Month: September 2012
Dad’s old train set
Dusty, and could use some touching up, but still just as loved (by me) as when my dad opened it for Christmas some time in the early 1940s. I also still have the track for it, and most of the buildings. Last time I hooked it up, it even still …
Victory Conditions
Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 4 of 5 stars The fifth and last book in the series, this one wraps up all the storylines neatly. Everything ended, in my mind, in a satisfactory manner – meaning that not every woman in the book wound up with A MAN …
Yarn Think-Tank question
Read on if you like to think about yarn!
Randomosity
Tiny Kitten has decided there’s something she likes more than chewing yarn (but not more than chewing plastic)… snuggles! The funny thing is, though, that you can’t make her snuggle. She’s got to come to you on your own terms, usually when you’re a few minutes away from standing up …
Thryallis
I have long been jealous of the little old man who lives down the road and has his yard almost covered with these bushes. I love the way they’re green all year but then flower in the AUTUMN! Not in the Spring, when everything else is blooming! And of course …
Song of the Week: Let me Go Easy
I’m living in the future!
I feel like doing a full-on Kermit the Frog Muppet Show Introduction Arm Flail — AND NOW OUR SPECIAL GUEST STAR CAITLIN! WAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Last Thursday was the Third Thursday Spinners, and I’d had this on my mind for a while but like most things, it kept getting pushed aside by …
Your restock cat is ready to ship!
Packing Material Cat is watching you… er, well, I’m not sure what she’s watching you do. If she’s related to our cat, she might be just watching you and waiting for you to help her, because she’s stuck in the packing peanuts and can’t get out.
Command Decision
Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Here’s what I like about Elizabeth Moon: she doesn’t write men, she doesn’t write women; she writes people. People are complicated and multi-faceted, and so are her characters. Also, she writes older people, damaged people, people who develop and …
Brunch, and focus, and schedule reevaluation
This is brunch from a few days ago (I wish I could tell you the cheese was as tasty as it looked; alas, it was kind of … weird). Mostly I took it to show that without using Vignette (the camera app) the camera itself will focus fine! I have …
No focus
Remember about a month ago when Verizon made me want to spit nails? Well, according to my contract I was eligible for an upgrade on the 17th (of September). So last Thursday I thought I’d go into the Verizon store to look around, because in my mind it made more …
The Union Street Farmer’s Market
So there’s this Farmer’s Market less than two miles away from our house, and right across the street from where Tim works. It’s been so many years since I’ve been to a downtown Farmer’s Market that it was in the Sun Center behind the Hipp last time I went (yes, …
Owl Christmas ornaments FTW
Sometimes I sneak things into photos, or like with this one, just put them there and not mention them when I post the photo. I swear I do not make things purely based on what my friends would buy… but I do sort of use them as a focus group …
Countless hours spent
I can’t tell you how many hours in my life I’ve spent roaming the stacks, here. When we first moved to Gainesville when I was nine years old, I begged my dad to find me a ceramic supply shop. I didn’t want to only be able to work on ceramics …
Lost in my own city
Monday I had to drive out to Haile Plantation again (the timing wasn’t right for mailing Old Dog’s meds, they would have been late) so I took the opportunity of driving through the same intersection three times to snap this photo. Monday was also busy as crap and mildly stressful, …
Loves It!
My search-fu on my own site is off so much it’s made me cranky, so I can’t link to where I posted about this before — but some time last year, October maybe (?) Sharon asked me if I’d like to go see a little Bluegrass/folk/rock duo play at Wild …
We sure do like ice cream
Y’all must think we practically live at the ice cream shop. Truth is that this visit was instigated by needing to hand off some things to another friend, and Sweet Dreams is a great meeting spot as it’s pretty much smack in the middle of town. Also, it’s about the …
Your Daily Cute
Shipping soon from HaldeCats – the Crazy Cat Lady Expansion Set (Gray model)!
Song of the Week: Calling all Angels
Ruby Falls
Oops. I forgot to take a picture yesterday (who needs a photo of me wrapping soap and organizing lip balm?!) – so here’s another from the archives. Tim and I on vacation, Thanksgiving 2005. Lesson learned from this jaunt? I would not make a good spelunker; apparently my claustrophobia, while …
I need a hug but my arms are toooo shoooooort!
Oops. So, I took a picture yesterday, of another lizard who hitched a ride in my car… and apparently only uploaded it to Foursquare. So here’s one from the archives. Hahahah! Oh, if only T-Rex had been able to get a hug. Maybe he wouldn’t have been such a cranky-pants.
Question for them that likes lotions and lip balms
HaldeCraft Think Tank time! Let’s talk lotions and lip balms.
Cat whiskers
I bought this plant at the Farmer’s Market here in Gainesville maybe…eight years ago? Nine? Maybe longer than that, because I’d gone that morning with someone I no longer spend a lot of time with, and haven’t in about ten years. Anyway, it hasn’t bloomed in maybe two years, even …