Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
celebrations

20

Brian and I celebrated our 20th anniversary on June 28th. Since one of our Thunder afternoons off work was canceled due to the weather, we decided to take the afternoon of the 28th off instead.

We took a motorcycle ride to Yellow Creek State Park in the afternoon. It was a nice day for a ride. Then we went to the Boulevard Grill for dinner. It was just the two of us as Jake was at work. Then, in the evening, we had a fire on the patio to cap off the night.

It’s hard to believe it has been 20 years. Most of the time.

motorcycles

thunder 2016

We kicked off Thunder by going to Richland Bike Bash on Wednesday night. We were supposed to take Thursday afternoon off work, but it was cold and rainy, so that got nixed. We did make it downtown later that day (after the rain finally stopped), but it was a ghost town so we didn’t stay long. We went downtown Friday and Saturday night, too. We ran into a lot of people that we knew and it was nice to catch up with everyone.

We took Friday afternoon off and rode to Duman Lake County Park. Saturday afternoon, we rode out to Pool N Pork in Nanty Glo. We were surprised to be charged an admission fee. I can only hope that party picked up in the evening as there really weren’t any people there. We did not stay long.

Sunday, we put Lizzy in the sidecar and went for a quick ride through downtown and Richland. She enjoyed it, as always, but it was pretty hot out.

While Thursday was a washout, at least the weather was nice for the rest of the rally.

movies

the witch

This is a movie…about a witch. More specifically, the movie, which takes place in Colonial America, is about a family who thinks a witch lives in the woods near their farm. Spoiler alert: they were right. Despite only clocking in around 90 minutes, the movie was a little slow at the beginning. The ending was pretty good, though. But, I wouldn’t call this a typical horror film–it was definitely more subtle than that.

My rating: 3/5

books

the dead town

This was the final book in Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein series. I was getting a little tired of the series, but figured this would be a good book to read at the beach (which is where I started it). It actually ended up being pretty good and had a satisfying ending.

My rating: 3.5/5

gardening & landscaping

critters

The critters are doing me in this summer. Something (chipmunks, I’m guessing) keeps digging up the larger seeds (beans, peas and the like) that I’ve planted. If they miss one and the seed actually grows into a plant, something else eats the plant. I guess I need to pull out the row covers and see if covering them up keeps them away.

Something else keeps knocking down our bird feeder (and even smashed one of them). We borrowed my dad’s wildlife camera, which takes photos whenever motion is detected, so we will be getting to the bottom of this mystery.