I was really sad to hear that Bruce Taylor (Catalyst from Oddball
Observations) died last week. He was one of the 5 remaining faithful
commenters on my blog, and I always looked forward to his Friday Funnies. His
beloved wife Judy (SWMBO) passed away a few months ago and I suppose he didn’t
want to hang around without her. I’m going to miss his snarky commentary about
DST (Arizona doesn’t have DST) and winter weather.
Sunday, March 22nd
I was cutting down some weeds in the phlox & saw so many butterflies that I I told Dr. M he needed to check them out. So he headed out with the big camera & got some good photos. Yellow morph & black morph Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on pink phlox.
Sunday, March 22nd
I was cutting down some weeds in the phlox & saw so many butterflies that I I told Dr. M he needed to check them out. So he headed out with the big camera & got some good photos. Yellow morph & black morph Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on pink phlox.
Monday, March 23rd
Spring beauty from Lincoln County – Mike’s mom’s azalea, phlox, wisteria, & dogwood.
My print copy of Shannan Martin’s book Counterweights arrived! I have really enjoyed reading it.
Our Carolina Allspice (Sweet Bubby) bush is doing its thing. It smells heavenly!
I posted this on the socials: It’s not even 9am & I already have chocolate on my sweater (mini Butterfingers for the win!). How’s your day going?
Girl lunch! It was an excellent combo – salty chips & sweet hummus.
Dr. M saw this giant rooster in Worldwide Imports and sent me a photo. My response? WE NEED HIM! Unfortunately, I’m not sure he’s worth $100.
My primary complaint? That work obligations (even on weekends) are preventing me from getting out to see the wildflowers as much as I'd like. My primary celebration? That I have work that will help to pay the bills, not to mention the taxes and insurance. So it goes.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember Bruce, but it's often a loss more sharply felt than many assume when one of our blogging friends dies. It's happened for me a few times, and I often ponder how much I miss them, even after some time has passed. On the other hand, it's somehow worse when a real favorite simply disappears, with no information at all about the reason. Even in the virtual world, closure is important!
I was thinking the same thing about closure! His granddaughters updated his blog to let us all know that he had died. I had one lady that I followed years ago who disappeared & a number of us did posts asking what had happened to her. She showed back up without comment one day & then disappeared again. Rude!
DeleteAnd this makes me realize I need to have a plan in place on my socials for my eventual demise. I'll name a social media executor in my will. Ha!
Wonderful blog…as always ❤️
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DeleteI love "sweet bubby"... haven't seen one in forever. ENJOY!!!
DeleteDon't really have any complaints. Life is generally good. Oh maybe...no rain! The good part is I don't have to carry water from the river in buckets.
ReplyDeleteYes! That is good!
DeleteOh, I miss my spice bush so much! The scent is so heavenly. I'm anxiously awaiting the blooming trees, my favourite part of springtime. Right now, just a few weeping cherry trees are starting.
ReplyDeleteDid you know there is a skeleton version of that rooster? There's one in a yard along our route to the lakehouse. ALL. YEAR. LONG. Sigh.
I was trying to figure out how to describe the scent to someone & I couldn't really come up with anything to compare it to. Spearmint? I don't know, but it smells delicious.
DeleteI am going to have to look into this skeleton thing (just purely for curiousity's sake). Also, spellcheck doesn't like "curiosity's." Is that not a word? It's not curiosities...
I suspect that rooster will go on sale before too long! I've never seen that allspice bush before. Wish I could smell it! Why don't we all have scratch-and-sniff blogs?!
ReplyDeleteScratch & sniff blogs is a BRILLIANT idea!
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