Some may think summer is the time for kicking back and relaxing… other creatures find back-to-school much more rejuvenating. How they still wedge themselves into the bed they shared as kittens, I don’t know. Sometimes the combined weight will cause the cat bed to careen off the edge of the Kitty Condo Tower, sending Meep’s [...]
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Little Bo Meep
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, seasons, tagged cats, cowboy, kittens, Little Bo Meep, Rubenesque on August 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
letters to camp
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, tagged homesickness, motherhood, summer camp on August 15, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This summer, The Little One went to his first-ever overnight camp, five nights in a cabin in the woods. Swimming, archery, campfires, horseback riding, night hikes with the fireflies — this was the real deal, just as I always imagined camp would look like, based on the book settings and movie locations and my imagination. [...]
summer forecasts
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, tagged summer on August 2, 2010 | 18 Comments »
“Hello friends,” says a wee voice from somewhere off the face of the earth. ~ Here I am, alive and kicking, sweating and bitching about the heat, and gratefully enjoying this summer with my boys more than any other summer season on record. There have been notable highs, seasonable lows, with scattered life lessons and [...]
almost dark
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, tagged darkness, sledding, snow, snow days, sunset, winter on January 26, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Late one afternoon, two boys came bounding off the school bus, ready to head to the sledding hill. The snow was perfect, and they wanted to take in every minute of daylight. Contrary to the number of “snow days” we have here, there is not that much snow; between the icy-snow, the too-wet-slushy-snow, and the [...]
snow globe
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, tagged snowglobe, snow days on January 8, 2010 | 14 Comments »
It is snowing. Big, lumpy clumps of snow flakes, the kind that makes it look like the neighborhood was a giant snowglobe tipped upside down at some point last night, then set back down very gently this morning right before the alarm went off. It is beautiful. Sure wish I could find the connector cord [...]
oh boy, tannenbaum
Posted in Photography, get along like cats and dogs, seasons, tagged cats, Christmas tree, Jane Koenen Bretl, kittens, tannenbaum on December 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Why is a cat on top of thee? * O Christmas tree, O Christmas Tree, why do the ornaments go * “wheeeeee!” * ??? * The top does sway, the star did fall, That’s why it’s tied right to the wall… * O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, A [...]
Oct. 23rd? Now that’s scary
Posted in seasons, something important, I'm sure, tagged dog, Grinch, holidays on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Frequent readers (hi Dad) may recall that December 23rd is a bit of an issue for me. It is usually the breaking point of the self-induced holiday hoopla, and consequently the single most likely day of the year for my head to fall off. This year, I have a personal campaign of positive thoughts to [...]
there are fans…
Posted in seasons, tagged college football, fans, Wisconsin Badgers on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Some people are satisfied to proclaim their college football allegiance by just putting up a collegiate flag on game day. Others have decals on their car, or maybe a license plate cover, that proudly proclaims their alma mater. Then there are the select few… …that mow the college logo into their lawn. (I love that [...]
sometimes, it takes a strong constitution
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, tagged Constitution Day on September 17, 2009 | 14 Comments »
The Professor told me that today is Constitution Day, a day to celebrate the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. I am not a history buff, but I have to believe the process to complete this document had to be contentious at the time. So many details to resolve, so many people [...]
on garden trowels and brandied peaches
Posted in Foodies, seasons, tagged canning, cousins, garden tools, Jane Koenen Bretl, peaches, vacation house on September 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Ingenuity is a valuable trait when staying at a vacation property. You never know what you might find, or find missing. In this case, we found a nice BIG house perfect to accomodate our large group; but there was a marked absence of kitchen utensils in the “fully stocked” kitchen. Well, there was a 3″ [...]
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