Movie weekend

Our yard is full of little helicopters Rainy weather doesn’t motivate me to do much, even though I have a full list of things to tackle. Yard work? Not so much fun when it’s soggy. Painting? The air is full of humidity. That can’t be good, right? Fixing fences and […]

A perfect storm

Tracy sitting among the art at Adobe It rained today. A lot! It’s been raining for about two weeks now with brief periods of sunshine in between. But today was a different story. Today was the day the skies opened up and dumped buckets…wheelbarrows…no, dumptrucks of rain on us. My […]

Bye, Kev!

Lunched with Tracy and Kevin today to say “goodbye” to the latter. He’s heading back south to be a Kalamazoo resident. (I’m so envious…I miss my hometown.) Not that it’s all that far from here, but quick bites to eat won’t be quite so convenient from now on.

After the rain

Just-showered sedum captured between cloudbursts It’s been a rainy week. But not so bad since the temps have been warmish. T’would be nice, however, if we could have a dry day or two to do some gardening and lawn mowing. The yard looks pretty rough right now. I’ll be patient, […]

Night of the living dead

Our backdoor Sleep has been eluding me. Happens to everyone at some point, I know, but it’s a big fat bummer. Sunday night I logged some shut-eye, just not enough to keep me from sagging in the afternoon. Monday night I fell asleep just fine, but I kept waking up […]

Maggie at five

The inimitable Maggie Moo My former co-worker Nathan found Maggie on a 95-degree day, wandering around near the woods, hungry and thirsty. She was just eight weeks old. He and his wife couldn’t keep her due to pet restrictions in their apartment community, so he was forced to take her […]