Just four days after our lawn was installed, Lauri told me one morning… “I have something really important to tell you.” The last time I heard those words Alyssa was born 8 months later… so I braced myself… “WE HAVE GRASS!”, she said. Don’t tell Alyssa that I was almost as excited for the grass… Read More »
May 23, 2021
Well, it has sure been a long time coming! Two Summers of dust… two Spring and Fall seasons of mud… much of our yard had come to more closely resemble a plowed field (and not a very nice one at that) than a grass-filled yard. Construction projects, heavy equipment and constant traffic had done its… Read More »
May 16, 2021
It was in my way! It needed to be moved! Yes, it was big… yes, it was heavy… but IT WAS IN MY WAY! So… I picked it up and moved it. Yeah… big mistake. I will spare you the self-deprecating details of my injury, (after all I don’t want to be one of THOSE… Read More »
May 9, 2021
My Mom is an amazing woman… I mean, she would have to be, right… to deal with all the stuff I threw in her direction as I was growing up? I was always getting hurt… depending on who you talk to, I was either accident prone or a consummate dare-devil with no fear. (In case… Read More »
May 2, 2021
I just love a good zoo! Some of my favorites are The San Diego Zoo and the Cleveland Zoo — and if you ever have the chance to take the safari ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom — Do it! It truly feels like you are on an African safari adventure as you wind around… Read More »
April 25, 2021
I spent some time this past weekend installing a rain water catch system for our shop building. The new system will gather water from the roof of the building and route it to an elevated rain barrel. The barrel then supplies water to Lauri’s potting bench and the sink in my shop. I like the… Read More »
April 18, 2021
Not long ago I saw this mug of the poor guy, sitting on a cloud in heaven thinking… “Wish I’d brought a magazine.” I know… it is supposed to be funny, but I actually find it quite sad. I believe all too many people harbor the opinion that Heaven will be… well… rather boring. Perhaps… Read More »
April 11, 2021
We bought a rock this week. Yep… you read that right… a rock. A big rock… but still just a rock. We have a series of large sandstone rocks that form steps down a steep part of our back yard, and the area needed one more step… hence the big rock purchase. So, the seller… Read More »
April 4, 2021
So, what are your favorite days? No… I don’t mean, “Friday and Saturday”… I mean what are your favorite days from your life? Perhaps it is the day you were married… or the first day of retirement… maybe it was the first day of that vacation of a life-time… how about the day you graduated… Read More »
March 28, 2021
”There he is!” “Do you see him coming!” “Is that him… the one on the donkey?” “Who is he?” “I think he is a prophet or something.” “People up the road are yelling Hosanna, Blessed is the King of Israel.” “Look, they are making a carpet for him to pass over out of their cloaks.” … Read More »
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