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Bonita to the Rescue!

Posted on September 12, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Monday was a Blogger’s Sick Day.  Now it is early Tuesday morning and I am trying for some semblance of a post. Coffee will help.

I’m getting there.

Well, that took forever, and it isn’t even the picture I was looking for.  But it will have to do.

Now I feel like screaming.

Unable to think of anything else to say, I went to my Media Library and found this picture from The Screaming Skull.  It is actually a pretty entertaining flick, although I first encountered it on Mystery Science Theater 3000, which, in case you did not know it, features cheesy movies.

And it hasn’t even started yet!

I thought I would continue the skeleton theme, and do you think I could find any skeletons?  I found a half dozen other pictures I have wasted time searching for.  One day I will sit down and make an index of that Media Library.

A depiction of me, buried in my own thoughts.

There’s a skeleton!  Or at least parts of one.  Your imagination can supply the rest.

Oh dear.  All I am doing is watching the word count and hoping to make it to 200 words.  Is this how other bloggers do it?  I don’t think so.

Bonita to the rescue!

One more skeleton picture will put me over the top!  This is my beloved Bonita, wearing a dog mask we found at a rummage sale.

And that is over 200 words.  On to face Tuesday!

 

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I Slack, I Scatter, It Is No Longer Saturday

Posted on September 10, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

It is almost 10:30 on a Saturday night.   I almost never stay up this late any more.  What the hell am I thinking?  The usual answer to that is: I am not thinking.  Which at least makes a change from over thinking.  Sometimes I like to shake things up.

I always kill house plants personally.

Earlier this evening I watched Little Shop of Horrors, the original non-musical directed by Roger Corman.  It is one of my favorites.

Aaand that was as far as I got last night.  I got too sleepy searching my Media Library for a picture of the movie Tormented which I thought I had but could not find so hit Save Draft and left it for this morning.  I slept in till after seven, what a bum!  I haven’t even had coffee yet.

Words of wisdom indeed.

This showed up in my Facebook Memories. I just don’t imagine I made anybody but myself unhappy by not making my Saturday blog post on Saturday.  Then again, I am part of Everybody.

Before I typed in the preceding paragraph, I hit Save Draft again and got myself my first cup of the day.  I put it in a Halloween mug, because as all true Halloween aficionados know, spooky season starts the day after Labor Day.   Then there are those like me, who try to keep the spirit alive all year, hence my viewing of horror movies most of the time.

I see I am approaching 250 words, and I have no idea what to bill this as.  Slacker Saturday because I am making it on Sunday?  Scattered Saturday because the subject matter kind of wandered?  Oh the trials and tribulations!   But as always, I thank you for tuning in.

 

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Thank God It’s Lame Post Friday

Posted on September 9, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Ah yes, the elusive daily blog post.  Today is Lame Post Friday, so at least I have an excuse to be foolish.  Oh who am I kidding?  Most of my posts are foolish.   Just consider the source, as grown-ups used to suggest when somebody picked on me as a child.  But let us not hark back to childhood memories. Yesterday was Throwback Thursday.

I sat on my front porch for a little while earlier this evening, but I did not observe anything of interest (in case anybody did not know or had forgotten, Lame Post Friday traditionally includes random observations and half-baked philosophy).  It was quite muggy with very little breeze.  However, the lack of breeze was an advantage while it was raining, as it did for a while.

Still pretty!

I thought I should throw in a picture to pep things up.  These are the Brown-Eyed Susans in my front yard in a picture I took last Saturday.  They are still blooming.  There are also a few smaller blooms in the backyard.  I meant to take a picture of those but forgot to do so before the sun went down.

I guess I do too.

Another picture to finish things off.  As I asked in a previous post, who doesn’t love a blood sucking fiend?  Perhaps some vampire movies will brighten my weekend.  I’ll be sure to mention it in a blog post if they do.

 

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Blame it on my Brain

Posted on September 5, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

I was so pleased with myself for making on time posts Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, then I let it all fall apart on Monday.  I have no good excuse.  I sat here and typed in one sentence, even going so far as to transfer a couple of pictures from my cell phone into my Media Library.  But my brain would not cooperate and I was unable to force it.

My brain would and did.

I watched this movie yesterday, but not on Blu-Ray.

There’s the picture I was looking for!

Regular readers know I like to share a picture from The Brain from the Planet Arous when I am feeling particularly brain dead (my brain is not what you might call lively at the best of times).  In a sad development, I found and tried to watch my VHS tape of the movie (purchased at a rummage sale) only to find that the VCR half of my video/DVD player is not working.  So sad!  I will never be able to replace all those cheesy movies on VHS that I found at rummage sales!

So this is my late Monstrous Monday Post.  A couple of brain pictures and a technological lament.  Perhaps I could find just one more picture to end on.

He’s just misunderstood.

This is the most sympathetic character in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.  I hope he has good vision.  I would hate to try to fit him with a pair of glasses.

 

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Brown Eyed Green Space?

Posted on September 3, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Last week I did fine on making my Saturday and Sunday posts on their respective days.  This week I fear, not so much.  I made my Lame Post Friday post on Friday, and it is still Saturday as I begin my Saturday post, but will I finish it?  A little uncertainty adds interest to my weekend.

A few blooms to brighten my yard.

Earlier today as I left my house to walk somewhere to do something, I noticed some Brown-Eyed Susans had sprouted in my front lawn.  I previously cut down what I believed to be this plant in the back yard before any blooms appeared, because I felt the greenery was growing out of control.  The blooms pictured above sneaked in.  I took the picture with my phone and am pleased it turned out as well as it did, both the picture and the plant.

Greener than it was and may becone greener yet.

As I walked downtown, I paused to take a picture of the new green space in town where a Quackenbush building used to be.  Said building collapsed some time ago and the space was pretty much an eyesore till recently.  I am pleased it is looking better now.

I guess I will call this a Scattered Saturday Post, although there is not a whole lot of Scatter to it.  Still, it is over 200 words and I am making it on Saturday.   I say, Score!

 

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I Do Not Labor For My Pre-Labor Day Friday Lame Post

Posted on September 2, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Can I make my Lame Post Friday post while it is still Friday?  Let us see.

My headache was gone when I arose this morning, only for my back to be stiff and painful.  What the hell, body?   I had to go to work; if you call in sick just before a three-day weekend, they do not pay you for the holiday.  Still, I find a backache easier to deal with than a headache, so I counted my blessings.  Then the backache abated before I left for work, so Score!

Work was not heinous.  It rarely is, so I have that going for me.  After work, I enjoyed wine on the front porch with my friend Kim.  I continued to sip a little indoors after Kim went home.  I also enjoyed a DVD of Columbo. Who doesn’t love a little murder and mayhem to start the weekend right?

Love that raincoat.

Looking forward to my three-day weekend (don’t hate me, those of you who do not get one; I too suffered years of such abuse), I wonder what I can do that will make a better blog post.  I can think of a few possibilities, but I make no promises.  I may spend my time watching cheesy movies and drinking champagne.  I have a couple of bottles in the fridge for just such a contingency.

One of my favorites!

Incidentally, this is far from the worst movie ever made.  Have I written a blog post about it?  That might be a worthy labor on Labor Day weekend.

 

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Late Post, But Library!

Posted on August 21, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

This past Friday I drove to Little Falls for a fundraiser for Little Falls Public Library at Rock Valley Brewing.  I thought I had written a blog post about it, but I see I have not.  I took a picture.

Nice lady.

I chatted with some people I knew as well as the library lady, although I did not get her name.  I took a pen and a book Mark from the library table.  There were colored pencils so you could personalize your bookmark, but I did not feel talented.

I petted a very nice dog and chatted with his dog-sitters (they were watching him for their daughter).  I drank some Chardonnay from Thousand Islands Winery, but not too much since I had to drive home.  I sat at a tall table and started a letter to a friend.

I guess this post isn’t such a much, and I apologize for that.  In my defense, I am just getting over a very bad migraine I had for most of the afternoon yesterday and all night last night.  Yesterday (Sunday) was a Blogger’s Sick Day for sure.  For Saturday I have no excuse.

However, I have given a shout-out to the library and Rock Valley Brewing.  I shall have some more coffee and try to face my day.  Once again, thank you for tuning in.

 

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Lame Old Me

Posted on August 5, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Last night I felt too tired to make my Lame Post Friday post, and I am justly served for my laziness, because I have a dreadful headache this morning.  Two lousy glasses of Chardonnay!  I feel most ill-used.  Sorry to bitch about it, but you know how it is.

Pretty!

I looked for a cheerful picture in my Media Library to counteract my whining.  These are my Black-Eyed Susans in August 2017.  The patch does not look nearly as nice this year, but I was happy to get at least some blooms.  I have fallen down dreadfully in the yard and garden department these past few years.  Little by little, I try to improve the situation.

Me, trying to improve the situation.

I used this illustration before with the caption, “Me, hacking away at the overgrowth.”  It amused me so much, I thought I would repeat it for the benefit of anybody that missed it the first time.

Actors at work.

I was looking for a summer activity, so I could also make this a preview of coming attractions.  I found this from when a few members of LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company,  met at Mangia Macrina’s Pizza in Little Falls, NY to run lines for Love’s Labour’s Lost.  I had actually started to go home, but turned around and joined them.  Alas, no LiFT or Shakespeare appear to be in my near future, but theatre is.  And possibly a pizza from Mangia Macrina’s.

OK, one more Shakespeare picture.

 

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Tired, Late Post, But Popcorn!

Posted on July 31, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

I was too tired to make a blog post on Sunday and I am too brain dead to make one now.  I overslept, not by a huge amount, but apparently long enough to make a difference.  What the heck is the matter with me?  I’m so tired I am even saying “heck” because it is easier than fighting with autocorrect.

“Oh dear me!”

Once again, I throw in a picture to pep things up (autocorrect sucks, but sometimes the predictive text thingy is dead on).  This is from last July.  What a difference a year makes!  I had a husband.  I knew what to wear.  But it is no good to look back and repine.

Mmmm… Dyn’s Cider Mill

I look back to look ahead.  A trip to Dyn’s Cider Mill in Richfield Springs is in my future!  They have, bar none, the BEST popcorn.  Regular readers may recall that I pop it on the stove in oil and put real butter on it, as God intended (I say that as a joke; I do not pretend to really know the plans of the Almighty). Yum!

Dyn’s Cider Mill is located at 7915 NY-28, Richfield Springs,  NY, phone number 315-858-2078. They are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

 

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What Was I Using My Brain For?

Posted on July 21, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

I am taking a Blogger’s Sick Day.  I did not even make it through a full day at work.  I know what some of you are thinking:  that I overindulged at Fratello’s Pizzeria in Frankfort last night and paid the price today.  It’s not true!  I indulged the exact same amount as usual, perhaps a little less than sometimes since I avoided deep fried anything.  I feel most ill-used.

Who could be un-cheered by Tucker?

I thought I would throw in a picture to pep things up, before I was lost in a morass of whining.  This is from September 2018, making this also a Throwback Thursday Post.  It is my friend Tucker as Renwick Spaulding in Donate to Murder,  the character and mystery I referenced on Tuesday, if anybody remembers.

I can’t really settle my mind to this post.  It’s my stomach that is doing me dirt.  I can’t help thinking that if I only ate or drank the right thing, I would feel better.  However, if the Ginger Ale I got out of the machine at work didn’t help, I have no great hopes of the food I have in the house.  Uh oh, whining again.  Quick, throw in another picture.

Nice side eye.

Here is a shot from The Brain That Wouldn’t Die,  one of my favorite cheesy horror movies.  My brain would and did.  However, I think the picture also qualifies this as  Non-Sequitur Thursday Post.  Who says I can’t multi-task?

 

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