July 21st. The big day. He was just waiting for us to come for him. There was some play time. All the youngsters getting in on it. There’s a pile of chew toys under there somewhere. Susan showed us a little of …
Read MoreAuthor: Lara Harriger
Hello, my name is Gizmo.
This is my baby picture. Lara took it a couple of weeks ago when she and Jim came to visit us. No doubt when I am older I will wish that I hadn’t posted it here. But for now I …
Read MorePlaying Catch Up.
A new toy. But before we can do anything about that… We have to fix this. Yeah, that’s pretty much half of the dash pulled out. Tomorrow night the other half comes out. All because I don’t like cold feet. (Update …
Read MoreWeekend Picture Taking, Part II
Hm, the weekend picture-taking didn’t end Saturday morning, though that was my plan. We headed out Saturday, late afternoon, to hit up the lumber yard for 2x4s and grab some dinner before heading back home to finish the chicken aviary …
Read MoreWeekend Picture Taking
It’s been a long weekend already and it’s only noon on Sunday 🙂 Of course I started it on Friday. Early friday morning I headed out to take some flower and yard pictures and to start getting the birds at …
Read MoreRed Chili in a Slow Cooker
Ingredients 2 lbs lean ground beef or stew meat 32 oz chunky salsa 28 oz diced tomatoes (1 big can) 30 oz red kidney beans or black beans (2 cans) 2 tbs chili powder 2 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp garlic powder 2 …
Read MoreDay 7 — In Which There Are Very Old Churches
Well, there we were, on vacation, taking a couple of days off for fireworks and parades. But that’s all over and only the confetti and red, white, and green bunting are left. So it was time to get moving again. Out …
Read MoreDay 3 — Marching Bands and Plants
Oof. It was late last night and I posted this entry to the wrong blog. So here it is about 12 hours late. For breakfast this morning we had marching bands. One of the largest of the local high schools had their …
Read MoreDay 2 — In Which I Resist Words
So… all you get today are pictures. Jim’s observations for today.
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