What a great weekend. We drove down to southern maryland to visit Goonacreature who is staying with her inlaws for a month. The live near a creek, so we woke up and went kayaking with her and her Topher and the 2 girls.It was Clove's first time kayaking. It was so peaceful and beautiful. We saw many osprey's(a sea hawk- quite big) a great blue ( Read more... )

Just a query(no guilting implied) could you all read my " Lock it Up" entry from last week ( Read more... )

I only found out last week that Gilmore Girls was ending this week. I thought they were opening up tons of things with Rory, etc. But clearly they were just setting the stage for future haziness and possibility. ( Read more... )

I have now had three separate "are you OK, birch?" remarks from friends, so I guess I should get on here and say hello ( Read more... )

I have been working on a brochure for a Baltimore bakery cafe, with Dill. It has been fun to do editing and some writing, and has made me want to eat the food! Thursday night she called and asked me if I'd like to drive up with her to meet the owner, have lunch, etc. I agreed. It was nice to have some alone time with her, I rarely see her without ( Read more... )

I'm taking a break from editing and grading(should be outside, not on here) and was catching up on LJ and found this quiz....

What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Literature Nerd

Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary ( Read more... )

Clove and I went to our local salvage/construction shop yesterday and looked at tons of fictures, cabinets, etc. We were there for wood, so got that. On the way out we ran into some neighbors who we met through neighbors, they are a really cool couple, so we chatted away for awhile. It is nice to be meeting more people who live nearby, and are ( Read more... )

Today I drove to Behnke's nursery to utilize the gift certificate Brother_Raven gave me for my bday. I have been wanting a lemon tree for a long time, I have a lemon plant that is basically a branch(I bought it when I went to Florida with Passiondesi) but it is pretty small ( Read more... )

Yesterday we got hit with a nice, heavy snowfall. It was gorgeous, and we had breakfast in bed and wathced it fall. Then we went on a long walk, came home and shoveled it clear. I learned(the hard way) to clear out our driveway, after the snowplow went by. Last week we got iced in. It made me realize that I have never had a car and driveway at the ( Read more... )

One of the odd things about being web-connected is the minor differences in mundane details one can find ( Read more... )