We called for a construction dumpster, and one arrived. This beast is going away. We tried to use it a few times back in 1988 or so, back when we bought the house, but it took a whole bag of charcoal on the grill and stayed hot for hours–not a good thing when there’s a […]
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We went shopping for flowers this morning, me and her. Before this though, I was dozing on the couch during Curious George. It was my favorite episode where Yellow Hat has poison ivy on his hands and has to give a presentation to scientists about how to use a special shovel. Well I’ve seen it
We went to the nursery for flowers today. That’s an overgrown puppy, surrounded by trash and chew toys. Oh look. There’s a fresh sprinkler wetting down the tomatoes. At that point my hands smelled like geraniums and tomatoes and the baby was just up from her nap. love, Val
Here he is, posing for me on the stump. Here they are, tying a guy to the basketball hoop, no idea why. Water slide toy, filled with nice, warm water on the deck: Frisbee: At one point, the outside-the-tub cousin dumped a big cup of water over the inside-the-tub cousin’s head. Bad idea. Never do
May has arrived! Thankful, yes: “for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue, true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes…” This is a line from my very favorite poem by ee cummings Oh my goodness. This child has been with me on errands this
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Tonight I had to work, and I have to again in the morning, so Jay and a bunch of kids went to the lake without me. I’ll catch up with them tomorrow after I am done showing houses. Tonight though? Tonight was all mine. I found this flowered oilcloth in a gift shop up at
Today was a fun cousin day. The little one took care of babies and plays puzzles. The curly-haired one doesn’t totally get it, but she loves her cousin and tries to conform. After they ate, I announced it was now naptime, and they grabbed their blankies and bottles and came with me to Tim’s bed.
Some kids slept over, had a great time. One had to go home, sick. That was disappointing, but sleep over another night, no problem. This is the start of the snowing. Jody gave me a huge pot of pansies for my birthday, which were placed on the front steps. I saw them in snow,
We had a good weekend, opened up the cabin. Water is on. These two made their peace and even snuggled on the couch together, and isn’t that couch a beauty. The kids baked me a cake with blue frosting and five and five candles; And that is the end of that. Love forever, Val, aka
