animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

to live and die in l.a.

This was a pretty good movie that we watched on Brian’s recommendation (he saw it when it originally came out in the mid 80s). This crime drama starred a young Willem Dafoe as a counterfeiter who was wanted by the Secret Service. It had a great chase scene in it …

s.o.b.

What an unusually beautiful day for December. I took advantage of the nice weather and mulched the strawberries and garlic. While I was out there, I glanced into the pond, only to find that the koi had died. Curiously, a goldfish and the catfish also died this fall. I’m not …

the 4th day of xmas

We had Christmas at our house yesterday. My parents, brother and his crew, and a friend of my mom’s attended the dinner. Brian’s mom had to work so the three of them stopped over later in the afternoon. It was a nice day. I’m off today, so Brian went to …

the 3rd day of xmas

We spent Christmas Eve at my in-law’s. It was fairly laid back–just us, the in-laws and our niece and her boyfriend. We had a nice dinner and then went to church, which was less than an hour in length (gasp!). After church, we went back to the house and did …

blue ruin

I read an article on the best movies of 2014 or some such time period and this one looked interesting. It was available on Netflix streaming and I didn’t have anything going on last night, so I decided to watch it. This was a revenge film, but not in the …