Photo Memory of the Week
Backyard Blog
2026 Jun 04: Here's the front/backyard this week:
- the magnolia in its last showing
- two lilacs having fun with some reflections, starting with serendipity and ending with staged
Tag Archives: Aging
Did You Ever Wonder?
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Lunar Tunes
Happy Lunar New Year! As I write this it started yesterday (Saturday, Feb 10), but celebrants carry on their festivities for 15 days, so we have ample time to get with it. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Mortality, New Perspectives, Through the Calendar
Tagged Aging, Attitudes
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As Ithers See Us
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us!” – Robbie Burns Continue reading
Odometer Follies
“Why didn’t it go to 100000?” you ask. I don’t know. Maybe, back in the day, cars weren’t expected to last for 100,000 miles. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Event Videos, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Travel Videos
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Miscellany, Technology
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Commonplace Indeed
A commonplace observation from friends-&-relations at a similar age/stage. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Aging, Family, Miscellany
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Wednesday’s Child
As they do from time to time, my birthday and Mother’s Day coincide this year. Continue reading
It’s Official
I have become my mother. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Aging, History, Word Play
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My Whole Life
I am a one-kid illustration for glump. glump: to look glum: FROWN Sitting at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the half of our storey-and-a-half house in Edmonton, my head hangs, my shoulders slump. Can you blame … Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Mortality, New Perspectives
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Family
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Just Larger
Could it be true? Continue reading