foible and folly

foible and folly

a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece

  • here i am…
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  • missing

    One day, about six months ago, I was signing The Girl Child up for a two week stint at Camp Colman, where she spent two weeks last year and had a great time. I wanted The Boy Child to go this year, too. He’s never been, and as it was such a great experience and […]

    Chris

    August 1, 2013
    home
    camp
  • a walk in the park

    So far this summer the weather in Seattle has been ridonculous – barely a rainy day in sight. It’s a little spooky, actually. Despite this, my kids have spent an insane amount of time in front of a screen of some sort. Yesterday, I’d had enough. I laid down the law – it was Family […]

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    Chris

    July 22, 2013
    misc
    discovery park
  • rhubarb coffee cake

    As is typical for any spring/summer weekend in Seattle before July 5th, it has been pissing down rain for days now. Mother Nature cares not that it’s a 3 day weekend or that people in other parts of the country are enjoying BBQ’s and sunshine on this holiday. Which means that I was left with […]

    Chris

    May 27, 2013
    food
    cake, rhubarb
  • almost but not quite

    I am a shy person. This will come as a shock to some people, I am sure. But they will be the ones who don’t know me well, who don’t see the effort it takes to go outside myself. Some people mistake shy for aloof or intimidating. Really, it is just another layer of defense.  […]

    Chris

    May 7, 2013
  • fifteen

    Huh. Seems I didn’t write a post for the Girl Child’s 14th birthday last year. She turned 14 anyway, and now here we are at 15. Already. Which also means that I have been a mom for 15 years. Those baby days are so far behind me, it’s hard to recall what they were like. […]

    Chris

    April 19, 2013
    bits and pieces
    girl child
  • highway to hell

    This weekend we are going to spend a few days at Seabrook on the Washington coast, with the Professors. It’s a super cute little planned community with houses that look like they belong in Nantucket. It’s about three hours away and I am looking forward to some ocean air and down time. Except for one […]

    Chris

    April 8, 2013
    bits and pieces
  • return

    Hello, poppets. I spent the past few days in a place where they have sunshine in March and it’s not 40 degrees, visiting friends in San Francisco and spending some girl time in the Napa Valley. It was lovely. The Geek and I met these friends when we all lived in a four-plex on Capital […]

    Chris

    March 19, 2013
    bits and pieces
  • 2013 planty goodness

    Yep, March is around the corner, if you can believe that, so it’s time for this year’s installment of Where-The-Plant-Sales-Are. First up is the Seattle Tilth Early Edible Sale, on March 16th. A new location this year, it’s being held at the Pacific Market Center Parking Garage, which seems to be somewhere in the Stadium […]

    Chris

    February 28, 2013
    garden
  • one off the list

    Disclaimer:  The following photos may not be suitable for you orderly types. Consider yourself warned. We have lived in this house for nearly 5 years. As has been previously mentioned, it is small. There are two storage closets – one we use for linens, and the other for everything else. Well, besides the massive piles […]

    Chris

    February 11, 2013
    home
  • outter january

    Maybe it’s because we’ve had no snow this year, and only brief spells of really cold weather, but for some reason it seems like spring is just around the corner. The  green things in the yard seem confused as well. I am excited for days where we can tire ourselves digging and planting, feeling the […]

    Chris

    January 27, 2013
    bits and pieces, garden
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