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Friday, June 5, 2009

Last week I...

... wore my Chacos to the Pantheon

...ran around the Colosseum in the rain

...jumped down the Spanish steps

... dove into the Trevi Fountain
(this one's for you Diana & Melissa)

...watched people and pigeons in Florence

...didn't see the Pope.

... carried a broken umbrella around the Roman Forum
... played Phase 10 in Rome.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Backyard

This weekend the weather was absolutely beautiful! I spent some time outside relaxing and reading. Since the bench on our deck now only has two legs rather than the typical four, it isn't functional at all. So I brought out some old pillows and just leaned up against the railing. Here's the view.


Upon closer look, here's some things you may notice about our backyard:
  • The yellow pot in the foreground includes some dirt and weeds. There's some basil seeds down in there somewhere that just didn't do their thing. I'll try again next year.
  • Camden. He loves to be outside! At this moment he was watching a squirrel in the tree.
  • The tree stump bird bath (to the right of the dog) was here when we moved in. Haven't changed a thing, the old yellow tub is still in there. It's fun to watch the birds playing when the dog isn't out there to chase them away.
  • Back there in the back ground, our favorite place to eat out - the stone fire pit. We love to grill over the fire - and get rid of all the fallen tree limbs and sticks at the same time.
  • Further to the left in the background is a big chunk of concrete with a pole. We left the bird bath when we moved in but removed the ugly license-plate bird house right away. Still haven't disposed of the huge concrete base.
  • Back in the corner, and hidden a bit by the top rail is a raspberry patch. Also here when we moved in, we kind of ignored it the first summer (to be exact, the dog chewed all the vines to the ground, thorns and all). But after a small harvest last year we started taking care of them. Looks like we'll be enjoying tons of raspberries this year!! MMM, I love raspberries!

Here's a few other things from our yard.

Roses

Veggies! Lettuce and beans
And another one of the dog for fun.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

If I were still 10...

...I would spend all evening jumping on a trampoline.






Or maybe I did that last night.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

A dog and his bone


Seems this may become a dog blog. He's the only one that will let me take pictures of him around here.


Monday, April 27, 2009

A dog's world

Big storm --> big stick --> big chew toy.









"Wait... was that a squirrel?"

Thursday, April 16, 2009

We Interrupt this Break

... to let you know

THE LETTUCE IS GROWING!

and the raddishes


I was so nervous that something wouldn't be right in my garden and that it wouldn't produce. I'm so excited to see these sprouts!!!!!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Blog Break


For those of you who regularly check this blog (if there are any people that do that). Just wanted to let you know I'll be taking a blog break. So I'll leave this fun picture at the top.