Categotry Archives: Thursday Thirteen

13 Shades of Green

1. We visited Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island. it’s one of the few remaining old-growth forests in North America.

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T13 New Years Resolutions

1. Lose weight!!!!! 2. Deal with my arthritis. ie. probably surgery. 3. Get more exercise. 4. Eat more vegetables. 5. Self publish A Beautiful Spanish Hussy. 6. Be a little more timely with my blog. 7. Prep Remember Me for publication in 2016 8. Prep Crazy About You for publication in 2016 9. Prep Attack of the Killer Redheads for publication in 2016 or maybe 2015 10. Prep Boys Will Be Boys for publication in 2016 11. Write a new […]

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13 Random Words

Too tired to think straight. 1. Keyboard 2. Gum 3. Karma 4. fuzzy. 5 -13. You thought I was kidding about the random thing? For more lists of Thirteen, visit Thursday Thirteen

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13 Things I’m Proud I Said

Terrible title, and I’ve considered just deleting this thing a time or two, but oh well. I’m going to let it fly. Yep, I’m egotistical enough to quote myself. 🙂 What I said with the occasional link to where I said it. 1. If we are not responsible for one another, why do we come in groups? 2. Nothing in life is ever as clean as what a legend requires. http://dianadiario.blogspot.com/2007/01/day-forty-three.html

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13 Pictures From the Butterfly Gardens

1. Even if not for the butterflies, the gardens in the Nanimo area were lovely.

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Suzie’s House 385 : Reeling

James had had a little too much to drink, but it wasn’t bothering him any. He pulled into the driveway too fast and ended up parked with the driver’s side on the grass. He tripped on grass and fell when he got out. No one was looking. He jumped up all jubilant acting, and rubbed the grass off his T-shirt, then looked around again with a silly grin because a silly grin would get him out of any trouble. No […]

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13 Turkeys

At least they show up better than the butterflies For more lists of Thirteen, visit Thursday Thirteen

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13 Things On My Desk

Been a looooong time since I’ve done this one. 1. Computer 2. Cell phone 3. Wrist brace 4. MP3 player 5. Candy tin full of pennies. 6. Small jar of seed beads. 7. Large jar of suncreen 8. To Do list with hardly anything marked off. 9. Camera parts 10. Pin cushion 11. Reading glasses covered in dust 12. ipad 13. Bottle of perfume. There’s a whole lot more there, too, which is why I’m not posting a picture. For […]

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13 Butterflies

Really. I left this one super-size-able so you can count them yourself. For more lists of Thirteen, visit Thursday Thirteen

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T13 – To Do List

1. Get more sleep! I was tripping all over myself all day yesterday. 2. Keep up with my boss. 3. Distribute posters for NaNo. I became a minion this year. – Think Municipal Liaison with fewer perks. 4. Work up my outline for my NaNo book. 5. Set up my word count widget. 6. Get the NaNo folders ready to hand out. 7. Do an interview with the local paper for NaNo. 8. Contact an old writer’s group member about […]

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T13 – from Whistler to Nanaimo

1. One last look at Whistler. You can tell by the gondola.

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13 Flowers

All right, I admit it. I have no idea how many types of flowers there are, but doesn’t it look about right? For more lists of Thirteen, visit Thursday Thirteen

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13 Driving Comments

The Girl is learning to drive. She’s got her learner’s permit; and we are going for a drive every day. Here are some of the things she’s said. 1. Look at me! I’m driving. 2. I have the power. I shall use it for good. (while waiting for pedestrians to cross in front of us.) 3. Look at me! I can turn. 4. I know that person (talking about a pedestrian), and that one, and that one. Why is everyone […]

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13 From Peak to Peak and Down

We took a gondola to one peak, a chair lift to the highest point, then rode the Peak to Peak gondola. 1. The gondolas that run from peak to peak are about twice as big as the gondola we took up the hill. The towers holding them are even bigger.

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13 More Pictures from Mountain Tops

We arrived at the highest point of the mountain after a toe-tingling combination of gondola and ski lift rides. 1. These rustic guy statues were all around in Whistler. Looks better at the very top of the mountain. Notice the gap in the fence? It’s a hiking trail going down one side of the hill.

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