animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the fighter

I hate it when I rent a movie that was supposed to be good but it bores me to tears. This was one of those movies. It did not help that all of the characters–except for two–were completely unlikable. I will say that the boxing scenes were kind of good …

after dark

It’s already starting to get dark before I’d like it to. I’m able to garden until about 8:30pm at this point, but before you know it, it’ll be dark at 7pm and I will no longer get outside during the week, regardless of how nice it is outside. I was …

dodging bullets

As if I needed a reason to want to expand my garden, put up my own food, and get some livestock, too, our personal food supply has been involved in two recalls this year. And, the year’s not over yet. Since we have a Giant Eagle Advantage card and they …

crocodile dundee

It’s strange how the movies I enjoyed while growing up aren’t quite as entertaining 20+ years later. Case in point: Crocodile Dundee. I remember liking this well enough when I was younger, but I didn’t find it all that entertaining last night. But, seeing as how we’re all caught up …

fall garden

After removing some spent plants, I ended up having a large empty space in the garden. So, I dug through my seeds to find out what I could plant for fall. I’ve tried planting seeds for fall before, but have only had luck with broccoli rabe. But, since I had …