spring-summer-winter which one is here currently confused by weather
a balmy sun speaks pollen sticks to our faces cold air comes again
the body is weak from changes upon changes which season will stay
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This is from my Friday evening walk after work. I did 2 miles before eating dinner and after walking Jernee, and getting her and Zumi fed. Friday, March 21, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
This is also from my Friday evening walk after work. This is going to be a new Korean BBQ spot right across from my apartment building. Friday, March 21, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
And this is also from my Friday evening walk after work. I live within walking distance of many eateries, and places to shop, etc. Friday, March 21, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Saturday morning workout. Saturday, March 22, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Zumi is such a greedy tortoise. We celebrated its “Gotcha Day” on Sunday, March 23, 2025, as the 23rd of March of last year was when I brought this little cutie home. However, this photo is from Saturday. Saturday, March 22, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Saturday evening would not have been perfect if I had not gotten a shot of the Queen. LOL! Jernee was resting and knocked down her pillow moving around too much in her bed. Saturday, March 22, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday morning workout. On this day, I exercised the longest I’ve done so in a couple months. I did an hour. I typically do 35-45 minutes most weekends in the fitness room. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday night capture. Jernee loves a good sniff around the grassy areas, and this seemed like the perfect capture, so I snapped a photo. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
This past weekend gifted me a bit of peace, rest, time to read, and some beautiful weather in which to walk. I am happy the weekend was kind to me. But again, it was not long enough. LOL! I hope the week ahead will be a blessing to each of you. Thank you for stopping by!
Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-BookandPaperback) yet?
Sunrise or Sunset? Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt (This is actually from Wednesday, February 26, 2025, but I just had to share it).
My best friend Mook and I, many years ago. I think this may have been in 2006 or 2007. She shared this with me on Saturday, March 01, 2025.
Saturday morning workout. Saturday, March 01, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday morning workout. I’m so weird. I have on like 3 layers in this photo. LOL! It was cold outside, and I had just returned from walking Jernee. Sunday, March 02, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Buidling Basement Gems. Sunday, March 02, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Salmon, spinach, onions, and cheesy grits. This is from Thursday night. I know it’s not the weekend, but I felt like sharing it anyway. February 27, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
My favorite girl. Jernee had a seizure on Sunday morning. This is her resting after I gave her a haircut and a bath. Sunday, March 02, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
“When it rains, it pours.” On Sunday, March 02, 2025, Jernee Timid had a seizure. It was a light episode, lasting about two minutes, and it was the first time she had one. I’ve been mentally preparing for Jernee’s transition for a few years now. The Little Monster is a fighter and seems to fight her way out of every traumatic event that has occurred to her. But this . . . this, I will not tolerate. I will not have her form a life of convulsions and episodic seizures. I just WILL NOT.
She has an appointment next Thursday with her vet for lab work and an overall checkup. They may do some other tests as well while we’re there. However, if she has another seizure, I am to call them and bring her in straight away or go to our Emergency Vet’s office. If the little one makes it to April 06, 2025, she will be 17 years old. But I have to be honest, folks . . . this really took a lot out of her, and I won’t be mad at her one bit if she doesn’t see her seventeenth birthday. I don’t want her suffering, and I will see to it that she does not.
Here’s hoping all of you had a great weekend and that you’ll have a wondrous week ahead as well.
Peace and blessings.
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A perfect breakfast. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
squirrel hustles for food eats breakfast in the open public display of h u n g e r and satisfaction
I will share “Something To Think About” for the next fourteen weeks on Sunday afternoons. It may be a quote, a picture, an interesting phrase I heard, artwork, etc. Whatever I share will surely be intriguing or involving enough to spark a casual discussion or in-depth conversation. Stay tuned every Sunday for this new feature!
Peace and blessings.
Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-BookandPaperback) yet?
I am sharing a few photos from my walks with Jernee from Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Don’t worry, I was NOT outside with her long. We were out long enough for her to do what she needed to do each time and we came back inside immediately after our adventures into the wild, wild, winterland.
A Saturday morning glimpse of snow and ice “around my way” #1. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
A Saturday morning glimpse of snow and ice “around my way” #2. I love the bareness of the trees and the road as it shifts up. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
A Saturday morning glimpse of snow and ice “around my way” #3. Walking around this part of my neighborhood is where it became tricky for my baby girl, Jernee. I had to pick her up and walk to the overpass where there is a hill and some covered area (patchy dirt and grass) that was protected from all this mess. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
The view from my 4th (technically, 5th floor) balcony on Friday afternoon. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Friday afternoon as Old Man Winter began his swoop into our neighborhood. See my little blue, compact Chevy Spark? Its name is Solo. I love that little car so much! Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Old Man Winter decided to shake his soul loose this past Friday and Saturday morning. And when he did, he only graced us with about two inches of snow and the rest was sleet, which led to ice and hazardous road conditions.
I stayed my hind-end at home the entire weekend because I have seen HOW these folks drive and witnessed my share of accidents. Black ice doesn’t care who you are, how you drive, or where you’re from.
It’s slicker than oil, and I want no parts of it!
I hope Sunday will be more than kind to all of you. And if you are in the areas affected by this winter storm, stay warm, dry, and safe.
A photo collage of the new coconut-scented substrate bedding, Zumi in its portable terrarium, and finally back in its main terrarium after a thorough cleansing. Photo Collage Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
It had been nearly seven months since Zumi’s terrarium had been cleaned from top to bottom. It was time to do just that and discard the old wood chips and dirt.
I ordered two bags of coconut substrate bedding. The brand is ReptiChip. I used one bag, and I have another bag for the next time I do this which will be in May of next year.
Per the Zoologist, I should thoroughly clean the terrarium and replace the substrate every 6-8 months. I got ZuZu on March 23, 2024, so it was under seven months last night when I took on the challenge.
Let me tell you, beautiful human beings, this is not a task for the faint of heart! Once I transferred Zuse to its portable terrarium, I carried its main terrarium to my kitchen where I used the sink hose to rinse and clean the space. I used Dawn dishwashing liquid, Fabuloso, and hot water. I made sure it was rinsed, and free of film and soap and then, I hand-dried the terrarium with a cleaning cloth.
I set up the terrarium with the new substrate bedding, all of Zumi’s fake plants, food and water, the favorite hidey-hole/cave, and then I put Zuse back in its home.
While ZuZu was in the portable terrarium, it pooped. I said to it as I lifted it to transfer it back to where it should be, “Aww, Zuse! You weren’t even in here for thirty minutes!” It just looked at me as if to say, “You’re the one who bought this comfy and sweet-scented bedding, Mom. Now, clean up my mess!”
Zumi Tye walks around the terrarium, getting a feel for the new bedding. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
I live in a building that does fire drills to test the alarms. The fire department comes out every few months, runs the drills, and then leaves after 30-45 minutes. The last time this happened, I gathered up Jernee and ran out of my apartment.
I totally forgot about Zuse! But even if I remembered, I had no portable terrarium for my baby, so I couldn’t take it with me anyway. After that drill, I made it a point to remedy the problem.
We are to treat the drills as if they were actual fire alerts. So the next time one takes place, I’ll be prepared for Zumi. And this fact makes me feel a lot better about all of our safety.
Some days, it still boggles my mind that I am Mommy to a 16-year-old Chorkie and a Red-Footed Tortoise. A comfortable home is what I want for all of us, and that is what I aim to give us every single day. Zumi’s new portable home and its clean terrarium with new substrate bedding are pieces to our overall comfort.
Saturday night was meant for change, and I am glad I made time for it.
A Cornered Gurl 
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