Thursday This, That; TBT

 

The tickling is incessant. 

It's cottonwood storm day and the breezy air is alive with fluttering pieces of cotton. 

Talk about tickling one's nose.  These little fluffies keep your hand busy brushing them away. 

So, pine pollen sneezes have been replaced by cottonwood tickles. 

The season of nature's little irritants moves on. 

I can deal with a little cotton bouncing off my face because the world at the Love house has changed dramatically, thanks to Billy and Terrell and the folks at Selkirk Glass and Cabinets. 

Feelings of total amazement strike every time I enter the kitchen and embrace the clarity brought to our house by that new garden window. 

For 20 years we looked at a cloudy almost blurry view out that window. 

Today I'd say it's like I hear from people who've had new replacement parts added to their bodies:  why didn't we do that sooner?

Well, we didn't, and we learned yesterday that the window has a warranty of several years, so we can enjoy each new day and each scene that space offers us for a long time to come. 

Stunning, to say the least. 

We really enjoyed Billy, who's grandfather was custodian at Sandpoint High during my last years there and Terrell who grew up in Noxon and knew a lot of the same people I know from Noxon. 

Just like the roofers of a few weeks ago, the team was very efficient at removing the old window and replacing it with brand new glass. 

I told Bill last night that the addition of the new garden window has probably improved our life here in this home by at least 33 percent. 

After all, when you can see the natural world with precise clarity from inside your house, it's good for the soul. 

Thank you so much, Billy and Terrell.  

It's a gorgeous Thursday, and I hear we'll shoot up to the 90s today.  I also heard that the hot, sunny day includes a not so pleasant chaser:  thunder, lightning, rain, hail and wind. 

The weather service calls it severe and says it will happen between 4 this afternoon and 10 this evening. 

Fingers crossed that it doesn't cause too much damage and that I don't have to wash windows when it's over. 

One of the first daisies of the year.  

Weed experts hate daisies and buttercups cuz they're weeds. 

Granted when they take up space for grass, that can be irritating, but the beauty of both species is hard to ignore. 

This scene happened just before 6 this morning when Annie landed in Milan, Italy.  

She's there for Italy's first Mega geocaching event.

So, I'm thinking she'll have some neat images to share over the next few days.  Plus, tomorrow she's planning to cross over into Switzerland meet up with someone we all love. 

Stay tuned. 

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