Quick and Dirty, But So Fun!

Back, so soon? 

Can you guess where I was?

How about now?
Hint:  LOTS of walking.

Aaahhhh….

Now do you know?
OK, OK, I give…

You guessed it!  Four days, approximately 80,000 steps, three humongous breakfasts, a big bag of laundry, plenty of souvenirs, and photos galore…
And now I have to go back to work.
Happy Monday everyone!  (Wait, it is Monday, right?)

Hot!

It’s been a tad toasty here in the Land of Cheese this week.  This means poor air quality, roads buckling, the city providing “cool spots” for people to go wet themselves down, and lots of Captain Obvious news reports. 
I’m not a big fan of super hot weather.  However, it is fabulous for the tomatoes, as well [...]

Here’s to a New Week.

Happy Monday everyone!

Friday at Last.

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
Happy day, all!

Random Act of Kindness.

Our backyard neighbor found himself with a surfeit of pansies over the weekend.   The garden center was selling flats at three for the price of one, since pansy season is a bit past at this point.   He pressed as many upon us as we could find containers for, and we also wound up putting a few [...]

This One’s a Killer.

Ten on Tuesday is Ten Things You’d Bring to a Desert Island.
Ugh.
They never tell you if the desert island has electricity, of course (for charging electronic devices).  Or WiFi.  Let’s assume so, shall we?  Or perhaps we can just suspend our need for logic for a while – it’s a metaphorical desert island, people!
1.  A [...]

A June Afternoon.

The weekend brought what finally felt like the first days of summer.   Fitting, since Friday was the last day of school.  It really was lovely – perfect for gardening, walking, bike riding, and sitting on the deck.  
I did a little of all of the above, and I also put Sunday afternoon to excellent use.

Looks pretty [...]

Befuddling.

It seemed that my purple tall bearded irises went missing this spring.  The yellow and maroon ones sprung right up. 
I thought I’d gone nutso.  How do you misplace perennials?    I turned this over in my mind, and had no answer.
Today, I walked around to the back of the garage for something, and look what I [...]

It’s All About Me, Baby.

The other night I was talking with a group of women, all mothers.  I’m fairly certain I was the only woman in the group who has steadily worked full time after having kids.  One woman was telling us about her work hours, which involve weekends.  She commented that she was fine with this, because she [...]

Nevermind.

The pink KSH has been returned to the ball.  I found two dropped stitches, caused by defective k3tog’s (told you those were my nemeses).  Thought about repairs.  Frogged.  Tucked the yarn out of sight.  (Never happened.)
I then turned, with a clean slate, but not necessarily a clear head, to my Joan-along, the Bleeding Hearts Stole [...]