Happy Birthday to me
Posted on February 10, 2009 - Filed Under birthday, celebration, cooking, holiday, home, neighbors | 1 Comment
To celebrate my birthday (number to remain unmentionable, although Jett says 24 so we’ll go with that), we had our first real party since moving here. I invited everyone we know and like, figuring maybe a few would come. You know the rule, invite 12, expect half at most. Imagine my surprise when everyone we [...]
Read More..>>Back to life, back to reality
Posted on January 15, 2009 - Filed Under animals, donkey, holiday, home, vacation, weather | Leave a Comment
The holidays are over which means vacation time is over. Toes in the warm sand, drink in one hand (Did I just quote VanHalen?), smell of suntan lotion, waves lapping…just a distant memory. Sorry to leave that, friends and family. Happy to leave the traffic, overwhelming stores and too common pissiness.
My days [...]
Bad dogs…kettle, black
Posted on October 28, 2008 - Filed Under about us, animals, cats, dog, home | 1 Comment
Several months back, I wrote about a pack of stray dogs that killed our cat Pearl. Well, we’ve lost another cat, Tom, to another pack of dogs…only this time it was our own.
Horrified and mortified doesn’t even begin to express how we feel. We’ve always been cat people. In my life, I’ve [...]
All I ever wanted was a place in the country
Posted on October 11, 2008 - Filed Under about us, dog, donkey, driving, farm maintenance, home, moon, neighbors, small towns, vacation | 5 Comments
Not really, but I love(d) AdamAnt.
Being a Florida girl at heart, I actually always imagined living on a tropical island so imagine my surprise to find myself here, on a “farmlet” in the country. As you can imagine, but just like anywhere else you choose to live in the world, there are pros…and cons.
TRAFFIC [...]
Hometown girl
Posted on December 14, 2007 - Filed Under Victorian Christmas, festival, historic town, home | 1 Comment
Tonight, Jett and I (John was in Atlanta on business) went to an annual event in Thomasville: Victorian Christmas. Downtown Thomasville is an historic district. Good: most of the old buildings and houses have been authentically renovated. Bad: If you buy a building or house in Thomasville proper, you [...]
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