Author Archives: Frog

Snowy Saturday

It snowed some inches yesterday. We were shoveling and cleaning off our cars when our next door neighbor stopped, she was walking her dog, to invite us over for drinks and snacks. She said their plans for the evening were … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

We planted a new crop of garlic in one of our garden troughs and moved a hearty parsley plant. Here’s hoping we’ll have a good harvest of each later this year. Yesterday we bought our airline tickets to Iceland. The … Continue reading

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Rounding Up

Like a lot of people, I think 2016 was a dumpster fire. via GIPHY Actually, it was worse than a dumpster fire because fire is cool and it’s not everyday you get to see a dumpster burn. So, whatever is … Continue reading

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A Wedding

It has been a long time since we went to a wedding that wasn’t for a family member. Yesterday afternoon we drove down to the Tidewater area of Virginia with another friend to attend a wedding. The friend, the woman … Continue reading

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Knock that Sad Post Off Top Spot

We think Lucy actually noticed that Simon was gone. She was uninterested in food for a couple of days which either means she was in a coma or she missed her friend. Anyway, hoovering status is back to code green. … Continue reading

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Goodbye Mr. Cat

We said goodbye to Simon yesterday. We found out about a month ago that he had a huge tumor in his belly. Being sane people and following the advice of our vet, we chose not to do anything about it. … Continue reading

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Dull Roar

Thursday night we went to see the Drive By Truckers at a local venue. Sometimes you just need rock and roll: Tonight there’s a super moon and even with my crappy camera, you can tell how awesome our satellite is:

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Profound sadness

Last night as I went to bed, I asked the better-half how I could start the day with such hope only to end it with such despair. I still don’t know how this country voted for a person who has … Continue reading

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Never Did That Before

Depending on how you look at it, we’ve waited either 240 years* or 96 years** to do what I did today. #imwithher *American independence – 1776 **19th amendment – 1920

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Fire

Last night we sat around the fire pit. A party was going on a few houses down and the youngsters were loud way into the night. An elderly couple lives next door so we were a bit surprised there wasn’t … Continue reading

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