Monthly Archives: August 2012

Day 209 Once in a blue moon do we get a night like this … clear, cooling and if you are anywhere near me … the air is alive with the chirping of a million happy insects enjoying the second full … Continue reading →

Day 208 I was looking through a past issue of Martha Stewart Living sometime last week and pulled out a page entitled … “Summer Essentials”. Essential for whom? Certainly not me. Nor for anyone I personally know or (I could probably … Continue reading →

Day 207 Little did I ever imagine the prospect of being single in my 50’s. Long ago, when I met my husband, Tim (when I was less than half my age now) – the idea of being single 30 years … Continue reading →

Day 206 Last night I did something terrible. While trying to scrape off some encrusted tartar off Gertie’s back molar, I broke off part of her tooth. Great. What could be worse than saying, “Come here, baby, sit on my lap and … Continue reading →

Day 205 Tonight, after consuming a perfectly baked potato (loaded with sour cream and butter, thank you very much) and 2 skewers of succulent, delectable, wood-fire grilled, teriyaki glazed shrimp … I realized that I, again, was eating things that … Continue reading →

Day 204 Why is the saying as such … “Sicker than a Dog” … and not “Sicker than a Cat … or Whale … or Hedgehog”? Why a dog? And, for that matter, how sick does a dog get? Does … Continue reading →

Day 203 Tonight, while out finishing up some gardening (well, finishing up for the day – not actually FINISHING UP!) in the gathering dusk, wearing enough Off! to warrant a haz-mat suit (which I probably should have had on instead … Continue reading →

Day 202 After roughly 100 nights of sleeping on my couch (with at least 2 pugs and sometimes 2 cats) … last night I slept in a BED. My own bed. My NEW bed. The heavens opened up and the … Continue reading →

Day 201 Today while out and about (or if I was Canadian I’d say I was oot and aboot) … I drove down memory lane. Oleander Avenue to be exact. This is the street I grew up on. And aside … Continue reading →

Day 200 It is Back-to-School time. Once again, school has begun and I’m left wondering several things … The first being … isn’t it still SUMMER? I know we are not farm hands (most of us anyway) and the old … Continue reading →

Day 199 I have a question. And it’s probably not exactly politically correct … but it’s not exactly not either. And, I guess, it’s just a question of curiosity more than anything else. Do blind people sleep more than sighted … Continue reading →

Day 198 I keep thinking of those made-up names that, as kids, we’d sign our notes with or sign as our names in those goofy autograph books at continuation (remember those?)!!!! “Yours til the tide goes out.” – Sandy Beach … Continue reading →

Day 197 After a long day in the garden what could be better than a nice, comfy evening on the couch? Well, a nice productive evening in the basement – sorting through boxes and whatnot! And that’s what I did … Continue reading →

Day 196 I have a cheesecake waiting for me. Advil and cheesecake. Well, not a whole cheesecake … just one slice.  But I am really looking forward to eating this forbidden food. And though it’s not made of cheese or … Continue reading →

Day 195 At the moment I am listening to the voice of nature … as in the incessant crick-crick of some bug that if I was a naturalist or an entomologist I might just go out and find and study. … Continue reading →

Day 194 I lost a season. Actually, I lost two seasons … spring and summer. I was too busy packing during the first one – too busy unpacking during the second one and I feel the slide into autumn almost … Continue reading →

Day 193 Today was what would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday. I say was because she was 2 days shy of her 92nd birthday when she passed in 2004. Well, I’d say she did pretty well and got closer … Continue reading →

Day 192 The secret to a productive evening in the garden is a non-productive day in the office. Better yet … a truly frustrating day sitting at the desk, preferably talking to morons, is the true key to successful gardening. Trust … Continue reading →

Day 191 It was a perfectly mizzly day. That sounds like something Winnie the Pooh would say, but the word mizzly (though I’d truly love to say I coined it myself) is from one of my very favorite poems found in the book Piping … Continue reading →

Day 190 I am more than halfway through my experiment of this blog. How can that be? I started out last February, giving myself the challenge to write roughly 500 words (or so) a day on whatever came to mind … Continue reading →

Day 189 If I were an entomologist I’d be in bug heaven right about now. If I were an ordinary person I’d be trapped in bug hell right about now. And since I’m neither (an entomologist or an ordinary person) … Continue reading →

Day 188 It all started innocently enough. I put a piece of paper atop my calendar (that is sitting, on an angle, on the left side of my very tiny desk. The desk issue still has not been resolved.) … … Continue reading →

Day 187 I have a question … well, actually I have a LOT of questions, but this one is forefront in my mind. Why do some people think that the world is their garbage can? I do NOT get it. I … Continue reading →

Day 186 I went to Target tonight to get a frappuccino. I’d been painting all day … and not just painting a room … but I was on DAY 2 of the bedroom project and my third coat of 14 … Continue reading →

Day 185 Apparently it wasn’t hot enough in the house today while I painted (about 145 degrees upstairs in that oven-like bedroom) so after I cleaned up I ventured out to a few garden centers in the nearly 100 degree … Continue reading →

Day 184 I am, once again, heartbroken. I came home tonight to the lousiest of lousy emails … my former neighbor and dear, dear friend passed away on Friday. Her son, somehow (thankfully) found my email address and contacted me … Continue reading →

Day 183 If John Denver were alive today I would have shared my sandwich with him. Well, I’m sure he might have thought that kind of creepy … in a weird-stalker sort of way … but, in any case, I … Continue reading →

Day 182 Oh dear god. I hate to admit it, but yesterday I wore a muumuu. Well, not a conventional muumuu, of sorts, but a short jersey-knit summer dress thing. I’m not a dress person. But it was so hot … Continue reading →

Day 181 It’s a good thing I’m not a bird … because if the early bird gets the worm, I’d surely have died of starvation by now. I’m more of an owl or an owlet as I’m one who stays up … … Continue reading →

Day 180 I am up to my ears in clear, zippered packages of curtains and drapery materials … voile, nylon, cafe curtains, lace, toppers, panels, scarves and valances. One might think it a nightmare … but no, it’s been my reality for … Continue reading →

Day 179 Well, today I saw something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before … a bucket of lard. Yes, an actual (albeit plastic) bucket (or tub) of … LARD.  You know, pork fat … that white solid shortening of sorts that people … Continue reading →

Day 178 Well, here I am at 2:20 and getting ready for the couch (still) and realized I had not written this entry yet today … so, here I am. Yawn! And in just typing that word, I yawned. Why are … Continue reading →