animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

prisoners

This was a long one but it was worth it (at least after reading the Wikipedia entry to fill in the parts I missed). It was a story of the abduction of two girls and the search to find them. Hugh Jackman played one of the fathers and the main …

the pond

I’ve finally had enough of the pond’s leaking stream (every year on at least one occasion, it develops a leak that is sometimes difficult to track down and fix), so it was removed yesterday. In addition, we will be rebuilding the waterfall using a waterfall box (since the water has …

gardentastic

The beautiful weekend was filled with garden activities. All of the plants (an oak tree, two blueberry bushes and a bundle of myrtle) I purchased at the county plant sale are now in the dirt. Additionally, I did some weeding in the garden and planted onions. I’m a little behind …

st. vincent

We queued this one up for Family Movie Night last night. It was a hit all around. It starred Bill Murray, who played an old crotchety guy who was befriended by his new neighbor, a 10 year old boy. It also had a good supporting cast, including Naomi Watts and …

conclusions

Not that this is going to happen anytime soon, but I think I need to work four days a week. I took today off because I had to pick up some plants at the annual Cambria County Conservation District plant sale. While I was out, I also recycled a bunch …