but I do not like the restaurants of Austin ( Read more... )

With any luck, The Boy will return tomorrow. We thought we would celebrate by turning his room into Lyn-Don-Con ( Read more... )

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I just want to humbly thank Helios137's divine friend St. Theresa.

It was not my dream fantasy trip to Roswell, New Mexico involving Hawaiian shirts and other debaucheries; but this weekend was still a nice slice of Americana. We went to Wisconsin ( Read more... )

The boy is in Moscow. I always feel rather sad when he goes on these trips but this time I was quite overcome ( Read more... )

neato burrito ( Read more... )

This morning while raking the endless pile of magnolia leaves (yes the flowers do make up for the chore) I found two five dollar bills! In two places ( Read more... )

First sweet pea blossom of the year opened last week and it smells as sweet as I remember. I think that of all the flower frangrances I like this one the most. Sweet peas are fragile here in Texas, though. Soon the heat will be so intense it will simply melt ... but for now: yum ( Read more... )

The fireflies are awake. The grass is healthy and a lovely new green. Our yard is starting to look like the yard in my imagination: a nice place. It even attracts local wildlife. Just this week a small pack of children could be seen foraging mullberries ( Read more... )