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Brian Bilbrey

15 June 2026

Owl Encounter Great horned owl fledgling Pictured above, the Great horned owl fledgling was standing in the middle of the walking trail as we were heading back towards home, shortly after noon today. Georgia spotted the owl and wanted to go visit... this I did not allow. The owl's first reaction was to hop and flutter about five yards further along the trail away from us. It then stopped and turned. I figured we could continue on our way and it would just fly off. But no, there it stopped, spread its wings up and forward to become big (more…

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Brian Bilbrey

30 May 2026

Anniversary Day Today would have been our 28th wedding anniversary. I miss Marcia terribly. But I'm soldiering on, which she would have wanted. It's almost time to put seedlings in the ground (they're outside, but on trays), and I have a couple of fall-back garden centers if the seedlings fail. It's still a cold, rainy late spring, although much of next week is slated to be lacking in falling moisture, and warmer. We'll see what reality brings, when it arrives.

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Brian Bilbrey

25 May 2026

Finding My Way Eventually, I expect to find my way. A few different things are going on, but I appear to be mostly afflicted by a weird procrastination. Weird in the sense that since I don't really have a schedule or deadlines for anything, it's easy to put off things that I'm probably interested in getting done, but eh, mañana. Sadly, that has affected my lack of urgency for posting here, too. There are things I'm actually getting done, like finances, a trust and new will, etc. I'm not having difficulty with the day-to-day stuff of household chores, light maintenance,…

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Brian Bilbrey

6 May 2026

The Favorite Quilt I was "talking" with someone about what I'm hanging onto, the mementos of my life with Marcia that bring me joy and happy memories. This quilt is perhaps my favorite one that she made. The blocks that make up the image of the Japanese lady are individually embroidered in metallic and jewel tone threads. The "frame" is blue tone-on-tone embroidery. She assembled the blocks and then quilted it. It's four feet wide by five tall. If it takes longer to load on the page, it's because I left it at full resolution for y'all. I've moved the…

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