Dec 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
First of all…I have no business sitting here on the couch but I’m trying to give myself a break. The most important thing is that Kevin somehow managed to get everything on the porch plugged in so now the blowup Minion and snowman are happily bogging...
Dec 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yeah. Six. Not many. I woke up earlier than I wanted to this morning because my mind was exploding a little bit about all the stuff I have to get done this week. I’ve been blearily sitting here on the couch for a while now, trying to organize my thoughts about...
Dec 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
…Really??? How did that happen? Now it’s the first of December, and I’ve been MIA on here for much too long. I haven’t been lolling around eating bon bons, much as I’d have liked to, but instead I feel like I’ve been doing so many...
Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Spot and I sit down at the dock I end up taking so many pictures, and on this day, Oct. 14th, quite a few pelicans were paddling around. These two caught my eye. My favorite photo, a two-headed pelican. …and then they swam apart… … Spot and I...
Oct 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I got up this morning there was already over three inches of rain in the rain gauge and I’m just realizing that I should go down to the dock and make sure that the boat is lifted far enough out of the water so it doesn’t float away. Hmm, not looking...
Oct 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, getting stuff done on the computer, anyway. I want to do some weeding out front because there’s a crazy amount of pretty big things growing, plus it’s cool and the ground is soft. I’m also going to attempt to run a little bit. Yesterday Mom and...
Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Whew. It was rainy and relatively mild this morning so I spent a half hour digging up more little chameleon plants that have sprouted up because we’ve been having lots of rain. It was nice to not have to worry about the sun or mosquitoes. I took a half-hour...
Oct 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kevin took this photo of Spot in our attached garage. When I first glanced at the picture, I thought, “where on earth is that messy place?” And was chagrined to realize that it’s our garage. Soooo much stuff…but maybe a lot of it is just empty...
Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Not to brag or anything, but I’m a pretty good cook. I’ve made incredibly complicated dishes including Indian dinners that I literally spent days preparing. Indian food has many spices and many steps and I wish I had some right now, now that I think of it....
Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kevin informed me that it’s going to officially be fall at 2:20 this afternoon, in just over two hours from now, so this new fall website banner is ahead of schedule, something I do manage to achieve once every lifetime or so. Meanwhile, back on September 2nd I...
Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
happy anniversary to us. We were married 15 years ago today and at this exact time on that day it was official and we were probably making toasts or something at the Motor Boat Club. I got sad looking at some of our wedding photos because so many people are dead, or...
Sep 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m always writing here about Kevin’s many projects, but don’t get the idea that I’m just lazing around. This plant below has been my obsession when I identified it with my friend Wanda’s help on August 17th. Maybe you know about this...
Sep 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Aug. 16th Kevin removed the very old deck off the bedroom and is in the process of replacing it with concrete tiles. Riley has been excited about it ever since. He finds it a fascinating place to sniff and creep around in. Kevin unearthed this giant slab, part of...
Sep 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
September, really? It was almost fall-like for a few days but now it’s hot again, but not into the triple digits at least. Way back in August, Riley kept trying to relax. Ditto Lester. He’s lying on the case for our giant inflatable swan that we pull...
Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was nice to go back to the fair since it was cancelled last year. The Sunday before it opened I decided to drive into the fairgrounds to see stuff since I figured that when at the fair I wouldn’t be able to walk everywhere I wanted to because of the lingering...
Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I mentioned previously, Kevin bought a great big shed Sunday Aug. 1st. It came in a big box, but the box was smaller than I thought it’d be to hold such a giant shed. It required a whole lot of assembly. Here’s the bottom 12 x 12 frame. Spot helped him...
Aug 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, August 4th, Kevin’s 64th birthday…after he’d gone to bed the night before I came up with the brilliant idea of leaving him a voicemail singing “when I’m 64.” I wasn’t sure where his phone was, but was confident that...
Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Tonight at dinner, Kevin told me that the gutter guys didn’t leave our house til 10 at night. A mighty long day.
Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ok, now that it’s August…August! How did that happen? It has been so hot and humid around here, but yesterday was freakishly cool and cloudy. It it rained in the morning and after a nap I trimmed the forsythia bushes outside my huge picture window....
Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t think I’d ever seen Lovey being confident enough to sit on top of the kitty house, but there she was on June 15th looking very confident. But then, aha! Riley spotted her up there. He trotted right over as Lovey eyed him suspiciously…...
Jul 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s nearing the end of July, and I just got my second wasp sting of the summer. This morning I was trying to rotate a big planter/bench that’s on our back deck off the bedroom. Dad planted coral bells in the planter, and the ones at the end gets more sun...
Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
I realize that this photo is up above in the banner, but really, it’s one of my favorites. One of the first nighttime photos with my new phone. I might even print it out and frame it. Many things have been going on around here, mostly cat-related. More on that...
Jul 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
June 11th, to be exact. I was up pretty early (for me), enjoying the morning and the darling kitties who were also enjoying the morning. It’s usually Lester who is posing for the camera while Riley sprints away, but here Riley stopped for a minute. Lilies are so...
Jul 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
I lived through my surgery, yay for that! Gee, it’s been way over a week since it happened. Much has happened, but not so much. First – two days before my surgery, June 22nd, Les Paul and Riley were on top of their cat house and suddenly there was...
Jun 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Jeez, where has the month gone? Well, oing yard work. Lots of yard work. It’s 6:18 a.m. right now and we have to leave at 7:30 for my torn meniscus surgery. It’s so lovely and quiet at this time of day, but I doubt that will make me get up this early on a...
Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Don’t be dumb, that’s me talking to me. You can do whatever you want, but I, personally, I’m trying like crazy to not be dumb. So far it’s not working out super great. It’s all about my dumb knee and how I keep doing things that make it...
Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
A good moon photo! I’m excited to take more moon photos with this new phone. Sunday May 30th we had a little get-together for my birthday and then we sat down by the water where it was chilly! This is funny because that was only nine days ago and it’s...
Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
It suddenly got super hot around here but it cools off at night which is great. I have photos from the end of May, but these are mostly from May 22nd, after Kevin and I took that lovely kayak trip. We need to do that again soon. Anyway, that afternoon I babysat the...
May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
How did that happen? It felt like mid-summer with temps soaring high into the 80s but it’s suddenly cooling off a bit, now that June is almost upon us. On May 20th we were down at the dock and a goose sauntered by… Lester, always so happy…...
May 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
I woke up at 5:50 this morning, and without my glasses on I could just make out the rising sun and decided to get up and go outside and look at it. Because it’s my birthday, I thought it would be a good idea. The air was crisp and fresh and the kitties joined me...
