Monthly Archives: June 2015

Number One !!!! (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

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Frida is queen of the castle. High up on the dome, she is the “One.” But what could she be looking at?

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This is definitely a possibility, but no, I snapped this picture in the U.S., of a dove perching solo on the neighbor’s chimney.

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Who is Frida surveying from her “oneness” atop the dome? It’s Morrie, the interloper, who has learned to climb the stairs but not how to negotiate the slippery incline to the dome’s top.

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So he had to make do with negotiating the flat border around the dome, where he contemplated jumping down to the teja awning over my bedroom door before I finally saw him and urged him over to the other side, where the stairs down to mother earth were. So Frida remains solo in her domain, as she has always liked it to be.

Other “Ones”

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What chance has any dog of finding this fire hydrant in the tall grass of such an isolated spot?

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“But I just had one beer, officer!”


http://ceenphotography.com/2015/06/09/cees-fun-foto-challenge-one-item/

Post Script re/ Morrie

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If you have read THIS blog, you might be interested to know that while Stephanie dashed into a local market to get me one item, Morrie jumped over two seats in the car and relieved us of the responsibility of cooking and eating two chicken breasts that were nestled well down into the grocery sack.  S. was not happy, but Morrie was.

When he got home, he ate a bird, or at least the remains of one as its foot was sticking out of his mouth unattached to anything else when he came to visit S. poolside.  Ah the realities of puppydom.  I think my two are giving him naughty lessons.  Remember that mere months ago, Diego ate 6 raw porkchops from the skillet atop my stove and two days later made off with an entire cooked chicken.

Since my other two canines are named Frida and Diego, we were thinking we should rename Morrie Trotsky–If you don’t know why, this was a well-known love triangle in Mexico.  And, he is a little trotter.

Fernando is a Genius!!!

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After an hour long wait on the TELMEX line, I finally got an English-speaking techie, Fernando, who took me through a number of procedures that scored a success!!!  I’m now online with my Mac again.  Such a relief.  I am going to have to acknowledge that I am obsessed with blogging.  I don’t know if there is a recovery program for this or not, but it is really a pretty harmless vice that hurts no one but myself.

To celebrate, I’m posting pictures of the newest (temporary?) addition to my household.  I believe he’s just visiting, but my house sitter Stephanie, who couldn’t resist bringing him home from a local shelter a few weeks ago when I was still gone, adopted him for herself; but since she is a traveling lady who just disposed of all her worldly goods to travel unfettered, she is questioning the sanity of adopting a puppy and assures me that he is available if anyone wants to adopt him.  Can I resist?  What do you think?

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I put the picture of Morrie and Diego in so you could have an approximation of his size.  I put the picture of Frida observing from my dome so you can see how relieved she is that Diego has an energetic puppy/dog to play with so he now leaves the old girl alone.  The puppy (the vet thinks he’s about 11 months old) actually wears Diego out like Diego once exhausted Frida, but both of them love their chasing games, running figure eights around all of my plant islands on the lawn below the house.

Just when I was trying to simplify, should I adopt a third dog? Perhaps if Diego had a companion I could take Frida with me to the beach.  Don’t know.  Stephanie, you opened a can of worms!  But oh, is he ever adorable and well-behaved, at least until my two teach him bad manners.  How cute it was to have three eager kids waiting at the gate to my garage when we got home from the airport. Am I turning into a dog lady? Am I turning into one of these social media people who tell you every detail of their lives?

After 50 days of traveling, I was so excited to get home to a regular schedule–as real as my schedule ever is.  Mainly, I looked forward to being able to wake up and do my blog with no other obligations–free mornings in my own bed to write for as long as I wish.  But, alas, fate has other things in store for me, for although my visiting friend and my Acer computer connect fine to the internet, my Mac and my new iPhone will not connect to my router.  I’m afraid I picked up a virus in the airport–don’t know what else the problem could be.  So, again, I’m on this cumbersome PC  beast I have so many problems with.  I can’t post pictures, can’t figure out how to easily do the links. So, although it is wonderful to be back, I have to be careful not to let this one really big frustration rule the day.  I really do feel on edge.  I think today the prompt was psychic!!!

Traveler’s Log

Colorado was a bog
too much sog
airplane home, pet the dog
took a swim, like a frog
had some grog
tried to blog
Mac Air slipped a cog
off to the techie I must jog
once again, a rolling log

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “On the Edge.”  We all have things we need to do to keep an even keel. What’s yours?

Handmade

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Unless it’s imported from China, everything is home made in Mexico!  These lovingly handmade items were all snapped at the Dia de los Muertos celebration in Patzcuaro last year!

http://wheresmybackpack.com/2015/06/05/travel-theme-handmade/

Perpetual Blog

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Perpetual Blog

Posting blogs just never stops—
in restaurants or in coffee shops,
waiting in an airport line
or in a wine bar sipping wine.

When it comes to blogging, I’m not choosy.
In the pool or the Jacuzzi,
my computer on a tiny table,
I add to blogs if I am able.

I admit that I am prone
to posting while I’m on the phone.
In the kitchen while burning supper,
posting blogs can be an upper.

Often, when I’m traveling,
my sister’s patience unraveling
past midnight, when she wants to sleep–
as she lies there counting sheep,

I take my laptop to the loo
to do what I’m impelled to do–
tapping gently on the keys
with my computer on my knees.

But I must admit, when I’m alone,
my favorite way to post is prone.
Flat in bed, from toes to noggin,
is how I usually do my bloggin’.

What’s the strangest place from where you have posted a blog?

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/blogger-in-a-strange-land/

Clouds

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Severe weather alerts make for some pretty spectacular skies.  All of these shots were made as we approached Denver yesterday. Of course the cloudburst occurred just as we were leaving the car to go into the restaurant, then abated, then came on with a vengeance when we exited two hours later. Makes me feel I have such influence in the universe! Streets and fields were flooded all the way to our hotel near the airport. Now I”m at my gate, ready to fly back to Mexico!! It will feel wonderful to stay in one spot for awhile.


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Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge, 2015, Week 23

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I don’t know why I was so fascinated by these solidified drips of syrup on the pitcher in the restaurant where I went for breakfast with my cousin Jayne and her daughter Sara, but I took six different shots. This was my favorite. Do I need to get a life?
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Jayne’s son David challenged her to use chopsticks at the hibachi restaurant we went to. Toward the end of the meal, she accepted the challenge.  I tried to show her how, but…

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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/06/07/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge-2015-week-23/

A Shift in Senses

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If I could, I’d gladly surrender my sense of smell for an enhanced sense of hearing. The sense of smell gives me more pain than pleasure because of allergies to floral scents. Also, losing the sense of smell affects the ability to taste – the perfect diet!

Today’s WP Prompt: Super Sensitive – If you were forced to give up one sense, but gain super-sensitivity in another, which senses would you choose?

(I’m on the road without wi-fi, so I sent a cellphone text message to my proxy robot okcforgottenman to post this in my name. I’ll add more later when I get hotel wi-fi.)

Eat, Drink and be Merry

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A picture is worth a thousand words, right?  So here is my essay on the topic:

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https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/eat-drink-and-be-merry/