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  <title>Art Storm</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What went before ONE&lt;/strong&gt;: So, I report a Tragedy. There was a traffic jam between me and home about an hour ago. So, I was forced to turn off at Gifford&apos;s Ice Cream and partake of a chocolate milkshake (yes, with whipped cream) while I sat on top of a picnic bench, and watched the traffic sort itself out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alas. O! Alack.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What went before TWO&lt;/strong&gt;: So, sewing was fun; I got a good start on my next project.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s going to be Summer tomorrow, &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; Summer on Thursday, Summer on Friday, and! rainy and cool on the weekend. Guess I&apos;d better close the windows and crank up the heat pumps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everybody stay safe; I&apos;ll see you tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;#&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesday&lt;/strong&gt;. Sunny and heading for the mid-80sF/20sC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Breakfast was the last of the noodles with an egg scrambled in, tea on the side. The rest of the eggs that vacationed in the fridge while I was away are on the stove for hardboiling, because lunch? Will be a summer meal: salad with tomato, and potato, and olives, and tuna, and egg -- I think that&apos;s all I&apos;ve got that can go in a salad, but yanno? That actually sounds good enough to eat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I slept long and hard, and did &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; dream of zombies, which has been the default for the last week, and let me tell ya -- I&apos;m not a fan. I did dream of having to escape through tunnels, but I attribute that to the book I&apos;m reading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Woke up with a determination to, yeah, sign up for the watercolor class at the senior center. I mean, it&apos;s been proved many times over that I Am Not An Artist, but I haven&apos;t tried watercolor in half a century or so, and at the very least, I&apos;ll learn something about technique and philosophy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also have a couple of errands to run -- to the vet for Trooper&apos;s Special Sort, and to Uncle Dean&apos;s for some dried lavender, and to the bank to tell them that, no, I do not want them to just roll the CD-about-to-ripen into another CD of similar length, but Sekrit Interest Rates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then I thought I&apos;d go to Agway and see about buying a rose bush, which has blossomed -- or do I mean exploded? -- into this notion that, since I&apos;m so often at the back of the house overlooking the deck -- could I grow roses in containers on the deck, so I could see them from my windows?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer is -- yes! This is possible. I need pot(s) and probably wheels for the pots, so they can be moved at need; the deck is &lt;em&gt;plenty&lt;/em&gt; sunny, and -- this is no longer a Case For Agway. So, I&apos;m guessing I&apos;ll go out to Fieldstone Gardens and see if I can get the ear of an expert.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So that&apos;s the morning taken care of, and I&apos;ll be getting on the road as soon as the eggs are done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who else is Exploring Art today?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh.&amp;nbsp; I hung the plaque in Steve&apos;s office; there was space on the wall behind his desk:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sharonleewriter.com/2025/06/art-storm/award-in-steves-office-june-3-2025/&quot; rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-13709&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;aligncenter size-large wp-image-13709&quot; src=&quot;https://sharonleewriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Award-in-Steves-office-June-3-2025-1024x771.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;660&quot; height=&quot;497&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rolanni&amp;ditemid=1462684&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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