more snow pictures

birdbath full of snow

bend birch boughs

why is the lobster pot still outside?

home in the snow

little chair 

some trees up the street

some of my christmas gifts

a new clock

let's see now, boots, slippers, gloves, hat, books, gilmore girls, harry potter calendar, framed photo, earrings, gift card, tissue dispenser, tea ball, tea, coffee, way too many sweets to mention

i hope everyone had a very merry christmas

snow pictures

nitzy enjoying the snow

looking for her ball

gramma's car

driveway snow

snow on the porch screens

haha

i really do have a warped sense of humor.... 

magic christmas tree

this is about 5 hours after adding the "magic water", which smelled a lot like vinegar.

and this is what happened over night!!!

christmas is coming!!!

casey and chieko sent this lovely and delicious supply of rice cakes.  it SHOULD last a while, but ...  maybe not.

they also sent us a magic christmas tree.

you unfold the branches and pour in the magic water.   some magic has already started, but you will have to wait till tomorrow to see....

i want this

i went to the dennis stroll on sunday with laurie.  we found this darling little cottage beside the driveway next to one of the shops.  i want to live here.  click on the picture to enlarge it and see how cute it is.

pretty girls

                               bryana and gramma elsie

random photos

christmas tree 2008
giant snow flakes
little jerry in a tree
someone snapped a picture by mistake of the floor, but casey says the floors are nice, so here you go..... floor

hello blog checkers

well i just found out i have a third "reader"  not that there is much reading to be done on this blog.  hi aimee!!  (and casey and laura)

these are some cranberries, pilfered for me, from someone who shall remain nameless ( thanks jesse, haha)

harvesting 2008

how much do pirates charge for corn?

a buck an ear (buccaneer) hahahahahahahahhahahah

it's jesse's lunch again

i know you have really missed seeing what jesse has been having for lunch, so here you go.

salad

tuna

scali bread w/butter

boiled egg

banana

grapes 

curious george fruit snacks

cheese stick

almond m & m's

chips

cranberry circle cookie from trader joe's

soda (he has his own water, he tells me)

happy halloween

to my 2 devoted blog checkers

casey, you think your spiders are big!!!

4 more watermelons.... they needed to be picked before the weather turned

of course, they weren't all ripe

harvest

1 of 6 watermelons,  it wasn't the ripest, but the biggest.  it was good.  picked more today.  smaller, but riper.  yum

getting ready to harvest OUR watermelons

i should say.... watermelon... we have one so far.   

and i should also say, it is not nearly ready for harvesting

that is a quarter in the background

we may have TWO more starting

yay

i am a slacker

i went next door, (with permission) last month to pick some lilacs

this is the wisteria that never bloomed while we were living there
stolen lilacs, the ones we transplanted didn't bloom, it may take a few years.  i think we should put in the lease, that i can pick lilacs every year.
lady slippers, i found 5 in the woods between the houses
i don't know why the first 2 lines are underlined and i can't fix it

monteray

we took a drive to monteray on saturday, to the aquarium...  along the way we passed this beach.

devin and aimee

heading into the imax 3d theater to see "sea monsters"

san francisco

last week we went to california to visit devin.  he met us in san francisco.  

this is the giant hill we drove up.  and the giant line of cars.....

cable car crossing the road....

and finally we made it to the top of lombard st...... the crookedest street in the world

and down we go
 

pretty day

what a day.... i took bryana to school today and some of the kids were wearing shorts and they smelled like coppertone when they walk by.

and this is alexia.... she has her ears pierced.  i thought i edited out the red eye...