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Ann Arbor-ite writes about enjoying life with all of its ironies and surprises.

where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #6

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(not my actual sale, this one is 70 miles long, but you get the feel of it)

there was that time

when i decided the best way to earn some quick cash

was to have a yard sale.

so i dragged our lemonade stand table out into the front yard

threw a plastic tablecloth over it

made a sign

covered it with stuff to sell

opened for business

let the cash flow begin!

 a couple of friends and their sibs

stopped by on bikes

to check it out

i quickly made 57 cents

things were humming along at a nice pace

the venture was looking promising

i thought i’d do this each weekend

maybe hire an assistant

deciding what i’d do with all the cash

until

my sister came marching out of the house

to see what was going on

 realized that i was selling her stuff

my mom soon followed

and that business closed pretty quickly.

“three dollars and it only transports matter?!”

(at professor frink’s yard sale – homer simpson)

fictional character from the animated tv series created by matt groening, the simpsons

 

 

 

image credit: cbc.ca

 

 

taradiddle.

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i’m hearing an awful lot of this lately.

can you use it in a sentence?

 

 

 

 

image credit: ruby lane

the next one.

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kinder climbs to the top and reaches back down.

“the way I see it, if you climb the wall,

you reach back down and help the next one up.”

-carolyn aronson

on the wall.

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Finally! Your color-on-the-wall childhood dreams just became a reality.

All you need is this black-and-white floral wallpaper and some washable markers.

https://etsy.me/2MXZp3f

 

“you have to color outside the lines once in a while

if you want to make your life a masterpiece.”

-albert einstein

 

image credit: etsy.com

 

hiding.

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someone must have tipped these two off
and told them
that they were going to see the vet today.
“you can keep as quiet as you like,
but one of these days somebody is going to find you.”
― haruki murakami

a million flowers.

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“bees do have a smell, you know,

and if they don’t they should,

for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” 

-ray bradbury – dandelion wine

 

 

summer 2018, ann arbor

street.

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music

magic

words

ideas

so many things to discover on the street

wonders all.

 

“the marvels of daily life are exciting;

no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.”

-robert doisneau

 

 

ann arbor, michigan, usa – september 2018

market day.

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“we have neglected the truth

that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order,

a kind of artist.”

-wendell berry

 

 

ann arbor farmer’s market – september 2018

cat math.

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olive and glenn frey

insist on helping me

with the process of

sorting paperwork and doing bills.

they have been training for years

and clearly feel they are financial wizards.

“cats can work out mathematically

the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.”

-pam brown

leg.

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it’s the perfect day to follow a rogue leg down the road.

 

“if you don’t have a leg to stand on, you can’t put your foot down.”

-robert altman