Category Archives: Nature

Patrick stream of consciousness

  • Patrick Stewart
  • Captain Picard
  • Make it so
  • Data
  • Computer
  • Hard drive
  • Memory
  • Memories
  • Childhood
  • Sisters
  • Dance routines
  • Rescue Aid Society
  • Records
  • Library
  • Books
  • Bookshelf
  • Construction
  • Wood
  • Sawdust
  • Leather
  • Summer camp
  • Pine trees
  • Boundary Waters
  • Loons
  • Loon calls
  • Mist on the lake
  • Sunrise
  • Peace

Places To Go In Clinton, Iowa (Depending on the Season)

  • Eagle Point Park
  • Riverfront walkway
  • Sawmill Museum
  • Discovery Center Children’s Museum
  • Discovery Trail
  • Lyon’s Farmer Market
  • Showboat Theater
  • Candlelight Inn
  • Downtown Shopping District
  • Clinton County Historical Museum
  • Riverfront Park
  • Wide River Winery
  • Lock & Dam 13
  • River Arts Center
  • Valley Oaks Golf Course
  • Bickelhaupt Arboretum
  • Pickleball & Tennis Courts
  • Clinton County Courthouse
  • Visitor Center Kiosk on the River

Top 10 Search Terms That Have Brought People To This Site (Aggregated if spread across more than one similar term)

  • W
  • Shades of Green
  • Lifeguard Acronyms
  • Famous People Whose Names Start With X
  • Famous People Whose Names Start With Y
  • Famous People Whose Names Start With Z
  • Hemingway Quotes
  • Animals that Start With I
  • Elsie Was A Mighty Fine Cow Lyrics
  • Pepsi Endorsers

AhhhKtober

  • Warm hoodies
  • Cold nights
  • Boots
  • Bonfires
  • Blazing colors
  • Sharp air
  • Brilliant sunlight
  • Skies so blue they wrap you up
  • Windy days
  • Pumpkins and gourds in front of the grocery stores
  • Kids laughing
  • Space heaters at night
  • Shadows
  • Short days

Things I’ve Done So Far During Quarantine

  • Dishes — a lot of dishes
  • Put away all the laundry that was sitting in piles of “This is clean; I’ll put it away someday.”
  • Cleaned out two boxes of stuff from my job
  • Practiced piano
  • Started a 1000 piece puzzle
  • Caught up on current season of Schitt’s Creek (so sad it’s over!)
  • Caught up on current season of Spring Baking Championship
  • Caught up on current season of Sister Wives
  • Watched last season of Flip or Flop
  • Watched season three of Lie to Me
  • Cleaned all main floor floors
  • Cleaned kitchen more times than I should have to
  • Actually cooked real food
  • Walked outside daily
  • Signed up for GeekNerdDating.com
  • Forgot to cancel before my trial period was up
  • Interviewed for a job
  • Updated my resume
  • Read
  • Stacked up a bunch more books to read
  • Debated rearranging all furniture in living and dining rooms but decided that was a terrible idea with nobody to help me
  • Video chatted with Grandbaby/Son/Daughterinlaw
  • Video chatted with my Tribe
  • Talked to parents daily
  • Spent too much on Amazon
  • Cleaned off all my ceiling fans with the new extendable pole duster I got on Amazon
  • Had groceries delivered twice
  • Had pizza delivered once and then was reminded that pizza messes with my stomach something fierce
  • Listened to birds singing
  • Took lots of nature pictures
  • Set up a private Facebook group for the condo association where I live
  • Wrote social media posts for pages I admin (some scheduled out through August)
  • Organized my Sharpies
  • Set up a main floor work space
  • Tried to wear something every day that makes me happy

St Patty’s day shirt & my Christmas leggings

 

View from the bench in front of my home