"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Family, Photo entries, Recommendations, dumb things I have done on Aug 31st, 2010
A squillion years ago, more or less, I graduated from highschool and my grandparents gave me a really, really, really, really nice set of pens (one ballpoint, one fountain). I, being the hamfisted mutant that I am, managed to break the ballpoint pen within a year. Moreover, being an ignorant cluck, I tried to “fix” [...]
Posted in Adventures, Dumpster Diving, Photo entries, biking on Aug 26th, 2010
Melissa and I were out riding around the other evening and I am so glad my friends are patient with me. “Dude, we’ve gotta stop,” I hollered out. U-turn was pulled, trash was picked. Someone down in Columbus Park was getting rid of some luggage. Most of it was lackluster and grubby, but not this [...]
Posted in Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Aug 6th, 2010
Stage 1. You are petting the dog and notice that she’s getting a bit whiffy. Comment to anyone in the room (or to an empty room, whichever) that the dog’s getting a bit whiffy and that you’re probably going to give her a bath on your next day off. Nonchalant. Stage 2. Day off arrives, [...]
Posted in Dumpster Diving, Photo entries, bike commuting on Jul 19th, 2010
I was on my way home from work last Thursday and saw this on the street. Of course I turned around, rolled it up, and bunjied it to the package rack of the old yellow Bianchi. Fortune favored the prepared that day; not only was I riding a bike with a rack, I also happened [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Super-Short Entries on May 19th, 2010
I’ve been on a real sewing binge lately, so here’s some of the stuff I have made: Applique-decorated capri pants. (Front) and back In action (with a shirt I made last winter) Gratuitous butt-shot. This is the other cool pair of pants I made. Yes, they are bell bottoms. They are also AWESOME. The rear [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries on Mar 7th, 2010
I’ve got this awesome fabric: And it’s just enough to make either of these dresses: Sundress OR late-1960s A-line I think this fabric would be just about equally fabulous with either pattern, but I’m not sure which to go with. Opinions would totally not hurt my feelings right now!
Posted in Distractions, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Feb 8th, 2010
I cleaned a bunch of excess keys off my keychain and thought it looked a little sparse. I haven’t had much in the way of baubles or bobbles on there in ages, so I decided to fix that: There is a house key, key to Joel’s workshop, key to my U-lock, and a key to [...]
Posted in Family, Photo entries on Jan 21st, 2010
I’m gonna be schmoopy for just a minute. I enjoy the heck out of Joel’s and my relationship – he just tickles me eight shades of pink and I wanted to share a couple of fairly awesome pictures of my feller: Joel is imitating a sea-gull in Santa Cruz – this is the day before [...]
Posted in Garden, Photo entries, nostalgia on Jan 16th, 2010
The day I took my favorite photo to date was a charmed day – some days are. There’s no predicting which ordinary day will turn out to be extraordinary, but that was one of those days when the insects, zinnias, and I were somehow operating in perfect harmony. I’d gone out around midday on a [...]
Posted in Adventures, Other Bike Stuff, Party, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Jan 2nd, 2010
So proclaimed Max, with perhaps a touch of pride. The past week’s snow made for super-sweet ski-biking, and last night a bunch of us dragged our contraptions out to Museum Hill and did what cabin-fevered mid-westerners do best…dumb things! The big, goofy red-and-yellow rig is Joel’s latest creation. Battered and weatherbeaten, “The Goat” is one [...]
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