Nine & thirty Junius

Mystery and anger are raging this morning at the cloud. My sieve has disappeared. But ‘how?’ you ask. IF I KNEW, there would be NO anger OR mystery.

Jose Viernde: Just the facts …

WS: I got up and was going to consolidate the herbal sun tea into a single Linton container so as I could make a fresh batch later this morning. One of the secondary cafes was down to the dregs so I was in need of the sieve to filter the larger dregs not overly concerned with the smallest particulate matter slipping thru.

I was excited because I had taken some of Bill’s Wonderful Tropical pineapple juice from the freezer and it was thawed and with NO PRESERVATIVES was mildly concerned about it going bad. The pineapple juice being a ‘raw’ (IOW unprocessed and unpreserved) agricultural product also has lees (small particulates) suspended but this is not a worry much if at all. Categorized as ‘fiber.’

Anyway, the sieve appears to have been stolen or so wrongly placed to be indiscoverable. Be reminded it is still quite dark so there are some limitations with the search.

Regardless, it IS MADDENING. I have WASTED 15-20 minutes I cannot recover and I still do not have my sieve which I need desperately and use very often.

SERIOUSLY?

YES effing seriously.

I may have to buy another and then when that crazy Ryan- whatever the new name is returns it and sneaks it back into the house or on the property, I will own two, (2 dos).

Settling down and moving along, I have looked everywhere it could be 2-3 times and nada. It is holding up everything.

I had a date last night. It was fine.

HOLD IT. ‘DATE’ REQUIRES ELABORATION …

No it doesn’t.

POR FAVOR ?

No. I’m too emotionally distraught.

WELL WHAT ABOUT THE EBS THEN. DID THAT PASS FROM YESTERDAY?

Oh yes. The gas did pass, I got the bike ride in with only a mild initial discomfort and now this morning nada. All clear. The Exploding Bowel Syndrome is history and a short-lived, non-reportable

medical event.

I wasn’t necessarily planning a trip out today rather an outing before Friday so I MAY pull it in especially if the sieve doesn’t turn up. Consolidating a trip to APL to return The Tunnel series 1 & 2, a stop at Office Depot for enlargements of letters for signs and maybe Donnie’s to cut holes for bases, the day is otherwise earmarked for trabajando alrededor de la casa.

Yesterday afternoon late I started digging outback to remove the stumps from the ugly vine and three (3) near-dead and fugly shrubs turned hedge. This will be the location of the first concrete box/raised bed the mold to which was completed some time ago and taking space in the garage. It should fit, blends in nicely to the landscape jardin and will be a great functional addition on the back deck. I am THINKING it will be a work of ‘art’.

Afterall, I AM an artist and concrete will just be another media I can toss into the mix.

I finalized some Christmas shopping yesterday. I met a new friend at the gallery Saturday. Murry is an artist and illustrator who has a connection to Disney as an illustrator. He collaborated with two others on a very cool book about Jesus and the Bible stories of Luke. He is going to give me a small deal on five (5) AND sign them for that priceless valuable touch.

NOW THAT’S COOL.

O eye no.

That’s what gift giving is ALL ABOUT. Make some notes.

I see I am over the 600 word mark so should start thinking about winding down. Which I ALWAYS am.

I tried to fall back to sleep BEFORE this sieve affair aggravated my blood pressure so now I should stay up, forget about the sieve and get on with the day plan.

I also tried to read the book and did pray but none of those succeeded obviously.

Now that I think about it, my neighbor Holly stopped yesterday afternoon to explain the feral cat she was in love with that used to hang around the cloud that she coaxed back to her house had gone missing. I was never overly concerned either way but politely listened on the front step.

Perhaps this was the ‘distraction’ while a co-conspirator tiptoed around thru the back gate, slipped into the kitchen and STOLE THE SIEVE.

I am needing for Sherlock Holmes to team up with Jose Viernde to solve this one.

Or perhaps day light will shed light on the case and solve the mystery.

Maybe the Shadow nose.