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Post by bixaorellana on May 2, 2024 6:18:10 GMT
How can this be?! Wordle 1,048 2/6* β¬β¬π©π¨β¬ π©π©π©π©π© quilt slice
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Post by bixaorellana on May 2, 2024 3:45:57 GMT
Wordle 1,047 4/6* β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬ π¨β¬β¬β¬π¨ β¬π¨π©π¨β¬ π©π©π©π©π© pasta aster brain diary That thing in my third guess is something I don't have, judging by my performance in 1047.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 21:01:04 GMT
Angora -- former name of Ankara, the capital of Turkey/TΓΌrkiye
After 1930, the city officially became known in Western languages as Ankara. By the late 1930s, the English name "Angora" was no longer in popular use. Wikipedia
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 20:55:40 GMT
The weather app informs me that it's 84/28.889 outside right now & that the humidity is 62%. It also claims that the "feels like" temperature is a whopping 95/35. I've been outside gardening and can confirm that it is quite muggy, although I wouldn't say it feels like 95.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 20:48:49 GMT
Gorgeous Spring explosion -- very nice.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 20:47:12 GMT
It is funny. Somehow there was an attack of literal-mindedness here.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 16:27:06 GMT
I remember years ago you posted a picture of your Oxalis and I reacted with horror. Now you are returning the favor.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 16:25:22 GMT
It is my firm opinion that everyone who loves literature would love Daniel Mason. My first exposure to him was The Winter Soldier, which remains my favorite. That's not to say I don't greatly appreciate North Woods, his fifth novel. It was my sister's recent introduction to Mason and she doubts my assertion that any of his other work could possibly be any better. Pounce on this limited-time bargain and you be the judge.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 16:00:52 GMT
It will and I will hate myself later. It's not as though I haven't spent my entire gardening life fighting the stuff. Also, the variety I got is a Mexican native. That should help it to thrive.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 15:58:04 GMT
Whereas he was warmly appreciated in France, he was equally treasured in his own country.
In any case, it really hit me hard when I read of his death this morning. I can't say I loved everything he ever wrote -- I ditched 4 3 2 1 almost immediately after starting it -- but was a staunch and admiring fan.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 3:08:30 GMT
We haven't seen Lugg's results yet. We'll just stand around like a bunch of middle of the road duds and wait.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 1:43:52 GMT
Flash Gordon -- space hero
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2024 23:35:45 GMT
Gueydan -- a tiny town in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, it is known as the Duck Capital of America
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2024 23:25:57 GMT
Gosh ~ everything filled out so beautifully!
Yesterday I got to go to the fancy plant nursery in Xalapa. Mainly what I wanted was to get stuff to "fluff" the three built-in raised planters in the front part of the house. The vision is there, but it doesn't yet sing. I got some big pink New Guinea impatiens to keep company with some I already have in the shade planter. Also got a low-growing bushy little plant covered with what looks like white flowers, except I think it's a kind of Euphorbia. I bought something I'd never seen before: miniature Vinca, in two different colors for the two separate sun planters. The surprise item -- something I can't believe I willingly paid money for -- was Oxalis. This variety is very ornamental -- thick, bronzy red foliage and tons of acid yellow flowers.
Got it all planted today, plus moving some other stuff around. Got rid of the borage that rotted & put a miniature yellow rose in that spot.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2024 23:15:09 GMT
Sometimes that leads to a high percentage of cold women.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2024 23:13:38 GMT
Wow! That's glorious.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2024 7:10:22 GMT
*sigh* Only now noticed how stupid I was at the second guess. Wordle 1,046 4/6* π¨β¬β¬β¬β¬ β¬β¬π¨π¨π¨ β¬π©π©π©β¬ π©π©π©π©π© react throw drown prowl
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2024 6:20:56 GMT
Couvin -- city & municipality in the province of Namur, Wallonia region of Belgium. The municipality has a heritage steam railway, a brewery, and caves, along with other sites of interest
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 29, 2024 22:40:17 GMT
Happy for all of you who got the weather you'd wanted!
It's been way too hot the past few days, culminating in today's weather that was like being trapped inside a wet, heated army blanket. I went to the nearby city of Xalapa today in a friend's air conditioned car & we shopped in the air conditioned mall. Afterward, our treat was to go to the big nice plant nursery (not air conditioned). She dropped me off home just as some rain drops were starting. I got all my plants in easily, as it wasn't really raining. But once inside, we (dogs & I) were alarmed several times by huge loud cracks of thunder. And then it poured, which is much needed.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 29, 2024 6:23:10 GMT
Wordle 1,045 4/6* β¬β¬π©β¬β¬ π¨π©π©π¨β¬ π©π©π©π¨β¬ π©π©π©π©π© spasm track crate craft
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 29, 2024 2:23:02 GMT
Yesterday evening I finished Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje and, if we all lived closer to each other & used the same library, I would be pressing it into your respective hands. Years ago I remember loving The English Patient, but have not unqualifiedly loved anything I've read by him since then. This book, though ~ whooo! What prompted me to read this one was a quote from a review in the Washington Post: ... Warlight ... has the immediate allure of a dark fairy tale. βIn 1945 our parents went away and left us in the care of two men who may have been criminals,β the adult narrator begins, leading us into the shadowlands of memory.And so it proceeds, indeed in the semi-plotless way of memories from childhood, but propelling us along with the brilliance of extraordinary but somehow always believable details and the prose of a completely mature and surefooted writer.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 29, 2024 1:44:28 GMT
Yes, one does that when one can. When I got that terrible stomach thing in England, I had the good fortune to come across ginger cordial. That's a lovely thing to mix with acqua minerale gassata or whatever decent unflavored fizzy water one can find. At this moment, after a miserably hot day, I am enjoying a gin & tonic made with Diega Verde*, San Pellegrino tonic water, & some tiny, almost bitter limes from a dwarf tree I have. Quite nice. * Gin from MexicoGin 38% Alcohol infused with Hemp seed, cucumber, lemon and rosemary Dry and refreshing gin
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 22:34:16 GMT
Congratulations, you have re-invented the Italian Summer bar staple: the Shakerato. *executes shaky curtsy*
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 21:50:40 GMT
Wordle 1,044 4/6* β¬π¨β¬π¨β¬ β¬π©β¬π¨β¬ π¨π©β¬π©π© π©π©π©π©π© guard trout urine prune
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 21:46:34 GMT
I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent. Well, to be honest, my self-assessment is as one of above-average intelligence.
But if that were so, why has it taken me until today to figure out how to do something in a way that elevates it from the mundane to the sublime?
I refer to a life-changing method of making iced coffee. In my defense, I don't drink it all that often, preferring coffee hot, black, & in a cup. But it's ungodly hot here & I'd been out in the sun performing grubby tasks, so deserved a treat.
I came inside & made a short pot of coffee -- very strong because of less water in relation to coffee, so that ice cubes & milk could be added. That's the usual way.
But then inspiration struck: put it all in a cocktail shaker & shake until the container is too cold to hold, then strain into a tall glass. Not only is the coffee mixture delightfully cold without the bother of ice cubes bobbing up against your lip, but the shaking creates tons of wonderful rich foam.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 21:34:52 GMT
Marginally connected to this thread ~~
Yesterday I saw this online somewhere:
A person related that he'd received a text from his roommate to please "tidy up" as the roommate would be bringing a date home.
In response to the request, the poster said: "I created a shrine to Princess Diana in his room."
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 21:31:08 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 7:04:10 GMT
thanks, mick! I'll delete it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 6:03:00 GMT
SinΓ©ad O'Connor -- Irish singer
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2024 2:24:49 GMT
Oh, Kimby! This has been my cry pretty much forever! If you want, we can hold hands and run head-first into a brick wall together, as that is my only response to this answerless question.
The bland, programmed answer is always that Israel is our (the US's) buffer between us & the "problematic" non Judeo-Christian countries. Right you are when you answer "bullshit!" to that.
I guess my simple viewpoint that the rights of Palestine's citizens be respected, that we stop arming (i.e., encouraging) Israel so it can hammer its enemies (i.e., places with territory Israel wants) into nothingness is okay as long as we drop some care packages into a population we helped murder & push into famine is all WRONG.
And please all the gods of sane discourse, can a person be allowed this viewpoint without being automatically accused of anti-Semitism?!
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