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Changeable Out
Yesterday it was 55 degrees. The Rook and I sat outside to eat breakfast and took a walk on the beach without coats. Today it snowed. The pink sky pictures were taken on the way to work at sunrise last … Continue reading
Posted in itchy ankle, weather
Tagged full moon, itchy ankle, January, snow, sunrise, sunshine, weather
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A fresh start and a downward spiral
Hansel greeted the first sunrise of the new year at the beach in Itchy Ankle.He did not so much get up early as stay up late, but the pictures are nice all the same. I inadvertently started the new … Continue reading
Jumping Joseph: A Christmas Miracle?
Driving Gretel to work this morning at 7:45 I noticed that all was not well with the Holy Family who have set up their stall outside the Baptist church. Joseph had keeled over as though intoxicated and Mary wore a … Continue reading
The Near-Perfect Day
The day started with a delivery of a bumper birthday box from Scottish Susan. She sent some fancy soap and lotion, a lovely orange pen and notebook and two cookbooks to help with my calorie counting and portion control: Lighten … Continue reading
Posted in Blarney Family, Cooking with the Crone, Culture with the Crone, diet, Exercise, food, friendship, Gangsta Hansel & Ghetto Gretel, itchy ankle
Tagged birthday gifts, cookbooks, counting calories, diet, good gifts for someone on a diet, healthy food, itchy ankle, perfect day, portion control, princess di, swimming
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Itchy Ankle’s Online Flower Show
This is the Online Itchy Ankle Flower Show Part Two, featuring the garden of Ms Peggoty O’Rockwell. I will admit to clematis envy. And of course peonies are always nice– ina showy sort of way. An online flower show is a good … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, garden, itchy ankle
Tagged clematis, gardens in spring, itchy ankle, judging flower shows, online flower show, peonies
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Doris Downhill All the Way
The idiosyncracies of Itchy Ankle email have caused an unfortunate rupture in my correspondence with Doris Brazil. This letter was sent nearly two months ago, but, belatedly, I post it here for your reading pleasure, and have also included my reply … Continue reading
Posted in Crone as Pen Pal, Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, friendship, Gangsta Hansel & Ghetto Gretel, interior design, itchy ankle
Tagged Blarney Crone, Charlie Sheen, Deer Valley, despotic leaders, Donny Osmond, Doris Brazil, Gadhaffi, itchy ankle, Mayor Pepe, Mazda, Middle East, Salt Lake City, Sambucca, Spud Hughes
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Fences and Neighbors—like Robert Frost, I’m just sayin’
In Belfast, they call it being “pass remarkable” and I know it is a bad thing. I try not to be pass remarkable, but sometimes, whatever it is just needs to be said. In this case, I must pass a … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning in Itchy Ankle
I have a fear of becoming a hoarder. Sadly, this fear does not prevent me from buying all in front of me at junk shops and yard sales, but it does, occasionally, prompt me to cull kitchenware once I bring my latest … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, interior design, itchy ankle, junk, Tales of a Belfast girlhood, yard sale, yard sale finds
Tagged antique malls, china, collecting, dinner service, grindley garden fruits, itchy ankle, junk, kitchenware, memories, town house china, yard sales
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