Tag Archives: snow

~:: Trailing along ::~

Posted on April 5, 2011 by K

How does anybody ever have time to do anything? Things may have settled down in theory, but in the real world?  No.  It’s not that anything important is happening.  I’m waiting to see if our house is going to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Images, Just life, Seasons, snow | Tagged , , | 18 Comments

::: Howling :::

Posted on March 2, 2011 by K

Tonight, G picked up his plate and stalked into the kitchen.  “I am sick of the government,” he said. (He did NOT slam the plate down on the counter. Not my new plates, he wouldn’t.)  We’d been listening to the … Continue reading →

Posted in IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just life, Just talk, mad, whining | Tagged , , , , , | 22 Comments

~:: Sprung Spring ::~

Posted on February 25, 2011 by K

I took a little pre-spring boating trip this morning—in the Suburban, down to the horses, the wet, hang-dog horses.  I had fed Piper and let him out first.  I only got stuck in the snow once, but didn’t have to … Continue reading →

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~:: White Christmas? ::~

Posted on December 22, 2010 by K

What we woke up to yesterday (i’d say “Out of the blue,” except it all had come down unexpectedly in the night): Can you tell the snow is still falling hard? While inside it was cozy. Neighbors, digging each other … Continue reading →

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~:: Tis the Season ::~

Posted on December 20, 2010 by K

The horse arena is sopping.  Sopping, soaked, swampy.  And there’s more rain coming.  We woke to snow.  But the rain washed it away.  This on top of other snow and subsequent rain.  Even the high stalls are now turning to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow | Tagged , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Just Wait Five Minutes

Posted on October 29, 2010 by K

Our dependable world: October 22: Box Elder leaves just starting to turn yellow.  Some down.  Usually, at this time of year, our whole yard goes stunningly yellow and stays that way till the first of November.  I was anticipating that … Continue reading →

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~;;~ Part Three: one thing I have made ~;;~

Posted on October 27, 2010 by K

You do realize that my decorative marks up there are little bats, right?  And I will tell you that we woke up to snow on the roof this morning.  Ack.  And sigh.  But a white roof justifies an extra hour … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, holidays, Just talk, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids | Tagged , , | 17 Comments

Week May 3: pt. 5

Posted on May 30, 2010 by K

Notice: I actually sat down and answered comments.  I love the conversations we have, and apologize for having let them lag for so long. —–=0=—– The Saturday formerly known as: My Birthday This is how I spent it: privileged to … Continue reading →

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Easter Scrap

Posted on April 11, 2010 by K

Note: I do hope that everyone who read the comments for the last bit understood very clearly that while Teri is WAY smarter than I am, and I won the debate, it was all in fun – and no animals … Continue reading →

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~=Deceptive Perception=~

Posted on February 12, 2010 by K

I’ve been thinking about how Sue, after reading this journal for a while now, came away with the impression that we lived somewhere out in the vast agrarian areas of the state – off in some little town (romantic or … Continue reading →

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