animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

fall is here

Fall is pretty much here weather-wise. I still have a lot to do outside. Hopefully we will have some nice weekends in October so I can wrap things up. All that remains in the garden is peppers, broccoli rabe (of which I harvested some last week), cabbage, and Brussels sprouts. …

night out

I’ve been trying to get together with my friend Carol for months now. It finally happened last night. We met for supper at Big Dogz, along with our husbands and her son, who was in town for the weekend. Jake was supposed to go, too, but he got a better …

fu2

This is what greeted us when we got to work this morning. So, Brian had to take the afternoon off work in order to attempt to remove the graffiti from the bricks. No easy task. He has been scrubbing it with lacquer thinner and then power washing it. If anyone …

house party

One of Brian’s former co-workers had a party today to celebrate their new home. It was pretty much an all day thing, but we didn’t make it there till around suppertime (it was in the Altoona area). Well-behaved dogs were also invited, so we left our 3 at home where …

romancing the stone

For lack of a better idea, the three of us have been watching some movies Brian and I enjoyed as kids. Last night was Romancing the Stone. It was less action-packed than I remembered but, but still essentially how I remembered it. Jake liked it, so we’ll be watching its …