A Picture a Day - April 28, 2012
Well, it’s from last night, but there are no rules here, are there?
Caprese Pizza. We usually make them in the summer, with basil and tomatoes out of the garden. I just had a hankering last night and was it good.
A Picture a Day - April 27, 2012
What’s this?
Finally, after a month of reading essays, I’ve had a break and was able to write some more on my new novel.
Of course, I start reading more essays on Monday, and I have to work this weekend. Still. I was happy to do some writing. A good day.
A Picture a Day - April 26, 2012
Cats
Glass truly is the great equalizer.
A Picture a Day - April 25, 2012
Map of India
Our daughter is making a map of India for school, and our other daughter chipped in to help. Isn’t it just delightful?
She has to come up with a “name” for the map. She wants to name it “Big Map of India” but I thought “Home of Raj Koothrappail” would be cooler. That got dissed pretty fast.
A Picture a Day - April 24, 2012
Remember the second post about the laceweight sweater?
Still working on this thing. It’s killing me. I have no idea where I am, percentage-wise. Could be 50%, could be 75%. It’s hard to know. I’ve never knitted such a beguiling pattern.
Right now, I am knitting the collar, and I’m supposed to have 3” of ribbing. Right now I’m at 2”. I started it Saturday night, and today is Tuesday.
This is commonly known to knitters as KNITTING HELL. That’s right. I’m in the middle of KNITTING HELL.
Pray for me.
A Picture a Day - April 23, 2012
Today I did some spring cleaning in the kitchen.
Apparently, it’s the first time I’ve done so in three years.
I don’t eat expired food. I don’t care how “okay” or whatever it is to eat expired food. Eating expired food is a bad idea. You heard it here first.
A Picture a Day - April 22, 2012
Backyard Project
Our backyard is a disaster. It really is.
Since the past several years have been really wet ones, the last half of our backyard has become a swamp. There has been some development in the forest behind our house, and we had hoped that would solve some serious drainage problems, but it has not. (You can kind of see what I’m talking about here. It’s all mud. Horrible.)
Mark’s on it, though. He’s been using all the refuse from other parts of our yard in order to build up the areas. He’s successfully created two berms and is working on the central part of the yard by putting in lilies and other plants that can handle wet conditions. Here is part of his handiwork—some daylilies he purchased from work. He’s not at all afraid to go in and get dirty.
I told him tonight I think our yard will be a big, ten year plan. But it’s a start.
A Picture a Day - April 21, 2012
Today was the Royal Wedding Day on My Little Pony.
My girls love this show, so we planned a party.
We made our own ponies.
Got comfortable in front of the TV.
And had cake!
It was a perilous journey, but as one can guess, all was well in the end! Congrats to the bride and groom!
A Picture a Day - April 20, 2012
They sure make some interesting things in art class, don’t they?
A Picture a Day - April 19, 2012
In my adult life I’ve had a white cat and a gray cat. Now I have a black cat.
Black cats are hard to photograph.
