2026- MARCH

 March 1 

I was able to get 3 bags of trash below but wow it melted last night and was black ice on that path!Sprinkled some icy melt for my food delivery person if they choose that side. I was able to get to the bird feeder with my walker and filled that. I am sure the birds will punish me for the lack of feeding for more than 30 days!  Plenty of bushes around me with seeds so I hope they did not starve. Have not seen a small bird in a long time

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later looked below before food delivery and 2 trash bags had blown elsewhere.

They say on the weather 6mph winds. those are not 6 mph

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So I get the food alert that it is on the way. 3 messages saying they do not see an apartment. I repeated I am at 152. Then I get a message it has been delivered.! Where was it? about as far from any door or the deck that is possible. 4 bags where normally it would be 6 or 7 bags. Fucking winds blowing as I struggle to divide up the load. Then get it up the inside stairs. 

I earned another small square of chocolate and in a bit I will have some cocoa.

oh and  I always say NOT all green bananas- well they are all green just not dark green. Hope they ripen soon.

oh and when I cut open the jelly bean bag some spilled out and on to the floor. 

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March 2

Icy storm door

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March 8

I went below to check my mail at 4:45pm and noticed a manhole cover collapsed in the parking lot. Put the small pylon there until I could figure out  something better. One of the wood flooring men showed up and he moved a piece of plywood over it. I will call Dubis tomorrow and see if he can fix it- ot make a better barrier.

also have to call Verizon -phone lines for the object hanging from the wires out front.

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March 12

So my missing amazon package showed up on office stoop. yay. I was below checking out the manhole cover repairs and the power line problem with heavy things hanging that do no belong. Those still a problem but manhole repair is done. took from 9:30am until a little before lunch. yay. Saw jet trails in the sky. and that most things were placed back where they belongs.

Changed curtains at kitchen door and "aired"  draft dodgers.

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I will try on the amazon v neck long sleeve shirt before my shower. Hope it fits comfortably.

that orange blob viewed from the deck is my 27 lbs of laundry waiting for pick up

welcome mat blown around,snow piles dwindling and power line danglers.\

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so food order shows up. I am below struggling with that in the winds. Almost get blown over a few times. Ancestors from Orkney Islands so I should know how to navigate in that. Last trek with a bag and I see what looks like a cemetery plant like a cactus

leaf- dark green and wet looking and never dies. I take pix of it to get a better look. My eyes are watering from the winds so cannot focus. oh shit it is  a dead bird. I go up stairs with last of food then deal with bird. It starts blowing in the wind. So had to find a flower pot and a brick to cover it  up. Call police non emergency line to ask the number of who to report it to. Told go to mass.gov. I go to mass.gov. Only report if you find eagles etc or more than 5  birds

in the same location. I could have saved myself an hour of dithering and just tossed it into the woods. But stuck it and the pot and the stick I pushed it around with in a double brown bag and into the trash barrel.

oh and my mailbox numbers done fpor food deliveries- if they ever use that entrance ha ha ha I corrected google maps

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2026:FEBRUARY

 not a fan of "country" but heard the lyrics "drinking Jack all by myself" ( I never drank alone) reminded me of a local restaurant called Starbucks. before Starbucks the coffee cafe made the scene here. it was on rt 132 in Hyannis. The waiters and waitresses wore pajamas. It was a fun place. They were forced to rename to Star City Grill I think.

Jack Daniel's straight sure could warm you up!\

Drinking Jack all by my

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February 2 

Feeling decadent by finishing this sorbet. Perfect day for it.

so finaly was able to take two bags of trash below. It was windier than I expected. But I made it. It was NOT easy.Using walker on icy snow ain't no  fun. Could not get to the barrels because of the snow. So I placed the bags front of F 150. trudged back inside. oh my arms.

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February 4

 Finally was able mto place a food order andd my niece and her husband help haul it from the icy parking lot to my door. They offered to bring it in . I need to keep active and do what I can for myself so I did. took more than 10 trip  since there were 7 bags. but that's done and on to this-

Anyone else do this? Re-slice bagels thinly and freeze them? Love the bottom thin slice with crepe skin. I slice towards me to add adventure to the process.

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February 5

Looks like someone has cleared off the Mustang! I cannot get to the office as that brown flagstone near a shed is solid ice. I sprinkled some clay cat litter on it so that maybe tomorrow I can sprinkle Icy Melt. Office front stoop is ice as well. Stay safe out there.

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February 6

Finally was able to get outside! Sprinkled some Icy Melt on ice patches, grabbed my lottery and shot a few pix. Came inside and the apartment smelled pleasantly of baked goods and vanilla- nothing I did! Got on deck and my Ice Sculpture had blown dry! Have not been able to get out to it for over a week. Nice out there but I did not go far! deck first

walk to office

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February 11-12

birds showed their attitudee about me not feeding them by shitting on the railing on the deck. Wind blew most of it away. But I still  cannot get to the feeder because of snow below.

cut my bangs

February 13

Do you  do this? yellow sponges were extra wet this time. I always dry them out before storing

Food order showed up at 9:12 and it took me  until 10:12 to get it up here and wiped off ready to put away. That cold wind is something else. Saw the delivery person drive up in the health club parking lot- see a huge snow drift in the way all directions . Backed up and came in the correct way. yay he was able to walk the cleared path to the office door. I divided 7 bags into 14 smaller bags . I noticed on the Chocolate sunbutter lid the BIUB date was Feb 2026. groan. called the company and they are sending out something fresher LOL we will see. Then I called Shaw's and they refunded that charge. Told them I was getting a replacement but  would they please check dates more carefully. I know that is ridiculous to ask. It would take a shopper forever to fill an order. But hey when I shopped in person that was what I had to do. It always took me an hour to shop and check out . such is life.

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February 15

ICE SCULPTURE- BLACK SPIDER.

I should maybe give up on the large plate ice sculptures. and wow it is super cold out there this morning.

Fake black spider under ice.

my eyeballs are still defrosting from that exposure.

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February 16 

Forcing a budding

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February 20

looks like the path below is finally safe to use. Fingers crossed for Wednesday laundry

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February 23- blizzard conditions

February 21 it looked hopeful for getting laundry picked up and delivered. well dash that

Next ice sculpture venture will be jelly beans. Red beads are out there somewhere. I may roast some, boil some and mash some to get color to bleed. I think my ice sculptures have replaced my raging sex drive of yore. I know- hard to believe to look at me LOL

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February 27

It will be okay with me if it never gets freezing again anywhere.But snow blocked me from getting out on deck when the red beads were an ice sculpture. And today with the sun Spring arrived with my forced buds. Love that green.

Photos of deck day after the blizzard. I did not lose power until Wednesday at 3pm and it returned 10:30pm that night. It only went off so crews could fix the problem elsewhere. Still some in Wellfleet without power on Friday the 27th

deck on Tuesday

Bird feeder area

boot prints I noticed below on Friday

Spring arrived with this lovely green for my forced buds

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