Yup. It is STILL annoyingly COLD. I'll need to go out the door 10 minutes or so earlier to let my Mighty Steed run and warm up a bit before shifting into "move ( Read more... )

And I meant to start with this weather report: The Thermometer Outside My Kitchen Window just informed me that the temperature out there is Minus 14F (~ Minus 26C). But the day was busy and even adventurous. BTW: This morning TTOMKW says ~ Minus 9F (about Minus 22C ( Read more... )

Over the weekend and up to now, MyJeff and I have completed quite a goodly bit of yard work. Raking is done. The new flower bed left behind by the old, now-discarded glider has been thoroughly turned and cleared of old roots. It awaits the seeding that today's rain, prevented me from doing. MyJeff filled in and leveled the plumbing repair hole in ( Read more... )

Okay. Gotta type fast so may not be as eloquent as usual. HAH ( Read more... )

We took the plunge.

Meet . . . The Duke of Earl Grey:


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Nothing of great interest or excitement happening this week in my life ( Read more... )

Our driveway still holds only The (Lonely) Mighty Steed of Smoke and Shadows. Still awaiting a functioning, repaired Natasha. Don't know how much longer. That's all I have to say about that ( Read more... )

Wednesday afternoon I was back at the clinic to meet with a physical therapist who asked questions, manipulated my leg, asked more questions (including: "any pain?" to which the answer was often "yes"), had me do some therapeutic exercises, and told me my problems were consistent with hip joint deterioration. Naturally, he instructed me to perform ( Read more... )

After a lovely, gentle-warm weekend that begged one to find some excuse--any excuse--to spend time outside, our late-April time-and-weather-warp continues ( Read more... )

Thanks to all of you who participated in clicking on the freekibble.com &/or theanimalrescuesite.com activity for feeding shelter animals and all the other "greatergood" causes. From the freekibble food count of 18,899,247 scoops I quoted on Monday, today's count after I clicked was 18,909,162. BTW: did I mention that on the freekibble dog page you ( Read more... )