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The sun is out! My sandals are on! The weather is beautiful again! Summer must be here.. .*knock on wood ( Read more... )

It's raining, but it looks like it's finally warming up the normal way (gradually and damply, not in 90-degree bursts). Warm season might finally be here ( Read more... )

Last night, as we were sitting in our living room with the windows open (yay nice weather), we heard a sound like sticks hitting against each other and a thrashing in the cornfield across the road ( Read more... )

Yesterday, we had apple pie for dessert (Small Batch Baking) and apple-cinnamon-raisin oatmeal for breakfast.

Thursday we made Spiced Apple Cookies (delicious).

Wednesday we made Baked Apple Rice Pudding, which is absolutely delicious ( Read more... )

Yesterday for dinner we had a sort-of-goulash made from tomatoes Mom left when she visited, and apple crisp made with apples from our tree. There's a sense of happy homeyness about that that I love ( Read more... )

I've been remiss in posting lately; this has been a combination of tired (sick + busy) and busy (busy + busy ( Read more... )

The weather has been a bit dismal, so yesterday T. finished pulling stuff out of the left half of the House's eaves. Among the odder finds - porn, for instance, or very strange crocheted bottle covers over wine bottles full of sand - was a WWII era cot, still mostly intact, and a steamer trunk ( Read more... )

I've been thinking, after some conversation with cluudle about the nature of friendships, most specifically the idea that it's okay to stop being friends with someone. Not sure where I'm going with that one yet; it still feels foreign ( Read more... )

It's raining! Or at least grey-ing very actively.

I put together a set of wire shelves (we <3 wire shelving) last night to serve as a closet until we can finish the bedroom. Yay having closet space!

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