Two thrilling minutes of tree removal!
Lorena
WATCH! as the giant crane swings out over my house. SEE! the branches sway. CRINGE! as you imagine what might happen if the ties break (like they did later, eep).
Home and Garden
Monday, June 11th
Yesterday I met a couple of friends for lunch at our usual hangout, Wine and Cheese (technically the restaurant portion is called Panache but we always call it Wine and…
Insert butterflies here
I got nothin’ today. Have a picture of my butterfly garden!
The one where I’m completely prepared for the microwave to burst into flames
So, I’m making some lip balm, and for part of that I use the microwave rather than a double-boiler (mostly because I’m also using the surface of the stove to…
Don’t scream
(Sorry, Laura!)
It’s beginning to look a bit like SPRING time…
… and not only in my dreams. Laura, who is a member of the Florida Native Plant Society, was kind enough to take me with her last night to the…
Weekend Project: New Kitchen Shelves
One thing this house will never have enough of for me is flat space. But then, I’m an agent of chaos and any flat space within about a mile of…
Painting the bathroom
Tim indulged my idea of repainting the bathroom, and a couple weekends ago he took everything off the walls and started in – here are some “before” photos. I wanted…
May was both very long and very short
Every time I sat down to blog in May – because a lot of things happened I wanted to share – I kept getting distracted by shiny things. Like this…
Are you tired of hearing about my garden yet?
I’m so happy with my vegetable garden. Oh, who are we kidding? It’s a tomato garden (insert joke about first husband’s body here). Sure; there are cucumbers (delicious, but not…
The Great De-Weeding
Let me just tell you for a second… how completely, 100%, kick-ass my girlfriends are. LET ME SHOW YOU THEM. Or, rather, LET ME SHOW YOU THEIR AWESOME POWERS. See,…
Renewal and regrowth
Remember earlier this year, when we had to tear down everything up against the house? And I was livid/upset/distressed about the loss of the only rose I’ve ever been able…