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...
Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
i worked on the banner saturday night but it wasn’t the way i wanted so i got up yesterday morning and started working before even drinking any lapsang souchong at all. i asked for kevin’s advice, and voila! here it is. on wednesday evening, after yet more...
Jun 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
..i know i know i know…it’s been so long since i’ve written here; i’ve been terrifically busy working in the yard, and then it rains so much and all the weeds i’ve pulled come right back, and then i’ve been wasting a bunch of time...
May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
hard to believe. it rains and rains and rains some more, all the time… meanwhile…on friday, may 17th, i went to bloomington with glenn and julie to see the musician paul thorn. her sister’s husband had heard about him, and julie and her...
May 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
in that last post i wrote poppies but of course they aren’t poppies, they’re peonies. mom pointed it out, yaaaay, mom for reading my site! ok then, grace, after a very busy day of powerwashing the deck.
May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
last tuesday, the 14th, i picked a bunch of catnip and brought some of it upstairs to Sweetie. And boy, she loved it. I tried to get a photo but she was a constant blur. meanwhile…one day i was sitting on the couch and there were two woodpeckers at the feeders!...
May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
i think it got up to 92 yesterday, or something completely bonkers like that. it’s already mighty warm today. go figure. also, suddenly we have lots and lots of buffalo gnats. on wednesday kevin and i were outside and all of sudden a bunch of tiny things were...
May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last wednesday, may 8th, i was hanging out at mom’s house and suddenly her cat Hobbs was on high alert. for Hobbs that means she was staring intently at something outside. a groundhog! i couldn’t think of the name for it; i’d seen three dead ones on...
May 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
i’ve been sitting on my couch for over three hours now; i’ve been very very negligent about even looking at anything on my laptop, and i decided to finally do some stuff. i thought i’d write a little something here, but then i couldn’t login. i...
Apr 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
nothing much to report about march, except we had a late birthday celebration for mom. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MOM! but first…we got home on March 4th. here’s kevin, plowing mom’s driveway on March 7th. I never want to come home to snow. the next day...
Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
We took our final walk on the beach over to Seaside. Here’s us, looking almost the same as we did the first day. except for our nice new A30 baseball caps. it’s funny that there was no name on this banner. or maybe the restaurant is called the shrimp...
Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Friday started out really rainy, and i watched little birds eating popcorn on our balcony. But the skies cleared and it was yet another beautiful day. We drove west a bit, past Seaside to the town of Santa Rosa Beach. Santa Rosa was the most like Seagrove Beach, and...
Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
We drove way east on Thursday, all the way to Panama City Beach. We drove past many ugly high-rise hotels and arrived at Pier Park, this great big tacky shopping area. we went into a couple of stores, but there wasn’t so much we were interested in. we did find...
Apr 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, February 27th started out with pouring rain. it was a mellow day, including yet another trip to the grocery store where we danced in the aisle. the rain let up and kevin historically got his toes wet! after that he made dinner, also kind of historical. i...
Apr 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
After spending time in deserted Alys Beach, we drove on down the road to Rosemary Beach. i’d read online about a restaurant right on the beach there and hoped we could go there for lunch. Rosemary Beach was bustling, especially compared to Alys Beach. Rosemary...
Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
i can’t believe i forget to post these; this sign was one of the funniest i’ve seen. don’t go in if you have diarrhea!!! plus, seriously, you had to shower before going into the fountain? plus only 20 people can go in! a big to-do about a little...
Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
We drove east from Seagrove Beach, and our first stop was Alys Beach. driving into town, it looked different, with palm trees lining the road. in this video i call it “alys” beach, but it’s actually pronounced “alice.” this little food...
Mar 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
on monday, our second full day in Florida, kevin and i headed east on the beach after i’d gone on a nice run. i kept taking so many videos, but i’m not going to put many of them up here. This in Monday, February 25th, another beautiful day in paradise. We...
Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
i went just a bit crazy taking photos of the sunset on Sunday, Feb. 24th but managed to whittle them down to just a few. a friend said “i don’t just want to see beach photos” of our trip, but it’s my favorite thing, so of course there are some...
Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve decided to end the argument with myself about posting the vertical videos of florida that i took. here’s the first one, shot shortly after the one i did in the center of the town of Seaside. and here’s another one, just trying to keep going with...
Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
here are a couple more photos of the elaborate castle complex that somebody had created down on the beach in front of our condo. can you see the feather at the very top of the tower? such attention to detail! i tried not to go completely crazy taking photos of birds,...
Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
today, people keep saying stuff like “it’s so warm!” but it’s not, not when you’ve spent a lovely week in 60s to 70s degree weather and bright sunshine and even when it rained in florida, who cared, because it was so, so much better than...
Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
gee, that was fast! i shot this first video after we finally made it to our condo overlooking the ocean in Seagrove Beach, FL. we’d driven a long time that day; we left on friday feb. 22nd and after we’d driven about six hours and made it to the north of...
Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
it was just so warm and sunny there and i wasn’t thrilled about driving back to the cold and snow. but i’m getting ahead of myself…before florida, there was the beginning of february, with sweet riley hanging outside as much as possible. and then,...
Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
My friend Erica is the Executive Director of the Helping Hands of Springfield, a homeless shelter. They are lucky to have her, because she’s awesome at whatever she does, she cares, and she’s making a huge difference. they have a website, and she just...
Feb 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
well, the month is almost gone. kind of a shitty month, in some regards. part-time-job-wise. but things are really looking up now and i have high hopes for good, creative things for myself. i feel highly motivated, and maybe that’ll last. if not, maybe...
Feb 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
at least we’re having a little break from the bitterly cold weather; last week was record-breaking cold temperatures and even though it’s 58 degrees right now, the lake is still mostly frozen. but hey, it’s february, it’s possible to squint...
Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
i feel like i haven’t written anything about him for so long even though it’s only been a few days i guess. i just found a few photos from 2006, when we still lived in westchester. here’s Winnie eyeing a squirrel way up high. August 15, 2006 That...
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...
Jan 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Winnie looks so regal here on the only new couch i’ve ever bought. This is before we got married and moved into Kevin’s house in Westchester. April 3, 2005 Winnie and Honey on the swing on the old front porch. where is this swing now? did it rust away? why...
