Writing about May in May
Gee, that makes me feel incredibly efficient. Here's me, enjoying a mock mojito at the delicious restaurant Loukenin's on the first of May. We went there because the restaurant was shutting down on May 3rd. I was glad to have one last meal there. I was actually going to get a mock Moscow Mule because I loved them at Motorhead's, but they were out of key ingredients for making it cause of the imminent shuttering. The mock Mojito was quite refreshing. For sure Lovey managed to enjoy herself a lot. We went for a short boat ride on May 2nd. It was curtailed because of these clouds, which were...
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just another post about lester…
on november 13th as les and i were walking i spotted this white pelican. there are lots of them this year. he appeared to be swimming over to join this gaggle of pelicans farther away. you can just...
sunday
last night before bed i read a thoughtful article in the wall street journal about how thanksgiving is good because it's one of the rare times when a family sits down and shares a meal together, and...
happy…day after thanksgiving…
right, right, it's black friday. didn't make it out to the stores early this morning, because that's not something i'm into. here's my personal revelation i had last night...to me, and i know this...
november!
today i was walking with les in the backyard and the wind was blowing and i thought, "i'm going inside and not going out again til may." so that's the kind of winter it's going to be. next time when...
wrapping up the month of october
this is from october 15th, capturing that magic moment when the sun lights up the other shore. hmm, that was taken at 6:12 p.m. last night i was sitting here looking out at the lake and was pretty...
countdown to turkey day…
...i mean, i suppose it's a countdown. it's also a countdown to christmas, really, but the other day mom said I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OUT ALREADY, and i pointed out that xmas...
here on thursday,
things are good. i know it's thursday cause kevin just told me it is - somehow it feels like friday, i don't know why. kevin worked hard at removing our very old and broken hot tub. not only...
the beginning of october
was filled with running and kitties, mostly. here's the corn row, which is now down. les, always enjoying the day. amy sent me this - i thought that she'd somehow managed to get zuri to pose like...
kayaking
on the first day of october we took our first and only kayak trip of the year. maybe i'm wrong - maybe we went out in the spring? i don't think so. it was a lovely morning and erica bought herself...