Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
that’s the thing, of course, that leapt out at me when reading about the Netherlands. Right there, reason to move there. Besides all the fabulous biking, of course. But here are other things i found about the country, which maybe you didn’t know, either....
Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
people rarely post any comments here, as you know, but last night i wrote about my newfound BURNING DESIRE TO MOVE TO THE NETHERLANDS, because i watched this fantastic video of swarms of people peacefully and happily riding their bikes everywhere there, because...
Feb 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
kevin doesn’t know it yet. we’ll have to sail over, because i don’t want mollie or winnie to have to go on an airplane. they won’t be thrilled with sailing, but it won’t be so bad. they’ll get over it. so anyway, this is what...
Feb 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
we were all lying in bed, sleeping so nicely…but then i was wide awake and finally decided i might as well just get up for a while. i was listening to it rain and rain and rain, and heard mollie go outside and come back in, and i was wondering how much mud there...
Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
i woke up thinking I MUST GET MORE PEOPLE TO WATCH MY SCOTLAND VIDEOS! and then i thought about the grace uncensored page i started to create on facebook because of reading that soon, IF NOT ALREADY, FACEBOOK IS EVERYTHING IN LIFE that people will ever want to read,...
Feb 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
just seven and a half short months after his birthday, here’s the video i made for randy’s birthday, with the help of many of his friends. youtube didn’t allow you to have videos longer than 15 minutes, but now, luckily, they do. there are many many...
Feb 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
for christmas, kevin gave me an awesome national geographic national road atlas – when we go on trips in the car i have to remember, but keep forgetting, to look out the scenery and see the world go by, because i love love LOVE to study maps. i love to see...
Feb 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
I took lots of blurry photos of the Lipizzaner Stallions on Tuesday night. it was an enjoyable show. here is one of the horses doing one of the most difficult things, where they rear back on their hind legs. there was a lone black horse, some kind of Belgian, who...
Feb 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
yesterday morning i went to tap-dancing class, and there were baby goats in a box! they were born the night before; who knew that goats would be born looking so adorable right away? i’m not entirely sure why the lady brought them to class; they weren’t...
Feb 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
i don’t know if they like vegetarian lasagne. there was one piece of lasagne left in the fridge, lonely and forgotten and definitely not something anybody around here wanted to eat, so i cut it up and put it on the ledge where i have some piles of bird food. the...
Feb 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
i spent great quantities of time yesterday uploading more videos to the site…have you looked at any of them yet? Today I will get the very last one posted, #17, even though there are quite a few things i have to accomplish in between. plus i am definitely...
Feb 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
i just can’t stop taking pictures. yesterday was so awesome because the snow was melting like crazy. this goose looked like it was posing, or about to break into an interpretive dance. the lake looked so cool, with the ice melting like crazy. kevin shoveled some...
Feb 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
last night i stayed up so late even though i was totally falling asleep, because i had to make sure that the first scotland video uploaded onto you tub. IT WORKED! i am SO HAPPY that i’m finished! i’m not really done…i have only put two of them up...
Feb 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
last saturday night it was so fun to get all dressed up and go to the ballet fundraiser gala. they had a great silent auction, and one of the items was a chocolate shoe. this was the actual shoe that you were supposed to take home and eat (if you won the bidding). ...
Feb 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
last friday, february 4th. brrrr, so cold down at the dock. the geese are now eating the popcorn with the swans, but they’re all about coming up and feeding from the bird feeder. i like that these two were sitting in the path i dug. since then, the path turned...
Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
this is at the depot before the reading started. here’s mary greeting her fans. what a funny expression on abe’s face. kevin, always keeping watch in the background, as mary continues to greet her public. i wonder what he was thinking there – maybe...
Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
mubarak has left office! it’s an amazing, extraordinary, historic day, one that will be remembered forever. on the news, young people were talking about the fact that they’ve never known freedom in their lifetime. a sobering thought. meanwhile, here in...
Feb 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
can’t stand the cold. can’t stand it anymore. must get out of here… i keep taking pictures outside, and finally i’m motivating myself to actually put them up here. here’s last thursday, when the lake froze over again. at least it was...
Feb 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
it’s 5:08 a.m. pretty soon it won’t be the middle of the night anymore. jim next door could already be awake for the day, for all i know. i’m sure there are plenty of people who get up at five…but on SUNDAY??? last night we went to the ballet...
Feb 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
i keep staying up late to watch the breaking news about Egypt, and this morning, i found this great photo…i think it stirringly sums up the bravery of the ant-government protesters.
Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
on wednesday – first, i shoveled the deck. then, i shoveled a path in the yard to the bird feeder. next, i decided i’d just shovel all the way down to the dock. i hate wading through big drifts of snow, so i figured i’d just clear a path. the...
Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
we didn’t have 17+ inches of snow like they had in chicago, plus tonight we were watching all that footage of lake shore drive closed, packed with snow, and hundreds of cars abandoned. how and when will the people get all those cars back? it seems like a...
Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
i looked up “blizzard” on wikipedia and found that yep, it is (was) a blizzard, PLUS, and MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY, the blizzard ALREADY HAS A NAME!!! blizzard is a severe storm condition characterized by strong winds and reduced visibility. By definition,...
Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
i took some pictures of amy, all bundled up, marching down to feed the swans. i wish i’d had my camera ready when jim was shoveling parts of his back yard – little numie is much too delicate to have any desire to go pee outside in the heaps of snow...
Feb 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
amy went down to feed the swans and texted me that she felt like laura ingalls wilder. understandable, except for the texting part of course. this morning i was gonna sleep in, spend a little quality time sitting around…and instead i was up before seven, and by...
Jan 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
do you have plenty of provisions? supplies? shovels, groceries and alcohol? last night on the news the store owners said people were mostly stocking up on shovels, groceries and alcohol. let the horrible winter storm begin! here was the story on NPR:...
Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
yesterday, we were fortunate enough to have numie and noodle over for a visit. they are always STARVING TO DEATH, plus full of energy, so i decided to try giving each of them an orange ball. we have two because we bought one for them, but one of them, maybe numie or...
Jan 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
gee, what a snappy title, too bad i never got a job as a title writer. just trips off the tongue, doesn’t it? last thursday night, the moon was hanging over the horizon, huge and orange and beautiful. it’s always impossible to do it justice; i don’t...
Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
when i got up this morning the swans were circling down by the dock. i put the popcorn into the microwave, as amy sent me a text – DON’T FEED THE SWANS FOR A WHILE, I JUST FED THEM. i stopped the microwave. she can’t find out how much you are...
Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
When i got up this morning, amy was down at the dock feeding the swans. “they don’t like pumpernickel,” she announced when she came up to the house. then, “i’m gonna look up online what they like to eat,” she said, which was a...
