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2018 March 17 Saturday in Liberty Hill Texas Happy Saint Patrick Day. My DNA test showed that I’m 13% Irish but in my searching for ancestors, I’ve found only one born in Ireland and his parents were both French. But, I wore green anyway. Ella, in the other hand, has found her Irish ancestors. However,Continue reading “2018 March 17 Saturday”

2018 March 16 Friday in Liberty Hill Texas 63° at 5 a.m. it’s overcast and a blustery day. That made me think of Winnie the Pooh. By 7:30 the eastern sky was beginning to lighten and individual clouds could be seen. Fridays would be a normal day to go to the Leander Senior center. HoweverContinue reading “2018 March 16 Friday”

  2018 March 15 Thursday in Liberty Hill Texas Did you celebrate Pi day yesterday. 3.14(159265359…)? 48° at 5:00 a.m. this morning. I saw the morning star (Venus) shining brightly in the sky, which let me know that there’d be no clouds this morning. Which meant that the sunrise would likely be less spectacular (butContinue reading “2018 March 15 Thursday ”

2018 March 14 Wednesday in Liberty Hill Texas 32°? Yep it dipped down to freezing for a half minute overnight. It was a cloudless, windless night so all the daytime heat drifted off into space. I got a photo of the sun peeking through the juniper shrubs. Grandies* was a little light today only tenContinue reading “2018 March 14”

2018 March 13 Tuesday in Liberty Hill Texas 37° with some interesting clouds just before sunrise.. When we checked the menu at the center today and saw that it was a salad with grapes and crackers, we decided to stay home for games and lunch. Fast Track and Rummikub were our games of choice thisContinue reading “2018 March 13 Tuesday”

2018 March 12 Monday in Liberty Hill Texas A chilly 39° to start the day at 6:00 today. We both got up and around this morning so that we could meet up with Arik, Jenny, and kids for a trip to San Antonio Texas. That is about a 2½ hour drive. Our first stop wasContinue reading “2018 March 12 Monday in San Antonio Texas”

2018 March 11 Sunday in Liberty Hill Texas 70° to start the day. The sun is gaining on the moon as they do their slow race across the sky this morning. The moon only had a couple hours head start today. It must have slept in last night. We drove to Buchanan Dam this morningContinue reading “2018 March 11 Sunday”

2018 March 10 Saturday in Liberty Hill Texas 61° and starry a sky this morning. It quickly climbed to the mid eighties. That’s when the air conditioner went on and doors and me were shut. We topped out at 90°. Saturday sweet Saturday, peaceful Sabbath to slow us from our busy life. On a recentContinue reading “2018 March 10 Saturday”

2018 March 09 Friday in Liberty Hill Texas 54° at 5:30 about an hour later I captured some light in the sky. I managed to get two shots from slightly different directions. However, by the official sunrise arrived, so had the cloud cover. It was late when we arrived home last night. Well, late forContinue reading “2018 March 09 Friday”

2018 March 08 Thursday in Liberty Hill Texas 42° and mist in the air in the morning. The sunrise in the eastern sky was unseen. However, looking to the south I was able to get a little color in this morning’s skyscape. Being Thursday means it’s time to test my blood again. I was curiousContinue reading “2018 March 08 Thursday”