I have been seduced by tumblr and left my poor LJ and DW to rot ( Read more... )

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While down at my sisters, we went to the Biltmore again in Asheville. It was all decorated for Christmas, and it was beautiful. They don't allow photos inside, which is a shame because it's so gorgeous, but I understand. So I only got a few photos of the outside while we were there. And because we took the candlelight tour at 5:30, it was ( Read more... )

Hit the Art Institute today, since I had the day off. Yay, day off! They're renovating the museum, and adding a 'Modern Wing', so a lot of the artwork was off exhibit and whole sections were closed. So I didn't get to see all my favorites, but I did get to see one (Champs de Mars: The Red Tower) and stumbled across a new favorite - Horsemen of ( Read more... )

When my grandma passed, my parents brought home her jewelry boxes. Yes, boxes. They finally got around to taken them into our jeweler this past week to see what, if anything, she had. We honestly didn't expect much; we could tell that most of it was costume, but we just wanted to be sure before we decided what to do with it all ( Read more... )

I bought a pomegranate this afternoon at Jewel. I've never had pomegranate anything before, and I'm not sure how to eat one, but hey - adventures in food ( Read more... )

So, gee darn, I can't go to work because it's been raining since 3:30 this morning with no sign of stopping and everything's flooded so I can't get out of the subdivision. I did try, at about 5:30 this morning, but got stranded in the middle of an intersection (in the neighborhood) because the standing water was too deep to go any further, and I ( Read more... )

Our baby Robins left the nest 7/23, but I'm only now getting around to posting pics. Ah, well.

( The last baby pictures )

New pics of the baby robins! We're down to two babies - I have no idea what happened to the third one.

It's been amazing to see how quickly they change.

( 7-16-06 )

We have BABIES!

( So ugly they're cute! )