YAY!! THEY're NOT *Extinct*!!

YET...

In Recent Times, I've been "pondering" over the Highly-UNlikely-Ginormous-LOTTERY-WIN-*FANTASY* of Owning a Natural-Fiber-*ONLY*-YARN-TEA-ROOM-BAKERY-BISTRO-ARTS-CURIO SHOP... With, My various "CRAFTY" RELATIVES and FRIENDS creatively slaving away in a Roomy-*well*-Equipped-WORKSHOP.

-- *MY* slightly-Southern version of "SANTA's Workshop". Sans the Red-Suited-Old-Fat-Guy... And, more like MRS. CLAUS' Several-Times-Removed-4th-Half-COUSIN and a few Wayward ELVES running the Place. --

And, I would Call IT, "The WOOLY-RHINO"! -- [I keep envisioning one those old wooden PUB-Signs creaking in the breeze...]

Anyhoo, SORRY for the DIGRESSIVE "sorta"-segway into My "Day"... But, IT does - sorta - meld Today's *High-Points* together. -- I hope..?


IT was *another* over-90F Scorcher! WITH, a "Bonus" SOLAR-STORM rumoured to be hitting THE PLANET!? -- [NOTE-to-UNIVERSE: We asked for "RAIN", NOT *RADIATION*!!] -- Hence, a profound Absence of YARD SALES...

However, not a Problem as MOTHER wanted to go over to the Other FABRICLAND in ORLEANS. She had a GIFT-VOUCHER that She'd "Won" a few Months back that Expires at the End of JULY. Although Larger, Our Local Store didn't have WHAT She wanted. -- Besides, We haven't been There for quite some Time...

After nearly an Hour of *enduring* the rather ANNOYINGLY-LOUD-RATTLING-albeit-COOL AIR-CONDITIONING, We left and headed just down the Road to the PLACE d'ORLEANS SHOPPING MALL. -- We haven't been THERE in probably TWO-YEARS..??

Thankfully, the ZELLERS is *still* OPEN! - THIS Location has always had the Largest YARN Section...




Oh... **LOOK**!!!


"FACTORY-ENDS"!!


WOOHOO!!
- I thought I'd NEVER See THOSE again!!
- [HAPPY DANCE!!]




okay... So, THEY're
"COTTON", not "WOOL"!
But, still *YARN*! Same-Difference...



There were only THREE PACKAGES left. That I could FIND... And, the PRICE is Higher!?
-- whatsup with THAT?!! ..no matter...


IT's a LARGE, weirdly-Designed MALL... Lots of New Stores... The Geyser-FOUNTAIN is still there. - A Refreshing Treat!

huh. There's an ECKO STORE..?


Oooo... RHINOS!!

Well... sorta...



I'm really NOT a STUFF-ON-My-T-SHIRT Person. For the most part anyway... And, certainly NOT at those Prices.

However, the $1.99 Recycled-"RHINO"-TOTE-BAG did grab My Attention!


I especially love the part, where My RHINO-BAG went into Another Rhino-Bag!









EVENTUALLY, We found Our Way OUT... So glad I Parked in the Covered-Area!

The Afternoon was getting ON, so off to THE MALL We were, along the Route HOMEWARD...


A JOURNEY that was not WITHOUT ITS bits of "Excitement"... The EVIL-STUPIDLY-PLACED-TRAFFIC-CIRCLE is always a "Challenge"! - Thankfully, I wasn't IN IT yet when the AMBULANCE was going through...

And then, further on, near BEACON HILL, some "CAMPER-RV" had *very* recently caught FIRE!! - I didn't really see MUCH as I was just a tad BUSY-DRIVING-TO-AVOID-IDIOT-PEOPLE... Don't know if Anyone was Injured. Hope not.

Meanwhile, at THE MALL, the Grocery-Store had CAKE!! -- MOTHER was getting a bit Peckish...

BTW, "YELLOW-ICING" does get EVERYWHERE!! -- just saying...

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right.. I "think" I have that Colour-SEQUENCE straightened out now...

I HOPE!?! -- Additional UNravelling was *needed*. AGAIN! -- Really! I *could* have been FINISHED ALREADY!!

IT's Doubtful, that I'll *make* Another like THIS ANY Time "Soon"!!

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HAPPY BUS.. uh. I mean "BIRTHDAY", SISTER-S & THE-GODSON!!

SORRY. BEEN A LONG, *HOT* DAY...

Well, IT's been WEEKS since Our last "GOOD" RAIN, and with as many Weeks of 80F-plus Days... Needless to say, IT's getting a tad PARCHED in These Parts!! -- IT's NEVER been THIS BAD around Here!!

Although LAST SUMMER was nasty-HOT, at least We had 2-Months of RAIN in the Ground before-hand. However, THIS YEAR... a DRY WINTER, Below-Average SPRING Precipitation, and a Scorching SUMMER! -- When the WEEDS begin to *wither*, that's a "CLUE"...

ANYHOO... TODAY, I had to "BUS-IT" across Town, just past My DENTIST'S Office.

Missed the BUS on My Street, had to TREK over to the MAIN ROAD to grab a Different One. Then, Wait... -- Despite the HEAT, I'm *really* GLAD that there was a Steady-BREEZE out!

Between "TRANSFERS", I had a BANKING Errand... huh. ALL of the TELLERS are "Standing-By"! And, I'm the ONLY CUSTOMER?! - decisions, decisions..?

Since THAT went rather *quickly*, I probably should have taken Time to check-out the Rest of THE-BIG-MALL, but, I still had a little ways to go to get to My Primary Destination. -- I must have *just* MISSED the Previous BUS, as I had to WAIT... Thankfully, OUT of the SUN, however, the Area is *extremely* NOISEY!!

The 20-Minute Ride was closer to 30. I lost Count of how many Times I Switched Seats for the [grateful]-ELDERLY, the [dozing-off]-WHEEL-CHAIRed, the [CUTE]-BABY-BUGGYed... BTW, THANK-YOU-AIR-CONDITIONING!!

My "BUSINESS"-Appointment took all of 15-Minutes, IF that long!

Due to ROADWAY-Design, I have to Walk a bit to catch My Proper-BUS for the RETURN-TRIP - but, FIRST... I dropped by the Grocery Store over at the STRIP MALL across from the OFFICE. I had to go BY IT anyway...

Ladened with a couple of FOOD-ITEMS, I set off for the RETURN-STOP... That has a PAVING-CREW INFRONT-of-IT doing the Curb-Edge... I hope THOSE GUYS have tons of SUNSCREEN! And, WATER! -- As I watched THEM from My Shady-Spot, WORKING in the HEAT, My "WAIT", as lengthy as IT was, seemed somewhat TRIVIAL at best!!

WHY does the TRIP-HOME always seem "SHORTER"..?

And, *never*-LACKING in Diverse-"CHARACTERS"??

Even though I had to make a BUS-Change at THE-BIG-MALL, I skipped on doing "The-TOUR-de-SHOP"! - I'd only be TEMPTED to spend too much MONEY on STUFF-I-DON'T-REALLY-NEED anyway... I continued to THE MALL. STUFF-I-DID-NEED was There.

And, rather than WAIT-around for My LAST BUS, I ended up WALKING HOME. IN the HEAT... SILLY-"sun-stroked"-AUNTIE!!

I *PLAN* to VEG Tomorrow...

MEANWHILE, I hope SISTER-S and My Nephew, "The GODSON" had more ENJOYABLE DAYS..?!!

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aww...NUTS!! -- something's not quite "working" out...

WELL. THERE GOES *4-HOURS* OF WORK!!

The "DOWNSIDE" of "CREATING-ON-THE-FLY"... I screwed up a Colour-Change! -- I *hate* when THAT happens! - [aarrrggghhhh!!!!]

yeah, sure... I *could* have "LEFT IT". NO ONE would have "really" NOTICED! - But, where would the "PERFECTION" in that BE!!?? eh?

WHATEVER...

Tomorrow *should* be more "Entertaining"..? -- I've got some Cross-Town BUSing to do, and IT's a "DOUBLE-BIRTHDAY"-DAY!! ...actually, "TRIPLE"... sorta...

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huh. So much for THAT "THEORY"!

THE "SPIDER-STOMPING" AIN'T WORKING!! -- IT *still* hasn't RAINED! - [yet]... We definitely have a DROUGHT!! - Much like Last Year, but *without* the 2-Months of DAILY-"SPRING"-RAIN...

Oh-kay... TODAY was SENIORS'-DISCOUNT-TUESDAY at MICHAEL'S, and OUR Chance to "STIMULATE-the-LOCAL-ECONOMY"...

I got Enticed by These STICKY-NOTES-and-PAGE-MARKERS from "PAULA DEEN" - which, seem just *too* CUTE to actually
"USE"! -- nuts!

Continuing My PURCHASE-PURSUITS... IT's NOT that I don't have ENOUGH RIBBON *already*, however, I just couldn't RESIST!!


And, the "CANADA DAY" STUFF was 50%-OFF...


As I had "Commented" to a Fellow-CUSTOMER -- "CANADA-Stuff-Made-IN-CHINA-for-an-AMERICAN-Company... ahh, the *GLOBAL-ECONOMY* - gotta LOVE IT!!"

And THEN,


I Bought YARN...
















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Thought I'd Try "SOMETHING" a Bit *DIFFERENT* With The COLOURS..?

HOPE IT "WORKS"!

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I need a Second ALARM-CLOCK...

PREFERABLY, WITH BIGGER, BRIGHTER NUMBERS, *AND* THAT RUNS ON "BATTERIES"!!

oh! and BTW, after This Morning, I'm pretty well CONVINCED that - POWER-OUTAGES are the Leading CAUSE of "TEMPORAL-ANOMALIES"!!

-- just an "observation"..?

Sooo... When the SUN was SHINING brightly into My Room, and the "ALARM"-Button was OFF, and the Clock was FLASHING a Time *indicating that there had been some Power-Disruption and subsequent restoration 2-Hours previous*, I really SHOULD have went with My INSTINCTS and GONE-BACK-TO-SLEEP!!

But, alas, NO. *STUPID* ME!! -- I ended up, *being* UP TWO-HOURS **EARLIER** than USUAL!! - On a SUNDAY, no less!

oh, well... I *was* hungry and needed to "partake of the Plumbing" anyway... At least, I got an Early-Start on My Laundry...

As THAT was going on, I decided to do a bit of Research on Yesterday's Olive-Coloured HORS D-OEUVRE PLATTER... ahh, EBAY, gotta Love IT!! -- I *FOUND* IT right away! - [PRICES ranged from $10. to $25.]

Turns out, that IT was Produced by the INDIANA GLASS COMPANY in the 1960s. And, is in the PEBBLE LEAF "TREE-of-LIFE" Pattern. -- IT also comes in CLEAR and AMBER Glass. -- To LEARN more, CHECK OUT--

http://indianaglass.carnivalheaven.com/index.htm


IT's a rather INFORMATIVE Site, with great Links to Other GLASS-COLLECTING Sources!
-- Actually, I think I might have Identified One of My OTHER Pieces! - YAY!

LATER, I even got "CLERICAL" and managed to get a Bunch of MAIL "done"! And, popped INTO a "BOX" for Tomorrow's Early-Pickup.

And, NOW... I must get THIS "POSTED"! -- Still have a Bed to Make-up, that I fully INTEND to GET-UP-**LATE**-FROM!! -- 'nite!!

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