monday!

and it’s HOT HOT HOT. craaaaazy hot.  but at least it’s only supposed to last a few more days, as opposed to a couple of years ago when it was hot all summer long. luckily, last sunday, the 17th, was cloudy and relatively cool.  a perfect morning for...

tuesday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERICA!

here’s erica on the sky glider at the fair on sunday. we had a lovely time; we had just finished Abe’s Amble the 10k that left from the fairgrounds.  more about that later. but the yellow jacket update: here’s kevin on saturday morning, as he got...

One of the bad guys

Here’s a picture of one of the dozens of Yellowjackets that swarmed me! Damn wasp.  The swelling has gone down enough so that now I can see the individual stings. I think there are maybe 30 to 40 of them. good grief. ok then, mrs. Wednesday...

“When Nature Attacks”

erica suggested that i have my own TV show with the above title. sunday morning, i went to amy’s two workout classes, weightlifting and “cardio jam” which is like zumba only it’s better, with amy’s own choreography.  the classes started...

wednesday morning,

and we’ve finished season 4 of downton abbey!  so whew, now what will we do? for one thing, les always need a walk…he usually marches right down the back steps of the deck, but one afternoon he jumped down over the side because he needed to explore under...

uh oh! or, no good deed goes unpunished…

a half an hour ago, at his usual time of 4:30 a.m., chester marched into the bedroom and started his plaintive meowing.  i tried to ignore him, deciding that i wasn’t going to succumb to his sorrowful cries, but i finally staggered out of bed and shut the door...

Roxie! A doggie rescue tale

last night amy and i were on veteran’s parkway, almost to fit club west, where amy was teaching a 6:30 class and i was gonna participate, although i wasn’t super excited about going and would have rather sat at home and watched the rest of the final...