Posted in Random on Sep 27th, 2009
Its not writing, but it certainly is creative!
Just back from a quilt show near my home town and I had to share a few of my favorites:
This one, ‘Monsters’, was inspired by her little boy. Mine would love this.
‘Night Music’ was a stunning piece of work.
‘A Puzzle Quilt’ – how clever. The patterns of the [...]
Posted in Random on Apr 24th, 2009
Bet that title got your attention, didn’t it?
Like many others, we (my husband and I) have been on a quest to find a (humane) squirrel-proof bird feeder. At last, we found one that didn’t cost a small fortune.
But first, a story.
Back when my husband-to-be and I were dating, I took him home to meet my [...]
Posted in Random on Apr 17th, 2009
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…And Their Consequences
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We have a sweet black lab we trained to a wireless fence a few years ago while we lived in Savannah, Georgia.
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The basic principle behind the thing is that there’s an underground wire around your property linked to an electrode on a collar they wear. When the dog gets too close, the [...]
Posted in Random on Apr 2nd, 2009
Most of you know by now that I’m a bit of a science geek. So I have to share with you my favorite entry into the: 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners
For an explanation (and other winners) head on over to the MSNBC!
Posted in Random on Apr 1st, 2009
My youngest son wins. At not quite five, he pulled off the most successful trick in our family to date.
The evening of March 31st, my husband made the mistake of leaving his keys on the counter, exposed and ripe for a prank. The next morning, said keys were nowhere to be found. We searched briefly, [...]
Posted in Random on Sep 7th, 2008
Why replace it with more paper when it makes such a wonderful landing pad?
Posted in Random on Aug 22nd, 2008
This morning I cooked my sons fried egg sandwiches and found this:
Apparently they’re very rare and the chicks will not hatch (they can’t acess the air pocket when there are two in the egg). For way more info than you probably want, you can read Twin Yolks and Twin Chooks?
The kids thought it was [...]
Posted in Random on Jun 16th, 2008
We’ve spent the better part of the last two weeks preparing to move, hanging in a hotel, and then at last, moving into our new home.
That means we’ve eaten out quite a bit. My four-year-old has always had an interesting take on words and phrases….
So, we’re at Red Robin. He points to a photo [...]
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