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. . Calm . I took my time . Lazy Sun warms my soul . Walked across the bridge . Water ripples lull in laps . Hummed Peter, Paul, n Mary . Trees reach out gently . . Looked to the horizon . Clouds sneak in unnoticed . Remembered your smile . Birds rush across n hide . Hoped to sing harmony again . People never slow down . Wondered how it got this way . Cats lick each paw in turn . Headed back to the house . Before the storm ... . ........................ poem by Snaggle Tooth today ........................ .

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Calm

I took my time

Lazy Sun warms my soul

Walked across the bridge

Water ripples lull in laps

Hummed Peter, Paul, n Mary

Trees reach out gently

Looked to the horizon

Clouds sneak in unnoticed

Remembered your smile

Birds rush across n hide

Hoped to sing harmony again

People never slow down

Wondered how it got this way

Cats lick each paw in turn

Headed back to the house

Before the storm

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poem by Snaggle Tooth

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Golden

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The wind was biting over the chilly M-cove this eve, but it was worth stopping a few moments to view another sunset. Now back to the chores...

Construction Zone

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The wharf n park in the center of town which used to have alot of orange net-fence everywhere is currently dismantled to get some construction completed before tourist time.

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I'd wanted to go there last week, but wound up walking out on the fishing pier on the other side of the water to get a look at the project. Probably will be awhile before it's together enough to hang out there again. I don't get over that way often anymore due to condensed mileage.

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(Two more nights of work before Day Off again...)

Bug Me

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Finally after a few days of emails to support, n 6 hours of processing updates when I actually needed to go to sleep, my virus protection is up to date again. Joy! I think those rocket scientists keep setting the service up only for fast machines or something. That had just happened to me in December. Took days that time, too.
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Now Day Off time is over, n feels like I didn't have any free time.
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I spent alot of waiting time dealing with a sugar ant farm I started running in my kitchen when I wasn't paying attention. I tried clove oil, flea soap, bleach, n vineager to see what would repel them. Then I bought some bait traps n tried to get them off the dishes (lets rewash those again) n out of the sink, n off the little counter. Yikes! They are not my favorite critters. Very small n difficult to see, but they move pretty quick n are great at mountain climbing...
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Last year I had some tiny ants on my sugary work clothes in the bathroom. Magically they migrated thru the wall without going extinct.
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Writing of magic, I'm beginning to watch the Harry Potter movies again this week.
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Here's a scene off a fishing pier in the Town Center Narrows from Tuesday before it started spitting snow.

Comments Here Instead!

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Today I'm once again going mental because I can't get into any comment pages- just keep getting an orange flashing "Redirect" saying my cookie functionality is disabled during my log-in, altho I'm already logged in, n don't need to be anyway to read a comment page...

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Just read a bunch of blogs n could NOT comment- how aggrivating is that? Like a wasted trip!

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I visited 2 Tabor blogs, n Gee, that little striped panzy-like striped yellow flower or maybe an orchid? is SO pretty! Also I like on One Day at a Time the list of good little things n the found poem-

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At Lynn's, A sunrise, a non-gender baised email for a dear, stuck brother, n getting "Mooned" with the full perigee March moon, I was there.

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At Joeys, a cool Balloon shot out in the yard! Remembering a lost Dad, as I'm remembering mine would've been 82 this week- we all deal with these postumous anniversary dates- at least we can remember, n still feel...

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Neo, I wonder what the name is... (Not the "Daffy" one- lol)

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Gran Annie, Question of the week- Love that old ad you dug up! Piles!No, My Mom didn't have any unless you count praying.

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Wonder if I forgot any, as I'm doing these comments without reloading, n recycling them into a blog post!

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I hope whatever this interruption of comment pages is, it gets cleared up soon. Last time it waited two days then was ok again. Maybe my ie. Plus I'll have to (waste valuable free time) re-install my security uploader too, because it stopped working this week, so hopefully it's not a worm issue or something because I have paid bux for a subscription to avoid this stuff...

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So If I skipped commenting, know I may've actually been there n Denied! Nothing feels worse, cause ya know, I love reading everybody's comments! N I always have something to say...

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There I feel a little better now...

Seed Stalks

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Won't be long now before this scenery brightens up I keep telling myself...

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It's the first day of spring, after all. I've been getting more daylight hours in my day. It seems to always be the worst time of year for my indoor allergies tho, when the dust mites give me alot of head aches . I've not been feeling great. We're doing more chilly weather, but I can't wait to shut off the heat n open the windows again. Won't be long now...

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(The M-cove from the D-bridge pic was taken last week)

Radio-active Imagination

It's not even Easter yet, n I found an egg-like, bird-head critter in a blue nest by the radio-active green patch with the orange melt-down crater under the psychodelic mushroom cloud, which has closed eyes n is mediating...

N I'm not even doing acid or even drunk!

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Maybe I'm just a tad paraniod of the Japan Nuclear reactor thing going on... .

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Perhaps a nice, normal looking paint effect will calm my nerves. (I hope Japan doesn't soon resemble the above pic). I've been hearing about the nuke plant workers doing their duty calmly, even tho they know it's a death sentence gig.

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My job definately would not hold the same importance in my brain were something to start melting down... I'd leave ASAP-

Tho I hear "There is no danger" somehow I'm still expecting fall-out...

(This is the original pic of the ones above)

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UPDATE:

March 28 2011, ABC's World News Now reports this early a.m. that radioactive rainwater was found after testing in Massachusetts this week. The report links the result to fallout from the Japan disaster.

Ides

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During sophmore year in High school, I remember reading Shake-

speare's play, MacBeth. The words "Beware the Ides of March" has come to mind every March 15th ever since. I'm left with an inbrain image of Lady MacBeth trying to rub imaginery blood off of her guilty hands...

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The Ides were my Day Off this round, n not a bad day for me after all. It's been really cold, n I slept late. The hour ahead thing has me too tired lately, but I got out in the daylight before sunset on the way to the market. (I stopped at the D-bridge for this pic).

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I've been feeling fortunate after watching the events of the past week in Japan, from the big quake n tsunami to the nuclear plant explosions, n then radiation leaks. So much loss, trauma, n hardship no one should ever have to bear. At times I think I have it tough, but it's nothing compared to that stuff...

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I can't imagine doing without TV news in my life at this point. A co-worker stopped watching TV last year, n hasn't seen any of the video. She won't touch a computer, either. She does listen to radio, but that's so limited these days compared to other current media.

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The thought of living with blinders on really bothers me. I feel a need to pay attention. Somehow my life seems alot easier to know of the troubles going on for others. So altho I'm having issues to deal with recently, without the outside news, I'd feel much worse, instead of lucky.

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I'm so glad to have shelter n electric power, too. I don't even have to be afraid to stand outdoors a few minutes. Being told not to, as many folks in Japan have been due to the radiation risk, would do me in!

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Superstition of the Ides of March has proven mute in regard to the previous week's events. Now we're all bracing for more price increases related to Japan's disaster in the near future.

Luck is so relative to perception...

Ahead

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Leaping ahead
Washed over
Time shrinks
Tension mounts.

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Hour gone
Sleepy head
Wide awake
Thinking slow
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Poem by

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Shelly

Once again, I was compelled to take a pic of a white shell composed with broken sea-reeds in the wet sand. I must do this several times per year.
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.At playtime, a few days later, After a few non-effective methods didn't produce much to look at, I rotated it 180 degrees, then applied the rotating mirror filter, n found another strange, primitive character.
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.A few days later I finally found a color effect which brings out the face shape. May newly discoved "Shelly" bring us good fortune-
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As I'm posting n writing, I'm very distracted by a current World News Now report with breaking news on an 8.9 Earthquake off the coast of Japan causing a huge tsunami on the islands east coast. Pictures of homes n cars being swept away are a horror to see.
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Also warning sirens are going off right now in Hawaii. Best of luck to our friends there, especially Cloudia, who lives on a boat in Wakiki.
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Almost at the bottom of my long link list in my sidebar is the "Earthquake" Geological survey site with more info should you choose to check it out. (Hmmm, I didn't realize this would be an Earthquake post!)

Strangers

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She dressed prissy n was fussy about everything. Her hair doo was just so, the dangly earrings hung perfectly. She took hours to prepare. Every outing an affair. Making an impression was everything...
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He was earthy n the down home sort. His blue eyes glowed with a penetrating intensity. The scruffy hair n scraggly beard, he'd never spent much attention on. A worn grey cap was for comfort, not looks. He didn't care what anyone thought...
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They met on a small patch of sand by a quiet beach... One day in PaintShop Pro...

Landing

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I fly on the edge of night

Seeking safe haven

A rocky roost in the cold

Until I sense more light

If another sun rises

Again I will see my world

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My place flowing with waves

Feathered companions

Weathering the gusty gales

Winning bits of respect

Flock together loudly cry

Time to settle in the dark

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Poem by

SnaggleTooth

March 3, 2011

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Irish Month

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Yep, it's March alright, I can tell cause all the stores I did errands in today were playing Irish music. I should prob learn more of those on fiddle sometime, even tho I'm not Irish. Sometimes those jigs can lighten up my mood.
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One part of this month I dread is the leap ahead an hour of the clock time to soon take place on the 13th. Doubt I'll be ready for that. Tho I'm sleeping better without constant wake-up noise for two months now, I'm still not feeling rested after the two years of non-sleep I endured.
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The fuel pump is eating alot more pocket green this week. The price hopped up over $3.40 per gallon overnight. Reminds me of five years ago when I switched to a lower paying job closer to home to save gas money, n actually had more in my pocket without the higher overhead. I remember paying $4.25 / gal back then. Only seventy cents left to go to see that price again.
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Already my pockets are so tight I'll be cutting way back on stuff even more somehow. But today I treated myself by a side trip in time for sunset at my Fav beach. I haven't been there since last fall. Still the best fifteen minutes I've had in a a long while- even in the cold. You'll be seeing some more of the pics later.
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Most of my errands have been done at closer locations, less often. I suspect sidetrips will soon be out of the question. Of course when I hit the lottery jackpot, all of Little Trucks repair n refueling issues to save bux for will magically evaporate...
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We could all use a Pot of Gold! A little Luck of the Irish holiday this month wouldn't hurt, either-

March In

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Writing about Cantonese manuals somewhere in blogland (Jannie's), this reminds me of a plum-colored rice patti worker... I'm hungry too!
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Once in Visual Design class, I was assigned a calender page for the month of March in a collaborative project. I went thru a lion / lamb phase, but then decided to focus on the end of Winter with crystal pics, n the beginning of Spring with pics of actual metal springs... Sorry all that old school stuff is hard-copy packed away somewhere.
I do remember having alot of fun playing with the spring collection I amassed tho...
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Here in the throes of some windy, cold, winter weather it's tough to imagine the end of the month may show Tiger Lilly sprouts again... I'm already wondering which plants out on the deck will magically revive themselves this spring. I haven't been out on the deck for three months, due to not wanting to let the heat out the upstairs door. Until yesterday, it was too icy to even try. Now it's too blustery. I hope this calender month gets me outdoors more. Just contemplating springs arrival brightens my mood-
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This old sailboat has been moored out there all winter for many years. The above altered image was made from this pic.
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Here's to hoping Winter Marches out, n Spring Marches in!