Archive for 2011 April
Picture Spring, week four
We lost my grandmother yesterday. The kids stayed home from school today and this morning we were talking about Granny, what funerals are like, heaven, how Grandma (her daughter, my mother) must be feeling, how we are feeling… and we also spent some time sitting quietly together on my bed, propped up on pillows, reading [...]
continue reading "Picture Spring, week four"Post cards from Branch Brook Park
Is there anything more wonderful than that first string of seventy-degree days in the spring? Everything is more beautiful suddenly: the sun, the clouds, the lovely chartreuse of new leaves… even the rain feels more optimistic. It’s warm enough at night to leave a bedroom window slightly open, and to shed the heavy Winter blanket [...]
continue reading "Post cards from Branch Brook Park"Down and dirty
Dirt under my fingernails, smeared onto my apron, deposited on my camera’s shutter button… I transplanted the strawberry plants today. I got them, oh, about a month ago. I had put them temporarily in a plastic Chinese food container while I searched for a strawberry pot. I found a pot pretty quickly, but then I [...]
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Spring is coming along, ever so slowly. My yard is starting to bloom, but mostly in shades of yellow, with a little bit of purple here and there. Even though it’s like this every year, I still don’t get “Spring” from yellow. Yellow feels like “Fall” to me. We seriously need some pink in this [...]
continue reading "Picture Spring, week three"And the winner is…
It’s time to choose a winner for the skirt contest! Between comments, subscriptions and retweets, there were 34 entries. Random.org so kindly chose #8 for me, which works out to be… [drumroll, please] Melissa E! Congratulations, Melissa! I’ll be emailing you later today and asking a couple of nosy questions that will help me get [...]
continue reading "And the winner is…"Show off those pasty white legs: a giveaway
Well, ladies, it looks like winter is finally releasing it’s grip, ever so slowly. It won’t be long before we’re shedding those jeans and opting for lighter wardrobe choices… You probably know I am all about the Summer Skirt, and (weather permitting) the Spring Skirt as well. My pasty white Winter legs are ready to [...]
continue reading "Show off those pasty white legs: a giveaway"Picture Spring, week two
I like to do these photo-centric things on Friday. Looks like I missed the boat. Let’s just pretend I posted this on Friday, and I won’t include my images from today or yesterday, just to make it more believable. (Don’t you just love it when we can all take a group trip into Fantasy Land [...]
continue reading "Picture Spring, week two"T-shirts don’t lie
“Homework Kills Trees,” says his shirt. It sure looks that way, doesn’t it? Neighborhood trees, let this be a warning to you. Not only does he kill trees in cold blood, but he later flaunts his victory by sitting atop the dead tree, murder weapon in hand, wearing a shirt that proudly proclaims his guilt. [...]
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It’s a magazine-ey month! Featured are two new issues of some favorite clay-related magazines, as well as a book that compiles polymer projects from another couple of magazines. Plus, a couple of exciting preorders are nearly here…
continue reading "New Publications for March"Send help. And snacks.
I’m so glad for the major desk cleanup that I did last month, because it appears that I am going to be chained to it all. day. long. And maybe tomorrow, too. I’ll take the required potty breaks and maybe a 1/2 hour for lunch. I’ll tend to the children and their transportation needs, maybe [...]
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