Go Outside and Work!

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Mark Zeiger

What I’d intended to write yesterday as a thoughtful, detailed piece, has turned into a quick note and a couple of photos . . . .

The saying, “Make hay while the sun shines” certainly applies to us here in the temperate rainforest. A few days of sunshine and high temperatures have me running in several different directions at once!

Perhaps next time it rains I’ll try to list everything I’m trying to accomplish right now. At the moment, though, I need to post this and get back at it!

Sunny day, time to get cracking! (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

Sunny day, time to get cracking! (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

(Photo: Mark A. Zeiger.)

(Photo: Mark A. Zeiger.)

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“Drizzle Drazzle Drozzle Drome…”

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Mark Zeiger

Right at the edge of my earliest memories lies Tooter the Turtle and his friend/mentor, Mr. Wizard the Lizard. A short subject from the Underdog cartoons, this morality tale involved the hapless turtle magically transported by Mr. Wizard to try out and fail at various professions, before being recalled to reality in the nick of time (“Mister Wizard! Mister Wizard!”) through the magical incantation, “Drizzle, drazzle, drozzle drome, time for this one to come home.”

None of this relates to our current situation. And yet, that incantation runs through my mind frequently, as we plan for a new, major, and most welcome change in our homestead household: Aly’s coming home!

Mr. Wizard the Lizard and Tooter the Turtle (Photo: Swiped from the Internet).

Mr. Wizard the Lizard and Tooter the Turtle (Photo: Swiped from the Internet).

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