A few weeks ago we discovered, quite by accident, that a robin had a nest in a bush by our front porch.  The baby birds were pretty old at that point, though still being fed by their mother.  I took some pictures, trying to intimidate them as little as possible. There were 3 of them … Read more

There were 2 very tall trees in the front yard of the place we live.  It’s a duplex, and our landlord lives in the other half.  We were surprised when she let us know in December that those great trees were going to be taken down.  I thought it unfortunate that we’d lose the shade … Read more

  This is a catching up post, as the pictures contained herein were taken a week ago (or more, in some cases).  After the Thursday snowstorm where I did the time-lapse video, we got just as much snow in another storm that Sunday (12/16).  On Monday morning I took some pictures around the house. First, … Read more

Our Prius hit a milestone this past Wednesday.  Not literally, thankfully (do we even have stones to mark miles anywhere in the US?), but our car now has six digits on the odometer.  It rolled 100K while I was on the way to work, and I stopped to take pics before: and after: We’ve had … Read more

 I don’t usually propagate these memes myself (and aren’t memes supposed to be self-propagating?), but I thought this was fun.  I like the alliterative aspect. I got this from Matt Quirk’s blog.  The person he got it from has a name beginning with ‘S’, so I put down different answers from hers: Use the 1st … Read more

Took another online quiz today. Here is my result:       What American accent do you have? Created by Xavier on Memegen.net   Midland. The Midland (please don’t confuse with “Midwest”) itself is the neutral zone between the North and South. But just because you have a Midland accent doesn’t mean you’re from there. … Read more