This afternoon we sat out back, in the sun and the cool breeze. We sat under the orange tree that's in the back yard. Let me say that again. The ORANGE TREE that's just...there...in the back yard. It was laden with beautiful oranges and tv_elf dismissed them as "out of season." I finally asked what that mean, specifically, and she said, "Oh, they're ( Read more... )

I haven't had a problem with the weather in Chicago and have found the warmer weather to be delightful ( Read more... )

I am now safely and officially at the house of the lovely tv_elf until Wednesday. We plan to watch much television, and, unless she hates it after the first six, I plan to make her watch Slings and Arrows and she is going to show me fourth season of The Wire (don't know yet what that is ( Read more... )