Category Archives: friends

~:: More Fourth ::~

Posted on July 30, 2012 by K

The 4th of July.  Independence Day. Barbecues, parades (with horses), fireworks, craft fairs, patriotic villages, friends, games, marching bands, bagpipes, craziness.  This year started with G getting up early to run a 10K race.  And Chaz and Chelsea and I … Continue reading →

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~:: Back to the 4th ::~

Posted on July 28, 2012 by K

I’m going to be moving backward in time here. Unevenly, too. Again, this blog is – at its heart – the journal I’m keeping of our lives. So I don’t want to miss things. I just wish I weren’t compelled … Continue reading →

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~::gifts, prizes, surprises and delights ::~

Posted on April 25, 2012 by K

Got a cold.  Can’t bweathe. (insert cough here)  This puts me even more behind in everything, including reading you, Dawn. And you, Cori. On the couch watching a smarmy movie—not for long, though; it’s really stupid and the synth score … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, Gin, HappyHappyHappy, Horses, Knit Stuff, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, The kids, The outside world | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 33 Comments

~:: Never a Dull Moment ::~

Posted on April 11, 2012 by K

I have this whole, insane load of craziness to record here. But Gin is coming, so I am dusting and washing and shaking out things in preparation for the visit of my lovely daughter and the boys. Just a head’s … Continue reading →

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~:: And Where Did They Bury the Caucus? ::~

Posted on March 17, 2012 by K

And this: go look at my giveaway and enter to WINNNNN!  Giving away a hard back copy of Breaking Rank! Here are some awful (I am NO good with this phone) shots of our only actual snow storm of the … Continue reading →

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:: Valentines <3

Posted on February 14, 2012 by K

I mean it.

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~:: Vanishing Point ::~

Posted on February 12, 2012 by K

A coupla things I’ve learned, pretty much too late: 1.  Mostly about film  photography: if something is worth shooting, it’s also worth the little extra cost and trouble that goes into finding a good lab to do the processing. Things … Continue reading →

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~:: Winter Interlude ::~

Posted on January 15, 2012 by K

It’s the middle of January.  In this hemisphere, that means we are in the thick of winter, buried in snow, crusted with hoar frost. But not this year.  Yesterday, I bundled up and went out to the barn to watch … Continue reading →

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~:: My Hubby, the Patriarch ::~

Posted on January 12, 2012 by K

Anybody remember me? The woman who blogs once every six months unless she’s mad?  May I just say that I have scanned over 450 pages of family photographs since January 3rd?  Hmmm?  And that I’m going through one of my … Continue reading →

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~:: The Making of a Season ::~

Posted on December 23, 2011 by K

To begin, we have an actual photographic depiction of Rachel, buying The Gardener, right here on my front porch.  This is the equivalent of breaking a bottle of bubbly on the bow of a ship.  Except dryer.  (And here, may … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, dogs, Family, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Knit Stuff, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, Seasons, The kids | 30 Comments