Jan 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
ever since i watched a documentary about harry potter and the weasley twins were talking about how their hair “isn’t really ginger,” and by that they mean RED, i always think about ginger instead of red. hermoine’s cat is ginger; i wonder what...
Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
i realize this is a lot of photos of swans, but i can’t help it. we love the swans, and when they come sailing majestically over to see us, it’s such a beautiful sight. here they are, so happy that i came down with plenty of bread. I realize i could have...
Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
the snow is coming, we’re waiting for more snow. it was due in here about six this evening, then nine, now it’s supposed to show up at midnight. maybe it’ll pass us by. if it arrives, i am prepared. i won’t be going outside. i am completely...
Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sunday night we went to the 114th’s annual dinner. last year we had dinner, fine, drinks, fine, but then, BUT THEN…the most boring speaker on the face of the earth. she started droning on and on AND ON about medical stuff in the civil war; i can’t...
Jan 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
ok, before i get immersed in editing and don’t get back to this for too long, here’s the chronology of kevin’s handiwork in the basement: first, this is what it looked like on Tuesday, January 5th: And here it is the very next day: and then, TA DA! ...
Jan 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
it feels like we’re slowly crawling along here in january, and that spring is so far away that you can’t even begin to see it. the lake is frozen hard now, and the temps continue to be ridiculously cold. i keep taking pictures outside, though, but now...
Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
this is what happens when i get a cold: sore throat. runny nose. more and more runny nose. slight cough. HORRIBLE COUGH THAT LASTS FOREVER AND THEN TURNS INTO BRONCHITIS, which if left unchecked would also last til the end of time and i’d be drained of all...
Jan 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
which makes me feel that there is no earthly reason for going outside at all. i did feed the birds, doling out extra food so i won’t have to go out again more than once, maybe not even that. the snow is back. it is ridiculously cold. why, again, do we live...
Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
mom and i were on our way to the hoogland for a lecture by richard haglund, who is doing a four-part series about the history of music. i decided to take west lake drive to stevenson drive, and i was zipping along over the 1-55 bridge and we were chatting and then OH...
Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
i wanted to sit around outside all day. by morning, all the lousy snow had melted. i sat down at the dock and enjoyed the weather. mollie was right there with me. i wish you could have been there too, to feel how great it felt to be outside. i tried to capture it for...
Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
i feel hungover from staying up so late. IT WASN’T THAT LATE. we got to bed before 12:30, and i slept…and slept…and slept. but i feel so tired today, and i’ve been trying to get photos to put up here – yesterday i thought i was done...
Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
i think this would be a good idea for celebrating this year – i have serious doubts that kevin will make it till midnight! have i mentioned that i love Mutts?
Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
on sunday, the swans appeared but they swam fast and it was hard to get a shot. on monday, however, i spotted them sailing past our dock on the way to amy and jim’s and i urged kevin to go down and feed them – i didn’t have time, because i was...
Dec 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
these swans might have been stragglers from “twelve days of christmas.” is it seven swans a swimming, or eight? anyway, there were only two of them, and on the morning of the 26th kevin tried to get a picture but they were being mighty elusive. can you...
Dec 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
i got up around seven on christmas. that’s kind of early. kevin set mollie’s candy cane rawhide gift next to the tree, and mollie was quite eager to GET AT IT. mmm, rawhide candy cane… here she is, eagerly awaiting her first present of the day....
Dec 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
our friends gerrick and janice got married two days before christmas. janice is ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS; will having her anniversary just two days before xmas detract from the date? maybe they did it because it’s just one more fantastic reason to celebrate the...
Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
that’s the NUMBER OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES I’VE EATEN TODAY. YEA!!! FOR ME! as opposed to yesterday. i ended up making 10 full-sugar-and-butter kinds, mostly for dad, but of course others also enjoyed them. i made kevin five kinds of low sugar-low-fat...
Dec 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
mutts, i love mutts… and red and rover, how sweet is that? calvin and hobbes, classic funny… this is the photo that i merged in photoshop for mom and dad’s christmas letter. it’s not a perfect job, but i’m excited to try more of this. ...
Dec 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
i just spent some time watching NORAD TRACKS SANTA. if you click on it, you, too, can see santa as he makes his way across the world. there are also many other things on this NORAD site, including a running tally of the number of presents he’s delivered, plus...
Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
and the ice on the lake is looking like it’s really really ready for the figure skating show! perhaps they could stage some outdoor version of that new “celebrity figure skating” competition that’s on TV. i would provide the hot chocolate....
Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
i love this cartoon: o on sunday i noticed a hawk just standing out in the fenced yard. i told kevin, who got the camera and took a few photos. he quickly realized that the reason the hawk was being so polite in letting him take pictures is because it actually...
Dec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
and i just can’t wake up this morning. if i just enjoyed a big cup of coffee, i’m sure i’d be fired up and roaring around, instead of sitting here with the kitty wedged along my side. he wasn’t happy that i didn’t want him to sit on my...
Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
brrr again. tuesday morning, it was sunny again…and the lake was suddenly frozen. do you think the geese prefer the frozen lake? they wouldn’t want it all frozen, because then they couldn’t eat anything under the water…but are there any fish...
Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
photos from monday, SO LONG AGO…on sunday as the storm raged i resolved NOT TO GO OUTSIDE AT ALL on monday. but monday morning the sun was shining over the lake, there was a mist on the water, and i was compelled go to out and take some pictures. it...
Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
remember that link i posted, the article about exercise making you fat, from time magazine? well, if you took the time to read it, you should then read this: REFUTING THE EXERCISE ARTICLE. the author of this makes lots of good points about exercise NOT making you...
Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
in between taking many many pictures of the birds during the snowstorm on sunday, i wandered around in the living room photographing various bits of xmas decor. the lake is frozen now, by the way, in case you wanted to come over and go skating. kevin said the geese...
Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
i dunno, maybe you stay up this late anyway…i went to bed EARLY because i was tired and because it’s too cold to stay up any longer. i woke up once, and then i woke up again, and i figured it must have been four a.m. – but it was only midnight....
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
i really was gonna cut down on the number of different kinds of cookies i’m going to bake for xmas, but today i stopped by to see dad and he gave me the recipe for YET ANOTHER COOKIE. and since he’s the most important person on my cookie-baking list, of...
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
WOW what a day today has been…it completely got away from me and things were a little crazy and suddenly it’s 7:39 at night and i’m finally sitting down, poring over the many many photos i took yesterday as the storm raged outside. there was a 20-car...
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
right now, at 8:13 a.m., it’s three degrees and feels like minus 12. the sun is shining brightly, and the lake looks fantastic, with mist swirling above the surface and birds flying around like crazy, and there’s even a duck or two swimming around in...
