The O-Zone

We came home from our little trip down the hill to the mail box, Netflix movie in hand for this evening, and when I walked in the front door, Terry announced in no uncertain terms “Want a bath!!!”  Well, her wish is our command. I started the shower and popped her in. She looks rather […]

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I’ve been making this sock pattern for worsted wool winter socks since 1978, but only periodically.  And, every time I do make them, I wonder what in the world I was thinking when I wrote the pattern down, and I tell myself to fix it so I don’t have to figure out what my younger […]

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Today the Pygmy Nuthatches, chickadees, woodpeckers, and jays of various descriptions were all complaining about an intruder in their midst. Dan figured the owl had made a return visit but we weren’t able to find him readily. However, when Dan went outside to brush the snow off the solar panels so we could get some […]

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For the first time since mid to late November, it is above freezing.  The snow is softening and getting heavier, and falling off the trees with a soft whomping sound.  This made for some interesting times plowing the driveway, but I don’t think any landed directly on Dan’s head.  We have had so much snow […]

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We are up and running again on satellite broadband. Except for a stupidity on email, all is working wonderful and it means 2009 is off to a rousing start finally. The path from the front deck to the garage is getting filled up with snow again this morning. Yesterday I shoveled a good fat fluffy […]

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