Said the long goodbye to my sweet, wee Beastie on March 26. She was 15, confused, tired, and in pain. I held my precious treasure in my arms and murmured all of my love to her as she went to sleep. It was the responsible thing to, but I am still not okay. I don't know when I will be again.

This is a sterling silver baby spoon that I rescued from a parcel of "scrap" silver that I found too lovely to melt down.

Margaret is a mystery I'll never solve, but I like to imagine who she may have been. She was loved enough to merit an engraved spoon & possibly the year of her birth.

Needed a reminder today, one week before Felon47's inauguration, that there used to be beauty and light in the world. This collage is something I made years ago and dug up this morning.

Useful to know. I'm going to take a vast amount of glee in drowning my medical insurance provider with demands for records.

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I pinky-swear! Another little pewter charm.

I'm absolutely charmed by this surprisingly detailed inexpensive pewter charm. It's just the right size to be a pendant. So that's what I'm doing! I need to put it on a different chain, though.

Decorating was easy.

Today, I'm thankful for newly-restored clear-sightedness.

More frozen fog. Also Washington state, 2009-ish.

Frozen fog.
Washington state, 2009 (I think).

This sums it up very well.

The many hues of zircon.

American kestrel (Falco sparverius), photographed 2013, near San Diego. Nikon D-50, kit lens.

This sums me up pretty well.