animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

rizzo’s

We were supposed to meet our friends Carol and Bob at Big Dogz for supper this evening, but I received a call from Carol yesterday saying they had to cancel. It seems their first grandchild (a boy!) arrived a little early so they were going to be out of town. …

changeling

Angelina Jolie did a great job with her role in this movie, but that’s about the best thing I can say about it. It had a decent enough storyline, but there was just something missing for me. Perhaps it was the ending–the viewer doesn’t get much closure. Some, but not …

buster: the good dog

I’m not sure what is going on with Buster, but he’s been sleeping in the living room for the past few weeks (previously he slept in our bedroom) and he hasn’t been hanging out with me in the home office on the days I telecommute. Perhaps we can chalk this …

flowers

I picked up some flowers at Cambria County’s annual plant sale last week and wanted to wait until the really cold weather passed before planting them, which translated into today. I split the flowers between the herb garden, butterfly garden, and pond area. Hopefully the coming weather won’t be too …

more planting

This morning, I went downstairs to check on the pepper plants and was pleasantly surprised to see that about half of them have sprouted (I fully expect the rest of them to sprout soon). I turned on the grow lights for them so now they’re all set. This evening, after …