Month: July 2011
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rider
Spruced up the yard today. Got the mower out of the shed, pushed it around to the front yard, ran the extension cord to the garage and plugged it in. Made one pass across the yard, flipped the handle over and walked around to the other side of the mower, getting ready to make the… Read.
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Cowboys & Aliens
Seanster, My Darling B and I went to see Cowboys & Aliens last night. B got the tickets, Seanster got the popcorn and sodas, I got to sit back and enjoy the movie. So Heinlein was wrong. There is such a thing as a free lunch. You can expect to pay fifteen bucks for a… Read.
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hairball
There seems to be a greatly increased chance of hairballs this season. Perhaps global climate change is to blame. Since we’ve come back from a week-long vacation I’ve found three different places where the cats yakked up hairballs. They’ve left us their little surprises before, but I can’t remember a time when they did it… Read.
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already?
The Texas O-Folk snuck out of the cabin at about three o’clock this morning, or at least that was their plan. I didn’t glance at the clock when I heard them tiptoe out and climb into their car to start the long journey home. It was still very dark. And still very hot. I kicked… Read.
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hotcakes
I woke up with a need for pancakes yesterday morning. A need, as in, I had to have pancakes as much as I needed to breathe in and out. Has that ever happened to you? I don’t get that feeling often, but when it hits me I put on some pants, grab the car keys… Read.
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steel
Yesterday: Cool and clear, a light breeze. Went out in the kayak, sat on the porch for hours, took several walks down the street. “What a gorgeous day!” I said to My Darling B as we strolled to the Wheel House for dinner. “Shhh!” she shot back. “You’ll jinx it!” Today: Rain. Cold, steady rain… Read.
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horsepower
We were sitting on the front porch of the cabin where a lake breeze was keeping us cool when we caught the sound of airplane engines buzzing overhead, big engines, and lots of them. I stepped down off the porch to see if I could spot them through the breaks in the trees but they… Read.
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peace
My Darling B and I went out first thing in the morning in the canoe to paddle around the quiet lakes where no motorboats can go, and we didn’t even have to get out of the canoe at Beasley Creek to do it, so my guess that the water must be several inches higher this… Read.
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paddle
I paddled all the way up Beasley Creek without getting out of the kayak this morning. Just lazy, I guess. That’s the first time I’ve been able to do that. Either the water’s a little higher this year, or I’ve lost weight. I’ve never been able to paddle any further than about a hundred feet… Read.
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brats
Is there any better dinner food for a Saturday afternoon in summer than bratwurst prepared Wisconsin-style (boiled in a pot of beer with a sliced onion and a few tabs of butter)? The correct answer is no, there isn’t. It’s simply the yummiest food you can eat any time between May and September, but particularly… Read.
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