I have to blame Jean over at Renovation Therapy for my obsession with Grey Gardens. Several months ago she wrote something on her blog about Grey Gardens and it was compelling enough to make me want to know more. Eventually, I had the presence of mind to place both of the Grey Gardens [...]
This is Cookie, one of our “Show Cats”. She is not really a “Show Cat” but she used to kind of look like one until she had to be shaved due to massive hair-ball-itis all over her under carriage.
On Sunday the whole family sans Show Cats, loaded up in the truck and we went [...]
We planted one lonely Double Knock Out shrub rose. We hoped to plant a half dozen of these wonderful plants, but the Garden Center was down to it’s last one. The Double Knock Out shrub rose is a fantastic new rose, known for it’s toughness, and blooms that last all summer long. We will have to [...]
On my way home from work a few days ago…
As I turned down our driveway…
I almost ran over my son’s bicycle…
And had to veer suddenly off the road to miss it!
And that’s when I took a picture of the dashboard…
Because I was distracted by the sight of a strange man appearing out [...]
I woke up on Thursday morning, looked out the window and saw a familiar truck parked in my driveway. A truck that was a fixture around this place for over a year. A truck that I used to tuck little envelopes inside of, under a spare pair of pliers or a hammer so that it [...]
Sure was fun reading through everyone’s sign ideas. If you ever need an idea for a sign, the comments on the below post would be an excellent place to start. Jack helped me pick a winner. The photo essay follows.
Mary wins the $60.00 gift certificate for a custom made sign! Please e-mail [...]
We ordered several cabinets in our house in paint grade poplar in an attempt to hold costs down.
Ha ha ha heee hee ah ha ha ha ho ho hee hee hee ho ho ho har har har har.
What?
Huh?
Where was I?
Oh yes… saving money.
Can I just say that this tiny little cost saving measure in no [...]
On a recent trip to the Italian Riviera…I mean to Lawrence, Kansas (which is practically the same thing) I stumbled across these very cute poster sized Italian papers at a wonderful store on Massachusetts Street called Brits.
I don’t know why a store called Brits which specializes in all things British was selling Italian papers. All [...]
(This is not a picture of Gi Gi’s house, but it is similar.)
Gi Gi’s house was a rambling white clapboard Dutch colonial in a town where just about everyone lived in a ranch style home. Most everyone in the small town I grew up in, referred to Gi Gi’s house as the “barn [...]