Friday before the wind and dust set upon us I played archeologist out in the back yard. A dilapitated shed was removed before we ever saw the house and the number of rusty nails, nuts & bolts, pieces of broken glass and china seems unending. Apparently someone also used the area as their personal dump. […]
Finally I’m able to get back to blogging. Our phone’s been out since about noon Saturday after our neighbors’ ancient oak tree was split by 60 mph gusts of wind and crashed into the street, downing power, cable and phone lines. A firetruck arrived about 3 minutes after three brilliant electrical arcs between two poles […]
yeh, it was portable if you were a weightlifter. Notice the guy in the back changing the batteries. Need I say its sales weren’t much to write home about. But ya gotta start somewhere.
seriously, though, yesterday I made what may be my last trip to the Dallas house and was glad I brought my camera […]
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Which side of the glass do YOU prefer? Me? I don’t know.
It’s been weird this week. Great weather - finally sunshine and 70 degrees and flowers blooming but the buyers’ inspection of the Dallas house turned up numerous deficiencies which sent my stress levels soaring. Never knew what a firetrap I was living […]
I couldn’t stand it. There wasn’t much to do at work today so I stayed home and played at gardening. I raked up about 6 bags of leaves and cut back a bunch of English Ivy that’s dragging down our 100-year-old cypress fence. Along the way I found these very tiny violet flowers that appear […]
I almost didn’t go to work yesterday. The sun was shining, the temp was 65 degrees and I stopped at a traffic signal and saw the ghost of my youth pedaling furiously across the intersection. Of course we didn’t have helmets or knee pads or elbow pads in those days. We didn’t even have child-size […]
Where was this Tow Truck during the last two elections when we really needed it?
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A neighbor down the bock is a “Road Avenger.” He drives a huge dark blue flatbed truck that roars up and down the street at 40 miles per hour. You do NOT want to be out walking the dog when this […]
I’ve started following the collage themes posted at Scrapiteria, a Collage Collaboration. I thought it might get me out of my rut to try to follow along, as I really don’t know what I’m doing, and these folks are pretty much masters at their craft. Besides, it’s still cold outside and you know how much […]
I had a wisdom tooth pulled on Tuesday and stayed home from work that day. I stayed home Wednesday as well because there wasn’t much to do at work and it was cold outside and I just didn’t want to get out. I played indoors.
I found many of this collage’s elements on walks around my […]
I have valentine issues.
I had some leftover bits from the postcard I made for a valentine’s day swap and this is what came out of it.