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February 23, 2026 · 3:28 am

Monday 2-23-2026

Tina Ann

I can’t imagine my life without music. I sing, I play, I dance, I listen. EVERY. DAY.

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All 6 blooms have opened! Hooray!!!!!

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My two latest painted sketches

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I love the chat part of my phone. I just talked to a dear friend/relative-by-marriage, catching up after a bit. My heart is full. She is such a wonderful lady. The only thing missing was being able to hug her neck. I love you, Murray.

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My painting fell off the wall in the middle of the night a few nights ago. I got up and looked all around, but couldn’t find anything. The next morning I saw the painting had fallen, tearing the stick-on thingie and part of the wall paint with it. The painting is fine, thank goodness.

Brian and a friend are coming to see what we can do to hang it up more securely. Hopefully drill a small hole and put a screw in. We’ll see.

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I hope that your day is a good one, and that you’re not in the path of the snowy stuff today and tomorrow.

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February 19, 2026 · 2:17 am

Thursday 2-19-2026

New haircut this morning – gone from ‘dandelion-gone-to-seed’ to ‘maybe-somebody-had-a-plan….’

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We are now getting into my first ‘hot and hazy season’ here in Chiang Mai. It’s warming up, and the sun is getting more and more intense, but the big difference is that the farmers in this country and the countries around us (primarily Laos and Myanmar) are all burning the crop residue from their fields, getting ready for the next planting, so the air really gets full of smoke.

I’ve been having my windows open every day, so apparently I am not one of the super sensitive people, but I will keep an eye on things. I have two good air purifiers in my place, so I should be in good shape. I can still open my windows early in the morning and then close up and turn on the air purifiers for the rest of the day.

Apparently this is a real time air index chart, so I’ve bookmarked the site and saved it on my computer so I can stay on top of things.

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Here is the sweet orchid my adoptive family gave me when I first moved in almost a year ago. From dropping all of its bloom and only having two leaves, It now has 4 big leaves and 4 blooms on it, with two buds left that might open. I’m thrilled that it has ‘come to life again.’

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My current puzzle remains a challenge. The main part of the puzzle is a gorgeous big turtle in the center. He will be the last to come together, though. I can only find some pieces that I know are pieces of him, but they don’t fit together. This may end up being a character-building exercise…

But I LOVE the colors!

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Newest painted sketch.

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Senior Exercises with Meredith

Today is exercises with water bottles for my arms and back. I will stop working at the computer now and do those and then come back and write another post.

I hope you’re having a great day or evening!

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March 13, 2017 · 3:02 pm

Sharing Spring – Take 2

I feel sorry that so many people I know – and even more I don’t know – are having snow and even blizzards this week. My heart goes out to them, even though they might be more used to what I call ‘bad weather,’ and not consider the current weather a huge deal, as I would.  I hope that the blizzard doesn’t cause too much havoc.

Here in Greenwood, Arkansas, I’m like a kid at Christmas, anticipating real spring. We’re having a good taste of it, and for that I’m truly grateful.  I just checked on the garden and it’s still doing well, thank goodness. With these overnight freezes, it’s one day at a time around here.

On the inside, I can’t lay down my well-earned moniker, “Serial Seed Killer,” yet, though here is the latest batch of spinach sprouted from seed. These are in pots made of peat, filled with Mel’s Mix, so if they live, I’ll plant them, pots and all, intact, in the garden. Maybe I can add, “Persistent Planter” to my moniker? My husband describes my efforts as, “Even a dead hog finds an acorn now and then.” :0/

 

Also on my window sill is the orchid my good friend, Nora, gave me a couple or three years ago now. I’ve thought it was dead a couple of times, but kept watering it and keeping it in the sun. Lately it bloomed!

 

 

Meanwhile, things are beginning to green up around here.

 

 

 

Everywhere I look, I see something sprouting. I LOVE this time of year!

Hopefully, once this ‘last gasp’ of winter is over, we can ALL think happy thoughts of renewal.

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