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Well, Mark had another birthday and celebrated in a big way. He is now officially older than the hills and the adage that “It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks” clearly applies. The birthday dinner was meat and potatoes and the Bday cake was a spice cake. This is kind of a […]

I had no intention of blogging again so soon. But two significant national holidays were scheduled so close together. Meg really wanted to celebrate Fat Tuesday even though there was no Mardi Gras parade this year. I guess we indulged a little just to help cheer everyone up. BOIDS Mammals Fun with Benji Just when

This winter kind of drags on, so when we get an excuse to celebrate we tend to go all in. We went wild on Valentine’s Day. I bumped into my hairdresser just before the big day. She told me that everyone was dyeing their hair red for Valentine’s Day. If I didn’t believe her she

I hadn’t planned on doing a blog until after Valentines Day. This week seems to be a week where not much goes as I planned. It is cold with off and on snow showers that keep me busy plowing the driveway. It was cold enough that even the dog didn’t want to go on a

Ever felt you were waking up to a nightmare? Imagine being cooped up in a house with just your family for a whole year due to a global pandemic. Well, I had that nightmare. Even if you normally get along pretty well, after a year of self isolation some tensions can arise. Something as simple

January has come and gone. February was ushered in by another Nor’easter but that will be the subject of the next blog. As Januarys go, this was a pretty mild one. We did get bouts of light snow. The first one melted the next day and the second one stuck. With the white background and

Are you tired of my wining yet? I am still not content with my pictures. I have been researching on the internet on how to improve them mostly from the tech point of view. I am starting to understand the limitations of a fixed lens point and shoot camera for the pictures I am currently

It is mid January and it has been two weeks since I last blogged. The weather has been kind of blah as we keep getting rain instead of snow. The landscape is a dreary brown and time seems to just drag. We are still self isolating and concerned about the new strains of COVID that

I had originally intended to do a best of 2020. I was looking back over my 2020 blogs. There was a big gap in my picture taking and blogging in 2020. I took no pictures and did not produce a blog during March of this year. We were aware of COVID starting in January and

A new year brings new hope. I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if we had real leadership in this country. However we didn’t and we have to wait for a vaccine to start to transition back to a more normal lifestyle. To be honest, social isolation is taking a toll on me.