Entries from June 2009

June 29, 2009

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?)

June 25, 2009

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 [...]

June 22, 2009

Here’s to a New Week.

Happy Monday everyone!

June 19, 2009

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!

June 18, 2009

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 [...]

June 16, 2009

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 [...]

June 15, 2009

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 [...]

June 13, 2009

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 [...]

June 9, 2009

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 [...]

June 8, 2009

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 [...]