Category Archives: Fun Stuff

The Great Journey~ Pt. 3

Posted on September 29, 2009 by K

And then . . . We took a bus.  A happy bus. Transportation.  Which put me in mind of  . . . horses.  I started missing horses.  So we went looking for some. We found this one – part of … Continue reading →

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The Great Journey~ Pt. 2

Posted on September 28, 2009 by K

Then, after that: We walked this strange and desolate city.  And in the frame of mind one might expect to have after such an experience, we stumbled into this weird situation.  You would think, what with the warning posted so … Continue reading →

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End of August Stuff

Posted on September 6, 2009 by K

I don’t have any more caveats.  For now.  If your life has been anything like my silly series of misadventures in the last month and a half – or seriously, if it’s been more stupid or truly challenging, then bless … Continue reading →

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He’ll be going round the mountain . . .

Posted on August 23, 2009 by K

M will be home, ten months from yesterday.  That was the first important thing about yesterday.  The second is that we ended up taking the colt for his FIRST LONG RIDE up the mountain.  It was a miracle of circumstance: … Continue reading →

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Frazz and the Slithering Tails

Posted on August 10, 2009 by K

On Friday, I suggested that Frazz might want to go outside and play.  We have a great yard—trees and rope swings and hills and little forests.  I had visions of myself propped up in a lawn chair with a book, … Continue reading →

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Brave Max

Posted on August 4, 2009 by K

  This is Nice Max . . .     champion of dogs who need to go OUT, friend to stuffed animals, the comfort of his mother’s old age. This is Brave and Strong Max.   VERY strong Max. This … Continue reading →

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Craft and cleverness

Posted on July 18, 2009 by K

I love handmade stuff. Love it, love it, love it. And I love buying from the person who makes the stuff. Especially magical things like pottery and lampwork and stained glass and jewelry and onions. I wanted to show you … Continue reading →

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~:: having a hay day ::~

Posted on July 15, 2009 by K

Now, ya’ll may not find this interesting.  But as a dyed-in-the-wool ignorant suburb-baby, I find it absolutely and utterly fascinating.  Stick with me and I’ll have you well educated in the art of angsting over the coming winter and knowing … Continue reading →

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July scrap

Posted on July 11, 2009 by K

I love the Car Guys on public radio.  I’m serious.  I LOVE those guys.  This morning, as I was winding my way home from manure shoveling (don’t tell the leg dr.), they were winding up the show with their usual … Continue reading →

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The 4th: part tres

Posted on July 10, 2009 by K

When I was a kid, I fell in love with Polyanna.  The movie, I mean, not the character.  I loved the prisms.  And I loved most of all the 4th of July bazaar—the games and the flags and the corn on … Continue reading →

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