Month: April 2011
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baby spring
Better weather is creeping in slowly this year. We are way behind the garden progress of this year. Oddly, the weeds seem to be right on schedule. Farmer Fels graciously gave me some Marshall strawberries he rescued from the Herbfarm farm he works at. They are hard to come by now. Hoping I don’t kill…
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discipline apply here
Yesterday I sent the Stitchers an article about a woman who lost 300 pounds over 5 years through diet and exercise. FIVE YEARS! She remained focused on this goal for FIVE YEARS. It boggles the mind. I am the complete opposite. I have remained unfocused on many goals for five years. For way over five…
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monday words #5
Odds are today’s poem is not unfamiliar to you. It is one of my favorites and well-worth revisiting, however you take its meaning. Enjoy. — The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as…
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thirteen
The Girl Child turned into a teenager today. Holy crap. She is getting to the age that I can remember being (not being like Lefty, who can probably remember things from the womb). Like her, I can remember planning out wardrobe pieces, though I didn’t have the interweb to assist me. Specifically, a burgundy corduroy…
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gallery
There is a space on the wall above our “office” (and by that I mean the desk upon which our computer sits in the living/dining area) that has never been quite right. Add to that my growing collection of thrifted art with no home, and the light bulb went off. Gallery style hanging! I thought…
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begin again
It’s a long, bumpy road, this life thing. You’d think by the time you get to be a “certain age”, you’d have it pretty much down, or at least the big stuff. Not the case, at least for me. Sometimes it’s just so easy to maintain the status quo, to avoid rocking the boat or…
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early bloomers
Yesterday we visited our second plant sale of the season, the Arboretum’s Early Bloomers sale. Members donate starts from their own garden and the proceeds go to support the Arboretum. But first – check this out. Not raining Friday night, yet this appeared over our house. Anyhoo. We picked up The Lovely Miss Z to…
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sunday soup
Given the fact that it is apparently the season of never-ending winter up in these parts, some soup seemed like just the thing. This one really could not be easier – not that any soup is hard. Split pea! With beer! And sausage! What you will need: 1 bag of split green peas, rinsed and…
foible and folly 