Grey days

 

Feb. 7, 2021

Feb. 13, 2021 - the lavender plant (center) doesn't look like it's still alive...but I keep watering it and hoping it will come back. In a month or so I'll give up probably.

I was trying to capture the clouds in the middle distance before the Swannanoa Mountain chain...

It kind of says what the day was going to be like all day, with times when the clouds came right down to our rooftops. But there is now a hint of green-yellow on the ground, if you look closely!

 

Trying a new phone's camera to get a pano from the bedroom. No - our balconies aren't quite that close together!

Blog reading, and commenting, then creating more blogs and hoping folks comment on them. What a life!

I water my plants on the windowsills and the dining table. I actually cut away a few of the dead violets the other day...and will remember to share some pictures soon.

After getting my eyes checked, I tried walking with my friend on one partly sunny day, not very cold. But apparently just having dilated eyes made me feel pretty washed out, even though I had my big sunglasses on...so I turned around about 1/4 of the way along the path. The good news was that I am now taking blood pressure medication which apparently helps with the pressure in my eyes, so I'm being taken off the list of pre-glaucoma. Good to know I won't need to come in to get my pressure checked every 6 months. I am getting new lenses for the same frames...so hope to be able to see a wee bit better soon.

With this getup I look like I could rob a bank!

Today's quote:

I wanted to live my life so that people would know unmistakably that I am alive, so that when I finally die people will know the difference for sure between my living and my death. -June Jordan, writer, teacher, and activist (9 Jul 1936-2002) 

Outdoor vending 2015 - part 7

2015. The Mudbuddies had been trying different things, but our main idea seemed to work.  Out of 6 of us, just 2 would be at market each Saturday. And those 2 would choose whether or not to open depending on the weather.

One time, we definitely said yes, no matter what the weather brought. And it brought rain. Oct 10, 2015.

The booth next door (local honey) offered us the drop side to shield our table clothes.  Pots don't mind getting wet, but potters do! Cathy gave me a grin in her little bit of dryness.

So I looked a bit haggard even at the beginning of the day.  At least it wasn't too cold.  But we sure didn't have many sales.