Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
The wonderful Gary update my site so that things work properly. Now if I was just working properly…I started feeling sick Sunday night and today the cough has started. I’m hoping it won’t continue and get out of control. This is the first time...
Jul 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
That’s how hot it is now. Hot hot heat. Yesterday the heat index said it felt like 122. I mean, c’mon. I kept going outside and my glasses kept fogging up. Good grief. When I got home from the grocery store yesterday, there was an ambulance and a fire...
Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Yes, I realize the month is half over. Never mind, I wasn’t able to complete that thought above and suddenly it’s the end of January. I feel like I haven’t had the time to sit down for most of the month, but surely I’m mistaken. But crazy,...
Mar 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hmm, hopefully that’s not wishful thinking. We’ve had a few unseasonably warm days lately, but it’s only March, after all. But even if we get more snow that’s OK because buds are starting to poke up out of the ground and spring is just right...
Mar 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
This morning, March 3rd, the lake has finally thawed, it’s sunny, and might reach 60 degrees. Whoo hoo! I thought maybe this would be my last post from February but then was a little dismayed to see that there are many photos I haven’t yet posted. What was...
Feb 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here’s a short video from February 8th, geese out on the lake. Yet another snowfall on Feb. 15th. I looked out the front bedroom window and there was a deer eating bird food. 3 It looked like it was trying to catch snowflakes. Then she looked at me, but wasn’t worried...
Feb 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
The sun is shining, always a nice thing, but the temperature is going to start plunging tonight and it’ll be super duper cold for at least the week. Last night Kevin turned on the faucets in the bathrooms and opened the doors underneath so the pipes...
Jan 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have a bunch of different photos here and then I’ll be moving on to the new year! Way back on December 5th I was going for a run next to the field and came across these deer. I stopped to take some photos and they stopped to see what I was doing there. In the...
Dec 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s the beginning of the middle of December, really? Already? At least i’ve updated my banner. Here’s the loveliest picture I feel i’ve taken in a long while. December 2nd, when the clouds were glorious. and here’s a great, up close and...
Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
On sunday August 2nd I took a little video of an ant carrying around a gigantic bug. He was working so hard… I thought it was interesting to think of this ant’s struggle and wondering if it was successful in getting to its final destination. there were...
May 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Kevin took Riley for a walk on Sat. May 2nd. I’m not sure if Riley has ever been out in the yard; he has always been content to stay inside the fence. But I think he thoroughly enjoyed strolling around in the wild for a bit. And actually, yesterday Sweetie...
May 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yeah, pretty lame that i’m just doing this now. same excuse as before; it’s now 11:30 on this sunny friday morning and at least i’m out of my jammies, but only just. lots of time spent reading reading reading about the coronavirus; the latest news is...
Feb 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
whew. we got home late tuesday night and i feel like i haven’t sat down since then. i mean, i have, but…busy. last night i decided to transfer all my florida photos from my phone to my computer and was completely dismayed by the sheer volume. i feel like...
Feb 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
So…it’s Sunday morning here in sunny Florida and mom and I are going to be headed to the beach in a while. But here are some pictures of the darling kitties who I miss quite a bit! of course I really miss Kevin, but at least we get to talk on the phone every...
Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
here’s a photo that jim sent me when he took that splendid video of the sunrise over the lake back on sunday september 2nd. I captured a few imaged from the video, as well. You can see the white pelicans better here. On that same sunday i tried to capture the...
Feb 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
i don’t know how i remembered this morning that i’d forgotten to post these photos. maybe it’s because my brain appears to be sharp and good, i’m sure because the sun is shining and it’s supposed to be in the 50s today. sunshine, good....
Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Brrrr…well, it’s not so bad today as yesterday. But still. January. not my favorite month. Lester doesn’t mind. I think i took this when walking from mom’s house to mine. so many deer relaxing. this is one of the lights in front and i was...
Oct 30, 2019 | Glacier 2019
This was our last day on the West side of Glacier. As we drove down our street, there was the white bunny to greet us. We decided to try the Johns Lake Trail. I really wanted to go on the boat ride from McDonald Lodge in the afternoon, and we’d bought online...
Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
On august 20th, deer were outside the bedroom snacking.
Jul 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last Saturday morning, the 14th, i finished transplanting every single last hosta from all over the yard into the fenced yard. Whew. As i wrote previously, i first dug them up, piled them in the wagon and pulled the wagon into the bedroom front door and out the back...
Jul 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
last night kevin had gone to bed, i was about to get ready for bed, and just as i was putting my headphones in my ears to listen to my audio book, i thought i heard kevin call my name. odd. i decided i was imagining it, but then he called me again. hurrying into the...
Jun 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
rain rain rain, that’s mostly what we’ve had around here. besides the fact that the weeds are sprouting up too fast for me to keep up with them, the rain also washes away the deer spray. yesterday a deer was happily munching on some of amy’s flowers...
Jan 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
whew. these were all taken right after it snowed, the week before winnie died. Saturday morning, Jan. 12th, Riley was determined to play in the snow even though it was piled mighty high. intrepid riley Shortly thereafter i shoveled the back deck off the bedroom and a...
Aug 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
the summer roars by, nothing to stop it…we had a lovely reprieve from the hot heat, but it’s back to feeling like august again, but at least it’s happening now in the correct month, not like the sweltering time we had in june… so many boats continue...
Jul 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
it’s been a windy summer so far. hot, humid, windy. this poor smoke tree cracked in the wind. and this tree out in the circle also came down. windy. our friends glenn & Julie bought me this captain’s hat, and I like that it has bows on top. I...
Jul 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
i’m having a free moment right now. it’s perfectly quiet here in the house, lester is sleeping on the back of the couch nearby, everybody is asleep. I’ve been photoshopping my june photos, realizing I was very busy taking lots and lots of...
Jul 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
roared past, and I can’t believe it’s july. the weather has made it seem like it’s august, however. meanwhile, a few june photos that weren’t boat-related. les finally sat on the floor to ceiling kitty tower we put up, but since then...
Nov 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
last night before bed i read a thoughtful article in the wall street journal about how thanksgiving is good because it’s one of the rare times when a family sits down and shares a meal together, and about how rituals are so important to people, and we have so...
Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
on monday afternoon, after I ‘d posted the stuff about falling in the road on saturday, the urgent care place called me to say that my nose was, indeed, fractured. this is the first time i’ve ever broken anything. i’m not scheduled to see an ear...
Sep 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
trying to remember my excuse for being so lax in posting much in august, i looked at photos. i was pretty busy doing stuff outside. i power-washed the little dock, and wow, what a difference. lester approved. while i did that, kevin installed a portable toilet on the...
