Allergies?

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Sniff, sniff. The last week or so whenever I’m out walking, my nose will get all stuffy, and my eyes will get a little teary. I don’t remember this problem in the spring before, and this is my third one here in the Portland area.

After a couple seconds I realized this is actually my first spring here. In 2023 I was hardly getting out of the house much, what with taking care of Donna. Last year I was gone on the big road trip from mid-April to mid-June. All three of my usual paths are typically lined on both sides with all these springy, flowery things. Maybe pop a Benadryl before heading out and/or some tissues.

Today’s evening movie showing was Life of Crime a movie based on an Elmore Leonard book…nuff said. Oh, and I restarted watching LOST yesterday. So far I’m just watching one episode a day, not like the 2 per day clip from before.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 17.9%

 

Thoroughbreds

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Just another day in paradise. Today’s afternoon matinee was again on Amazon Prime and is billed as a crime/thriller with comedic undertones. Thoroughbreds is about two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut who rekindle their unlikely friendship and have a plan to solve one of their problems. IMDB says 6.6/10 and I’d bump it to a 7, I did not regret the hour and a half spent watching it. And I didn’t get teary-eyed at the end.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 23.2%

 

I’m Such A Girl

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This could almost qualify to be included on the “Awkward Family Photos” website. Note Donna’s wet hair (and holy crap, ’80s glasses); she has probably just finished showering in the tub she and her sister Sandy are in while I am outside. I bet the original plan was we were all going to be in the tub, but the instant camera didn’t have a timer. I wonder what I’m using to push the shutter button? So, I guess I did have a Polaroid Swinger camera. I’ve stumbled on a bunch of them recently.

Today was just another typical day (maybe not it that order) for me. Until I went looking for a movie to watch this evening. I started at Prime Video and after watching a half dozen trailers, I settled a quirky little movie called Carrie Philby. It is a fish-out-of-water comedy/drama, and when it gets to the end, our protagonist finds herself, and someone to share it with. I actually got a little teary-eyed at the finale; I’m such a girl.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 17.4%

 

Potpourri

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  1. Today would have been my mother’s 100th birthday. Missed it by 19.
  2. Yesterday I tried a different place to walk, Powell Butte. It’s a couple more miles further away than my usual haunts.
  3. Today while walking in one of those usual haunts, a decent-sized black cloud appeared about a 1/2 mile away toward the road. Later I could see flames, but then it seemed, wherever it was, there were people putting it out. I started to hear sirens about the time the smoke stopped.
  4. Yesterday evening I finished one jigsaw puzzle, tore it apart, and started another fresh puzzle right then.
  5. Today I watched the Boston Red Sox lose their 34th game against just 25 wins.
  6. Day before yesterday I binge-watched season 2 of The Four Seasons. I don’t recall the first season being that great, but, this one felt comfortable enough. If they do a 3rd I’d like to say I won’t watch it, but I know me better.
  7. Last week I stopped watching LOST at season three, episode twelve. I’ll probably start again. Once I finish the stuff in my Netflix queue.
Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 26.8%

 

Track, Daily, Crush

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Track Daily Crush
2021 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Trackhawk		 2018 BMW 330i
xDrive Sports Wagon		 Oldsmobile Toronado
Airstream-Bodied Camper
It’s got ‘track’ in the name. A bigger Golf GTI. Self-explanatory.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for or were bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Track: 2018 Corvette C7 GT3-R Bid to USD $185,000 on 5/28/2026
Daily: 2017 Corvette Z06 Coupe Sold for USD $87,500 on 5/28/2026
Crush: 1953 Corvette Replica Sold for USD $50,000 on 5/28/2026

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 27.3%

 

Honky Tonky

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I almost didn’t blog tonight, almost.

I didn’t yesterday because, about the time I would have, I was nearly 100 miles away at a bar in Lebanon, Oregon. Four of us from the community piled in one car at about 6pm and made a beeline to Sam’s Place to listen to the folks above. The drummer and his wife used to live in Quail Hollow, but moved south of the city to help the wife’s mom on her farm. We only stuck around for the first 1-1/2 hour set so we could make it home by midnight and not turn into mice looking up at a large orange cultivated winter squash. Unlike my last foray into a bar to hear a band with my neighbor, there was no dancing. Nobody was dancing except for the birthday boy and his wife, who slow-danced one song…

Today was a typical Sunday: bike for breakfast, wash clothes, watch Red Sox, lunch, jigsaw puzzle, random YouTube vids, dinner, and now doing this.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 21.5%

 

Cottage Parking

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Here is the outside of the place I’m staying at here in Mount Vernon, WA. Here is where I have been parking. There are two parking signs in the picture; one is a small, official-looking one with a big P and the word ‘parking’ underneath, and the second one is an obviously hand-painted one. That second one is in the center of the two-wide driveway.

The parking instructions from the VRBO owner say, “Park in designated Country Cottage parking stall.”

So where should I be parking? Left or right? I chose the left side for a couple of reasons; the first being that the ’70s pickup truck right in front of the GTI is there for display, and the concrete stops right in front of my car, and secondly, there is a small house next to me, and maybe that side is for them. But if that wasn’t correct, the house doesn’t really look occupied, and there hasn’t been another car there.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 19.2%