Marching on through the Wintertime

Marching on through the Wintertime

Although it's supposed to be in the 60s today, whoo hoo for that! But it's a one-day-only kind of thing. Oh well. We'll take what we can get. Also I have a ridiculous amount of stuff to accomplish today so I don't know how much I'll get to be outside. Oh well... Never mind, never mind, it's now after 7 p.m. and it was, indeed, a deliciously warm day but I mostly spent it sprinting from one thing to another. Lots of driving. But it'll be warm again someday, spring is right around the corner... And hey, here's a picture not involving cats! Whoo hoo again! After we had 11" of snow, Kevin, Glenn...

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more from my day at the zoo…

more from my day at the zoo…

such a big kitty! zebra and baby zebra...it doesn't look comfortable that they're standing around on pebbles, but maybe they don't mind. puma! here's interesting thinsg about this next animal, a...

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a day at the zoo

a day at the zoo

on sept. 11th, randy and I went down to the st. louis zoo.  he'd never been to any zoo anywhere his entire life, and I had to pick up my friend Toun at the airport, so I thought we'd make a day of...

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happy anniversary…

happy anniversary…

to us!  yesterday was kevin and my 12th anniversary.  it's astounding to realize that twelve years have flown by. kevin bought me these gorgeous roses... ...and we took a nice boat ride early in the...

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i itch, therefore i am.

i itch, therefore i am.

first, a couple of darling kitty photos. this was sunday, august 26th.  les had to rest his weary head on top of a sock, on top of a cushion, on top of a rug...and yet his usual favored sleeping...

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the end of the tree…

the end of the tree…

here are two more videos of Mund Enterprises taking down our trees, plus some photos. Something I didn't get on tape was when a giant branch smacked into the bucket where the guy was - a part of the...

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tree-cutting-down continued

taking down the silver maple took up most of the day on Wednesday, august 22nd.  after making quick work of the tall locust tree, they started in.  I have some photos, but I think the videos are...

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taking down the trees

taking down the trees

I took many photos and a completely berserk amount of video of the huge team of guys felling our trees. i'm still pretty sad about the whole thing even thought it was all my idea. I am grateful that...

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more stuff from august

more stuff from august

first, there was kevin's birthday.  I attempted to make a healthier version of a black forest cake and it ended up taking a very very long time and there was lots of oozing of cherries and it was...

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as august is about to slip away…

as august is about to slip away…

i'm sitting in my living room trying to avoid the blistering heat-n-humidity that has been plaguing us for the past couple of days, and will continue this week. just now I finally decided to quit...

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