by CJ | Jun 20, 2011 | Journal
…seems peonies, which we just cut for the first time today, are poisonous to cats. Ditto, roots of iris (no cat would be that desperate), and lupines (seeds). Roses are ok. Don’t take your cut flowers for granted, if you have a kitteh who loves to drink...
by CJ | Jun 20, 2011 | Journal
Must’ve been something off the hawthorn tree, or the like. Pain, omg, pain. I managed to get the lens off, and have both lenses soaking in cleaner, but I am, this evening, glasses-only. Owie! We have this fancy hydrogen-peroxide cleaner that mutates to H2O...
by CJ | Jun 20, 2011 | Journal
Finally, sunlight; and a little warm-up. I felt it yesterday evening; and it’s not quite nippy this morning. After breakfast we went walking in the garden, and it was very nice. We’ve missed our breakfasts in the garden this year. We believe Eu-shu’s...
by CJ | Jun 19, 2011 | Journal
Jane and I, having no one to call on this day, went out to our favorite pub and lifted a glass to the two men who made us what we are…faults and all: they were remarkable individuals. Jane’s dad grew up on a ranch, my dad grew up on rural streets, on his...
by CJ | Jun 19, 2011 | Journal
Jane and I, having no one to call on this day, went out to our favorite pub and lifted a glass to the two men who made us what we are…faults and all: they were remarkable individuals. Jane’s dad grew up on a ranch, my dad grew up on rural streets, on his...
by CJ | Jun 18, 2011 | Journal
Doing this took major work, in a cold rain: Jane knows what she’s doing on planting things. I usually handle destruction, but settled for making some plant frames we ordered actually work. They’re a clever idea, a scrollwork shell to provide trellis for...
by CJ | Jun 17, 2011 | Journal
You buy these the regular way but tell me how you’d like them signed, and be sure to give your shipping addy, because of course I have to mail them to you. There is a postage charge: sorry. It’s that physical-book thing. There is of course no charge for...
by CJ | Jun 15, 2011 | Journal
If you need a kitten fix, she’s got it!
by CJ | Jun 15, 2011 | Journal
If you need a kitten fix, she’s got it!
by CJ | Jun 14, 2011 | Journal
Thank goodness for my accountant—who lives there. This began somewhere prior to the reign of Queen Victoria. Writers’ income has always been called royalty. When people began drilling oil wells in this country, in 1859, and people began paying money for...
by CJ | Jun 12, 2011 | Journal
…which elected us as one of their first Sunday Gardening projects. They pick people with yard projects that seem to need help, and happened to pick us as a) close and b) significantly stalled. They have to pass our unfortunate lawn to get to the church. Their...
by CJ | Jun 12, 2011 | Journal
I lose them. I’ve done it from childhood. It used to be items of jewelry I’d lose. As I’ve gotten glasses-reliant to read—it’s the glasses. Medical crisis in the house—absolutely guaranteed I’ll lose my glasses. And...
