Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
i think this would be a good idea for celebrating this year – i have serious doubts that kevin will make it till midnight! have i mentioned that i love Mutts?
Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
on sunday, the swans appeared but they swam fast and it was hard to get a shot. on monday, however, i spotted them sailing past our dock on the way to amy and jim’s and i urged kevin to go down and feed them – i didn’t have time, because i was...
Dec 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
these swans might have been stragglers from “twelve days of christmas.” is it seven swans a swimming, or eight? anyway, there were only two of them, and on the morning of the 26th kevin tried to get a picture but they were being mighty elusive. can you...
Dec 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
i got up around seven on christmas. that’s kind of early. kevin set mollie’s candy cane rawhide gift next to the tree, and mollie was quite eager to GET AT IT. mmm, rawhide candy cane… here she is, eagerly awaiting her first present of the day....
Dec 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
our friends gerrick and janice got married two days before christmas. janice is ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS; will having her anniversary just two days before xmas detract from the date? maybe they did it because it’s just one more fantastic reason to celebrate the...
Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
that’s the NUMBER OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES I’VE EATEN TODAY. YEA!!! FOR ME! as opposed to yesterday. i ended up making 10 full-sugar-and-butter kinds, mostly for dad, but of course others also enjoyed them. i made kevin five kinds of low sugar-low-fat...
Dec 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
mutts, i love mutts… and red and rover, how sweet is that? calvin and hobbes, classic funny… this is the photo that i merged in photoshop for mom and dad’s christmas letter. it’s not a perfect job, but i’m excited to try more of this. ...
Dec 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
i just spent some time watching NORAD TRACKS SANTA. if you click on it, you, too, can see santa as he makes his way across the world. there are also many other things on this NORAD site, including a running tally of the number of presents he’s delivered, plus...
Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
and the ice on the lake is looking like it’s really really ready for the figure skating show! perhaps they could stage some outdoor version of that new “celebrity figure skating” competition that’s on TV. i would provide the hot chocolate....
Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
i love this cartoon: o on sunday i noticed a hawk just standing out in the fenced yard. i told kevin, who got the camera and took a few photos. he quickly realized that the reason the hawk was being so polite in letting him take pictures is because it actually...
Dec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
and i just can’t wake up this morning. if i just enjoyed a big cup of coffee, i’m sure i’d be fired up and roaring around, instead of sitting here with the kitty wedged along my side. he wasn’t happy that i didn’t want him to sit on my...
Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
brrr again. tuesday morning, it was sunny again…and the lake was suddenly frozen. do you think the geese prefer the frozen lake? they wouldn’t want it all frozen, because then they couldn’t eat anything under the water…but are there any fish...
Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
photos from monday, SO LONG AGO…on sunday as the storm raged i resolved NOT TO GO OUTSIDE AT ALL on monday. but monday morning the sun was shining over the lake, there was a mist on the water, and i was compelled go to out and take some pictures. it...
Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
remember that link i posted, the article about exercise making you fat, from time magazine? well, if you took the time to read it, you should then read this: REFUTING THE EXERCISE ARTICLE. the author of this makes lots of good points about exercise NOT making you...
Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
in between taking many many pictures of the birds during the snowstorm on sunday, i wandered around in the living room photographing various bits of xmas decor. the lake is frozen now, by the way, in case you wanted to come over and go skating. kevin said the geese...
Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
i dunno, maybe you stay up this late anyway…i went to bed EARLY because i was tired and because it’s too cold to stay up any longer. i woke up once, and then i woke up again, and i figured it must have been four a.m. – but it was only midnight....
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
i really was gonna cut down on the number of different kinds of cookies i’m going to bake for xmas, but today i stopped by to see dad and he gave me the recipe for YET ANOTHER COOKIE. and since he’s the most important person on my cookie-baking list, of...
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
WOW what a day today has been…it completely got away from me and things were a little crazy and suddenly it’s 7:39 at night and i’m finally sitting down, poring over the many many photos i took yesterday as the storm raged outside. there was a 20-car...
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
right now, at 8:13 a.m., it’s three degrees and feels like minus 12. the sun is shining brightly, and the lake looks fantastic, with mist swirling above the surface and birds flying around like crazy, and there’s even a duck or two swimming around in...
Dec 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
ahhh, friday…it was almost 50 degrees on friday. we took mollie, noodle and numie for a walk on the chatham trail, over onto the mountain bike trail that leads off it. everybody had a fabulous time, especially noodle. noodle feels like he’s part of...
Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
that was the sound of a bird hitting the window as i sat here on the couch this morning. it slid down the window and i thought it surely must have died. i opened the window and looked down, but saw no dead birds. pretty soon a dove rustled around in the bushes and...
Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
MUTTS!
Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
so, kevin, mollie and i were out walking the other day; we made it across the windy cold soccer field and into the pathway through the little bit of woods next to a tiny sliver of lake, and we were talking about snow. well, i was talking about snow – well,...
Dec 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
my friend janice and i visited the farm! yesterday morning. it was the christmas open house, and i found even more great stuff there, PLUS FUDGE. could there be a more perfect morning? i think not. this time i brought my camera to get better pictures than the day i...
Dec 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
we SAW HARRY POTTER yesterday afternoon… we couldn’t believe it had really lasted two and a half hours. right before it ended, they had the scene that i had assumed would be the place where they’d stop it, i thought, “hmm, it’s not gonna...
Nov 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
this morning i was outside, the wind whipping through my hair, the cold seeping into my pores, and i thought, “OK, this is it. no more nice weather.” i guess i shouldn’t think this way right now, since there’s about four months of it ahead. ...
Nov 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
i’ve been sitting around watching kevin read the last few “harry potter” pages. he’s almost done with #7, and then WHAT WILL HE DO? I’m still getting over the fact that i’ve finished them all. there are a couple of books about...
Nov 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
it’s all taking way longer than i thought it would. even though the rolls were mixed up, i had to shape them all. then the pies…i thought it’d be quick, a breeze, but they weren’t. not only is the whole rolling of the crust challenging, but...
Nov 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
and this morning, i GOT UP BEFORE KEVIN. this is a rare occurrence. i woke up at 5:30 and thought MUST GET COOL WHIP OUT OF FREEZER. and worse, what if i was actually out of cool whip; what if the cool whip in the freezer was imagined cool whip? plus WOOD CHIPS. ...
Nov 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m almost finished with harry potter #7 – i’ve actually been doing other things this morning instead of FINISHING THE BOOK because i want to stretch it out as long as possible. yesterday i spent some time on various harry potter sites, amazed at...
