oops!! Almost FORGOT! -- **HAPPY ANNI, SIS & BIG-D**!!

MY BAD!! -- Actually, I *had* Remembered, but then, I got Side-Tracked...

 

You know, with...

• Getting GARBAGE together for Tomorrow's Pick-up...
• Hearing that PHYLLIS DILLER had Passed Away - [I always Liked HER]...
• TRYING to SEE past the BIG TRUCKS Out Front SCRAPING and DIGGING MR.FIX-IT-Neighbour's DRIVEWAY...
• oh, Look! I've just Bought some STOCKS...
• Got a Few MORE ROWS done, too!! - I know IT's difficult to *tell*, but a "PATTERN" IS emerging!

 

 

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I Forgot to Check...

IS MERCURY STILL IN "RETROGRADE" OR SOMETHING..?! -- OR, IS IT
"SUNSPOTS"..??

'Cause, NOTHING is **WORKING** "RIGHT"!!

IT's taken Me *over* an HOUR just to get THIS FAR!! -- The INTERNET, My COMPUTER,
"WHATEVER" - has been FREEZING-UP, NOT Loading, NOT Connecting, NOT Disengaging, been SLOWER than "usual", and just "in general", DRIVING ME *NUTS*!!

And, THEN-There's-the-Part-WHERE... I *RIPPED* OUT at least FIVE-ROWS of "WORK" on The LATEST HAT!! -- I didn't LIKE how the "PATTERN" was going... I think I have IT Figured-Out now. - Hopefully...

Anyway, IT was just ANOTHER One of Those DREARY-OCCASIONAL-HEAVY-SHOWERS-MIND-NUMBING-I-DIDN'T-EVEN-DO-LAUNDRY!-BUT-I-DID-KILL-A-SPIDER! kind of Days... I wonder if I have Time to get another ROW in..?

yeah... I'm going to go with "SUNSPOTS at NIGHT"!!

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"5 ITEMS for $1.00"

TRANSLATION: **FREE** plus a 20-Cent-Each-CARRYING-OFF-Charge!

And BTW, We're NOT Talking silly little Tchotchke-Trinkets here. NO. They were heavy Books, and Large Items.

BEACON HILL was Where We spotted THAT little "Happy-Dance" bit of Signage at a TRIO of YARD-SALES.

-- I *almost* FELT a Pang of "GUILT" for Paying SO little for WHAT I "GOT"! - [don't worry, IT passed...]

MOTHER got a Hardcover Baking Book, whilst I Selected THESE Fabulous-FOUNTS-of-ARTSY-KNOWLEDGE!

From GIOTTO to CEZANNE: A Concise History of Painting

- Michael Levey
- ISBN0500200246
- 1985

[TRADE Paperback Size]

The High Renaissance and Mannerism: Italy, the north, and Spain, 1500-1600

- Linda Murray
- ISBN0195199901
- 1977

[TRADE Paperback Size]

Great Masters of Art: MONET: A Retrospective

- Charles F. Stuckey
- ISBN0883633019
- 1985

[12" HARD-COVER Size]

...AND, This CAST-IRON BASE-STAND Thingy...


I've yet to take a really CLOSE-LOOK at IT. However, I suspect that the "CENTER"-Hole-Space has been Modified..?

About 16-Inches across
-- 18-Inches from Tip-to-Tip.

And, at about a PENNY-per-POUND, I *wasn't* going to LEAVE IT!!



We were NOW, "SALE-SPOILED"! -- We moved on to the BEACON HILL MALL...

huh. The SALLY-ANN is going through a "RENO"... *STUFF* has been Temporarily
"Rearranged". - Although, that didn't Prevent MOTHER from FINDING a Set of 3.25mm [24"] CIRCULAR-NEEDLES at 89-Cents for Me!

NEXT, We had GROCERIES to GET at a Couple of Places, including THE MALL...

HOWEVER, I *also* needed to go to TRAINYARDS. -- Since the Afternoon was getting on, and the COOLERS were FULL, I dropped Their Contents - along with MOTHER - at the HOUSE before Continuing with MY "Shopping"...


oh, hey, remember Those METAL SAILBOAT HOOKS that I got on TUESDAY - [SEE 14AUG2012 POST] - at MICHAEL'S?

Well, "officially", They were *no longer* ON-SALE. BUT, the SIGNS
were STILL up, so I *got* the SALE-PRICE!


ONLY Bought FIVE more to add to the Other TWO, so that I would have "SEVEN"-BOATS for the SEVEN-"SEAS"!

Meanwhile, I *was* going to USE My ONE *COUPON* to Buy a BALL of YARN - BUT, *couldn't* since the YARN was "ON SALE" THIS Week!! -- nuts!

Mind You, I was PLANNING on making an Excursion to IKEA "some" TIME this COMING Week
-- There's a MICHAEL'S Next Door - [at least, there used to be..?] - I *might* actually be NEEDING That COUPON..?

Afterward, I went over to WALMART for a certain Needed Fav FOOD Item that was ON SALE...

ggrrrrr!! -- There ISN'T *any* of MY Flavour!! -- [WALnuts!!] -- I got a RAIN-CHEQUE.

oh-kay... I still have a LETTER to MAIL - *perhaps*, if I drop IT off at the MAIN POST OFFICE that is *just* down the Road, IT'll get INTO "The SYSTEM" Quicker..?? - [haha!]

The "Service"-OFFICE is Closed. I *figured* THAT, as IT was AFTER 5:00PM. However, there are FOUR MAIL-BOXES just Outside. *Surely*, THOSE SHOULD be "Checked" on MONDAY **MORNING**..?? Right??!!

[INSERT The Sound of THE UNIVERSE "Snorting"!!]

The "LABELS" on the BOXES read MONDAY'S "PICK-UP" is at 5:00PM??!! -- FOR REAL?!!?

[...AARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!.....]

Alrighty... TIME to head HOME!! -- I'll just Drop the LETTER into One of the Neighbourhood
"DELIVERY"-MAIL-BOXES. *Where* IT'll get picked-up at **8:00AM** on MONDAY!!

ANYHOO... I think maybe THE UNIVERSE took "PITY" on Me Tonight -- as I *WON* $7. on the LOTTERY! -- Then again, IT is *also* My LATE-MATERNAL-GRANDFATHER'S 110th BIRTHDAY! And, HE always did *enjoy* Buying "Reference"-type BOOKS...

**THANKS**, PEPE!!

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BTW...About That Whole "CREATIVE-*PROCESS*" THINGY..?

MUCH "UN-DOING" IS OFTEN *INVOLVED*!!

-- just saying...

ENJOY the *VIEW*, as by Tomorrow, a FEW of Those ROWS will be UNdone! - And, in a DIFFERENT COLOUR!

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*W-WHAT*..!?! -- ELVIS is **DEAD**??!!

[WHEN the DISCO, did THAT Happen?!!]



FOR REAL?? -- crap!




Soo..? That "STORMTROOPER" at the SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON a Few Years back, *WASN'T* "..the ELVIS, I was looking for..."??!!

huh. -- I kinda thought that RHINESTONED LIGHT-SABER He was Flashing was just a tad on the VEGAS-SIDE...





*DEAD*..?!


Man! *WHERE* have I BEEN for the Last 35-Years!!??


OH! - right... Getting MILK at COSTCO and, Cashing-In that "RAIN-Cheque" for *enough* CHEERIOS to last Me *UNTIL* CHRISTMAS!!


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**HAPPY B-DAY, FEMALE-PARENTAL-UNIT**!!

NOW, GET OFF THE PHONE BEFORE YOUR LOBES FALL OFF!!

Seriously! EVERYbody CALLED! -- You'd think that We were running a RADIO-TALK-SHOW or *SOMETHING*! -- The only Time MOTHER was "OFF", was when She was "OUT" with FATHER! Even then, SISTER Called and WE ended up "Chatting" for a Half-Hour or more before THEY came HOME...

MEANWHILE, *when* the Phone was "FREE", I was busy Online "Cleaning-up" Yesterday's POST. While, Tonight, I've been TRYING to just GET ONLINE to do THIS ONE! And, to
"show-off" the Beginnings of the LATEST-PROJECT, *however* "THINGS" have been Freezing-Up...

-- JUST LIKE RIGHT **NOW**!! aaarrrggghhhhh!!!!

IF THIS THING *CRASHES* ONE-MORE-TIME... Or, IF I *HAVE-TO* REBOOT

-- **SHEEP** will "HAPPEN"!!

...just saying...

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Oooo!! "MONEY"! ..And, a *BUNNY*..?!

**SWEET**!! -- BONUS!!


WEATHER-wise, the Day was Starting-off "o-kay"... TEMPS in the Mid-20C. A mix of SUN and CLOUD. A Touch of HUMIDITY. "CONDITIONS" were holding Steady for an Afternoon of SHOP-FARI-ing!

Ah! "Timing"! -- That-[albeit *small*]-Cheque that I was Expecting, Arrived just *BEFORE*
We Left the HOUSE. And, although I really didn't NEED to Deposit IT just yet, MOTHER wanted to go to THE BIG MALL to pick-up a particular GREETING-CARD anyway... So, as She did THAT, I took care of Monetary-Matters...

ONCE ALL of THAT was seen to, We set out on to Our PRIMARY-SHOP-MISSION --

MICHAEL'S "SENIORS' 10%-DISCOUNT" TUESDAY!

Ohh..!! - A various Bunch of the Those "SHOPPING-CART-STUFFERS-NOVELTY-ITEMS" are 30-40%-OFF...

Before "TAXES", the METAL SAILBOAT HOOKS came to 90-Cents-Each. - I only got 2. And, despite MOTHER's "objections", IF I get back There again, and *IF* THEY're still around at That-Price, I'm going to get MORE! -- I *LIKE* THEM!!

The BLUE & WHITE STRIPED CERAMIC COASTERS were down to $1.62 per PACK-of-TWO - [after Discounts] - Picked up FOUR! -- And, of course, THE "40%-OFF-COUPON" YARN!


Our NEXT "MISSION" -

VALUE-VILLAGE "SENIORS' 20%-DISCOUNT" TUESDAY!!

We headed for the "BACK-WALL", where the
"NOTIONS" are...

I Found These Little LOOP-KNITTING-NEEDLES and the Packs of DOUBLE-POINTS!

After "Discounts", the Pre-Tax Price was 79-Cents-Each!

Nearby, were These SPOOLS of PLASTIC LACE... I remember Weaving THIS STUFF when I was a KID! -- At $1.60-Per, I wasn't going to "pass" THEM up.

BTW, the "BLUE"-ONE is *actually* a Dark "PURPLE"!!

Meanwhile, MOTHER found a few Yards of some rather Lovely Striped COTTON-SATEEN Fabric!

-- IT should be great for Making some "HOLIDAY" ITEMS...

While in the
"HOUSE-WARES" Section... I came across This 10-Inch CERAMIC BOWL and, was Literally *DRAWN* to IT!

- The eventual $1.60 Price didn't *hurt*, either!

Anyway, I'm not sure "WHY"..?

IT has absolutely NO MARKINGS. However, ITS
"Simplicity" seemed to have struck an
"Aesthetic"
-Chord with Me...

Perhap, it was the Clean-Resonance of ITS "TING"..?
-- Sounds like a
"PORCELAIN"?


Then again, IT might have been the "Musical"-Version of the SUBLIMINAL-"BUY ME! BUY ME!"-CHANT...

I'm *such* a "PUSH-OVER" for POTTERY!! -- I BLAME My Paternal-DERBY-STAFFORDSHIRE-"GENES" on *That* ONE!!

ANYHOO... We ended up spending way TOO much Time Looking at Clothing that We Didn't-Need-Or-Want-To-Buy...

Of course, IF We *hadn't*, then We would've *probably* MISSED-OUT on *FINDING* the SHINY-QUARTER in the EMPTY-PARKING-SPACE-NEXT-TO-OUR-CAR that THE-PARKING-LOT-*FAIRY* had obviously "LEFT" for Us!!

Again, "Timing"!


Soooo....

AS I was Approaching Our Laneway, THIS GUY "caught" My Eye!! -- IT's a "Wonder" as to HOW I managed to *SPOT* HIM in the rather HIGH SUDDEN-NEW-GROWTH-WEEDS of Our Lawn.

HE was only a Few-Feet from the *Busy* Road!














And, even at 30-Feet away, just *KNEW*
that We were
Trying to Take PICs!

































HE later
munched over to the NEIGHBOURS' Garden...

Actually, I think HE might be Living under the Bush over There.





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