Sheesh! I though we were done with this stuff. I guess mother nature has her own ideas, and has sent us that frozen pellet kinda stuff, whic...

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now...

On Wednesday the 18th I was fortunate to get the last seat available, on a bus trip to the Flower and Garden show in Seattle. One exhibit sh...

Rocket- 1998- 2/17/2009 Rocket was the most extraordinary cat I have ever had the joy of knowing. He arrived here at Castle Completely, as a...

Once in a while, just for fun, and out of curiosity, I answer the questions in one of the hundreds of silly surveys out there. Most times, I...

I really haven't much to report on this past week's activities. I have had a busy week working and then coming home to take care of ...

An atheist was walking through the woods. "What majestic trees"! "What powerful rivers"! "What beautiful animals...

Blogging has been, to say the least, very light this past week. What with shuffling my work schedule around, so we could take our sick kit...

At last, a beautiful clear sunny day, but too cold to play out doors, so I will be spending my day off, catching up on all the house work, w...

but still want to save on the gas bill. You could go back to using the original SUV. Thanks Linda

Somewhere out there,the sun is trying to burn off all that cold clammy fog. The past two days started out very frosty, but with a clear blue...

Fixin' To Fix The Fence... Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at The White House. One is from Ohio , another from Tenn...

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken woman swigging her drink, as she sat alone ...

During my visit to New Zealand a couple of years go, I did quite a lot of walking around different neighborhoods of Palmerston North , the c...

In a previous post, I mentioned I was painting over the kinda' pumpkin shade of the laundry/mudroom, in preparation to install the new f...

I thought this Maori blessing appropriate for this coming year 2009 Kia hora te manno Kia whakapapa paumamu te moana Kia tere te karohirohi...

I bought myself a new water pump for my car. *grin* At least I can count my blessings, that the offending part made noise before breaking, a...

This morning as I went out the door to take some garbage out to the dumpster, I noticed two boxes which had obviously been delivered earlier...

To all my readers. I wish you a very happy Christmas, and prosperous New Year.

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest...