animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

garden update

Despite my lack of dedication this year, my garden is doing pretty well. My previously sickly tomatoes are now flourishing; the peppers are looking good; there are some little zucchini growing; the potato plants are looking great. I have plenty of weeds this year, though. Ray’s was charging $10 a …

chincoteague, va

Sunday, June 22 We got up bright and early this morning so that we could drop off the dogs at the Cozy Inn on our way to Chincoteague, Va. Taking 3 dogs on a 45 minute trip was interesting. Buster got carsick even though he didn’t eat breakfast today. I …

losing it

This book is Valerie Bertinelli’s autobiography. Years ago, I was a fan of her TV show One Day at a Time. I’ve always been a fan of Van Halen’s music, too. So, I thought this would be an interesting read. While the book was somewhat interesting, she mostly talked about …

duma key

I was looking forward to reading this book ever since I read a preview of it in Blaze last year. It seemed like it was going to be a really good story. I have to say, the beginning of the book was great. The story was from the perspective of …