Toby…napping in the noonday sun…
Category: This and That
Reggae music made the 2018 UNESCO world cultural list…
Yellow Lily and Friend
This very cooperative grasshopper waited while I passed by it, unlocked the door, retrieved my camera, and took several shots. He is magnificent in a large image size. (©Sometimes, 2017)
Epic Symphonic Rock (my kind of music…)
My 2018 cat shelter (Part I)
Time to update the outside cat shelter. Lots of straw, tarps, assorted crates and wood…and a big table… plus more to come.
Barbara, for faithful followers’ information, is the wild Calico Cat that lives outside and was rarely seen…until the greenhouse where she hung out for years was torn down last spring, leaving poor Barbara rather confused and homeless. But now she has apparently decided to move into the shelter on my back deck. She is not afraid of me, and comes out when I call her name. All of the cats locally defer to and respect “crazy Barbara” as she is sometimes called…they make room at the food dish and water pan, and apparently tolerate the tough old lady.
things to wonder about on Thursday…
During the early footage of yesterday’s bomb threats against Democrats, there was included on FOX News a long, long segment of wide footage of New York City when tracing the ominous looking “bomb truck” and showing detailed highway intersections, neighborhoods, buildings, trees and various other features. Fascinating to watch, but it begs the question: Is this a good idea to provide detailed lengthy close-ups of the heart of the city for anyone in the world who wants a view of the key to New York City traffic terrain? What a great strategic tool for surveillance. Beats a sketch on the back of an envelope any day for culprits with evil intent who need to understand the lay of the land.
Why was I watching FOX News? Easy answer, switching back and forth between FOX and the “others” like CNN and MSNBC is always fascinating…observing the contrast of coverage tailored to the Trump fans who will believe almost anything, and the opposition like CNN that can serve as a sort of control group for comparison.
Another thing, which may or may not be related: has anyone considered the possibility that the “mysterious” detonation mechanisms might actually be the computerized “bots” which might activate the explosives from afar? Is that even possible? To paraphrase Alice of Wonderland, who once said, it is possible to believe six impossible things at once…
What would happen if the networks just boycotted the Trump rallies? Air-heads and bully-boys cavorting in silly hats is not an attractive sight, especially accompanied by the “CHEER” and “CHANT” signs telling the rally-ers how to respond to the mostly false Trumpisms. I always wonder if these people are for-real fans and fanatics, or just folks that turn out for a good show? Some of these rally-ers look familiar…could they be stock photos cropped shots of some of the most picturesque or outrageous local usual-suspects that can be counted on by the local Republican party to turn out?
…just wondering.
blessing for voters, a Wordle
Bless the blue and the red
those who tirelessly stump for votes
among the hopeful and hopeless
grabbing at sticks and straws
as they burn bridges behind them
and always conceal how they ran the race
the votes they cast—win or lose—
behind the locked curtain.©Sometimes, 2017
Wordle #273, November 11, 2016 … by MindLoveMisery
the words: blue, burn, lose, race, red, lock, grab, bless, stump, vote, conceal, stick.
mixed blessing, a Haiku
oxymoronic
beautiful yet annoying
mixed gift of yellow© Sometimes, 2016
a bit of haiku…because I like you
Topsy Turvy
twists and turns happen
each day the world turns tighter,
like a spinning top
©Sometimes, 2017
Connections
What can be made of them…
the funny snaps and buttons
…old-fashion Velcro?
©Sometimes, 2017
Join Me
Come and dance with me
across the hills and time streams
let’s echo always!
© Sometimes, 2017
light
a sliver of moonbeam
winks warmly in the night sky
…brightens dim places
© Sometimes, 2017
inheritance
hair of yellow sunshine
flowing gently in the breeze
reminds of Vikings
© Sometimes, 2017
Goldenrod Glows in Fall Fields
This stand of Goldenrod has sort of evolved within a mowed field. Another frowned-upon weed that brightens the approach of Fall in Ohio.
a gathering of unidentified goldenrod-bugs.
mirror image 🙂
Who Doesn’t Fancy Pansies?
Our first visit to our favorite greenhouse today. We ordered some red Million Bells, and some Lantana…for a couple of weeks from now. Meanwhile, some other plants are blooming…Rhododendron, and some Azaleas. Daffodils are done, Tulips still around but ready to make their exit shortly. So here are some Pansy Photos…
(all photos on this post are © Sometimes, 2018)
Rarin’ to go
beautiful pansies
brilliant color
magenta pansies
neighbors
pink pansies
Hey! Where is everybody?
I dont think she misses me anymore (poem reblogged from Little Literature)
Little Literature post re-blogged. Thanks kc for the reblog button 🙂 You are my #900 follower for my own blog. Thanks.
It was raining
When I missed to see the rain
Now it just rains
I dont think she misses me anymore
The rain seems to have moved on
Leaving me
With just you all
And I remember dying to live.
900 Followers…Welcome Little Literature
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/149381873
I’ve been looking for my #900 Follower. The honors go to littleliteraturekc. I don’t know anything else about this person except that they write great poetry! Have a peek, its like popcorn reading this collection,—ya can’t stop at just one.
Cat Decisions
(photos ©Sometimes,2018) The colors in these shots are overwhelmed by the bright sunlight coming in the windows…except for Pearl, who is completely black and requires different camera settings to see her face. The green paint is prettier than it appears, but could use a fresh coat of paint. (The very thought of painting scares me! and yes, I know we should have painted before we put the flooring down. yikes!)
Flooring update half-way there!
The workers are here installing the new floor, which looks great. We will paint or stain the baseboards so they are nice when they go back up. The living room area is about half of the job, so it’s a relief to have it so far along. However, everybody knows what happens when major new infrastructure goes in…. right…. the walls look crappy now and also incidental window frames and of course the cabinetry in the kitchen, which needs only a good cleaning.
The rest of the walls in the house were re-painted a couple of years ago when the ceilings had to have major replacement work due to ice getting in below the roofing and the insurance company paid some big bucks to repair the ceilings. It was mostly drywall, but the insurance also covered having the ceilings AND the affected rooms re-painted. Now we need to paint the living room walls, because they look shabby compared to the new floor and the recently-new rusty-orange paint of the kitchen/dining area.
Man…these people make a LOT of noise. The owner(s) of the company do much of the labor themselves. Incidentally, I have known these people for decades…the owners’ mother was a police dispatcher when I was a news reporter, and although I haven’t seen her in decades the name came to me as I thought of a local flooring company.
I’d like to paint…well, to rephrase that, it would be nice if the walls were painted. The dusty green color is still nice and I like it as much as when it originally went on the walls fifteen years or so ago.
Well the living room part of the floor is in place, and Thursday they will do the kitchen and dining area. The baseboards need to be spruced up, so I bought a can of water-based stain (at Home Depot) to paint them with. The paint/stain dries in one hour, so that is a break. All the paintings and miscellany are off the walls, all the furniture is lounging in the dining area.
ah…those of you who are still awake…thanks for following along on my housewife work musings.
