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Room Rearranging

August 17, 2026 / / 1 Comment

I finished painting the living room with the help of Denis, the roller king. Thank you, Denis!

It was also an opportunity to do some furniture rearranging. I wanted to try something different. Here’s the old arrangement:

And here’s the new one:

The TV is now sticking into the room, but it puts the couch on a different wall – one that allows me to see out the window. It was also an excuse to clean up a lot of junk that had almost become permanent.

Here’s the view from the couch:

And here’s the view from the front door using the “wide angle” setting on the camera:

Now that the walls are finally the right color, maybe I can get to hanging some of my artwork on the walls…

I’m Doing It!

August 16, 2026 / / 1 Comment

When I moved into this house, I painted the living room. I was trying to do gray, but after it was on the wall, I could see it was blue. I have been saying for years that I would re-paint. Years. It’s kept me from hanging things on the walls. It’s kept me from any kind of furniture re-arrangements.

I’m finally doing it. I can’t show final “after” pictures yet, because I need the light of day to check for any missed spots before I move furniture back into place. . But here’s a “during” picture. It helps show the blue-vs-gray thing:

And an “after”-ish picture to show some progress:

I like the gray. It looks calmer and cleaner to me.

Small Splinter

August 15, 2026 / / 1 Comment

My lemongrass died of thirst while I was traveling. I decided to just dump the whole thing into the green bin, because the roots were completely filling the pot. I turned it upside down, and one of the stems got pinched between the pot and my hand. As it fell into the bin and slid past my palm, a piece of it broke off and stuck into my skin. Ouch!

After much squeezing and using of fingernail clippers, I got it out. it was so tiny. In the picture below, the splinter is above the wound.

Duty Done

August 14, 2026 / / 1 Comment

This week, I’ve been on call for jury duty. How they do it in California, is that you’re selected for a week of time, during which you call or check online each night to see if you should come in the next morning.

I don’t really like that it’s a whole week, instead of just one day, like it was in Maryland, but am grateful that it’s at least easy to reschedule. When I first got the notice, it was for May.

I haven’t been called in this past week, and last night I didn’t even get the reminder text telling me to check my status. I signed on anyway, to see what it said:

I wonder how often I’ll get scheduled for this. In Maryland, it was pretty much once per year.

A Few Finishes

August 13, 2026 / / 1 Comment

I did some stuff again yesterday. I think it’s just my usual procrastination… I put all these things off until the last minute, and now I have nervous energy to try to finish them.

Since I couldn’t plant the lantanas in the palm tree bed, I went looking for something that would do well in the partial shade. I got some pink impatiens. It was hard to plant them in some areas, because the palm tree roots are so thick.

I finished the corner in the kitchen too. It took a few more patchings and dryings. It took a long time. I tried to do some other things while I was waiting.

The sign I got this summer at the Seward Fourth of July courthouse square is now censored as well. The letters were raised, so I sanded before painting, and it left a spot, but I don’t think it’s too bad:

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