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30 October 2009
Here ’s a picture of the final harvest from the garden:
The cherry tomatoes are turning from green to yellow/orange and the pepper in the middle turned completely red. Nature is kinda cool sometimes.
23 October 2009
Outside my window… the street is pretty empty, being a work day at around Noon:30. The leaves on the tree across the street are starting to turn – there’s some dark red near the top and a little orange too
I am thinking… that this has seemed like a very long week
I am thankful for… my life, my friends, my family – especially seeing my “birthday buddy” yesterday – safely back from a year in Afghanistan – truly a sight for sore eyes
From the kitchen… nothing so far today – coffee was from *$s (I was busy running errands), maybe making lunch soon
I am wearing… my work at home uniform – jeans with a hole in them, socks (getting chilly), t-shirt and a jean shirt (Boston Red Sox 2004 World Champions – oh well, maybe next year again!)
I am creating… nothing much right now, but I am taking an online class about digital scrapbooking, journaling, saving memories and telling stories – much fun
I am going… to work the rest of the afternoon
I am reading… Julia Child’s “My Life in France” and “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”
I am hoping… for many brighter tomorrows for my friend who is valiantly battling cancer and for those who care for him daily
I am hearing… light traffic sounds and the occasional airplane
Around the house… the cats are sound asleep (maybe this is why they like to run all night?!?)
One of my favorite things… Sharpie pens! They are new and awesome! I let someone borrow one and they remarked, “Wow, these are so nice, I’d go out and buy them”
A few plans for the rest of the week… I hope to do some yard work over the weekend, the backyard needs to be “put to bed” for the winter, do a little shopping with mum and hopefully a little quiet time to begin planning something I’ve been thinking about for about two years
A picture to share…
Iwo Jima Memorial, October 4, 2009 – Harvest Moon
15 October 2009
July 4, 2009 – 4:53AM on the Keystone to Seattle ferry.
My favourite place on earth, my favourite mountain (Mt Rainer), not really my favourite hour of the day.
A couple of views of an amazing fabric store on Vashon Island. The colours were amazing as were the number of patterns!
There were rows and rows (and rows) of fabric.
Puppies!!
Veggie patterned fabric anyone? I didn’t even know I needed this!
More puppies! Did you know I want one! Yup, I do – but they have to be walked. Outside. Even on nasty, rainy, cold nights like tonight. I don’t want to do that. So, maybe (probably) no puppy for me. Also, E could not come over every other day to feed and scoop the litter box. I mean, she could, but I’m sure I wouldn’t want to come back home and it wouldn’t be nice for her to come in here either!
27 September 2009
I bought a Halloween costume for the cats. Yes, the cats. I only bought one because, well, I don’t think they need two. They probably don’t need one – but it really wasn’t about need.
Gracie tried it on first…
Then Basil tried it on, well, sort of…
part one,
part two,
close up of part one again…
He never wore both part at the same time…
I’m sure they are plotting my demise.
edited: Gracie is staring at me right now (I’m kinda worried).
21 September 2009
1. Heating pad on neck. “Crick” is much better but still feel it a little.
2. Jon Schmidt’s Winter Serenade on iPod – fav “go to sleep” music. A must hear for all – “Pachebel meets U2.” AWESOME!
3. Prayers for Jen and Chris who got married today. May their future be bright and filled with love.
4. Prayers for my neighbors who re really struggling with their teenager. Very difficult for all and very sad to witness.
5, Hooray for Sunday being Founder’s Day at church and the Feast Day for St. Michael and all the Angels (means the full white frontal can stay on the altar another week!!)!! YAY!
Borrowed the idea of “five” from E. Looks like a busy Fall, might use this more often.
6 September 2009
The Washington Post has a regular Sunday feature called “Road-Trip” in which they outline a “road trip” in the DC area. It usually begins within 50-100 miles of DC and provides a map and some featured stops.
Today, A, E and I took a road trip in search of homemade candy and ice cream in northern Maryland. The featured route began in Bel Air and went to Havre de Grace. We started in Bel Air looking for Moore’s Homemade Candies.
We saw the sign in the distance – YAY!!!
We pulled in out front…
Ohhhhh!!! We found out they were moving so we sought out the new location. They will open in mid-September!
Well, then we headed to another shop in Bel Air, turned out to be just around the corner.
Ya, they were closed too!
OK! Next on the list is ice cream – they better be open!
The parking lot was full, the ice cream was really good! They sell milk in glass bottles! How cool is that! They also have sandwiches and other stuff – really cool place – Broom’s Bloom off Exit 80 – a much better stopping spot than “Maryland House” for a clean bathroom and a snack.
The rest of the day – we found homemade candy in Havre de Grace. We visited the Duck Decoy Museum Gift Shop – because it started raining. Apparently, Havre de Grace – famous for duck decoys! Who knew?!?
It was a great day spent with good friends! It is now time to sleep and prepare for one more day of the weekend! Yay – three day weekend!
31 August 2009
…sharing one big fuzzy bone (it didn’t even last the evening!)
