Dorie’s Different Reality

Mike’s planned activity for the day is to go on the roof and clean the gutters. We have screens over most of it, but with tall maple trees next to the house, “stuff” gets in anyhow. I said, “as long are you’re up there, finish up the antenna wires” Mike put up a TV antenna […]

I think every culture in the Northern Hemisphere has a holiday or festival this time of year. And well they should celebrate, if there’s going to be a Harvest and enough to get them through the Winter! As I’ve said to Mike on many occasions, despite my gardening efforts, if we had to subsist on […]

Your Power Bird is a Cardinal

You believe that each day is precious, and you spend your times as best as you can.
You see the wonder in small things, and you are often content with what you have.
You life an interesting, colorful life - and you bring color to those around you.
Confident and expressive, you believe […]

Got Miss Goose all decorated for Fall. I don’t have costumes for her companion Ducky, so I’ve improvised and made him a vampire minion!

Fall Television: So far not very exciting. We enjoyed “The Big Bang Theory” in spite of ourselves. The adventures of two physicists and all their nerdy friends. It’s reinforcing every stereotyped image […]

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster   When most of the summer flowers are puttering out, this beauty explodes on the scene to announce Autumn.
For today’s outdoor activity, I started cleaning out the front flower bed. Normally I’d wait for a crisp fall day with a bit of frost to help me figure out what to pull […]

I’m sort of entering that phase.  Hanging, bag lady clothes because the smaller clothes are still too tight. It’s kind of like that awkward stage when you’re growing your hair out- it goes through the unkempt mid-length. But it’s a much better experience than putting on my 2x pants and finding them tight!
Got up this morning […]

or feeling lost in the wilderness,  I still have a better life than this little guy:

 Mantis Religiosa, Praying Mantis  
I like them. They eat bugs like loathsome earwigs. They live about 10/12 months in a perfect world. But it’s a cold and brutal existence. Sometimes during mating, the female eats the male’s head- extra protein for […]

I want to go see this movie: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809233810/video  Sort of the artistic rose-colored vision of my youth.  I was there: some of us were not nearly as beautiful as the kids in this film. Maybe on the inside though. 
 I watched a bunch of the clips, and it reminds me a lot of HAIR. But wow- a musical […]

Pyrate Mike and I bid all you and all yer scurvy shipmates a happy “International Talk Like a Pirate Day!” Arrggghhh!
 

Last night I had a binge. I made one of our favorite Southwestern style dinners: eggs, baked potato, turkey bacon, tortillas and lots of salsa. Not quite a Twinkie binge, but in terms of Weight Watcher points, probably at least 12 points of delicious “real” food. As I said to Michael, there comes a time […]