john's early birthday present...

Freshly hung for our listening pleasure....well, maybe pleasure, mostly it scares me everytime it sounds off!!!

how to make a cotton candy cosmo!!!

First fill up the martini glasses with cotton candy....


Make the cosmo....shake...start to pour...


Watch the cotton candy disappear!


and disappear....

MMM...ready to drink...

the best shoes...ever

Right foot


left foot

both feet!!

Wesley is a harley kind of guy!!!

tomato sandwich!

My tomato plants produced about 8, maybe 10 tomatoes. Today I had my first homegrown tomato sandwich! Mmmmm
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Missing Wiggie

Wiggie was my first maine coon (mix) cat after wanting one for many years. His official name was Ludwig, because his original owner had named him Beethovan. At that time, Beethovan was the popular name and movie about a dog. So, I renamed him Ludwig, keeping the theme of his first name.


He disappeared about 6 weeks ago and I miss him. He was a great cat....although, he did have an annoying habit of pulling out his fur and leaving it all around the house. He loved being outside and the times that I would keep him trapped inside, he would be miserable. So, he went back outside, and would come running whenever I would drive up. I am sad that you are gone, Wigler.

This is neon Wiggie...he was looking out the window and I was learning about a picture program!

summer fun

Chesapeake Bay Soft Shell Blue Crabs mmmmm..... Before eating, I had to clean them, something I had never done. But I put on my trusty gloves and dove in. Cleaning involves cutting off the eyes and the mouth, that was fun! Then, you lift each side of the shell on top and clean out the "dead man's fingers" or gills. Last, you pull of the apron in the back and waa, la ready to prepare!

Three dozen, woohoo! The flash really brought out the blue. Aren't they pretty?

Crab close up.

Indiana gets a bath. Gotta keep those fleas down!

Tomatoes, I have tomatoes!!! That is so very exciting. 2 of my 3 tomato plants have little tomatoes, the one in the upside down container does not. It was supposed to be the most productive according to all the hype. Go figure!

no licking!

Welcome Baby Wesley Alec Emerson

Weight 8#5.6

Length 21 inches

Head 14 1/2 inches

Proud parents, Jared and Katie

Little brother to Joseph and Lily.

Birthday July 16th

quick post....

Should be writing soap notes, but here is a pic of the dog....living the good life!!! He hates for John to go anywhere without him, so he goes many places!

Busy, busy, busy

Clinical, work, school....need I say more? Posting is slim!!!

more baby aloes!!!

Big momma got bigger, now there is big sis and little sis...and all the little babies.

And a small sample of peonies from my no-so weeded garden. The weeds are as tall as the peonies and that is why there is a picture of the cut ones!

tomato update

The tomatoes are planted outside!!! Two in the ground and one in a bucket upside down. Thanks to help from John, with digging, drilling and hauling! We will see how they do.

Also, some knitting. Continuing on with the tomato theme...here are my footies out of "the attack of the killer tomato yarn" I got last summer. It is spunky eclectic yarn and wears great!!! I wore them at work last night!

quickie....

Here are the only 2 blooms from my lilac bush...

This is my first attempt with rhubarb. Thanks, Rachel, for the rhubarb and the recipe!

the plants

The babies are back...

Big momma! Starting to look like those giant ones Cindy and I saw in MD.

The lucky bamboo...I need all the luck I can get!

The 2 remaining lilac blooms after the lilac bush got blasted with heat from the bonfire...somebody's in trouble!

The siberian tomato plants....will they do well in Maine????

sparklers and bonfires

lighting the sparklers with lily and joseph.

this little light of mine....

superstar!


john's big bonfire

watching right before the sheriff and the firetrucks came...

sparks in the sky...