Another lovely summer weekend is past. We spent a good chunk of Saturday at Planter’s Palette with my parents. My dad wandered the rows, selecting a few perennials for his garden. We were tactical. Well, we started out tactical: only buying plants for the planters on the front steps (the pansies made it ’til June […]
Friday again; construction update again; all work completed on Monday. Again. Arggh! At least the lower cabinets are set. Countertop measurements have been taken, and are set for installation on June 30. A project of this size could be completed in a week or two if you (and by you, I mean the contractors) were […]
Weeks like this make me aware of how lucky San Franciscans are. Do they really have weather this perfect year ’round? Wednesday was another in a string of idyllic days. I read two more chapters in my book (while drinking a green iced tea), and my buddy and I took a leisurely afternoon bike ride. […]
What a treat Tuesday was! First, the perfect weather. (I know that some Chicagoans found it cold. They are misguided.) I went for a long-ish run in the morning, and listened to another new Coldplay song, “Lost”. Love it, and it’s now stuck in my head. Later in the morning, surprise, surprise, my husband showed […]
There are many summer mornings where I am awake far too early. (And by that I mean, there is no newspaper yet to read, and everyone else is asleep.) Often, I wait for the “thump” on the driveway by opening the laptop and surfing the web. Some of my favorite discoveries occur during my quiet […]
