklJetnH8VZuwCGh2QjEWbM35Dtxg/s1536/IMGP9864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy1HE9zzZgYV6L0UKR8AJVuGm565jf710LiIyfI1pPd941FtKueO5ifu1Y7nOpXdHepaBYi6tm7jqklHQWDzMO-XeTttyEHCr1IEpf63WeTGfM-qtXTVX1imVAyvr4e5jW2p_xR8Ydh-y7Hp5sSkQyqCGPrklJetnH8VZuwCGh2QjEWbM35Dtxg/w640-h426/IMGP9864.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Otherwise quiet around here. Mum doing her stuff, going to exercise, reading and crow-shay too. Playing games on the puter sometimes too. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me, napping, snuggling with mum and enjoying the sunshine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a happy week. </span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-34087916061550967072024-02-21T00:30:00.033-06:002024-02-21T00:30:00.142-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A little bit of snow and some slightly cooler temps for a few days. Now warmer again and sunny days. Haven't seen any of the early spring migrating birds yet either. Shouldn't be long! Lots of time to curl up and read, crochet and cuddle with Ducky!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02__IIZMmm3FdRm2t5pVnl5K-tWREKramoNtckSlWICTkXCfI8hnmWJNTNKuLNL53yacW1AuYjguuaj1CnIVJiOjf3yKm9AR4twPA9lcW9qHQf_djS7K9cfeRL6ZPnERAsj38ZAoxFawP0ueJ24GeALlrKZAKSPc6i8kMWbDN-phcbUO4e5FCiA/s4032/12-15-23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02__IIZMmm3FdRm2t5pVnl5K-tWREKramoNtckSlWICTkXCfI8hnmWJNTNKuLNL53yacW1AuYjguuaj1CnIVJiOjf3yKm9AR4twPA9lcW9qHQf_djS7K9cfeRL6ZPnERAsj38ZAoxFawP0ueJ24GeALlrKZAKSPc6i8kMWbDN-phcbUO4e5FCiA/w480-h640/12-15-23.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>One Woman's War</i> is a historical fictional book so the characters actually did exist, we just can't be sure this is actually what happened. One of the characters is Ian Fleming and supposedly Miss Moneypenny is based on one of the main characters. Several women who are working within MI-5 to fool the Nazi's into thinking an invasion will be directed at one spot when it will actually go to another. Was the mission a success?<br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG6r73c-4RXvtEblVhDP1WSI3NFSWCSOw41gv0MfkGJaMPPDD5RBLLus10Fv3YQleoy8Nk5u9DbJXE7cXmOIi3PGq4fm-ruzooFTVP0_qI2AFFNlYLLT3fUlN-K7xeLAsYf6pdO2G5hdPrUTzYFCVVyMZfv22RGjuWz9Hcsk5Kfm2OOYQ5XLFfg/s600/121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="600" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG6r73c-4RXvtEblVhDP1WSI3NFSWCSOw41gv0MfkGJaMPPDD5RBLLus10Fv3YQleoy8Nk5u9DbJXE7cXmOIi3PGq4fm-ruzooFTVP0_qI2AFFNlYLLT3fUlN-K7xeLAsYf6pdO2G5hdPrUTzYFCVVyMZfv22RGjuWz9Hcsk5Kfm2OOYQ5XLFfg/w640-h562/121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbMieM8bZWKnX6xdjIdQjmcPO5d32EQf7Ag59iewS-Y5O4iGaMFnUAERbHexoP-6F6wKoJ2ZahjWe2A2aG_X5YhhELFP2I0b4VQiOTFU-nijPQR1HTEM6Xw6ZUyqNNWuxNAd1lpKb39ncf9oGHyA6p3ib8xsazG3tzc-stRqaX6X2Ny6Nx_N1yg/s526/122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbMieM8bZWKnX6xdjIdQjmcPO5d32EQf7Ag59iewS-Y5O4iGaMFnUAERbHexoP-6F6wKoJ2ZahjWe2A2aG_X5YhhELFP2I0b4VQiOTFU-nijPQR1HTEM6Xw6ZUyqNNWuxNAd1lpKb39ncf9oGHyA6p3ib8xsazG3tzc-stRqaX6X2Ny6Nx_N1yg/w640-h640/122.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJ5m3v2IgxIRAbYk40DDkcK29-cPTqEy1082_dNVXxkWYRVE_DCe1KiZSPMCjKQJOBn01mtGAW_F3azcO1vxy1O7WNKDeO2IHQtfwhQ14qUcAfUweraE7MyxB7EI9H5JnuoyP7lF0OEuC_3AFWsGYdxd2DNO1oVXBTtOPUJqCZ_EROeLVk4vCzg/s526/123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJ5m3v2IgxIRAbYk40DDkcK29-cPTqEy1082_dNVXxkWYRVE_DCe1KiZSPMCjKQJOBn01mtGAW_F3azcO1vxy1O7WNKDeO2IHQtfwhQ14qUcAfUweraE7MyxB7EI9H5JnuoyP7lF0OEuC_3AFWsGYdxd2DNO1oVXBTtOPUJqCZ_EROeLVk4vCzg/w640-h640/123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Or play trivia with a librarian! Our team had high score last week doing trivia and two of the five members are retired librarians. Although I hold my own with them!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy reading. <br /></span></p><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-16586165546891132262024-02-19T00:30:00.030-06:002024-02-19T00:30:00.198-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.</b> - Jules Verne </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hey everyone! Happy Monday. Me and mum got through last week just fine. I cellybrated my Gotcha Day and mum cellybrated her purrthday! Yep, she officially got a year older on Friday. No big party. She did go do her workout. Every other day for her. She says that is enuf for an old person. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me doing some sun bathing and regular bathing too. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fU4gKAjSCuEjQzUqTilyVDp4aVnU726JpRF8CyaUUAUnOeXvCJysq3SBUj40U92eGbQQgmAPIL_ORLmpUzrm0M-VgPkRcw4RJ9L9LK8A_XgMp54VuIgm-hR8HlPB8EjeSOAbAALsMW68XqoO9pG3Kq5EaTWCt7eWSgrEznM2jS897hDHqXvYrw/s4032/IMG_8590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fU4gKAjSCuEjQzUqTilyVDp4aVnU726JpRF8CyaUUAUnOeXvCJysq3SBUj40U92eGbQQgmAPIL_ORLmpUzrm0M-VgPkRcw4RJ9L9LK8A_XgMp54VuIgm-hR8HlPB8EjeSOAbAALsMW68XqoO9pG3Kq5EaTWCt7eWSgrEznM2jS897hDHqXvYrw/w480-h640/IMG_8590.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDPeEdczlqi3pl5qs5yY46oVr8Xe2UFPNk89-w136v0SqIhRAGnRpdpzTLwLxH5jWfGJu1daTHTsNktiMeUN4mcOU48GeeC4Twl0sxJog85s5r77xdrcY2Cw9K5-fdVX938HDh6MmzXc92zgM1xRs-_K-GBVu-ezkdmDMmQNuvyb1zI8pQlj6Pw/s4032/IMG_8594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDPeEdczlqi3pl5qs5yY46oVr8Xe2UFPNk89-w136v0SqIhRAGnRpdpzTLwLxH5jWfGJu1daTHTsNktiMeUN4mcOU48GeeC4Twl0sxJog85s5r77xdrcY2Cw9K5-fdVX938HDh6MmzXc92zgM1xRs-_K-GBVu-ezkdmDMmQNuvyb1zI8pQlj6Pw/w480-h640/IMG_8594.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /> Mum even took a short movie of me getting all cleaned up. <br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6FMkRGZ7UhTpchTZ7i8V4dWzA5qyw9TtjJvI2uYixpwY73Adj4A6xD1ONaRaHzn-NIlbMfhM5uR8' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMoaK9G7zYYf8aPMFc6jqni96t8SwtnwJpAJnmvQFCGMNNHeEBLU94l2EFAk4zRdJ24wKeGB8fGvkva_OToxJTFbZw4Mpim2p0h7iXjF4Q8YYU9iw_Uc_63_bMMcOucUjI-Dn_QwqmF3s6K6bxTBCEdZAjki-R2HE-i89VLffm19Qw-FVLcCZeQ/s4032/IMG_8591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMoaK9G7zYYf8aPMFc6jqni96t8SwtnwJpAJnmvQFCGMNNHeEBLU94l2EFAk4zRdJ24wKeGB8fGvkva_OToxJTFbZw4Mpim2p0h7iXjF4Q8YYU9iw_Uc_63_bMMcOucUjI-Dn_QwqmF3s6K6bxTBCEdZAjki-R2HE-i89VLffm19Qw-FVLcCZeQ/w480-h640/IMG_8591.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jeesh mum, can't a cat keep a clean machine without you taking pics!? Although it does show I am still a cat that can still reach his nether regions. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A big shout out to mum's money man, guess he is my money man too! It is his purrthday today. He and mum usually have lunch to cellybrate but they haven't done that yet. Mum has been eating out or bringing stuff home. Free foods cuz it's her purrthday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">No racy crashcar results, seems it rained. Going to try sometime today. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everyone have a good week!<br /></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-72015494191242571442024-02-14T00:30:00.070-06:002024-02-14T07:38:03.270-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hello and Happy Valentine's Day. Late adding the intro here, it is a bright, sunny but cold morning. Lovely to wake up to sunshine. I can tell the days are getting longer, the sun is moving north. The afternoon sun now shines in my patio doors and the morning sun shines brightly into my bedroom. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Ducky and I had a quiet Gotcha Day for him. He got lots of love and extra treats. I got an extra treat too as I bought beigents at the grocery store to celebrate Mardi Gras. Yummy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Adjusting to the fact that some of my usual TV shows are now back airing new episodes. I have to adjust how I spend my time. My evening can't always be reading time now. And to getting my post finished before it publishes! I forgot last night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnsD8h3bZ5Zqr-HmIHGlZYN5N7IuBqIZvb5ptNnyljdv7vE_paW6w9nlHVGhnAfsKJL4Z9SibHr5Kjz6dVw6KbvIwB1p4OL9vWobDOsOnOej5NlZRxfW5VyqXHbqgce7NAGd8hxy2mfeQZnXjzOkuszDzTNeHMbuG7gaqjN01XdacyWvO0J5LXQ/s4032/12-11-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnsD8h3bZ5Zqr-HmIHGlZYN5N7IuBqIZvb5ptNnyljdv7vE_paW6w9nlHVGhnAfsKJL4Z9SibHr5Kjz6dVw6KbvIwB1p4OL9vWobDOsOnOej5NlZRxfW5VyqXHbqgce7NAGd8hxy2mfeQZnXjzOkuszDzTNeHMbuG7gaqjN01XdacyWvO0J5LXQ/w640-h480/12-11-2023.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />The Secrets of Emberwild turned out to be a bit of a romance novel which I am not into. Story follows a young woman's journey to train and race a young stallion to save the family farm. She finds deception and then love. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Sign of Death </i>the second installment of the Victorian Book Club mysteries. Lady Amy and her beau, William, work to clear his name after his "man of business" is found drowned. William also suspects fraud which puts his financial security in limbo. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Escape Artist</i> Walter Rosenberg as a Jewish teenager was transported to Auschwitz. His mind remembered facts and he had a great desire to escape to let the world know what was going on. After nearly two years in Auschwitz, having worked in jobs that let him see most of the system the Nazi's used, he does successfully escape to bring the story to other Jews, but not all believed him. Very interesting story and well written. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Her Hidden Genius is a fictionalized story of Dr Rosalind Franklin who worked as a scientist in the mid 1940s to the late 1950s. In her work as an x-ray crystallographer she took the first pictures that showed DNA to be of a helical structure. Sadly she died in 1958 of ovarian cancer before the Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1962 for the discovery of the structure of DNA. Nobel is not awarded posthumously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The West Wing and Beyond</i> is mostly pictures. Author was the official photographer during the Obama administration but also worked in the Regan White House. Pictures are not of the President but of the people and places nearby. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguODHENxlR71Qy6SzkRtNZSc8-drO4ntD0Csy0WUwv3Lconwwkor6nTlLl-iShshg-jV6H9K7PDl362ZlbD9bRiGr_vS3ocMIHL1xAVtq4m2oe1kCAhXDT4TtFta_raMq23haY1nyd14afFk4ODExRB4lDWUH2iawUoksrqJMjSeKeyT-TpEPCRQ/s375/118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguODHENxlR71Qy6SzkRtNZSc8-drO4ntD0Csy0WUwv3Lconwwkor6nTlLl-iShshg-jV6H9K7PDl362ZlbD9bRiGr_vS3ocMIHL1xAVtq4m2oe1kCAhXDT4TtFta_raMq23haY1nyd14afFk4ODExRB4lDWUH2iawUoksrqJMjSeKeyT-TpEPCRQ/w512-h640/118.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKZxoBTyCo9NL0w8vu4yKRhs6GLjSUBzoJBGunnsToUc1unHX-Ov8OBFb2XeauSvQSK66d9qiW5XnW2zHWTF-G-CI__IKXW7Z34ukmvzvATbaX4IuvyEeWq-3kwO6un3miVh2QNbIquLoANT-7lFmEaGuKTfkKTeRRLE7z-oDaSnWzmtQ91K_pg/s550/119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKZxoBTyCo9NL0w8vu4yKRhs6GLjSUBzoJBGunnsToUc1unHX-Ov8OBFb2XeauSvQSK66d9qiW5XnW2zHWTF-G-CI__IKXW7Z34ukmvzvATbaX4IuvyEeWq-3kwO6un3miVh2QNbIquLoANT-7lFmEaGuKTfkKTeRRLE7z-oDaSnWzmtQ91K_pg/w558-h640/119.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqc9fbUji34ZVofLnLALoqyFbYJC4C4KGZV_Mj5_YHBWgCEaxJINhBNIH2V3LiIrX-Vo88DVIli_Bk_dweOzvsQ3wTzusQ2EhoSs3ckP2RPyUhFQhWLA5v4JmEXJuHZpaRLQchxKF5RZRtIZTECzNkajB_WMTsZdwplHjAadT0tZJc3r0OMhqrw/s526/120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="526" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqc9fbUji34ZVofLnLALoqyFbYJC4C4KGZV_Mj5_YHBWgCEaxJINhBNIH2V3LiIrX-Vo88DVIli_Bk_dweOzvsQ3wTzusQ2EhoSs3ckP2RPyUhFQhWLA5v4JmEXJuHZpaRLQchxKF5RZRtIZTECzNkajB_WMTsZdwplHjAadT0tZJc3r0OMhqrw/w640-h636/120.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading. <br /></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-56147322005217803632024-02-12T00:30:00.067-06:002024-02-12T00:30:00.137-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> By associating with the cat, one only risks becoming richer.</b> - Colette </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum must be super rich! She has me to hang with. Plus we have been together now for 14 years! Yep, officially it is tomorrow for my Gotcha Day, but hey, who is counting. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All of our snow is gone except a couple of small piles, never would have thought it would go away so fast. Mum says we are likely to get more but the weather guessers are not predicting any snow. Heck, we had rain and thunderboomer storms this past week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOg9Iq0IRgAXGMQKHGyYmk7LJuIF-51K1cp8hyJ9TW1sE7rg74lrtXSz_AgXUxnXhx-aahhpqYoLsXwL6Lj_G2Dmh_ZgpS6dGzPyfgLu4WPR4njHkBDCnT4esWyplu2QZlZW2IforIAZH3kaQ_sasPo84duyIsHJepNqIiP1TliHmdvJEEiiVLw/s4032/IMG_8578.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOg9Iq0IRgAXGMQKHGyYmk7LJuIF-51K1cp8hyJ9TW1sE7rg74lrtXSz_AgXUxnXhx-aahhpqYoLsXwL6Lj_G2Dmh_ZgpS6dGzPyfgLu4WPR4njHkBDCnT4esWyplu2QZlZW2IforIAZH3kaQ_sasPo84duyIsHJepNqIiP1TliHmdvJEEiiVLw/w640-h480/IMG_8578.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> It got so warm that the flowers are thinking it is time to poke out from the ground. I hopes they don't get nipped by snow and cold. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below is me with mum's latest blankie with one of her fav yarn color. She is making good progress. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3JOa_VFDZ7mEk_oMrg3sXB-opm9jFGpAs1YUwGWHCJoCTn0MfqxHnhTgxINFvM3ygaY7aEow8yfgoRkRwTVhrpXkEbMb3EL9R9C66z3CMV-ozxn0lVVKmQBSUfrTNMduK9wC1o6mYMtcwNxaE8G4-D06PsO3zm6xSvzyfp315sOnLO5yLgZNKw/s4032/IMG_8556.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3JOa_VFDZ7mEk_oMrg3sXB-opm9jFGpAs1YUwGWHCJoCTn0MfqxHnhTgxINFvM3ygaY7aEow8yfgoRkRwTVhrpXkEbMb3EL9R9C66z3CMV-ozxn0lVVKmQBSUfrTNMduK9wC1o6mYMtcwNxaE8G4-D06PsO3zm6xSvzyfp315sOnLO5yLgZNKw/w640-h480/IMG_8556.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8skxiRiFdf-XqUz9BaL0NLYQ1LYHnrcmM9Ze9jAif_EER8GF_CoOgKqZmBrWnOwOQHjSAeBQPnK1Yz0VCKnDG20M4DLoAKY01hFzoo27kK0xwyah-SCDfPW_ojMHvulZxxbj5TVBQPE-9Rr7VfgsJsMyBvjvNZJ2Zd7Ws3954ROUuxqPq-jw8w/s4032/IMG_8576.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8skxiRiFdf-XqUz9BaL0NLYQ1LYHnrcmM9Ze9jAif_EER8GF_CoOgKqZmBrWnOwOQHjSAeBQPnK1Yz0VCKnDG20M4DLoAKY01hFzoo27kK0xwyah-SCDfPW_ojMHvulZxxbj5TVBQPE-9Rr7VfgsJsMyBvjvNZJ2Zd7Ws3954ROUuxqPq-jw8w/w640-h480/IMG_8576.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> Me, just resting while she does her stuff, crow-shay, reading, just chilling. I know she likes to have me hang out with her. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1yi_wyc-FOr1TsPrUgKYKKTnwuZjVXceWEGa5tPNP7lbU06lrTCdoDJfMO-66-cVkEAMn1bhBOTOCKlfAgMOMsMYnrpB6ce39x5ISoblb2qrfkHWAwW50Nl-jHN4j-DZRlfdQ6cj6lpx1zzTjIbHaQZQIMwyuVXBSf6_6nvGkSRZsygsQPIHqQ/s4032/IMG_8580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1yi_wyc-FOr1TsPrUgKYKKTnwuZjVXceWEGa5tPNP7lbU06lrTCdoDJfMO-66-cVkEAMn1bhBOTOCKlfAgMOMsMYnrpB6ce39x5ISoblb2qrfkHWAwW50Nl-jHN4j-DZRlfdQ6cj6lpx1zzTjIbHaQZQIMwyuVXBSf6_6nvGkSRZsygsQPIHqQ/w640-h480/IMG_8580.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Mum didn't have a party or any special foods. She ate her leftovers from having lunch with Aunty Kellie the other day. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKX9jev8HwcbB4uzu1WzGLfLqAfFgCINLEQSZ7XUAieQ_iqcpcXQDHMki6QcVitxduhC2jZc-CVjb6ioS8ux8AM-ght9foCOYApcq3dXieYD1QfGBNug3Qek42HzBkDzT4tXJrSCVNsCDXoKOvBrbYoTRfHlEaSW-DdpS9nVbYtPAYCd8yoomJw/s4032/IMG_8581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKX9jev8HwcbB4uzu1WzGLfLqAfFgCINLEQSZ7XUAieQ_iqcpcXQDHMki6QcVitxduhC2jZc-CVjb6ioS8ux8AM-ght9foCOYApcq3dXieYD1QfGBNug3Qek42HzBkDzT4tXJrSCVNsCDXoKOvBrbYoTRfHlEaSW-DdpS9nVbYtPAYCd8yoomJw/w640-h480/IMG_8581.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me watching, well sorta. I was at least on mum's lap for part of the game. She did lots of crow-shay to keep her from eating more than her actual dinner. <br /></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>Feetsball Report</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The last game of the season is now done. The Kansas City Chiefs won over the SF Niners. It was a long season and the last game went into overtime. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Swifty fans should be happy, she made the game and they showed her lots on the moving picture box. Mum even was texting with DKM and others who were all routing for the Niners. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">While feetsball may be over, racy season starts now! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a good week everyone!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-3574997854300607142024-02-07T00:30:00.059-06:002024-02-07T00:30:00.142-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Yes it is February now and I have been at these book posts since February 2, 2022. I have no idea how many books I have posted about. That isn't the point. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I hope that perhaps I have introduced you to books to read, new authors to add to your list of books to read. My TBR list hovers between 150-160. I read some and then add more back in. I am getting more picky about what I add since I was getting too many clunkers!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I went back to look at some of my first posts. I notice I wasn't giving much feedback on each title, just posting pictures of the books. It wasn't until about 6 months later I gave a short synopsis of each book, my mini-review as it were. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWQ2E58h8zXan24pkj275IMsvONY9UUs6RUt7p2s3sfeIJds9DuRq3mo8ckEnMmQE47LH4A-XRUR3rzSsmkK-PHqYSlo3fn9FVjp6iMRSlenhtBsikrYfkIIP7raxVniiXrxXHUdHdLxvRYPdwBmH0405i1sTmtw0gghHPN0J0gjmKVOpZEPPYQ/s4032/12-11-23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWQ2E58h8zXan24pkj275IMsvONY9UUs6RUt7p2s3sfeIJds9DuRq3mo8ckEnMmQE47LH4A-XRUR3rzSsmkK-PHqYSlo3fn9FVjp6iMRSlenhtBsikrYfkIIP7raxVniiXrxXHUdHdLxvRYPdwBmH0405i1sTmtw0gghHPN0J0gjmKVOpZEPPYQ/w640-h480/12-11-23.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>Murder Most Fair</i> one of the Verity Kent series. Her great aunt arrives from Germany and they return to her family home. It is her first visit in nearly five years and she has to deal with the death of her brother in the war and her relationship with the rest of the family. Then her great aunt's maid is murdered as well. Was it because she was German?<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs Kip</i> a cub reporter oversteps and is then assigned to write an obituary of Mrs Kip. What she finds is an amazing story of an average person. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Bliss on Toast</i> is authored by Prue Leith, one of the judges on Great British Baking Show. The premise of the book is to have a simple but filling and tasty meal just putting stuff on toast. Although toast includes all type of bread, bagels, pita, naan etc. Put what makes you happy on your toast. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Dishes for Two</i> another cookbook but nothing jumped out at me to try. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Modern Bistro</i> same as above, but it is fun look and drool at the pictures. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvWRCMbTmPk8YH-Ta7apV_4GLuCPSWFz1n-zffc341Scp3gEKsb29v88tg4gJDsngfyAcV-4vsZCR0zCwXg3fBknJHxGpgv2GJpQMj_wy6CbQlxHon7OfE0JChciqLkS59JLuZTu0bEmcFLU6ahgfKDBp0dedWJvVtZAtEPZ0rksAKnarcP4CQQ/s526/115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvWRCMbTmPk8YH-Ta7apV_4GLuCPSWFz1n-zffc341Scp3gEKsb29v88tg4gJDsngfyAcV-4vsZCR0zCwXg3fBknJHxGpgv2GJpQMj_wy6CbQlxHon7OfE0JChciqLkS59JLuZTu0bEmcFLU6ahgfKDBp0dedWJvVtZAtEPZ0rksAKnarcP4CQQ/w640-h640/115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3CbGeiSXM8zcTGdyeixBYRvsLbb_2umNo-4VKx7OHYOryEx4P53oq-XjujUBlUiQYY5VD6nD0iHFO6XuCLf_WsPBqHETF4FYeeMUD_s668Z3ueLoLvITrIqUEIpYuH26c745JY0R3jlBOlUXPEB3cJge8r0aQPB3wJJZ7kYNZSDpBH2687WsiQ/s472/116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="378" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3CbGeiSXM8zcTGdyeixBYRvsLbb_2umNo-4VKx7OHYOryEx4P53oq-XjujUBlUiQYY5VD6nD0iHFO6XuCLf_WsPBqHETF4FYeeMUD_s668Z3ueLoLvITrIqUEIpYuH26c745JY0R3jlBOlUXPEB3cJge8r0aQPB3wJJZ7kYNZSDpBH2687WsiQ/w512-h640/116.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh663v2lClSbzk6dn8Oaa68lKk3f6XDyJ794H2WAgEyhdNjM91SZeBWiqFDOTsqmfODE52JQufVy2wNDj8DfC-b1CBRo8nfVvliB9hoh-SMqPiS9EJDMgXUXIDokqsOo1STzdwuOa7uWR2QVljq0LWaGNwyGXzaC9neVsSbPPUKElXJmvPNyNQQ/s640/117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh663v2lClSbzk6dn8Oaa68lKk3f6XDyJ794H2WAgEyhdNjM91SZeBWiqFDOTsqmfODE52JQufVy2wNDj8DfC-b1CBRo8nfVvliB9hoh-SMqPiS9EJDMgXUXIDokqsOo1STzdwuOa7uWR2QVljq0LWaGNwyGXzaC9neVsSbPPUKElXJmvPNyNQQ/w512-h640/117.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Not sure I mope about when I finish books, there is always another one to read and then another after that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!<br /></span></p><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-81052832420923736932024-02-05T00:30:00.030-06:002024-02-05T00:30:00.138-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other</b>. - Stephen Baker </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">First off I want to tell you about Nairobi. No, not the city but the cat. Seems he got out of his house back in December before Christmouse. He got found last week on top of an utility pole. He got rescued and back with his humans since he had a microchip. The story on the moving picture box <a href="https://cbs58.com/news/cat-reunited-with-owner-after-pole-rescue-in-riverwest">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Most all of snow we got last month is gone. Mum is happy about that but she thinks we will be getting more afor the real spring gets here. Mum is calling this false spring.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1yqnfzPxdgU4Jzy44FHjWJ2IaaxDgf2D_Pby01Qfp66hTeyTSMrnfhWx06zfRKlNhbOuif8XJ3X130oRJxL5yxQHMDd4JnN1DZdo9dpjPcgQ0m52UFcOx-9mk-C1vK9O-QEtbHpAznxCjhoMs-CcfWjy_sPjW7-tfTQZWjmBfn6G6QgV0UwaKw/s4032/IMG_8562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1yqnfzPxdgU4Jzy44FHjWJ2IaaxDgf2D_Pby01Qfp66hTeyTSMrnfhWx06zfRKlNhbOuif8XJ3X130oRJxL5yxQHMDd4JnN1DZdo9dpjPcgQ0m52UFcOx-9mk-C1vK9O-QEtbHpAznxCjhoMs-CcfWjy_sPjW7-tfTQZWjmBfn6G6QgV0UwaKw/w640-h480/IMG_8562.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Me, I am doing my usual stuff. Eating, bugging mum, helping mum with her crow-shay too. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhO4JxeQd_vTrh1hszwiop45yDQx0MxwkYmC8rg2J0JpdDsFHD1vElYx1MajNLCTcoUT2xQe38YcuYu2JOdn0lrS4QGW5Jdf9i0yZgZUbS6e7WQIO-N3RrskEqwA11uv5TexG_9_VXgEmsMH4NrqFesIz7_2JH0CkbPFzQaPS5LTlNY-u_9q-23w/s4032/IMG_8556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhO4JxeQd_vTrh1hszwiop45yDQx0MxwkYmC8rg2J0JpdDsFHD1vElYx1MajNLCTcoUT2xQe38YcuYu2JOdn0lrS4QGW5Jdf9i0yZgZUbS6e7WQIO-N3RrskEqwA11uv5TexG_9_VXgEmsMH4NrqFesIz7_2JH0CkbPFzQaPS5LTlNY-u_9q-23w/w640-h480/IMG_8556.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum says she really loves this color. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">No official feetsball game this weekend, but by this time next weekend the season will be over. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a happy week everyone. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-29345414257335489382024-01-31T00:30:00.052-06:002024-01-31T00:30:00.133-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Most of the snow that we got a couple of weeks ago has melted. We have had warmer than average temperatures and some rain. Minimal sunshine although this past Monday was sunny. It was nice to get out and get some rays!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Made it to the last day of January, which always seems like such a long month. Guess it is the cold, darker and snowy days. No more holidays to celebrate. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It is still good reading weather. Can't get out and do any gardening or other yard work. I did get the arbor vitae more or less upright after the snow melted off of it. At least it didn't break off. Will have to see how well it gets back to being straight. First pic is from January 27 when still bent down with snow. Next one is on January 28 after the snow had melted off of it AND with me pushing it up and using bungee cords to hold it a bit straighter. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi972rq211Rxk7S1Lat_e9w0gdRPkvR78QqEWdpno9NMdx53JPA9RuW7pxHpDm0yYmhYoKIERNSZknVOsTGvcXrXHFZFkycmfL8yNIra_P11jzSBmQSMK8hCprHuESEv8g_yeLxm_rD8R4k9NJzKl6_Ro3P0mrG9IJWNgmmXLs78ozdi8NtqtnbOg/s825/IMG_8511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="825" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi972rq211Rxk7S1Lat_e9w0gdRPkvR78QqEWdpno9NMdx53JPA9RuW7pxHpDm0yYmhYoKIERNSZknVOsTGvcXrXHFZFkycmfL8yNIra_P11jzSBmQSMK8hCprHuESEv8g_yeLxm_rD8R4k9NJzKl6_Ro3P0mrG9IJWNgmmXLs78ozdi8NtqtnbOg/w640-h506/IMG_8511.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1GZoFFcTwgeEmtuaZ6QdSXeiE-MjaA_VyWJUbXIDT99qSXo5hyphenhyphenhsmp7FYGPCXQx_XkAudvlAFPeEwHuUhz5Bld9zpMRw-IHgp4BqdQFhfTEhTVFtc3y-av967of3tPsrABuYxr6aTz580rUqjPkdTE4La5adph2ER-HJnZYM0WctYACfV3ZINQ/s1103/IMG_8518-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1103" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1GZoFFcTwgeEmtuaZ6QdSXeiE-MjaA_VyWJUbXIDT99qSXo5hyphenhyphenhsmp7FYGPCXQx_XkAudvlAFPeEwHuUhz5Bld9zpMRw-IHgp4BqdQFhfTEhTVFtc3y-av967of3tPsrABuYxr6aTz580rUqjPkdTE4La5adph2ER-HJnZYM0WctYACfV3ZINQ/w640-h566/IMG_8518-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On to the books for this week. </span></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnvvlOit8nQQsx9slwGbBxDJZK-psoii9cKubIVQ1zC5I3qE5oGwRAKkM1nV6LSVsyov7GqLgUBQc57Z7L5RLXrgxR8RXSJNjsAPylJ_Qvpa5B74Ypvinl9FR9pZQn-b9PE0THpl6FmMR5bGpvvbQjSPrUtp6HbPvp3MdN7bGNUCY4nq-gwTavQ/s4032/12-1-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnvvlOit8nQQsx9slwGbBxDJZK-psoii9cKubIVQ1zC5I3qE5oGwRAKkM1nV6LSVsyov7GqLgUBQc57Z7L5RLXrgxR8RXSJNjsAPylJ_Qvpa5B74Ypvinl9FR9pZQn-b9PE0THpl6FmMR5bGpvvbQjSPrUtp6HbPvp3MdN7bGNUCY4nq-gwTavQ/w640-h480/12-1-2023.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>Death in the Vines</i> several women are killed, including an older lady found in a vineyard. Are the murders related? <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Summer of Blood</i> the continuing story of the end of the Plantagent rulers in England. In 1381, the lower classes fed up by continuing poll taxes that hit them the worst rebel against King Richard III. The rebellion is put down with lots of blood flowing in the streets. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Baptism by Fire</i> the author chose eight presidents, Washington, Jefferson, Tyler, Lincoln, FDR, Truman, Kennedy and Ford to profile. The book gives mini biography of their lives as well as an overview of their presidency. Doesn't just focus on one crisis, which is what I was expecting. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrQ1SwjERaPWPhKmWTFX99J8grl0xq6TgSHBfWfDqmYOnEicOW7MaEXbRyGgTCVq27F80uvJMdkGtpU6DjGCpalbVeaeqWO_F1wj8b3xCi4f7wGgFYAba17jqmNfhJ8mthGXrKQFL70CGWf-kyWMvZGjdLcA9kfgS4XrMK80CkhLuMR1ovaGFJQ/s509/112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="509" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrQ1SwjERaPWPhKmWTFX99J8grl0xq6TgSHBfWfDqmYOnEicOW7MaEXbRyGgTCVq27F80uvJMdkGtpU6DjGCpalbVeaeqWO_F1wj8b3xCi4f7wGgFYAba17jqmNfhJ8mthGXrKQFL70CGWf-kyWMvZGjdLcA9kfgS4XrMK80CkhLuMR1ovaGFJQ/w640-h640/112.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1aHkddy1j30rRS4z2MY_TFG6vUbrYvd996guRG72-rkY3zkZfQcSJ2nU9JvkgYrokDdOi4JPX6SKdeBB3DnMRj-Nt1PGhSBRwyX8b_Qe4jQbtnssHlFK4DBbrm102VYAnLwuZQjlbcP9FxiMYHfBu2u2VqtEcG-VmyG-zYGP59CaKgKvs4NIlg/s526/113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1aHkddy1j30rRS4z2MY_TFG6vUbrYvd996guRG72-rkY3zkZfQcSJ2nU9JvkgYrokDdOi4JPX6SKdeBB3DnMRj-Nt1PGhSBRwyX8b_Qe4jQbtnssHlFK4DBbrm102VYAnLwuZQjlbcP9FxiMYHfBu2u2VqtEcG-VmyG-zYGP59CaKgKvs4NIlg/w640-h640/113.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzABeKNYLKDJVjbrAQHPU17GFW4mDaK9ks8o1z0ugpiggRUiV1anpb5MP9hhwxPKX3sBQ_PATT8VAgi-uqLGmZsDbB46VEnUycTqankSfLL787nlyp9FIywLT4A1W97etqSu_hJmSf0d1X9jT5Id8f1BSt0OdLk-VDJKJMLlvWWNNzNbKjXdhGw/s526/114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzABeKNYLKDJVjbrAQHPU17GFW4mDaK9ks8o1z0ugpiggRUiV1anpb5MP9hhwxPKX3sBQ_PATT8VAgi-uqLGmZsDbB46VEnUycTqankSfLL787nlyp9FIywLT4A1W97etqSu_hJmSf0d1X9jT5Id8f1BSt0OdLk-VDJKJMLlvWWNNzNbKjXdhGw/w640-h640/114.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading.<br /></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-31958519829174360852024-01-29T00:30:00.028-06:002024-01-29T00:30:00.147-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven. </b>- Robert A. Heinlein </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum treats me super good, so I guess they will let her into heaven some day. We had a good time yesterday snuggling in her sleepy spot. I purr and she snores, well softly!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me sitting on mum while she tried to do the crow-shay while she watched the feetsball games this weekend. I also watched fevvers with her, and they are doing good. Mum keeps foods out for them and the weather isn't as cold this week. Lots of melting so the snow isn't as deep. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF95unsRQlGdP4BS085aBMKPeiOdk57Zb8Oh5xOS6xUcZmBDm9UPDwwokv9g05F0YGe3nhSvqMw1iogeggC8eXdX-gFDvUzhZ4KMqsHcOR-ozIG9MJnUqGBPRETnHDyrMT1JMs3q2NhriuEULeKzSZXjdRNJ8j4U7lZZS_-nMVgKVROIFaWT9n9g/s4032/IMG_8513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF95unsRQlGdP4BS085aBMKPeiOdk57Zb8Oh5xOS6xUcZmBDm9UPDwwokv9g05F0YGe3nhSvqMw1iogeggC8eXdX-gFDvUzhZ4KMqsHcOR-ozIG9MJnUqGBPRETnHDyrMT1JMs3q2NhriuEULeKzSZXjdRNJ8j4U7lZZS_-nMVgKVROIFaWT9n9g/w640-h480/IMG_8513.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9OXYxwL-4h2VW7QHwnhpsJRz1KR92s_sZQcS18G7s0jrWDWTs3538cbO_EiJNoiwpoFq1G_RkeRXlttDOvMoxKWk9aIfLbJhTU0dSXVWnsHJI9nsJgSpBLfiFq0cAGXMPSyRBGL6mpHRHbBu7XdQj1ZBL1lF-44KhuqLYdwL7N7m61lO9H6JFw/s4032/IMG_8514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9OXYxwL-4h2VW7QHwnhpsJRz1KR92s_sZQcS18G7s0jrWDWTs3538cbO_EiJNoiwpoFq1G_RkeRXlttDOvMoxKWk9aIfLbJhTU0dSXVWnsHJI9nsJgSpBLfiFq0cAGXMPSyRBGL6mpHRHbBu7XdQj1ZBL1lF-44KhuqLYdwL7N7m61lO9H6JFw/w640-h480/IMG_8514.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinocAaUPFsu7ePDxL_jgkbxQcveY_C5nFR5HIGD4IXT-rUe_fWINIoUO5pWUVHZyngJEkX1U30RDIC4HGOyMlIiJiVVB54xs6fUaURQeLfgEKwN48QNOusTTeoMuM2L5oHh6P5hOQZToh73L8K4gcm5E9u-KmKaQSaJ7IbjFSI4OoK-X4n08cqg/s3088/IMG_8517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinocAaUPFsu7ePDxL_jgkbxQcveY_C5nFR5HIGD4IXT-rUe_fWINIoUO5pWUVHZyngJEkX1U30RDIC4HGOyMlIiJiVVB54xs6fUaURQeLfgEKwN48QNOusTTeoMuM2L5oHh6P5hOQZToh73L8K4gcm5E9u-KmKaQSaJ7IbjFSI4OoK-X4n08cqg/w640-h480/IMG_8517.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Me sitting on mum the other night. I loves to sit on her boobities!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Feetsball Report</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Down to the last two teams for the Stouper Bowl. KC will return to try to win it two years in a row. Mum was a bit bummed that the Lions didn't win, they did lead for most of the game, but the Niners came back to win. Lions are the only team that has NEVER played in the Stouper Bowl. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a good week everyone. <br /></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-18300812369942268242024-01-24T00:30:00.047-06:002024-01-24T00:30:00.128-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Winter has decided to be a little calmer this past week. The bitter cold is gone, no massive snowfalls either. Some melting, a small bit of sun and one day of freezing drizzle with a bit of snow, which then melted. Thankfull I didn't have to go anywhere that day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Although the melting and freezing stuff is making the back yard a bit treacherous. I have to be super careful and am using my shovel as a walking stick to help me keep my balance. The good thing is that with the warmer weather the birds don't eat quite as much. Can fill the feeders every other day instead of daily. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But it is great stay inside and read weather. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nuaD0HvoYcngO3pnzljF_C_thbaty31ilXboNvmdWewGaLjKAp6cCLLFOofVxjrmm305bQzxFtmL9voO8wU7Ei7tRrqDp7cOjYCfwUKIkDkgVbYIpxetf1DfotIfKbdxEZoySN_yzd0B2CbuOST28HO8nmHFr_F3gr5_zD2TMDg9fQVbx-69OA/s4032/12-1-23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nuaD0HvoYcngO3pnzljF_C_thbaty31ilXboNvmdWewGaLjKAp6cCLLFOofVxjrmm305bQzxFtmL9voO8wU7Ei7tRrqDp7cOjYCfwUKIkDkgVbYIpxetf1DfotIfKbdxEZoySN_yzd0B2CbuOST28HO8nmHFr_F3gr5_zD2TMDg9fQVbx-69OA/w640-h480/12-1-23.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Read and Buried</i> our Lighthouse Librarians find a tin box buried at the lighthouse during the repairs. A diary, map and notes in code. Map to treasures or something else. Someone thinks its important and murders for it. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u>Easter Bonnet Murder</u> things get rather competitive at the local nursing home and the bonnet being made. Does that include murder? <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>My Life in Pictures Patti Boyd</i> is mostly pictures of her life, from her modeling career, with spouses George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Plus pictures taken by Patti herself.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnPxvqkzT3GWT0E_22fg0fWo25j6xyuNLQ89TGLDfl2whyphenhyphenhvTSu6-iEfydqPXN9PbV_63KKLBAz8CV-ViMEdWINMLlmo_R869GJJbfP1APOLxc5DSaLGXp_B1k62DKLR-g70wKDQ-LIHOSJV5d3W7kkUUevId-7kiXUee0veErpwbxzvRFH9d3A/s526/110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnPxvqkzT3GWT0E_22fg0fWo25j6xyuNLQ89TGLDfl2whyphenhyphenhvTSu6-iEfydqPXN9PbV_63KKLBAz8CV-ViMEdWINMLlmo_R869GJJbfP1APOLxc5DSaLGXp_B1k62DKLR-g70wKDQ-LIHOSJV5d3W7kkUUevId-7kiXUee0veErpwbxzvRFH9d3A/w640-h640/110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZ55PyshB5iJkP0ogw9iFgQT7ADnJw8Y5aV-EsC2el8kgNYBLy93c3CrHVz4XmGnIVz6S3Kb-ETY2hhdmSwwdc21jNPHpbIdL0Dqm9Qst8U_z3I2ONlXUB5jjiE3Ff3BrIhQvlBVvI50MiLoFf2eqH_mcgpjJghD8SpaNLVhNCPcPXwxjAvy_yQ/s526/111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="439" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZ55PyshB5iJkP0ogw9iFgQT7ADnJw8Y5aV-EsC2el8kgNYBLy93c3CrHVz4XmGnIVz6S3Kb-ETY2hhdmSwwdc21jNPHpbIdL0Dqm9Qst8U_z3I2ONlXUB5jjiE3Ff3BrIhQvlBVvI50MiLoFf2eqH_mcgpjJghD8SpaNLVhNCPcPXwxjAvy_yQ/w534-h640/111.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading.<br /> </span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-51089517716826476932024-01-22T00:30:00.040-06:002024-01-22T00:30:00.182-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.</b>- Charlotte Gray</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another week and things are going OK. I thinks the worst of the really cold stuff is gone, but all that white stuff is still outside. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No more stuff to shovel, but mum has to go out and feed the fevvers. With all the cold they eat lots. One day she was putting stuff out and took a funky step and ended up in the snow. She didn't get hurt, but she had to crawl to the seed storage cans in order to get up. She needs help getting up from the snow. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKLXNCuHlI1GdK_e5xME-YngBi4IkmPWlkueY-nLZXWsQGc4aLQQr9DRORmwFhYJ7Ok1pJCmQhFug-rmZ6K-dDdxMK-OZh-6ok3M9EazV1gLl55xsF7S8gqfQLgGCnL6mWLCi19IpwKP8H7n73yLNSOr2WjujwBxF96H6vvsfzA3vSKY2Pbm0bg/s4032/IMG_8487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKLXNCuHlI1GdK_e5xME-YngBi4IkmPWlkueY-nLZXWsQGc4aLQQr9DRORmwFhYJ7Ok1pJCmQhFug-rmZ6K-dDdxMK-OZh-6ok3M9EazV1gLl55xsF7S8gqfQLgGCnL6mWLCi19IpwKP8H7n73yLNSOr2WjujwBxF96H6vvsfzA3vSKY2Pbm0bg/w640-h480/IMG_8487.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7EZ3iInHY-_8iTx6FjVI-7SpPIwFlnRQH-yfvXMUZIeulU2n14UsgK9NTfCSfMCMsxbBLPivhgwvcpt7stvypkYKkkPjPP8-Lby0LAHbA9Sg-Z-gvS5iPYIkh8ydsQDmvuoRxt6L2BV-bOOkAbLG3wRRfrRs1moQ_lRSWNMdtzJJPWr6K5Mucw/s4032/IMG_8498.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7EZ3iInHY-_8iTx6FjVI-7SpPIwFlnRQH-yfvXMUZIeulU2n14UsgK9NTfCSfMCMsxbBLPivhgwvcpt7stvypkYKkkPjPP8-Lby0LAHbA9Sg-Z-gvS5iPYIkh8ydsQDmvuoRxt6L2BV-bOOkAbLG3wRRfrRs1moQ_lRSWNMdtzJJPWr6K5Mucw/w640-h480/IMG_8498.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Mum didn't even take any new pics this past week. So recycling last weeks as this is about what I did. Nap, sit on mum during the feetsball game and other times too. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum found out she has a new grand neice, born on Caturday. Her name is Luna. She was super excited to start her life she came three weeks early. Mom, Dad and baby all doing well. <br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Feetsball Report</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pack - they played well against the Niners, they were even leading for a part of the game. Sadly they losted so are done playing for this season. They did a whole lot better than people, including mum, thought they would. Beware of them next season!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The rest of the playoff teams are set. The Lions will play the Niners. Mum is happy about that. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the other side the reigning Stouper Bowl champs will play the Ravens. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Overall me and mum had a quiet week. You all have a good week. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-18899200141118029782024-01-17T00:30:00.045-06:002024-01-17T00:30:00.144-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Been an interesting last week. Our winter up through early last week had minimal snow and we had no snow on the ground on Monday. Starting on Tuesday we had snow, again on Wednesday night and again all day Friday into Saturday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Enough already. I would rather have had a dozen snowfalls of 2-3 inches over the past 6 weeks than this! My little community got 14.5 inches <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQVXFF1u24H1V6gtzA-XJkLRaVx8o6sBC6-Y7FMq7nSXN1ihfMp2cMZevKAu94VvDmNqDcozZWcgCTiaRIQGUPdvwaO2VP2e-lKMH21IstkLdmDMm4gs28wUTw8UWkz8wetYCp4GES9R9GbPeUjhhmjYgc0u5RurFqtiSI6Ps9qOuSGkGT6ZvPA/s600/418523851_1250220959236297_3976453942814805168_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQVXFF1u24H1V6gtzA-XJkLRaVx8o6sBC6-Y7FMq7nSXN1ihfMp2cMZevKAu94VvDmNqDcozZWcgCTiaRIQGUPdvwaO2VP2e-lKMH21IstkLdmDMm4gs28wUTw8UWkz8wetYCp4GES9R9GbPeUjhhmjYgc0u5RurFqtiSI6Ps9qOuSGkGT6ZvPA/w640-h360/418523851_1250220959236297_3976453942814805168_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOiQ55iE4bhBUgSJ9d0myqKIXJUw4oROId78L9rs3VWGEL9TY4rfHjLVilPdHb-iHpLfOAql6SKm6Bxvg2eBankxqPnwYyh0vxuEcJLwkOGTCT3YtbHxdTqj1yAK8I1UANmbj75iA3ErsCQoBe989tocQSxmqXAyJU479tx6dfpnclYnf12hpWg/s600/419130719_1250221575902902_2721413447003887966_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOiQ55iE4bhBUgSJ9d0myqKIXJUw4oROId78L9rs3VWGEL9TY4rfHjLVilPdHb-iHpLfOAql6SKm6Bxvg2eBankxqPnwYyh0vxuEcJLwkOGTCT3YtbHxdTqj1yAK8I1UANmbj75iA3ErsCQoBe989tocQSxmqXAyJU479tx6dfpnclYnf12hpWg/w640-h360/419130719_1250221575902902_2721413447003887966_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctMGg_n-iYJby0nb1a_p-XBtj5lYSS-UHuWqQe3YvVodNuy2-q2iQYPeO4SbmBBkLdjz5wS70dB9wG0HI8AFGB9ykGglPHhb-yvkG9ppbFmScFHxypDEkJw_qa8eGtEXZlJZltol1lSfQGupmH0x5_NrJxPQUKLrYIz1xVx__XIg2TUsaGH2Scg/s960/419852646_933751308338360_62712993371899823_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctMGg_n-iYJby0nb1a_p-XBtj5lYSS-UHuWqQe3YvVodNuy2-q2iQYPeO4SbmBBkLdjz5wS70dB9wG0HI8AFGB9ykGglPHhb-yvkG9ppbFmScFHxypDEkJw_qa8eGtEXZlJZltol1lSfQGupmH0x5_NrJxPQUKLrYIz1xVx__XIg2TUsaGH2Scg/w640-h360/419852646_933751308338360_62712993371899823_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So I spent lots of time dealing with snow and not reading a great deal. Even the library closed on Friday and Saturday. Now it is super cold so can stay inside and read! I thought I would have time to read with the snow but spent too much time dealing with it!<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHrZPR5sPLay36mpRJP9Gbib6rE4fFn6Aef5hUgUFCR-4v2z-QdYWfag3mDhSNyMUwGn7k_xsbH1lY1UvXtARZE8nCJu6sHHzsAAvrXn0fEnbBmW2F6Vr0uC9qG1KlYxQeJIbR8VgGbhARMGvlarFqwqFhPfg3mEoITYAeVTlcFzBuHE4Ou9DSg/s4032/11-13-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHrZPR5sPLay36mpRJP9Gbib6rE4fFn6Aef5hUgUFCR-4v2z-QdYWfag3mDhSNyMUwGn7k_xsbH1lY1UvXtARZE8nCJu6sHHzsAAvrXn0fEnbBmW2F6Vr0uC9qG1KlYxQeJIbR8VgGbhARMGvlarFqwqFhPfg3mEoITYAeVTlcFzBuHE4Ou9DSg/w640-h480/11-13-2023.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom</i> a biography of the late comic who was called "Mr Warmth" by Johnny Carson. He trained as a serious actor and did acting roles, but is remembered more for his comic work. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Rules of Engagement</i> I took this with me when I was in the hospital, didn't get into it at all. Realized it was more as a romance book which I am not into. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Light We Carry</i> from Michelle Obama on our ability to survive in an uncertain world. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGF2gHEFisOIJNKBh8U6J92C9mf80IjQkzdGMqAqvLCEe3Zl7lsAvfzh_NZLm1BkHK7ZiDpZKKF_DNxO8t96_c3lOSFRZxmSJfNmoUtBrjwpsXFDc5vH7bB8gMunq8tr7z6rPl0Mz6SuaF6wQv9YovSuaY_7lXoTNY7XQbpQeEzc88_bRUCTKXAA/s526/106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGF2gHEFisOIJNKBh8U6J92C9mf80IjQkzdGMqAqvLCEe3Zl7lsAvfzh_NZLm1BkHK7ZiDpZKKF_DNxO8t96_c3lOSFRZxmSJfNmoUtBrjwpsXFDc5vH7bB8gMunq8tr7z6rPl0Mz6SuaF6wQv9YovSuaY_7lXoTNY7XQbpQeEzc88_bRUCTKXAA/w640-h640/106.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih91nqpCaRyrvhgBR4Hx64PvEflT_h6ZZK3dp5kdcOgDoleNexuq24-TafQwTwi5frPGcfWGrv90i3iFKUQkO50KUlantGQrLbbEMezR2-aaCuyanxXoxjI-Z0g1ECzjDOR9f2Wc3FyjQ4VB_B6lZjXe8ysYHkza6bKZZPk5bZM_FBdfOJFFi8Qw/s535/107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih91nqpCaRyrvhgBR4Hx64PvEflT_h6ZZK3dp5kdcOgDoleNexuq24-TafQwTwi5frPGcfWGrv90i3iFKUQkO50KUlantGQrLbbEMezR2-aaCuyanxXoxjI-Z0g1ECzjDOR9f2Wc3FyjQ4VB_B6lZjXe8ysYHkza6bKZZPk5bZM_FBdfOJFFi8Qw/w630-h640/107.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtwiGUIP65tgv-tpOwHRmtjmpvIg8Fprfx2S3oLbGHaK_TCwQGlvYbt3BgXo8dTNEPutzhCb3aNhgui0EkzB06c3S8RvQOzGde8Brv-uibSiO3YlF6P5Veev1bxVyGrC8V92bnq24CxabSjMnUoMqjha7Q_adUoys5qDTDvL2ezJVOPI7maz87g/s526/108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtwiGUIP65tgv-tpOwHRmtjmpvIg8Fprfx2S3oLbGHaK_TCwQGlvYbt3BgXo8dTNEPutzhCb3aNhgui0EkzB06c3S8RvQOzGde8Brv-uibSiO3YlF6P5Veev1bxVyGrC8V92bnq24CxabSjMnUoMqjha7Q_adUoys5qDTDvL2ezJVOPI7maz87g/w640-h640/108.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading<br /></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-46025425606720706002024-01-15T00:30:00.018-06:002024-01-15T00:30:00.153-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.</b> - Hippolyte Taine </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hello from a cold and snowy Whiskerconsin. After I posted on Monday things got interesting in the weather department. After little snow so far this winter we got dumped on. Well, I didn't get dumped on. I stayed inside and let mum deal with it!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjzgir_ZbSvqnZMYVID0rSCA_Tz9gQyRPNnQYhmv5BFDHoJWJpgZjOEFdZSaz6R92yBWMGSsSPyNJB_vHkWHhZinPMzWxPSvZeWfJ8eh9_yYNDygHII2v09n7n6_R_FiV1iIEW8sugB1OpqpFwNXWwDQu6_4C7EBGHsNTkLE-7zEMOs6PgS32DQ/s4032/IMG_8481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjzgir_ZbSvqnZMYVID0rSCA_Tz9gQyRPNnQYhmv5BFDHoJWJpgZjOEFdZSaz6R92yBWMGSsSPyNJB_vHkWHhZinPMzWxPSvZeWfJ8eh9_yYNDygHII2v09n7n6_R_FiV1iIEW8sugB1OpqpFwNXWwDQu6_4C7EBGHsNTkLE-7zEMOs6PgS32DQ/w640-h480/IMG_8481.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnqCUqK3VvQ6TfbanSXCcjHfuo-py-5BKB-86uoNYtXhYVsfLWsFbK5kKDRvlO9hwaWj2a6BSJvvYd7IYOtnZr0dic7ee5srQs4dNI85PFQmLi2maKrY8SNyBc9fVm9S0Ge6JPFk88NBEaQHht4Ic-rG4q4AVVrHUIcLHz5BmNzQi_h1TUa2MHQ/s4032/IMG_8482.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnqCUqK3VvQ6TfbanSXCcjHfuo-py-5BKB-86uoNYtXhYVsfLWsFbK5kKDRvlO9hwaWj2a6BSJvvYd7IYOtnZr0dic7ee5srQs4dNI85PFQmLi2maKrY8SNyBc9fVm9S0Ge6JPFk88NBEaQHht4Ic-rG4q4AVVrHUIcLHz5BmNzQi_h1TUa2MHQ/w640-h480/IMG_8482.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the driveway, before and after clearing out for the last time on Caturday morning. Mum did most of the flat part and naybors helped with the deep stuff at the end. Mum says enuf!</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygtJZpuNVESpnA0rs2KILEjQOiwgGMHNlWdfThjmQrYWE3HWPJdOjwwWf2rOZ40cPim5I-8HdxuJ0nG3s_1Ava_c6CNlAj8MDYiuxQsmvpmDhGVETDkCHe7l7waTpAmkGFp6EjkTfoqudPqENz_TojgsSy4V8x5DCIpfrm4HfhyAk2rrBul1Ofg/s4032/IMG_8487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygtJZpuNVESpnA0rs2KILEjQOiwgGMHNlWdfThjmQrYWE3HWPJdOjwwWf2rOZ40cPim5I-8HdxuJ0nG3s_1Ava_c6CNlAj8MDYiuxQsmvpmDhGVETDkCHe7l7waTpAmkGFp6EjkTfoqudPqENz_TojgsSy4V8x5DCIpfrm4HfhyAk2rrBul1Ofg/w640-h480/IMG_8487.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">This is how I spent the time during the snows. In my heaty bed where I was nice and comfortable. Mum has been using a heaty thing on her back too. Too much snow blowing and such. Plus it helps keep her warm.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Feetsball Report</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pack - WooHoo. The Pack took it to the CowGirls. Scored early and often and were leading by 32 points at one point. They won by 16! Plus they beat the old GB coach and mum is happy about that. Not sure what day they will play next weekend, but they will play the SF Niners. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now the last time they won the Stouper Bowl they won the wild card game like they did here. Could miracles happen twice? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mLfQ7L1_zkWYg_tuPXRbyOhrIdSmoi-RVLdjbagCDznWrSRSa8CQQgJbqrVYzYKCx6n37iJeZOXgO_L1SQ09I7w0YSzIaBSHln424xBwVjy5Xap3hLlF2V2zP2o_WbN9k7lfJArscx4aNTRLN-rooFG8Mx0HPXFamPCD3RbzfeyCMEPcZhJGUg/s4032/IMG_8498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mLfQ7L1_zkWYg_tuPXRbyOhrIdSmoi-RVLdjbagCDznWrSRSa8CQQgJbqrVYzYKCx6n37iJeZOXgO_L1SQ09I7w0YSzIaBSHln424xBwVjy5Xap3hLlF2V2zP2o_WbN9k7lfJArscx4aNTRLN-rooFG8Mx0HPXFamPCD3RbzfeyCMEPcZhJGUg/w640-h480/IMG_8498.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> Have a wonderful week everyone. <br /></span></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-15249501818948294332024-01-10T00:30:00.070-06:002024-01-10T00:30:00.312-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Winter weather has actually arrived as of yesterday. Wet slushy snow to start, then just snow later. Worked to get the slush off before it could freeze on the pavement. Plus after the plow went through to get the mess out of the end of the driveway. Had that done by about 2 PM. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Will have to clear off the snow that fell later on Wednesday, but that I can probably do with the snow blower and do it quickly. Supposed to get more snow and be really cold next week too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Okay, winter weather means time to read and watch stuff on Netflix. </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGqhPlqb7jvTnYbfC4BorHaHf3AZpfbHSAdKWQO_4KNgjR2TS416nJw7sFTYmel_Z1F3jnS8H2opcDD4noCnqZJpRaJncr_8VnBf_7_5cIb7MeUBcUtZBKBM3nN6PTd3NTdXMp-4fKeRTu0sGzXO4eHQgPbPhQcCgnzO_TI5JnWpD3FNha5AkUQ/s4032/11-13-23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGqhPlqb7jvTnYbfC4BorHaHf3AZpfbHSAdKWQO_4KNgjR2TS416nJw7sFTYmel_Z1F3jnS8H2opcDD4noCnqZJpRaJncr_8VnBf_7_5cIb7MeUBcUtZBKBM3nN6PTd3NTdXMp-4fKeRTu0sGzXO4eHQgPbPhQcCgnzO_TI5JnWpD3FNha5AkUQ/w640-h480/11-13-23.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>itch Way Out</i> - Violet is asked to participate as a vendor in the Spring Equinox Fair. Then the main organizer is found dead by Violet. Who done him in?<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>An Untidy Death</i> is the second installment of the Decluttering Mysteries. Ellen is tasked with giving an opinion if a living space is hazardous. She thinks no, but later the place goes up in flames, killing the occupant. Accident or murder? Plus a new admirer for Violet. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Intrigue in Istanbul</i> the latest Jane Wunderly mystery. She returns home to Boston to introduce her man to her father. When she arrives she finds out he has taken a huge loan with their home as collateral and the loan is due. Her father is in Istanbul searching for a long missing relic. Jane and her man go there to find out what is going on. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Killing Code</i> Kit Sutherland isn't who she appears to be. She is hired by the government to work as an analyst decoding messages in World War II. Then she and some of her fellow analyst also start to hunt for the person who is killing government worker girls. The truth hits close to home.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWw2YnUx9uJfi7Mzs3ISuwAZpqEj7iJP3_q4wCUjMJWzbJIZNfKq1nsA-banwcNpPmR9ZKLMsWFVSqZqWPzTIs65ZP-z-88KAaM9dNMsuL1TSaGxvkQ2v5Q2eEzbdBgQl-Tn1fPFuVIPuq5ApXzN1aoeV1bAPQe22FYsh3wXtvOc7gej3fWTWEXA/s400/103.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWw2YnUx9uJfi7Mzs3ISuwAZpqEj7iJP3_q4wCUjMJWzbJIZNfKq1nsA-banwcNpPmR9ZKLMsWFVSqZqWPzTIs65ZP-z-88KAaM9dNMsuL1TSaGxvkQ2v5Q2eEzbdBgQl-Tn1fPFuVIPuq5ApXzN1aoeV1bAPQe22FYsh3wXtvOc7gej3fWTWEXA/w640-h640/103.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAHtZcWznaojxNLz6vs12kx6XTk819vfESehxEdpjlAz9-z5CCVSkB8tqNdyZZpTc4pRjQ7rtKOUhU0ujOrfjWQYoOCIrTHNZJcfQ7ch3MgwkqJ0IaxdJnuLg19YDbNqRbY8H3_h9yKY8fqp_4quE_tdmqawd3Ca3nwqpPSVT6s9JRixb78IUjg/s364/104.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="364" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAHtZcWznaojxNLz6vs12kx6XTk819vfESehxEdpjlAz9-z5CCVSkB8tqNdyZZpTc4pRjQ7rtKOUhU0ujOrfjWQYoOCIrTHNZJcfQ7ch3MgwkqJ0IaxdJnuLg19YDbNqRbY8H3_h9yKY8fqp_4quE_tdmqawd3Ca3nwqpPSVT6s9JRixb78IUjg/w640-h632/104.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgZ3dfPaqdSWtb2nybzeTp9_q6kdrSe7mQli5BipqBBpN29wwVDzOodZ1eBiHbz9C11zezaObF6B_ahQbB8Ey79geL_rqHAeLcGvLkxmVI_rVDO1i8vrXv7gVpJIDYwaiVNceziHbx1EoqA9XudymkQ0tGH1wOHWNbV5eQGf7vn3zRYDghldoxw/s526/105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgZ3dfPaqdSWtb2nybzeTp9_q6kdrSe7mQli5BipqBBpN29wwVDzOodZ1eBiHbz9C11zezaObF6B_ahQbB8Ey79geL_rqHAeLcGvLkxmVI_rVDO1i8vrXv7gVpJIDYwaiVNceziHbx1EoqA9XudymkQ0tGH1wOHWNbV5eQGf7vn3zRYDghldoxw/w640-h640/105.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading. <br /></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-82118915376297386602024-01-08T00:30:00.054-06:002024-01-08T00:30:00.303-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cats. They just don't follow the rules</b>. ~ Elizabeth A. Reeves</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rules? What rules!? MOL.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mum did lots of stuff this past week making the Christmouse stuff go away. All the trees got packed up and taken back to the dungeon. Mum even got a nice enuf day to take down the outside lights. It was sunny and not too windy so she didn't get cold. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEDwhPpdgDNj_E3jt8GIdYRIh4mqAGtETmOg3osyohGjTlWkiUU-9MaKmbmUvzlCkOqmr3Hv6rTqDsg9Tdf4c4bV_NKkVd5_EXk-kZRInanZruZbFW5FNTa5D4eoXF4FIeNducaBCxdZGPhKiavvTMsFhP9bPrQk1EjGLgFpBrIDmCJKpiRQlbg/s4032/IMG_8426.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEDwhPpdgDNj_E3jt8GIdYRIh4mqAGtETmOg3osyohGjTlWkiUU-9MaKmbmUvzlCkOqmr3Hv6rTqDsg9Tdf4c4bV_NKkVd5_EXk-kZRInanZruZbFW5FNTa5D4eoXF4FIeNducaBCxdZGPhKiavvTMsFhP9bPrQk1EjGLgFpBrIDmCJKpiRQlbg/w640-h480/IMG_8426.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">So things look a bit bare back by my heaty bed, but now my heaty bed is gone too! Mum took it apart and washed it. She said I had yak'd on it bad and it needed to be cleaned. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-TkmnwECCpEJ1RgZF5l7DfqKiF83JUdmHnKiJv6cy_QYRetgSpyBLOcjUe_1X1m7t7547ZqT_xKP3INOrEK3lJRIAmP33jrRRf9zBjEH9mlg2pXMLrVGuaXIudnxJHpQShu4SFW-5oJtR02cuj5HV3je1Gxwawh3-9ultZbWMP0feV9vyxKQ_g/s4032/IMG_8428.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-TkmnwECCpEJ1RgZF5l7DfqKiF83JUdmHnKiJv6cy_QYRetgSpyBLOcjUe_1X1m7t7547ZqT_xKP3INOrEK3lJRIAmP33jrRRf9zBjEH9mlg2pXMLrVGuaXIudnxJHpQShu4SFW-5oJtR02cuj5HV3je1Gxwawh3-9ultZbWMP0feV9vyxKQ_g/w640-h480/IMG_8428.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">All nice and washed but I am not so sure about an all clean bed. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUR05WY8LE0Rf_OcIIZzHfvSs-uOWbvoIkJIV7QedDJskinwOW2oKObh9zSHR4QV59Y6rqW1vC0q2IJoKCEG9SCvyXzRTJCrbkbeSQ-ddYzEkV2WPi32H9WVZpLb0231BaSSduBYtMezyF6PU5SZ5zIi9VPMhi_Q7rCR6apkDmn2K41ljwv3gEg/s4032/IMG_8430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUR05WY8LE0Rf_OcIIZzHfvSs-uOWbvoIkJIV7QedDJskinwOW2oKObh9zSHR4QV59Y6rqW1vC0q2IJoKCEG9SCvyXzRTJCrbkbeSQ-ddYzEkV2WPi32H9WVZpLb0231BaSSduBYtMezyF6PU5SZ5zIi9VPMhi_Q7rCR6apkDmn2K41ljwv3gEg/w480-h640/IMG_8430.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I did briefly sit in it after it got cleaned, but I spent most of my afternoon here!</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZYLuVKr5zqWIhXV2frZBbFsDd_X9rBu42T7ygBBy1ceL_zsYobRbUEXWuP6wb3yxS6jJpGIIjvLSy-IjZNZrxy5v4CiUjX8GHzI6UQDt1Je73SjlLTr2uyk_eF4mCvHwsKYot-OZVt_v6BzKUfCbmqzaS-gzGe2wmhE4zCKspWqHXYhkhMKUVQ/s4032/IMG_8429.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZYLuVKr5zqWIhXV2frZBbFsDd_X9rBu42T7ygBBy1ceL_zsYobRbUEXWuP6wb3yxS6jJpGIIjvLSy-IjZNZrxy5v4CiUjX8GHzI6UQDt1Je73SjlLTr2uyk_eF4mCvHwsKYot-OZVt_v6BzKUfCbmqzaS-gzGe2wmhE4zCKspWqHXYhkhMKUVQ/w640-h480/IMG_8429.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see a little bit of snow in one of the pics above but we are supposed to get our first really big snow on Tuesday. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Feetsball Report</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pack - they did it, they made the playoffs! They beat Da Bears again! We still own you! The Pack is the youngest team to EVER make the playoffs. JLove and company will have their work cut out for them, they play the old coach and the Cowboys next weekend. Mum found out the game will be on Sunday in the late afternoon.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have a wonderful week everyone. <br /></span></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-30991309378951915572024-01-03T00:30:00.067-06:002024-01-03T00:30:00.142-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I finished 2023 with 177 books. I thought I had already done 177 and had one more to do, but I had already counted the one I was working on. Plus listening to lots of good music. Christmas and otherwise. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">First trip to the library yesterday. My usual in and out, return my book, pick up the new BookPage, check the lucky day shelf and then the circulation desk to get my holds. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Lunch while going through BookPage, off to the Y to get exercise. Only then could I sit and read! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Weather has turned colder, but still no snow on the ground!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRTVnu9jncxeom2QbMSEO7NCiLMzUvOvI1QWle1Gca7OmNz_AQUCXe6EeCDJpgfmm35ZpXNAId3C-IzqMk0LFdJHijKcAZ0Kr7LUYqAUyV7cO9yEMU8Vuthj2XleASahzbJbMz72qWrBOaj0WuhgYUi81uPvH_ZHTZ7oHlVDb2AEPT5SUoMJO8Q/s4032/10-26-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRTVnu9jncxeom2QbMSEO7NCiLMzUvOvI1QWle1Gca7OmNz_AQUCXe6EeCDJpgfmm35ZpXNAId3C-IzqMk0LFdJHijKcAZ0Kr7LUYqAUyV7cO9yEMU8Vuthj2XleASahzbJbMz72qWrBOaj0WuhgYUi81uPvH_ZHTZ7oHlVDb2AEPT5SUoMJO8Q/w640-h480/10-26-2023.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>The Milky Way: An Autobiography</i> is written by a PhD in astrophysics and did her undergrad work in astronomy and mythology. An interesting but at times a little deep. Written as if the author was the Milky Way. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Liquid Rules</i> interesting in that did you know that peanut butter is actually a liquid? Fun things on all liquids. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Storm in a Teacup</i> written by a physicist who conveys in an interesting way on why things do what they do. Why waves do what they do, bubbles and how they work. Why popcorn pops and other fun things. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>They Knew</i> the author's premise is that the US has a culture of conspiracy and that keeps the population complacent. Not sure I agree but she does present some interesting facts. Conspiracy, conspiracy theories on 9/11, QAnon, Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, criminal elite. One thing she said is that American is rotting from within, that I think I can agree with. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzYu_30il7TWrI4tiY_ebyp3kRDbRno8b4zWDPD_4rl4egC292qONJ5sMq9yqUR8uJRumEkOHyRyogEh5vF9nEBCXH3rPExOFvzp_iyL28__iT4RJR6YkOr452ZkM-lrFNcps1naemgWBcRGi4V8yJgfwYCgMR9il2AdL7HYJAxdhyphenhyphenTTIplNvsA/s526/100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzYu_30il7TWrI4tiY_ebyp3kRDbRno8b4zWDPD_4rl4egC292qONJ5sMq9yqUR8uJRumEkOHyRyogEh5vF9nEBCXH3rPExOFvzp_iyL28__iT4RJR6YkOr452ZkM-lrFNcps1naemgWBcRGi4V8yJgfwYCgMR9il2AdL7HYJAxdhyphenhyphenTTIplNvsA/w640-h640/100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALiT7ioimW0dU0mhZv5AGNhq3w0eacX5jwS8DeHvEo4E4rGZJy6N8fFuZmZKxiOXowzYHuH-PWnTfYSa4Y5yfz3IXyJ5PeVjRg1yufhE83WufD9xDI2i8a55iyB6-saUK9qqepbUw0txSGd1Sko19pCQ7F4rPO86Wp3fWbVsnzGLI341IwxOhHA/s583/101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALiT7ioimW0dU0mhZv5AGNhq3w0eacX5jwS8DeHvEo4E4rGZJy6N8fFuZmZKxiOXowzYHuH-PWnTfYSa4Y5yfz3IXyJ5PeVjRg1yufhE83WufD9xDI2i8a55iyB6-saUK9qqepbUw0txSGd1Sko19pCQ7F4rPO86Wp3fWbVsnzGLI341IwxOhHA/w578-h640/101.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTykZ2Vye8JvAi0yYNHp-LHnpEdLKoSF3iM6MdSmPxkW1ZE5dikyh1X2xu7fBB5miO_tnwhX1CfKwh3kBWYB3lbFUAL4Fpe6Ryikd5DO4QFX7hqKuKYYj68U2MrNkKealafdfjNmaVN1vFULzs1rXS-96imDzbJ6Ng1VfNazk7s6s_JN4bJiowg/s563/102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTykZ2Vye8JvAi0yYNHp-LHnpEdLKoSF3iM6MdSmPxkW1ZE5dikyh1X2xu7fBB5miO_tnwhX1CfKwh3kBWYB3lbFUAL4Fpe6Ryikd5DO4QFX7hqKuKYYj68U2MrNkKealafdfjNmaVN1vFULzs1rXS-96imDzbJ6Ng1VfNazk7s6s_JN4bJiowg/w568-h640/102.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!<br /></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-82467213683611407102024-01-01T00:30:00.037-06:002024-01-01T00:30:00.134-06:00Mini-ManCat Monday Happy Mew Year!<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>If God created man in his own image, you've got to wonder; in whose image did he create the nobler cat?</b> - Unknown </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRU4uYD6i5yeEAP2_aVH5NoBjOTMpt3wyrvtkmZe2bARaDFpvENprYbjNT3JMo9GvEkV4WEnD_SjAt0gNxkHcQGJtTO90iw2pcCwp5PqaKUd2HEcZJinpb-ydamos9UpMJnrxUUN-wqad1IdrrX0KvBb9rN23lenjh8P7V7W5scVKgaAy5PXtwQ/s1920/2024-New-Year.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1920" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRU4uYD6i5yeEAP2_aVH5NoBjOTMpt3wyrvtkmZe2bARaDFpvENprYbjNT3JMo9GvEkV4WEnD_SjAt0gNxkHcQGJtTO90iw2pcCwp5PqaKUd2HEcZJinpb-ydamos9UpMJnrxUUN-wqad1IdrrX0KvBb9rN23lenjh8P7V7W5scVKgaAy5PXtwQ/w640-h384/2024-New-Year.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />So far, so good for this year. Me and mum have been eating good the past week or so with the holly-daze. Ham, duck, fish, roast beast, chick-hen or was that turkey? Oh well, all good!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mum hasn't watch too much of the moving picture box with all of the feetsball games, even during the middle of the week. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She will be watching the rosy purr-ade, but online like last year. From a TV station in LaLa Land without commercials! Just search KTLA! They even put it on their YouTube channel for later viewing. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG5swKsFhazGhGtNI5HIWJTeJs3ZtQZVt68WCw25mj23QixnefBN8suwAL5DonMvCS9vMb8OUP1o7n6keM1zvpwg69XXNPfwVCyBznF4meLyMC2YQDT1py2Jss0p2GJEUXfuWEU-3J-SdzIVqAEW_xdgQZHJ9bqQ8_vjd3HGD0Ca5ix6vBmj7pw/s4032/IMG_8397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG5swKsFhazGhGtNI5HIWJTeJs3ZtQZVt68WCw25mj23QixnefBN8suwAL5DonMvCS9vMb8OUP1o7n6keM1zvpwg69XXNPfwVCyBznF4meLyMC2YQDT1py2Jss0p2GJEUXfuWEU-3J-SdzIVqAEW_xdgQZHJ9bqQ8_vjd3HGD0Ca5ix6vBmj7pw/w640-h480/IMG_8397.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQIr2KPOW6IMy7jRSmpSvMkc0N8suenZn4ORADKrjIgVFsYmHVp9SwMeeONHnSsjyu4q9er5n8woN8X57tIL-09FFG3KAmK859DE3goTOGbTntyRV4slArhGifsXdqivKAbgQCUxG-XvTDoQgQuv88eTAvLYZQ69jr3Ffy-3fedBZZE8S1SAujg/s4032/IMG_8407.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQIr2KPOW6IMy7jRSmpSvMkc0N8suenZn4ORADKrjIgVFsYmHVp9SwMeeONHnSsjyu4q9er5n8woN8X57tIL-09FFG3KAmK859DE3goTOGbTntyRV4slArhGifsXdqivKAbgQCUxG-XvTDoQgQuv88eTAvLYZQ69jr3Ffy-3fedBZZE8S1SAujg/w640-h480/IMG_8407.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Me chilling the last few days of the past year. Mum was having a hard time doing the crow-shay with me sitting on it. She finally just gave up and gave me lots of love. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Feetsball Report</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pack - they beat the ViQueens at the ViQueens stadium. Next week they play Da Bears and I guess if they win they will make the playoffs. Pretty good for the youngest team in the league. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They announced the game time for next week. Mum was hoping for noon, but no it will be a late afternoon game. Mum says at least it isn't Sunday night like this week. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy 2024, hope all have a wonderful new year. <br /></span></span></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-15561358501988737302023-12-27T00:30:00.061-06:002023-12-27T00:30:00.320-06:00Wonderful Wordy Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Last post of the year for Wordy Wednesday. Lots of books read this year, 177 at current count, but may get one more in before the year ends. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I can never pick just one book as the best or what interested me the most as all of them either give me a good story to read or let me learn about other places and times. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I hope that perhaps you have found a few books to add to your list of books to read. Just keep reading, so many books, so little time. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3oYWKAo-di-Bx58_2wkmuD2rwbPsTzIaIQCKTnwbQkwHPUtUgOZ2aaOpZo7KdDKO4PrNekNXd211Yc7LkBFpCEFN0MJtz8Eke8zaOcpKLCc1ZhCy3hYDXvRuGRrrnNpQO-bVEo40RqpTMPziIhxdjFxrVorKXQG0nRReJCjAClcsY3STtDDmTw/s4032/10-26-23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3oYWKAo-di-Bx58_2wkmuD2rwbPsTzIaIQCKTnwbQkwHPUtUgOZ2aaOpZo7KdDKO4PrNekNXd211Yc7LkBFpCEFN0MJtz8Eke8zaOcpKLCc1ZhCy3hYDXvRuGRrrnNpQO-bVEo40RqpTMPziIhxdjFxrVorKXQG0nRReJCjAClcsY3STtDDmTw/w640-h480/10-26-23.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>Bad Day Breaking</i> main character is a female sheriff in a fictional Wisconsin location dealing with a cult. I think that is why I put the book on my TBR list since it was set in Wisconsin. However, the book is a bit more violent that I like to read. Didn't finish. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Something Read Something Dead</i> part of the Lighthouse Mysteries. Josie wants a quiet, small wedding. Then her grandmother arrives with various cousins who consider themselves to be event planners. Things go from bad to death!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Jacqueline in Paris</i> a work of historical fiction it relates the year Jacqueline Bouvier spent in Paris as a student. Written from the standpoint of first person with Jackie doing the telling of the story. Many of the people mentioned in the story are real people, but hard to know how much is fact and what is fiction.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Body</i> a decent book that covers the human body. Its form and function and written in easily understandable language. Chapters on the various topics, so you don't have to read it all. If you want to read about the heart only then only do that chapter etc. Published prior to the pandemic. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YcDijirbKaWZG0y_MEtfWe1Ydk1a5HS2JnpC2dfMDyTnVcRVs8llwfIYgvdGYkW1Mae_yvuDNgjx93AChrH4K9ekj_tsQalvqh5F__F3ZeKvvn-9ObFAlrgbCFi1IbS1sXXuFlYk-Wqou7NHNO7hlYZGmSPusbbQL59q-WPFo6Hn1bq-RBPO9w/s640/97.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="506" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YcDijirbKaWZG0y_MEtfWe1Ydk1a5HS2JnpC2dfMDyTnVcRVs8llwfIYgvdGYkW1Mae_yvuDNgjx93AChrH4K9ekj_tsQalvqh5F__F3ZeKvvn-9ObFAlrgbCFi1IbS1sXXuFlYk-Wqou7NHNO7hlYZGmSPusbbQL59q-WPFo6Hn1bq-RBPO9w/w506-h640/97.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiValEe9ZKBRP-AwgyAhOm7TMdCFlZK0O8PebVedrwyVn7UM__6WtNUgIaE7OX7ENG7Co35qQWLqdkaOJcbQO3SNIF-FVUjie7T1-lkQJsDP9ZkskTdJ3_0hmWNfGLEgZEZGDAqk_LrKhitu5lgtbvs4oksn654X19JR2SIUpvBuqyKoWCIRzJtzg/s526/98.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="526" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiValEe9ZKBRP-AwgyAhOm7TMdCFlZK0O8PebVedrwyVn7UM__6WtNUgIaE7OX7ENG7Co35qQWLqdkaOJcbQO3SNIF-FVUjie7T1-lkQJsDP9ZkskTdJ3_0hmWNfGLEgZEZGDAqk_LrKhitu5lgtbvs4oksn654X19JR2SIUpvBuqyKoWCIRzJtzg/w640-h636/98.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOTlz5dDDa0XgmSaHUVHNrJSLzy2BUx0ACaIDFs6NyuF1e_V82TCIRAYu0sT-Ej3vdWH5R9CpsmqmUstnKBomcJ6re6m7CsejpwHWjyO3BEfWcu2N-7IftLMj66-eeHd-TLIW1m9YD47hlIViQnegLO1SqwcBYrWDduFHRaAR7yLMZy_RxaRGIA/s526/99.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOTlz5dDDa0XgmSaHUVHNrJSLzy2BUx0ACaIDFs6NyuF1e_V82TCIRAYu0sT-Ej3vdWH5R9CpsmqmUstnKBomcJ6re6m7CsejpwHWjyO3BEfWcu2N-7IftLMj66-eeHd-TLIW1m9YD47hlIViQnegLO1SqwcBYrWDduFHRaAR7yLMZy_RxaRGIA/w640-h640/99.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!<br /></span><p></p>Just Duckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428843507549128138noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628349.post-8871214822330069012023-12-25T00:30:00.047-06:002023-12-25T00:30:00.143-06:00Merry Christmouse! Plus Mini-ManCat Monday!<p> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;">Yeah, Christmouse is on a Monday, so my day to post and I am going to post. We had a no white Christmouse, heck it was over 50F degrees! Plus rain, not snow. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me and mum watching the feetsball game yesterday, plus you see the blankie she was working on. Good thing cuz it was down to the last seconds and she got the blankie done during the game. She was even saying words off the HBO list at times.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mum did give me a treat last night, something she has saved for a month! She brought home some duck from her TDay dinner at her furiends. Don't worry, it was properly frozen and she says there is more for today! It was yummy. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaHwrIv_AhtusiCwV5T3bCSst2_5X8P4Mq62U7Hx-uZbcbEfdpftVwVP5PM7E2_iNwV7TBmRut798D-szuyUon8RmYFPMdWQtlrHwMB3hx4xyjTZrPoHCYUOSZbpvhon-GJtKSpN4jqDjPgVmbFEBpwIxgh6kYqjGW1C5zT7Tsn_19KgtitHUrQ/s4032/IMG_8367.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaHwrIv_AhtusiCwV5T3bCSst2_5X8P4Mq62U7Hx-uZbcbEfdpftVwVP5PM7E2_iNwV7TBmRut798D-szuyUon8RmYFPMdWQtlrHwMB3hx4xyjTZrPoHCYUOSZbpvhon-GJtKSpN4jqDjPgVmbFEBpwIxgh6kYqjGW1C5zT7Tsn_19KgtitHUrQ/w640-h480/IMG_8367.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitbWNL_6w8svcMMBn7mO7zSiSdiWTlOxUDLVMpxYWVmU-od1KOiM9d6M2ZWHJKHGiLiE0kHPDXbBuClp7EDD2cLUfVEw1b2XpG4W8tDibb49wnyh7_xw7E5wUpUKiAFAzEscaQU1gfgRqekPGwmbjH0rFzltE-ztkFh3zKNwkPpYoC41P1zULlA/s4032/IMG_8377.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitbWNL_6w8svcMMBn7mO7zSiSdiWTlOxUDLVMpxYWVmU-od1KOiM9d6M2ZWHJKHGiLiE0kHPDXbBuClp7EDD2cLUfVEw1b2XpG4W8tDibb49wnyh7_xw7E5wUpUKiAFAzEscaQU1gfgRqekPGwmbjH0rFzltE-ztkFh3zKNwkPpYoC41P1zULlA/w480-h640/IMG_8377.JPG" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the finished blankie and me inspecting the finished goods. You done good mum. </span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFBhQgp_kp_oV3ZycggGVEmnlVLzOkIH7sA3n7fsdAr3knBGmxD_UWiQa9v3FLmsgPN0kC-h0hlYJlBnLSR-dldxSfYxR-JIBDXDwf9grmNrCPArWyx03IWzTlXdVPWpr4LOqIHFv3U5nocePUyob7IkyMZx5G-v2f-MPRGgx58RCWnBSSiwitA/s4032/IMG_8379.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFBhQgp_kp_oV3ZycggGVEmnlVLzOkIH7sA3n7fsdAr3knBGmxD_UWiQa9v3FLmsgPN0kC-h0hlYJlBnLSR-dldxSfYxR-JIBDXDwf9grmNrCPArWyx03IWzTlXdVPWpr4LOqIHFv3U5nocePUyob7IkyMZx5G-v2f-MPRGgx58RCWnBSSiwitA/w480-h640/IMG_8379.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Feetsball Report</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Pack - as mum put it they snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat! Started good and towards the end the defense nearly gave the game away like they had the past few weeks. Officially they still might make the playoffs but mum says they aren't good enuf for that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last post of this year, next Monday will be a new year!<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For unto us a Child is born,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unto us a Son is given;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And the government will be upon His shoulder.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And His name will be called</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Isaiah 9:6 (</span>KJV<span style="font-family: "verdana";">)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (<i>And</i>
this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And
all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went
up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the
city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house
and lineage of David,) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being
great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days
were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth
her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in
a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.</span></div>
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there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping
watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came
upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they
were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I
bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord. And this <i>shall be</i> a sign unto you; Ye shall
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward men.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">And
it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven,
the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,
and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known
unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen <i>it,</i> they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard <i>it</i> wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered <i>them</i>
in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God
for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto
them. Luke 2: 1-20 (KJV)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-weight: bold;">God Bless You All.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ducky,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Angel Derby </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Virginger, Glimmer, Trouper and Fleur</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-weight: bold;">and </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mum</span></span><br />
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