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Monthly Archives: December 2010
box full of sweetness
I am the proud aunt of the two cutest nieces on the planet. They live in Florida and they are 6 and 8 years old. They picked a boxful of oranges and grapefruits from their nighbor’s tree and sent them to … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, food, Mother Nature, posts with photos
Tagged aunts, Christmas, family, holidays, nieces, relatives
9 Comments
Little Blue Spruce
A message to you, dear readers, from me, via my mother: We have a small, living-in-a-bucket, Blue Spruce, courtesy of Marty, the retired tree farmer boyfriend. Little Blue Spruce relaxes in the shade of the backyard when he’s not hard … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, gardening, Love, posts with photos
Tagged Blue spruce, Christmas, Christmas tree, christmas tree ornaments, crafts, family, holidays, mothers
5 Comments
Scone-O-Rama
Here is what you feed a kid with Pneumonia, a six-foot-five, 250-pound fourteen year old who has hardly eaten in six days. A kid, by the way, who is feeling a lot better and coughing a lot less now, thank you. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
16 Comments
I am not going to blog today
That’s right, no blogging. I am going to turn off the computer. I am going to shut it down, not simply hibernate. I am going to close the lid on the laptop. No blogging today. I am not going … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, Uncategorized
18 Comments
Top Hat down…
The top hat has been sitting on the couch alot this week. That’s because the head it normally accompanies is in bed. Last Thursday evening I left for a long weekend at Marty’s, 3 hours away. Friday night when I checked … Continue reading
Posted in college, daily Life, food, Love, teens, Uncategorized
21 Comments
cutting into my blogging time
This whole going to school business is cutting into my blogging time. Do my professors think it’s easy being a blogger? Yes, yes they do. Otherwise they wouldn’t pile me up with essays and projects and critiques on a regular … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, Love, Mendocino, Mother Nature, Petaluma, posts with photos, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged dogs, Fall, fall foliage, ferns, fungi, leaves, moss, mushrooms, mutts, nature, pets, scenery, shelf mushrooms, sidewalks, trees, waterfalls
19 Comments
Top hats and hitchhikers
7:20 am, the phone rings and it’s Ivan. “Can you come get me? I missed the bus.” “Sure, I’ll be there in a bit, start walking.” Ivan slept at his Dad’s last night, just a mile down the street from … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, Love, teens, Uncategorized
Tagged clothing, daily life, highschool, mothers and sons, parenting, school, teenagers, top hats, winter
12 Comments