• Sploppy. Squashy. Soggy. Saturated.

• Pottery Class: Finished Hand-Built Bowl

• Bear Hunt

• I love the sound of rain on the roof…

• From rain to deep freeze

• Unpredictable predictions

• Counting down to Christmas

• iPad for cats

• Christmas sunrise

• Another cruel joke? and Christmas photos

• Let it snow!

• Be very careful what you wish for!

• Snow day

• The new year

• 4.5 - 5

• An Emmy in the house!

• Baby, it’s cold outside!

• Thoughts on football and life

• A Tale of Two Icicles

• Adding insult to injury

• Winter! (still)

• In case you think I jest ...

• Squirrelly observation

• The jury is in

• Behind bars

• 5 things not so fun about this much snow

• The sky before the storm

• After the storm

• Protest march

• Not much

• The grass is always greener over the septic tank

• When 1-to-3 turns into more like 8

• Look! Spring is springing!

• Indoor Gardening

• A few transitional photos

• Rainy Sunday

• Higher ground

• Ready to move on

• Stealing spring from a neighbor

• Weather advisory out for New Jersey!

• Taken over by turkeys!

• Welcome Spring and Weekend Wanderings

• Pool Cover Art

• Sprinter

• Turkey Time

• Still here

• Promises, Hopes and Expectations

• Out and about with Mia

• Color boost

• Cherry Blossom Time

• Progress report

• Before and After

• New Green and other yardly things

• Off to Central America!

• Greetings from Granada, Nicaragua!

• The return of the awakened traveler

• Granada Nicaragua: Parque Central (or Town Square)

• Granada Nicaragua: From the Bell Tower

• Landscaping fit for a bear

• Granada, Nicaragua: Volcán Masaya

• Granada, Nicaragua: Color!

• The first iris bloom ... ever!

• Three-ring circus

• Granada, Nicaragua: Reserva Natural Volcán Mombacho

• Pool opening and daily skim report

• Leaving Granada, Nicaragua

• Updates

• Panama City, Panama: Playa Bonita Resort

• Firefly Zen

• Jungle walk with sloths!

• Still hangin’ in there

• 4th of July Weekend in Photos (mostly)

• The Little Gold Box of Letters: A Short Story

• I need a kick start

• Pool dazed

• The Panama Canal

• A few ways to cope with the heat

• Chinatown Food & Culture Tour

• Meet Thomas

• Tempus fugit

• Last weekend photos

• Earthquakes and Hurricanes, oh my!

• Preparedness

• Goodnight Irene

• It has begun

• The Dutchess County Fair

• A wish granted

• Battered, Beaten, and Soggy

• True North

• Prep work

• And so, we are off

• Home Sweet Cabin

• Ratification

• Settling In

• Last night’s sunset and late night scribblings

• pack rat: 1 us: 1

• Catching up sans rats

• Con Trails

• One week and counting

• Reflections, Sky and Sunset