{"id":616,"date":"2010-12-22T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T01:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jessamyn.com\/journal\/?p=616"},"modified":"2010-12-22T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T03:36:27","slug":"planning-scheming-and-snacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jessamyn.com\/journal\/2010\/12\/planning-scheming-and-snacking","title":{"rendered":"planning, scheming and snacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So the Christmas Bird Count went well. I went for a nice long walk in the woods and saw nothing, and then I walked along the road on the way to the supermarket and saw a bunch of the little local birds and one big pileated woodpecker. I even managed to get a photo<\/a>. The night before I had one of my standard recurring dreams where I was out looking for birds and the feeder was filling up with all sorts of rare and unusual species–the Curtis Jennies of birds. I have similar dreams about my coin and stamp collections–suddenly I’m surrounded by the rare and unusual and I think to myself “What good fortune!” So, getting a photograph of a woodpecker on Christmas Bird Count day was sort of terrific. And I never mind a walk in the woods.<\/p>\n

At the moment I’m heating water on the stove for a bath–the hot water heater here doesn’t quite fill the tub, I am not living in Frontier House or anything–and packing to head down to MA for a week or so. I am not sure if being a 42 year old lady who still brings laundry to her parent’s house is exceptionally weird, but I think it’s within tolerances for my family. I’ve got some snacking and relaxing planned and not much else. I made some little presents for folks this year, not so much because I’ve got any sort of holiday spirit but I like giving people little things when I see them in the doldrums of winter. <\/p>\n

I often feel that my handmade gifts have all the appeal of a macaroni sculpture so this year I tried to go a little upscale. Got some vanilla beans early. Made some vanilla stuff [extract, salt scrubs, sugar] and did up some labels and whatnot. Super holiday score came when the thrift store in town was selling little glass angel bottles for a quarter and I bought ten. I had to ask people if giving someone a little angel filled with liquor was sending a message I might not want to send. They assured me it was not. <\/p>\n

I’ve also got a trunkload of Grade C maple syrup. If you see me, have a jar ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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