Monthly Archives: July 2023

Backpack for CFF Challenge

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For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

Who’s Been Eating My Flowers?–Wordless Wednesday

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For Wordless Wednesday

Plumeria: For FOTD July 5, 2023

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See Cee’s absolutely gorgeous dahlia HERE.

Altered Beauty for One-To-Three Photo Processing Challenge

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Click on photos to enlarge.

The last photo is the original and the first three are the altered copies. Which do you prefer?

For the One-To-Three Photo Processing Challenge.

Anthurium: FOTD July 4, 2023

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Just one of the blooms on the gorgeous anthurium plant given to me by Chris and Barbara yesterday is green. The rest are all vivid red. Just perfect to replace the one I’ve had since Xmas that just finally lost its blooms after 6 months!!! This one will take its place in my kitchen that seems to be the exact right spot for it.  The other one was placed in the garden to produce more blooms.

For Cee’s FOTD.

Birthday Shots

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Neighbors Sergio and David brought over this tasty package.
And Chris and Barb brought me this gorgeous anthurium in a talavera vase. More about this later!
And this little drawing was on my doorstep. Don’t know the artist.
First drinks and nibbles at my house.
Then lunch at Viva Mexico.
Agustin had arranged for music. They were fantastic!
Chris was happy when the margaritas arrived.
And I was excited when my meal arrived.
Each plate was a work of art.
A special surprise at Viva Mexico, but only I got the one with a candle.

Afterwards we came to my house to swim until dark. All-in-all, a perfect day.

FOTD July 3, 2023

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A birthday bloom just for me. I love this bush!!!

For Cee’s FOTD.

AI Barbie the Next Step??

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https://www.campaignlive.com/article/mattel-evolving-beyond-ad/1406220

Does anyone else find this sorta scary? Not the first part (Click on the link just above) but the part about AI Barbie? Are we heading toward a world where AI becomes our best friend?

The Answer

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if you don’t know what the question was, go HERE before reading this post.

And the answer is Here:

A few months ago I had a mouse problem and set traps in several hidden spots I thought they’d be attracted to.  I never did catch the mouse, but guess what critter I did catch?

The jam I’d smeared on the  little bait bar was completely gone, by the way. Obviously, the guilty rodent was better than I am at avoiding entrapment. True story!!!!

Zapped!!!!

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Two days ago I was without electricity for 5 or 6 hours. There are two lines into the house and one was totally out and the other on 1/2 power. They always tell you to unplug appliances so they won’t be damaged by a surge when the electricity comes on. The fridge was on 1/2 power so had some current coming in. It is plugged in behind a little cupboard I had built to hold bread so critters can’t get into it and when I reached back and unplugged it, I heard a pop and a big pain shot through my hand. Yolanda was there and came running over asking what was wrong.. I said I must have come in contact with a live charge when I unplugged the fridge but when I looked back to see if it was completely unplugged, guess what I saw?

I’ll tell you after at least 5 people guess!!!!

Okay, 5 people guessed, so you can find the answer HERE.

 

Image by Israel Palacio on Unsplash.