One of our best weekend walks is a trail that goes from the end of the road above us to Allen road over closer to town. About 3/4 of a mile through the woods then back through a neighborhood, along the highway, up the hill then home. It's the only long walk that doesn't involve a lot of time walking along the edge of the highway. Summer road construction means lots of trucks carrying fill and asphalt are zooming up and down the road.
I have spent the past 12 years being as responsible a dog owner as I can, keeping her on her leash if there's a chance she'll get in trouble, picking up poop if it's where other people might walk, and doing my best to keep her out of fights. When Ceilidh was younger, she was a fighter but now she's 12 or 13 years old. Enter asshat "babysitting" a pitbull. As in pathetic plea "it's not my dog, I'm babysitting" when I screeched at him because the dog had just attacked Ceilidh as we walked up the road. I fucking hate that sort of helpless crap, control the dog! This morning it happened again, but I was carring a stick just in case. I hate to hit a dog, but I'll defend mine if he won't control the one he's "babysitting" from inside the house while it runs loose.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
sunny still, distracted
I'm supposed to be getting ready for the Fair next week, good thing I had a shit load of earrings and a stack of cards already made! The sun makes me do stuff like scrape and paint and caulk and rake and weed and plant and (according to my bff neighbor) sit around and read all day.
A fine example of what I've been doing, see the board under the door that her highness is stepping over? There's a second one at the top of the door. These cover the huge gaps left by the rocket surgeon that did the remodel and just didn't see fit to actually finish the job! I'm finding more and more stuff like this, places where rain can get in and cause rot and damage. WTF? Dad would have yelled so loud about how I reached the top of the door to screw and glue that board! Step ladder on the left...2 legs on the top stair, two legs on blocks of wood on the bottom stair. Can ashes roll over in their 'grave'?
A wee painting, 2.5 inches square, I'll sell at the Fair along with some earrings and lino cut cards.
Friday, July 10, 2009
yum.
My trip to Juneau was just what the doctor ordered! 3 days of fireworks, parades and sunshine all under the special glow of 'our governor is a quitter!'. Happy Independence Day Alaska, she quit!
Friday night was fireworks as seen from Frederick and Terry's balcony above my old apartment. They're done on the 3rd just before Midnight so Juneau can be the first capitol city to blow them up...I had no idea that's why they're on the 3rd, but there ya go. Lots of bang crash and sparkly shine, I love fireworks.
Saturday I watched the Juneau parade with Theresa, Carol, Chelsea, Dave and Chris. Blazing sunshine, no wind...the kids in the parade were wilting by the time it passed the 2nd time. Yup, long parade short route is typical Juneau, I love it. Mrs. Palin didn't show up for that or for the 49 star flag raising 50th anniversary celebration...even though she was in town. (quitter face) Stuart Sliter and some of the other Miss Alaska representatives were in the Juneau parade though! Much better image of an Alaskan woman than the former governor.
Traffic getting out of town was hell so we didn't go over to Douglas, just too hot and too congested. Chelsea and I drove out the C&C's in their truck while Chris and Carol tried to dodge traffic on their motorcycles...we got there first even after buying ice cream down town!
Lots of beer and bugs at Carol's repeated again Sunday. Big wide grin spending days with friends.
Joab and I hung out a bit, he had some of my furniture to give back from when I moved south (hated it). He was also on his way to pass through here (yesterday) so he brought the rest of the stuff. He's been having a tough time, Natasha got hooked on oxycontin and then heroin! He's helping her through it with some sort of shots...methadone? Poor kid, poor Dad!
Ok so (catching up)...I went to pay the water bill today. Crappy water big bill...but nice folks. Anyway...I go to pay the bill and what do I get?
Seriously, can you believe it? About 1/2 a gallon of fresh strawberries! They've got a big garden that was a homestead and the strawberries are running amok... run this way, baby!
Friday night was fireworks as seen from Frederick and Terry's balcony above my old apartment. They're done on the 3rd just before Midnight so Juneau can be the first capitol city to blow them up...I had no idea that's why they're on the 3rd, but there ya go. Lots of bang crash and sparkly shine, I love fireworks.
Saturday I watched the Juneau parade with Theresa, Carol, Chelsea, Dave and Chris. Blazing sunshine, no wind...the kids in the parade were wilting by the time it passed the 2nd time. Yup, long parade short route is typical Juneau, I love it. Mrs. Palin didn't show up for that or for the 49 star flag raising 50th anniversary celebration...even though she was in town. (quitter face) Stuart Sliter and some of the other Miss Alaska representatives were in the Juneau parade though! Much better image of an Alaskan woman than the former governor.
Traffic getting out of town was hell so we didn't go over to Douglas, just too hot and too congested. Chelsea and I drove out the C&C's in their truck while Chris and Carol tried to dodge traffic on their motorcycles...we got there first even after buying ice cream down town!
Lots of beer and bugs at Carol's repeated again Sunday. Big wide grin spending days with friends.
Joab and I hung out a bit, he had some of my furniture to give back from when I moved south (hated it). He was also on his way to pass through here (yesterday) so he brought the rest of the stuff. He's been having a tough time, Natasha got hooked on oxycontin and then heroin! He's helping her through it with some sort of shots...methadone? Poor kid, poor Dad!
Ok so (catching up)...I went to pay the water bill today. Crappy water big bill...but nice folks. Anyway...I go to pay the bill and what do I get?
Seriously, can you believe it? About 1/2 a gallon of fresh strawberries! They've got a big garden that was a homestead and the strawberries are running amok... run this way, baby!
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