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July 1, 2026 · 8:40 pm

Thursday 7-2-2026

Tracy Chrest on Substack – @tracychrest989204

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My weather here is supposed to be quite rainy here today. (100% chance, according to my phone.) “Heavy rain warning. Rainy conditions will continue all day.”

Earthwise Windows

Nevertheless, it’s really nice now, so I have my windows open and am enjoying the breezes. Everything is getting aired out after having a long space when I’ve had to have everything closed, so my spirits are lifting as the breezes blow through. I’ll keep a watchful eye on things so I can leap up and close everything up, if needed.

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I received my new puzzle yesterday afternoon! Woo Hoo!

I’m just starting to try to put the border together. With the snafu on the previous puzzle order, it’s been a while since I got to work on a puzzle, so it’s good to be able to dive in again. I just love this chameleon!

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Here are my latest painted sketches –

I saw a plant whose leaves looked like elephant heads to me, so I did this sketch.

“Elephant plant” – MY name for it. I don’t know what the real name is.

This little guy is dressed up in his new cowboy gear.

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I’ll do water bottle exercises this afternoon. I’ll also practice my guitar chords (and croaking, aka singing), read some more of my book, see if I can get a start on my puzzle, and more.

Happy Day!

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Candy Vickers – Ingenious Umbrellas

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June 1, 2026 · 8:32 pm

Tuesday 6-2-2026

“Autumns Past” – Paul Willson – @pauljwillson.bsky.social

I LOVE the light in this photo!

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I am in the land of the living again, I think. I feel MUCH better this morning and went to the gym as usual. I even walked without holding on to the handlebars! Whee! Unless either of us have problems this morning, Brian and I are planning to go visit Harvey this morning.

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These are the last painted thank you cards, and then my interpretation of an alterations lady who has her entire shop on a three-wheeled bicycle so that she can stop anywhere, and repair or alter something as you wait. (This sewing machine looks very smiliar to one my mom had when we first moved to Tulsa OK in the 50’s. Hers was pedal-powered, and she was able to do incredibly fine work on it for years before she finally replaced it with a Pfaff.) I’m not sure of all of the details on this one, except that it’s belt-driven. The creativity and can-do attitude of the Thai people really impresses me.

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Two days ago a man and a young boy came into the cafe and asked if I would take a 3-minute interview to be conducted by the young man as part of an assignment for his learning-English class. The man was the instructor and the boy was in 5th grade primary somewhere local.

The questions were general, and the boy stumbled a bit over the more challenging words, but he certainly did better in English than I would have in Thai. I told him at the end that I thought he did a wonderful job, and his face simply lit up the room with his smile.

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I’ve been practicing my guitar tuning and chords daily (except when I was sick). Things are coming along slowly, but I WILL get it. I’m also making really good progess with my roosters jigsaw puzzle. I’m going to look into order the next one today.

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Quotefancy

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