hotlinked photos generally are a no-no, but I'm going to give a pass on that this once. :)

( pictures of the progress on our front yard, as seen on FB )

I have found recently that my general philosophy of "stick it in the jungle" soon will no longer work. the jungle is getting crowded ( Read more... )

**I am really zonked tired. bed too late last night. and here I stayed home yesterday in part because I was totally exhausted.

**I am quite disappointed I didn't receive this in the mail yesterday. maybe today. it's probably good I didn't read it, because Zorro's Fight for Life is a novel-length story, and I had stuff to do. but still ( Read more... )

I finally picked my pumpkin last night. I just couldn't wait any longer. I had sort of been waiting to see if the thing would start to ripen. but it was so close to the ally and I was worried that someone might walk off with it, since I've lost a number of flowers from the same patch. or, as David noted last night, the trash people might ( Read more... )

in other news, we might not need to go to the orchard this year for me to find a pumpkin in the patch. we have a very nicely sized pumpkin growing in our own yard ( Read more... )

in things more interesting than our ISP and disgruntlement therewith, we had a good weekend ( Read more... )

it's payday! not only that, but David also gets paid this week! it's like a double dip ( Read more... )

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um... it's Tuesday alreay?

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for dinner last night, we had fettucine tossed with pesto made from our own basil, over which we sprinkled some choppped tomato from one of our own tomato plants.

and it was yummythe only thing missing was fresh homemade bread. but we went ahead with some fresh storebought bread instead. actually, I had to buy fettucine anyway, so while I was at ( Read more... )