I recently was introduced to Geocaching, which is basically a treasure hunt you do using your smartphone. You can download the Geocaching App and find caches that other geocachers place in parks, the side of the road, trees, lampposts, and other places. The app provides clues to finding the geocaches. The caches range in size …
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Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park Sometimes things don’t go the way we want. My WordPress domain expired last month, and I didn’t want to renew it. I started this blog around 2015. It was one of many incidents that occurred in that time period that contributed to me making a major life change and leaving …
Backyard Birds
Six Things I’m Doing During Safer at Home – The Good and Not So Good
It’s important to me to use this time meaningfully to do things I can’t normally do. I was working from home during the first month of the shutdown. My job kept me very busy, and it didn’t feel like I was benefitting from having more time at home. Then I was laid off – left …
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Go to the Dentist!
How long has it been seen you have gone to the dentist? I know of people who are afraid to go but I believe putting it off just makes things worse, potentially compounding whatever issues they might have. I went a few weeks ago, I usually go a little more than the recommended six …
Recipe: Instant Pot Vortex Plus Broiled Chicken Thighs
Instant Pot Vortex Plus Broiled Chicken Thighs Note: I purchased a Vortex and was not able to find information on how long to broil chicken thighs, so I created this recipe as a guide to help others. I explained how I seasoned the chicken, but feel free to season the chicken another way. Ingredients 3 …
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The Magic of Books
I really like book apps like Kindle that allow you to read on your device. It’s amazing to be able to carry an entire library on your phone. I could read a few pages while standing in a store line or waiting for an appointment to start (I say could cause I don’t actually do …
Instant Pot Adventures
I bought an Instant Pot on Prime day and it has made me 100% more excited about cooking because it’s so easy and quick. I have been wanting to write about what I’m doing, but I’ve been so busy actually using it, there hasn’t been time. I came up with this list as to why …
Butterfly World
You know how when you go on a trip, you plan to go see all the sites and you rarely visit the attractions in your hometown? Butterfly World has been a place where I have always wanted to go to but kept putting off. It’s 30 miles away, not incredibly far, but far enough that …
When Doves Cry
Last month I discovered an injured ringneck dove in my yard. It was Thursday night. I’ve been feeding the wild birds for six years and have doves, sparrows, blue jays, and cardinals as regulars so it was normal to see a dove. I had let my dog out and normally they flight into the tree but …
Possibility & Light 