a RIFF on TGIF | 7.22.22
Hello from an extremely muggy, warm Pittsburgh. I confess that I am really just sooo over all this heat and humidity! Steve has not mowed in a month... yes, you read that right. We did get some rain which curiously made the weeds grow, but the grass is still... dead....
Resolution Check-in
And, just like that the second quarter of the year is underway – time flies when you are having fun? Way back in January, in our very first 10 on Tuesday of 2016 Carole asked us to share things we'd like to do more… and less. I thought it would be a good thing – and...
Hello Friday!
This week went by at warp speed. It seems like it was just Monday and, blink, here it is Friday already. Spring is still springing even with a couple of good frosts that we had here this week. I think it helped this bush stay in bloom - although the high winds of...
Read moreLove your neighbor as yourself; but don’t take down the fence. – Carl Sandburg
Letters to my Neighbors
Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence. – Carl Sandburg It is all about neighbors today – and how neighborly they sometimes are not. Dear Next Door Neighbor, While I might appreciate your weeding the plant bed adjacent to your...
Reading, Knitting, and Blogiversaries
Ten Years ago there were lots of new things popping up all over: Twitter was founded NASA launched New Horizon on its mission to Pluto Dexter and 30 Rock debuted And... Ten years ago today I wrote my very first blog post here, and while there has been some “down time”...
The Beauty Outside
The very definition of 'beauty' is outside. - Adam Carolla The weather is turning nicer and, appropriately, Carole wants to know: 10 Things You Love To Do Outside Does Carole have perfect timing, or what? Especially with the weather warming nicely here, I am itching...
Weekending
It was one of those weekends where you need a weekend to recover from your weekend. There was lots of baking, lots of cooking, a glorious Easter sunrise, and a good bit of eating! Easter was early this year, but the weather did not make it seem like that – it was 76...
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