This was in the front yard of a home around the corner from us. I’m curious if this was borrowed from a used car lot. This was the Christmas edition of one of my favorite comics, F minus.
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Odds and End – December 2015
Not much going on that’s post-worthy. Busy at work, but planning to cut the cord and take almost two whole weeks off at the end of the month. Here’s the 2015 Christmas Tree. This is a new one – 12 feet tall but very narrow and tapered. This tree was a breeze to put up;…
Greetings from Albuquerque, New Mexico!
Two weeks ago, I attended a Department of Labor conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I’ve driven through northeastern New Mexico many times on my trips home to Texas from when I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana. And Brian and I spent a long weekend in Santa Fe at the opera several years…
Gratuitous Puppy Photo
The girls at Healthy Pet just love Gus – they passed him around for selfies in his hoodie…
A Hard Summer and a Promising Fall
It’s been awhile since I posted; it’s been a hard summer. In September, we lost Annabelle to an aggressive cancer. Fortunately, she didn’t linger, but we were certainly unprepared. It’s been difficult to be in the garden without her companionship, but I can still see her patrolling the yard and desperately, but unsuccessfully, trying to…
Greetings from Washington, D.C. and Virginia!
So I had two back-to-back trips to D.C. and decided to extend the second one, so I’m in Virginia for the weekend. I’ve been to D.C. many times, but this is my first time to Virginia. I spent some time in Great Falls Park – the ‘Great Falls’ being the Potomac – then on to…
Summertime
Last Sunday, I had the opportunity to hike in the greenbelt behind the house. A nice dry, hot July day – it was great. And I got two fantastic purslanes from the Natural Gardner.
Greetings from Chicago, Illinois!
So I was at a Department of Labor conference in Chicago. I wish I’d had more time to explore the old neighborhoods, since my grandfather and his family are from Chicago. I was able to get in a six mile walk the first afternoon I was there, starting at my hotel, the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent…
It’s July
It’s July and not much going on. The weather continues to be unusual. We’ve already surpassed the average rainfall that we receive in an entire year – and it keeps coming. While I’m glad we finally have rain, the unfortunate by-product is mosquitos. I’ve never seen them this bad; ever. I suffer through, but fully…
Greetings from El Paso, Texas!
So last week, I was at a conference in El Paso. It was the first time I’d been back since I was a six-month-old baby. My grandparents moved from Gießen, Germany to El Paso, Texas in 1959 when my grandfather was transferred to Fort Bliss. Compare and contrast… Ever the optimist, my grandmother took it as…
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