We spent the entire day outside yesterday, enjoying 70-degree weather, getting a 5 hour upper body workout (raking and weeding for 5 hours burns 2,082 calories, don’tchyaknow?) making our yard purdiful for spring. We’ll be planting more wildflower seed, some watermelon and pumpkin, some forever pink hydrangea, heuchera, blazing star, monarda and penstemon for our […]

MommaK and Monty are doin’ this thing, and it looks kinda neat, so I thought I’d join in. (ME? Join IN? It must be cool.) Them’s the rules: 1. Choose a search engine (I use Google Images) and click on “Images” 2. Choose a 5 random blogfriends (or not random, your choice) 3. Think of […]

I’d love to enter this photograph into a contest, or something. She’s beautiful. The photos I captured of the other side of her wee little head tell a sad story, she’s suffering from conjuntivitis. I tried to find someone around here that might be willing to treat her, but no luck. Knowing her future, it […]

Chicken Club Brunch Ring 1/2 c. fat free mayo 1 tbsp minced fresh parsley 2 tsp honey dijon mustard 1-1/2 tsp finely chopped onion 1-3/4 c. cubed cooked chicken breast 2 bacon strips, cooked & crumbled (optional) 1 c. reduced-fat shredded swiss cheese 2 tubes reduced-fat crescent rolls 2 plum tomatoes 2 c. shredded lettuce

During the creation of the main theme for Nicole’s website, we explored the option of using an image other than the one I illustrated for her blog. Ultimately, I was able to work up a design incorporating that illustration – but at the same time she fell in love with the second concept and decided […]

  Thirteen Things about Leanne, Thursday, March 8, 2006 My other Thirteens1. My latest crazy dream involved pregnancy. I was pregnant, 9 months in fact. I was having contractions, and went to the hospital, and was trying to ditch my husband because I was mad at him. Some lady with a week-old baby came up […]

Fake Bullet Holes : Fun, or Irresponsible? (see samples here) (image from bullet-hole-decals.com) Do you think these decals on cars are entertaining? Do you think they should be banned? Do you think that they give the impression that the neighborhood that the decorated car is from is one that you wouldn’t choose for your family, […]

Please tell me how nutritious this is for me. How because there’s orange and cranberry in it that it negates all 13 grams of fat. Tell me that the first ingredient, sugar, is dissolved and eradicated when immediately followed by a drink. Tell me that Weight Watchers would only score this at a measly 2 […]

Littles (the larger 8×8 canvas) and Joey (the small 4×4) are two kitties I’ll be painting (in oils) over the next week or so. I’ve got them sketched onto the canvas and will start working on their underpaintings tomorrow.