Category: Peonyiana

Today I have a really big day planned, including getting ready for our Thanksgiving trek to my mil’s, so I may not get a chance to post again today. We’re leaving first thing in the morning tomorrow and we’ll probably be back on Saturday (avoiding the unbearable traffic on Sunday.) I will be putting blogging… Continue reading Peony’s plans

1. List five things you’d like to accomplish by the end of the year. Establish a better daily routine. Establish a daily exercise program. Write and send Christmas cards. Finish potty-training Hambet. Get pregnant. 2. List five people you’ve lost contact with that you’d like to hear from again. Only one: I’d like to talk… Continue reading Peony’s Friday Five

Flannery O’Connor wrote your book. Not much escapesyour notice. Which Author’s Fiction are You? brought to you by Quizilla I’ll be ordering some peacocks terreckly. Thanks to Michelle for this quiz.

November is when autumn gets down to business. No more of those sunny days, ablaze with brilliant scarlet and gold leaves. No more of that mists and mellow fruitfulness stuff. Now it’s time to get to work: raking the leaves, getting the garden ready for winter, getting the last of the deer-chow and squirrel candy… Continue reading October is when autumn is fun….

Thanks to a kind benefactor, I was able to get a digital picture of the costume! addendum: The white stripes across the front of the jacket are red reflective tape, reflecting the flash. No, there is no little boy in the picture. This is mostly because, per my husband’s request, pictures of the Maryland Mosses… Continue reading Here it is

Got the old computer fired up, managed to log in, email’s up too. I may still be scarce this week, though, because I might attempt sewing a Halloween costume for Hambet (fireman) although I’m not sure what we’re going to do with our little fireman once he’s got his gear on. Probably the usual: take… Continue reading Today’s anticipated service interruption has been interruped

I am planning to take the computer into the shop tomorrow. If I can’t figure out how to hook the old one back up, that means I won’t have any kind of e-access for about a week, including email, in whice case I’ll see you all next week.

Yesterday our friend Iris came over and joined us for an excursion to the pumpkin patch. Hambet had fun running all around Pumpkinland and choosing his Very Own Pumpkin. Iris found a Long Island Cheese pumpkin for herself and another exotic pumpkin for me — mine is kind of a pale green color, like the… Continue reading The perfect fall weekend