land of darkness, new toothbrush and mud

Last night from the deck and below from the dock.

Downtown sky, nicked from Bellingham reddit, Stan's sign on the way home. The HERALD building on the right used to house our local news paper, Gone, the building purchased by a private purchaser,  to house university offices with shops or whatever at street level. It is a cool old building. I loved going there when it was the HERALD- the elevators - grand , the printing loud, ink and paper smelled industrious, and important. Erik was featured in the Herald a few times so I had to get as many copies to send to relatives as possible.  One for being cute, the others for accomplishments of one sort or another and being on Dean's honor roll. that sort of thing. Did I keep any of them- NO! Zen Mom.

The water front, below, you can see my studio, the short two story building  between the museum spire and the granery which is lit up in green for some unknown reason. I am around the back facing town not water. (this photo also nicked from Bellingham reddit. )

Dark cloud covered  skies have returned this morning, and rain of course. The raccoon family brought a couple of friends and globs of forest mud  to finger paint the door. May have to power wash . Serious mud!

In the post yesterday I finally received  the order from Sweden. Biodegradable toothbrushes made from sugar cane,  sugar cane plastic for teeth , ironic ? Anyway, having read about the amount of plastic non biodegradable toothbrushes  in land fills, on shores has been staggering. The sort of plastic that stays in the ground and on top of the ground FOREVER! Tons of it ,just tooth brushes alone! I ordered these from TePe , Malmo Sweden, produced using 100% green energy , solar roof top panel facility. Toothpaste , also arrived , manufactured in India  , hmmm, we shall see...sounds promising. the claims sound a bit too much like  internet hawkery. Not expensive so why not, I reckon, as being long in the tooth creates sensitivity. worth a try. 

Armor for Teeth

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BioMin Restore Plus is the first bio-glass toothpaste with fluoride to get FDA approved to alleviate sensitive teeth. The unique formulation contains BioMin F, a patented non-irritating ingredient combination of calcium, phosphate, silica, and fluoride.

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This also came in the post from Lizzie in Norway, what is left of her flower garden, the fragrance is like a walk on a  sunny summer's day. Most welcomed- today is  wintery, PNW chill to the bone.

The raccoons have gone back to the forest now, leaving a cake pan full of mud, the door  mud caked nearly to the handle, clever little mud babies will likely be able to open it on their own soon . Rain pouring down, wind kicking up, another day at home. Vaccines not to be found in this town. Amazing how well adapted we have become, how skilled at napping and making/eating banana bread we have become.