new bike

diamondback edgewood, a hybrid
I like it

pictures galore

These pictures date back to Mother's Day. I made the pie today because they keep having strawberries on sale at Albertsons. You can see we have a front lawn now and Doug is the Grillin' Guy. The last photo, of Sarah in the hammock was last week when they visited Magic Hill. Philip & Pam loved finally getting to meet Theo and Penny. Also, there is seaspray, blooming like crazy and a plant that was given to me 2 years ago in memory of my dad, and some little grandad plants that I started from it.

Half Way Through Summer

just pictures, which, though they capture their own moment, don't really tell the whole story. I wish I had more pictures on my computer, but I just don't. Doug posted some great ones of the time that Barb, Ken, Sue & family and Paul were around. Hope you saw those. Here goes ...........

I guess I better publish more than one installment, keep getting messages about "internal errors"

wind and rain

yesterday evening, just as I was about to heat up some dinner, after a windy, rainy afternoon, the wind blew the power out and in the other dimension that we see when all the gadgets are removed, I found the sun shining through the trees west of us, through the north window onto the east wall of the living room.

got to get ourselves back to the garden

Today I spent all day outside in the worst state of puttering I've ever been in. I just hopscotched all around and never really finished anything except that there's a bench now where the greenhouse, and the subsequent contents of the greenhouse once were. And, after Doug got home from a bike ride (many hours long) he made my dream of a quick patio come true.

Sharing

here are some pictures I've been meaning to post for about a month now. Theo discovered Penny sitting in his chair and ............

putting pictures away .......

I came across this one. I just thought you would all enjoy it. After the Casuals, the coolist band at FHS was the Bluecoats, who went on to become Wit's End.

I almost forgot (photo courtesy The Growler, Lydia Schilling photography) scan by doug