Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, September 5th I flew to Denver for Christine‘s funeral, which was on Friday the sixth. I got to sit by the window on the first leg of my journey, and I enjoyed taking pictures of clouds. I don’t get the opportunity very often to see the tops of clouds....
Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
it doesn’t seem like that long ago when we went to pere marquette – but it was in 2011. whew, time flies. we returned on august 27th, to spend the night and get up the next morning to hike. The lobby is beautiful, and there was not a single person in it...
Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
On august 20th I went to lunch with randy…I think this was my first lunch there, I have been there probably five times at least. We went late enough so that the place was almost empty, which I always love. We walked around in the museum next-door, and I had...
Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
On august 19th, Glenn came over and he and Kevin went out on glenn’s Sunfish sailboats. I had to hurry down to capture it. It looked so cool as they glided in. Instead of offering to give them a hand, I kept taking pictures. And they did fine… After a while I...
Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
On august 20th, deer were outside the bedroom snacking.
Sep 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
on labor day, sept. 2nd, i was working out at home and christine’s name came up on my phone. i was happy that she was calling; she had called on christmas day and kevin and i were watching a movie, and i told her i’d call her back. but i didn’t. i...
Aug 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
i haven’t been on the water enough this year, but i feel that i feel that way every year. but it’s not too late… driving home from the fair on Wed. Aug. 14th, i said to mom, “let’s go for a boat ride tonight.” she called her friend...
Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
we went to the fair on wednesday, aug. 14th. Bev was going to dance in the Illinois Building, so mom, randy and i all went to watch. while we were waiting i had to get a picture of this ride in the children’s section; i’ve never seen it before and i...
Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
today, saturday august 24th, is an amazingly beautiful day. it’s crazy windy, so windy that our friend glenn can’t take his big sailboat out. winds were 15 MPH, now they’re down to 13. Anyway, august…first, just another beautiful evening boat...
Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
i don’t know what brought me to this ad for the BBC, but it’s so amazing that i have to put it here. so beautiful…
Aug 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, aug. 7th, kevin and i hiked all around the fairgrounds. it was the day before the fair opened and the place was bustling with so many people. not only were folks setting stuff up, cleaning stuff off, but we saw some cows and sheep and other animals being...
Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
At the beginning of the month Kevin and i hiked around the gardens in the morning. what a cool place. we parked across the street for the first time and there was a nearby field that we walked in, and in a goup of trees there was this funny little house. When we went...
Aug 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
i started the month working on the back windows/door. It had been on my to-do list last summer and it never happened; it seemed kind of overwhelming. i did scrape the windows a little, but that’s it. So on August 1st, here’s how the windows looked when i...
Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, July 27th, we went over to the Yacht Club for a fundraiser. It was a beautiful night and awesome to sit out and watch the boats going by on the lake. i know i’m lucky enough to sit outside and watch boats go by all the time, but this was great...
Aug 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
and HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, KEVIN!!! of course we celebrated, but i didn’t wish him a happy birthday here. It feels like this summer has gone by quicker than i ever remember. but then again, my memory is pretty poor at the best of times, so maybe last year also...
Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
last wednesday, the 17th, the sky got dark and i ran down to the dock to take pictures. actually, first i ran to the dock to look up at the sky, hoping for rain. because it had been so hot i was desperate for rain so i wouldn’t have to water. but when i got down...
Jul 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
enough with the ridiculously high heat indexes already. i spent a lovely, air-conditioned afternoon seeing the phenomenal show”hairspray” at the Legacy Theatre. I love the show, and the production was truly outstanding. meanwhile…life continues to be...
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 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
i forgot to jump in the lake in june. maybe it’s because i haven’t been running as much, haven’t felt the need to jump into the refreshing waters? but i’ve been working outside so much, i could have jumped in. i finally took the plunge one day...
Jul 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
we went out on the boat and saw the DAV fireworks; they had them on june 29th, which seemed very early and un-4th-of-july-like. plus they weren’t so great. but they always have ROCK THE DOCK at the marina, and mom, her friend sharon and i sailed over to the...
Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
the summer whizzes past. yesterday i spent about five hours working out in the yard. i weeded for an hour and kevin had tilled up some of the grass to make an areain the fenced yard to plant hostas, so I spent time moving my paver bricks to create a new border. then...
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 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
This was June 6th, Sweetie’s first adventure in the fenced yard! i think her only experience outside had been so go out on her previous owner’s deck. she never got to run around in a yard. kitty paradise she loves the yard sooo much. here’s Riley,...
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...
