animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

pond work

Since it was such an unseasonably beautiful day out there, I took this afternoon off in order to do some work on the pond. A couple of days ago I decided to redo the front portion of the pond. I ran out of rocks last year and had to compromise …

we own the night

This was a pretty good crime-drama. Not great, but good. It started off a little slow, but then picked up the pace. The plot was fairly predictable so that’s why I can’t review this with greater enthusiasm, but if you like this genre of films, you will probably like this …

guitar hero

Jake has been wanting to play guitar for a while now, but his interest increased last weekend, when he scarfed my acoustic guitar from downstairs and strummed on it all evening. Our plan was to have him take piano lessons first so he could learn all of the basics about …

first!

I worked in the yard for the first time this year. I wasn’t out there very long, but I did enjoy my time outside. I did some cleanup around the pond area and removed a bunch of leaves from the pond. I also uncovered the blueberry bushes, which still got …