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Happy Jack

Many months ago I bought a toy for Jack. A small, blue, rubber, squeaky blowfish. We played fetch with it every day, sometimes both morning and evening, inside and outside. Fishy was clearly Jack’s favorite toy. He made noise so if Jack didn’t see where he went he’d hear him. His size was perfect […]

Back up

After the last post my back healed. But then my stomach left me. Except for a few trips to the bathroom, I slept from 10PM on Friday night till 7AM on Sunday morning. My daughter graciously brought Jack to her house since I couldn’t walk him, or even hang out in my yard with […]

Little Audrey & me

Remember Little Shop of Horrors? Are you a fan of the original 1960 version or the 1986 musical remake with Rick Moranis? (The links are to Youtube videos of the Feed Me scenes.) When the original came out I was only 8, and my middle sister, who I idolized, thrilled in scaring me with Friday […]

Outside interest

Despite the summer’s remarkable heat and drought in the northeast, I still spend quite a bit of time outside. Mostly early in the morning on my walks. One of the places I walk most days is down this shady path. It’s so pleasant.

Not so pleasant, when I left the house the other morning […]

Trying dyeing

WARNING: A long post with lots of photos. Leave now while you’ve got the chance. 😉

I need to start by showing you two wildflowers/weeds near my house. I’m hoping someone can identify at least one of them for me. The first is really sweet and small. You can see a portion of my foot […]