Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

I got up ridiculously early on Wednesday, Jan. 28th. The thing is, the ocean was visible from the backyard but I didn't notice it til getting up so early. This was only 7:30 in the morning. I don't see that hour very often if I can avoid it. I took a video so hopefully you can see it. https://youtu.be/7nKbFy8wxCU Now that two and a half months have passed, I can't recall our trip home, so I know it was uneventful. We'd had lots of snow at home while we were gone, so we got to go back to that. Oh well... OK then, Mrs. April Hughes.

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I’m Grace Hughes, from Springfield, IL. Welcome to my world of fun, mostly involving cats and sometimes travel.

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Way back in November 2020

Way back in November 2020

i didn't manage to post many photos in November, so here a few of them now. I got this picture while standing on a ladder outside a bedroom window. Kevin had been taking Riley for a walk, but then...

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Icy Sunshine

Icy Sunshine

Here's the front walk on Saturday January 3rd at 11 o'clock at night. Snow had been threatened in the forecast and it finally started coming down. On Sunday we woke up to dazzling sunny skies....

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happy kitties

happy kitties

I don't know about you, but I could use some nice kitty pictures about now. So here they are. First - Kevin bought a cat grass kit, complete with darling little black and white kitty cup to plant...

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Last of December

Last of December

I have a bunch of different photos here and then I'll be moving on to the new year! Way back on December 5th I was going for a run next to the field and came across these deer. I stopped to take...

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Final posting of Christmas Stuff

Final posting of Christmas Stuff

The ground is covered in snow on this Sunday morning. The sun keeps peeking out, making everything gleam frostily. I'm happy to stay inside. Even though I do not like cold, I do not like winter, I...

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Christmas Gifts

Christmas Gifts

I spent a good portion of yesterday taking down every last decoration and also the tree. I kind of miss the lights already since it's another gloomy day out there but am happy not to look at the...

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Christmassy Stuff

Christmassy Stuff

I feel like i'm done with Christmas now, tired of all the stuff that I put up everywhere. When Amy and Jim came over for Christmas dinner they seemed stupefied by the amount of stuff I had out, but...

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happy…two days after Christmas…

happy…two days after Christmas…

yeah, it was a blur. too much waiting til the last minute, too much "this won't take long" and so Christmas eve day and Christmas were nonstop cleaning/cooking/wrapping/other crazy xmas stuff....

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Countdown to Xmas!

Countdown to Xmas!

I was startled to see that i'd last posted on the 13th; how is it possible six days have whooshed by? And even more alarming is that Christmas is in six days! I mean, in perspective it's not really...

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