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Sunday 8-16-2026

hahahahahahahaha. LOVE this!

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Yesterday there were monks at the nursing home! One came into Harvey’s room, and blessed us by sprinkling water in his direction and then in ours. It was surprising and quite lovely. We did the ‘wei’ when we left to a whole room full of monks. I guess they were blessing the whole facility for the new owner, who also introduced us to the man who will be trying to help Harvey with some modified physical therapy starting Monday. (You are not supposed to touch or photograph monks)

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I have my windows open and am enjoying a nice breeze and intermittent sunshine pouring through my place. This is the time of year that you keep an eye on the skies, leaping up to bring laundry in from the balcony, or hurrying to use facilities or get home before the rain starts. When it rains while I’m at the cafe, I simply wait it out, because usually it doesn’t last long.

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The card reader at the gym was still not working this morning, so Brian and I enjoyed another walk in the park. It was a beautiful day for that walk. I saw a humongous tree that was was truly lovely while we were there. There was a group of people exercising together in one part, too. The birds were singing, the sun emerging, a nice breeze blowing…

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I have a free day today, so I plan to move from one fun thing to another today. I’ll enjoy finding things to share for the blog, getting lost in the incredible talent I find.

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I’ll spend time at the cafe this afternoon. I’m hoping that a new friend will join me, bringing her collage supplies, so we can sit and chat while each works on creating something. It’s such a gift finding someone you feel comfortable with, clicking immediately, enjoying chatting or each working on something – someone you would have never had the chance to meet, otherwise. Priceless!

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I hope to finish a couple of sketches at the cafe today. Instead of finished sketches, I’m including a picture of me wearing the pins that two of the cleaning ladies from the building gave me for Mother’s Day. I’m hoping I run into them today so that they can see how much I appreciate their kindness.

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Wisdom Quotes & Stories

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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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Wednesday 1-21-2026

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Did you know that today is National Hugging Day? Neither did I, but I think this should be celebrated at least once every DAY…

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It’s a really lovely day here in Thailand – sunny and 77 degrees F. right now. I just turned off the air purifiers and threw open the windows to bring the warm air in. I’ve been standing in my window in the sunshine from time to time while the temperature warmed up. Really nice! 🌞

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This is the jigsaw puzzle that is stumping me now. I love the colors, though, and some of the fish on either side are emerging. I have two of the smaller turtles ready, but not attached to anything – the last thing will be the main attraction – the big turtle in the middle. I have only found some pieces of his stomach so far…

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Picklebums

Today I’m going to concentrate on sketching. I only did one yesterday and didn’t paint anything, so my art alcove is calling to me.

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This is Wednesday, so I’ll do a session of my old lady yoga stretches this afternoon.

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And that’s my exciting day! I can’t tell you how much I enjoy finally being retired, pampered, able to choose an activity that gives me joy to do with few interruptions!

Do something FUN today. It’s good for your health!

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Monday 1-19-2026

“Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us

And then we’ll need no other light.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

@TracyChrest989204 on Substack

I think this post from Tracy is stunning.

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We went to visit my husband at the nursing home this morning. It was a disappointing visit because it wasn’t a good day for him. He was fixated on me lowering the railing on his bed and finding his shoes so he could “get out of there.” He has no concept of his condition or situation, so it’s challenging to get around this when it happens. He was comfortable, though, and had no major complaints. He was happy we came. When I described working on the turtle jigsaw puzzle, he said, “I’m glad you’re having a good time.”

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I took a bag of clothes to the laundry this afternoon, taking a nice walk in the sunshine. I visited the koi fish while I was out –

and continued my walk after visiting with them for a few minutes. They are huge and beautiful. I could watch them for hours. The sun felt good and I finally warmed up after being too chilly all morning. I stayed on my side of the street, not attempting to cross any major streets. Doing that here is a major skill involving lots of judgment and experience, so I wait to do that when Brian is with me.

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Today is yoga stretching. I’m pairing that with stretches Brian showed me, plus some mini-sit-ups.

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When I finish my blog posts and yoga, I’m going to try to concentrate on sketching today. I have my windows open and a delicious breeze is going through my place. Opening the windows adds a lot of traffic noise, but I’m learning to embrace that as part of living in a city of 1.2 MILLION people…

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I hope you have a satisfying day.

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