Brooke here. The weekend will be devoted to ivy removal and upholstering some cushions in a fairly nifty window seat I have yet to mention, but today is a brief post about Zu. We have been slightly concerned about his health. At five and a half months, he tops the scale at 43 pounds, which […]
Brooke here. Some landscaping projects have begun, but mainly in the areas we need to destroy before we can rebuild. The first goal of the year is to replace the fence, but the more we look at it, the slope of the front lawn is such that the smrt smart idea is to do the […]
Brooke here. From today’s Devil’s Panties… For anyone who doesn’t know, Internet Famous is exactly like being famous in real life except no one knows who you are, you get nothing from it, and it lasts exactly as long as you can stay witty or cute. Since Zu is almost six months old and his […]
Brooke here. The title isn’t in bad taste as this post involves nothing but misshapen slabs of concrete. Brooke: Look what I found! Brown: … giant molars? Brooke: Concrete birdbaths! They’re for the lawn! Brown: … so it can eat roughage? While prepping the area for the moss garden, I removed the red ceramic cover […]
Brooke here: The ivy removal continues, but slowly. Things hit a snag yesterday when I went after an enormous tangle of ivy and wisteria on another section of the fence. I was making some decent progress until the fence started to wobble and I realized the ivy was structural. The metal poles on the right […]
Brooke here: More ivy removal progress shots. These shots are of a 3″ by 5″ alcove between the porch stairs and the chimney. I was able to get out most of the surface roots but some seem to go straight down, so I left those exposed. When spring comes, I’ll cut down as far as […]
Brooke here: I have to keep reminding myself it’s January. Sixty degrees and sunny, but still January. There’s at least another month before frost season passes and we can do some serious landscaping, but we’ve started to price out the projects. The first is the section of the fence closest to the house. Most of […]
Brooke here: There’s one day every winter where the earth remembers what it wants to be doing. It usually takes another couple of months to shake itself awake, but there’s always that one day when the ground twitches. I love that day. Today is that day. I have to keep reminding myself that while it’s […]
Alternate title: Why you should neuter your dogs, or at the very least provide them with large stuffed animals. Brooke here. Zu is at the vet’s again, but this time for that oh-so-necessary elective surgery. It was probably overdue. The poor little guy had no idea what to do with his erections. He’d lay on […]
Brooke here. Zu recovered beautifully and without the need for surgery, although for some reason the entire house now smells like Bac-Os. Go figure. Last week, Mary and Elizabeth gave us a copy of Remembering Randall, the memoir of Randall Jarrell written by his wife, Mary von Schrader Jarrell. There’s some serious weirdness in this […]
Flying by night 