We arrived in Rochester just as this new day arrived—five minutes past midnight—after a long and harrowing drive. It rained for about 6 of the 7 hours and was dark for the last 4.5 hours. It was foggy and mountainous; … Continue reading →
Today is National Road Trip Day, so we’re driving to Mom’s for a long weekend visit, and we won’t arrive until close to midnight. Spent today getting housey things done that should have done a long time ago (like getting … Continue reading →
I spent an entertaining couple of hours at the Planet Word Museum in D.C. I read about it in the newspaper and got online to buy timed-entry tickets a few weeks ago. Today was the only day through August that … Continue reading →
The crew came back today to continue working on the driveway extension and to extend the drainpipe underground from our back yard out to the front ditch. They also dug another French drain from the low spot in our backyard … Continue reading →
Starting to get a taste for the coming humidity. After yesterday’s rain, the air was damp and the sun appeared, drawing the moisture out of the ground—and letting it hang there. No sign of the contractors who were working on … Continue reading →
What a change from yesterday. Barely grazed the mid-60s, cool and rainy all day. With my bum ankle it also meant I didn’t get out for a walk, which I would have done rain or shine under fully functioning physical … Continue reading →
Hubby and I rode our bikes to Leesburg this morning to eat breakfast at a place we hadn’t been to before. In the Before Times we were always on the lookout for a good breakfast spot, and preferably one we … Continue reading →
It’s all cicadas all the time. Enjoy these pictures of the lifecycle of the Brood X cicada. Our neighbor’s fence is a regular living biology lab, starting with the nymph crawling up the fence or nearby tre and hatching into … Continue reading →
Among others, the following it is today: National Bike to Work Day (on my bike I went after work) National Endangered Species Day (a worthy cause I do support) National Strawberries and Cream Day (in my salad they were) National … Continue reading →
I started wearing the boot again for the past couple of days. Even though I could walk a little better and had moved myself into a splinted ankle brace, the boot gives me more protection and a little more peace … Continue reading →
