family… If Time Travel Were Possible… 27 Jun 201127 Jun 2011 Last night I watched 'The Time Traveler's Wife', a movie about a man who is able to travel around in time, his wife, and the consequences of his gift or…
Entertainment… Summer Solstice 21 Jun 201121 Jun 2011 Today is the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of sunlight - over fourteen hours! The word 'solstice' is a latin combination of the word…
family… Making Plum Jam and Memories 20 Jun 201120 Jun 2011 Blessed with plums, the question becomes what to do with them. I've already made a tart and a crumble, and am still looking a bowl full of beautifully ripe fruit.…
Entertainment… World Sauntering Day 19 Jun 201119 Jun 2011 Yesterday's post on 'Sweet Doing Nothing' was the foreshadow of today's World Sauntering Day. My friend Lee, commented about it on that post. We often share a common thread of…
Entertainment… Black Bear Sighting 18 Jun 201118 Jun 2011 Zoom in for black bear picture taken just this minute! Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Entertainment… Sweet Doing Nothing 18 Jun 201118 Jun 2011 The Italians have a saying: il dolce far niente. This means the sweet doing nothing. And it is as foreign to us as the language itself. Normally we work everyday.…
Entertainment… What Do You Do With a Bowl Of Fresh Plums? 15 Jun 201115 Jun 2011 My husband brought in a large bag of plums, sweet, juicy, and just picked from a tree behind his uncle's house. But what should I do with them? Some will…
Entertainment… Belmont Stakes Runs Today 11 Jun 201111 Jun 2011 Horse racing goes to New York today with the final leg of the Triple Crown races. Although the excitement lags a little, at least for me - as there is…
family… Vegetable & Herb Garden 2011 10 Jun 201110 Jun 2011 Some of you who read my posts on a regular basis have asked what became of the plants that I started indoors back in the winter. Well I am happy…
family… Who Was Supposed To Check The Gas? 8 Jun 20119 Jun 2011 Propane gas is our main source of really warm heat in the winter. Although we have a heat pump, we keep it set on about sixty degrees and then use…