The hospital discharged me early yesterday evening. Karsten has had his hands full ever since. Keep him in your thoughts. 🙂
The freezer that wouldn’t.
Sometime between yesterday morning and this morning, our freezer had an identity crisis. It decided it was a refrigerator, and that it would act accordingly. So this morning, we had goddess-knows-how-many pounds of thawed food to figure out what to
Lily
Lily Originally uploaded by Kate O’ These Asiatic lilies have been incredibly fussy since I planted them, so I’m thrilled to see a flower turn up.
We’re well preserved!
We’re well preserved! Originally uploaded by Kate O’ (Thanks to Busy Mom for the subject line. 🙂 ) Not sure why this didn’t post to my blog when I posted it to flickr. That whole “post to flickr and your
Birthday present – for both of us
Birthday present Originally uploaded by Kate O’ Around the middle of December, Karsten was getting ready to start making visual art again after a long, intense period of house renovation, and in the middle of a period of exhaustion and
The fieldstone effect
Detail of front walkway at gate, originally uploaded by Kate O’. One of the interesting things about getting deep into any major project, like renovating a house and yard, is that new metaphors sometimes emerge throughout the process. For me,
Why it’s not easy to get anything done in my home office on Saturday mornings
Why it’s not easy to get anything done in my home office on Saturday mornings Originally uploaded by Kate O’
How about a REALLY happy new year?
I thought about writing a year-end update yesterday, but the truth is, not all that much of note happened. And that’s a pretty good thing, as it turns out, because I was also thinking yesterday about how I’m feeling more
Furnace not blowing heat, but will blow cool?
At some point today, the furnace stopped coming on periodically to blow heat, even though the house was noticeably cooling off. After a few hours, we tried switching the setting on the thermostat from “Auto” to “Fan,” and air did
I did it!
I finally managed to pull up the blinds in the morning without scaring all the birds away from the feeders. Normally the cats are looking at me like “gee, thanks, dumbass.” Now they’re entranced by the dozens and dozens of