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Archive for July, 2003

silly cat

Posted: Sunday, July 27th, 2003 in ailurophilia | 1 Comment »

Tricia and I saw this cat pillow at an antique mall and it brought a smile. Later she surprised me by presenting it to me as a gift. Now it prowls our living room couch.
Surprisingly none of the other kitties act the least bit territorial about it.

tree bark

Posted: Saturday, July 26th, 2003 in nature and environment | 1 Comment »

cedar elm

hackberry

juniper

I have been trying without success to put captions under pictures. I am sure somebody out there knows how.
Update: Thanks to Kathy of Cold Climate Gardening for the instructions for the captions. See the comment.

experiencing technical difficulties

Posted: Thursday, July 24th, 2003 in something about me | Comments Off

We have had a whole series of technical problems lately with our phone service.
It started with a lot of static on the line. Then a weird thing occurred over the weekend. A couple of technicians from where I work had called me on separate phones for help with a system problem. […]

interlude

Posted: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003 in outside in the garden | Comments Off

Late evening yesterday we got clouds and lightning but no rain. But the cool front did lower the temperatures by 7 or 8 degrees.
I spent time outside this evening without feeling like I was in a furnace. Got the clippers out of the shed and trimmed off some of those long […]

burning down the town

Posted: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2003 in something about me | 1 Comment »

This 103 year old building was destroyed by fire yesterday in Kerens, Texas. Another old building also burned and a third was damaged in what remains of the downtown area. A similar fire in 1996 had destroyed the buildings on the other side of the street.
My parents live near here […]

 

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