Entries by jules (973)
dominos
n. pl. dom·i·noes or dom·i·nos
- A small rectangular wood or plastic block, the face of which is divided into halves, each half being blank or marked by dots resembling those on dice.
- dominoes or dominos (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game played with a set of these small blocks, generally 28 in number.
- A country expected to react politically to events as predicted by the domino theory: “The dominos did indeed fall in Indochina” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
august will finally usher in a domino effect to the land of oz. think of indochina.
like a rented mule...
… i am simply beat.
4 days of crawling into bed exhausted.
and truth be told - likely one of the fastest, most exhilating weeks of my year.
pfft.
on the other hand, it could be just the heat… :-0
tomorrow to the farm.
photos to follow.
4 days weekend
.. of sun and chickadees and relaxing.
I have missed their giggles and their growing. It was a long, hot july.
reb....
… ok - missing you.
know where you are - know where you’ve been. want you to know that the
sun is shining somewhere - even if it’s cloudy in your own backyard.
say something.
anything.
not 9 to 5
when outside of those hours, i have to admit that i am addicted to colourful, comfy clothes.
somedays the wizard suggests that it looks like a clown has thrown up on me.
i struggle with aphyds...
… no, not in the office… in my morning glories in the rooftop
oasis. i grew those little devils in water and papertowels,
migrated them to their own pots, helped them climb every possible
railing on the oasis, and grinned when they let forth their first
bloom.
now they are sick.
insecticidial soap seems to be competing with the aphyds in sucking the
life out of my glories. i am at a loss. they got another bath tonight,
cool water, a good rub on each leaf, cleaning out the critters, with
fingers crossed. i swear, if there’s another yellow leaf tomorrow, i’m
going to jump.
gone fishing...
… and boatin, and readin, and relaxin and sunnin…. be back sunday with proof. Don’t expect any leftovers.
who are you?
You are such a regular visitor - feels like i should know you as well as you know me.
footprints
Gulp…. my global footprint…. thanks taob!!
CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 3.1
MOBILITY 0 .5
SHELTER 1.7
GOODS/SERVICES 2.3
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 7.6
IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.2 PLANETS.
rain...
last night - today - for the past 12 hours or so. I am thrilled.
The roof oasis is less so - flower blossom shrapnel everywhere.
The wiz returns tonight after excessive hockey shenanigans. I hope he’s thriving in this heat.
dog problem....
the small dog’s nose is a mess of broken blisters for some strange
reason. they flowered over the night - and on friday - we woke to
a very unattractive nasal protrubence… she isn’t thrilled.
neither are we. and she continues to display her ‘non-thrilled’
feelings by rubbing what remains of her nose all over the place -
leaving a trail of blood and gore.
my trick today - on what should be a ‘kick back and do all the
things i never think of doing when the wiz is around’ sort of day, i am
calling verterinary clinics in desperation - trying to find a suitable
- walking - distance medical solution for the beastie.
i told her she wasn’t that homely with all the gruesome ooze, and she hid behind a chair.
she didn’t believe me.