I am not proud. I confess, we were eating a fast food lunch in our parked car the other day in Poulsbo, when who should pop onto the hood but a one-eyed crow. You should see the other guy, he seemed to say with his proud stance.
“Ewwww! Yuck!” I exclaimed as my hubbie [...]
I am in mourning (and not just for my favorite hair stylist moving away and Top Chef being over). I loved them so. I miss them so. I looked forward to them everyday. And then, one day last week, naptime was gone. Gone like a ‘59 Cadillac. Poof! [...]
While waiting in traffic on the way to Silverdale with my sick laptop, Kid asked for the bazillionth time when we were going to BE THERE. We told her she had to wait. That’s when we got the unfortunate news: “waiting” was not in her brain, she said. Yes, sad but [...]
What did you do this weekend? Uh-huh, sounds fun. Me? Oh, my weekend sucked the big SUCK. My computer and website had a head-on collision and crashed. Both. Did I have a handy backup? Uh, nooooooooo. Let this be a lesson to you all. Even though it [...]
This is as close as we get to eating like birds around here. See Mr. and Mrs. (I assume) Downy Woodpecker enjoying fresh suet from feeders made for them (note the special paddle shape for them to rest their tail while snacking). Notice she is on the lower, larger one. That’s the [...]
Remember “Silly rabbit, Trix is for kids”? It’s a little different from when I was a kid. Fluorescent colors, new shapes. Top 3 ingredients: corn, sugar and corn syrup. I am thinking of conducting a “super-size me” type experiment to see if it ever decays. What do you think? [...]
I have been knitting. And reknitting. After making scarves, I am once again attempting a hat for Kid. Hoping some “ownership” would keep this hat on her head, we went to the store together (which took bravery on my part since she peed on their floor last time–she was discrete, in the [...]
