i just opened iphoto and realized that there is a bunch of stuff i never got around to posting. here is some of it:
jon and laurie came to visit. among other things, we threw a picnic (sadly, no pics), picked strawberries:
(i have a picture of laurie from many, many years ago picking strawberries, that i seem to remember looks just like this one. i should dig it out.)
a week or so later, we took a co-worker’s extra tickets to see james taylor off her hands. or, at least, we think we saw james taylor…from our seats it could very well have just been a big-screen broadcast of a recorded james taylor concert:
either way, we found out just how awesome it is to hang out at tanglewood.
***we will now take a moment for a doggie intermission***
***feel free to get some snacks before the next portion of the catching-up begins***
ok, what else does iphoto say we have done?
we visited with good friends, and their amazing twin girls, who were staying in a nearby town. (again, sadly, no pics.)
tom’s parents came for a visit. among other things, we took a boat ride on the Connecticut river:
and went to a bunch of flea markets. we came home with many goodies including, a salt grinder that looks like a bunny, though i don’t think that’s intentional:
and two display heads:
don’t the heads look like they would fit perfectly into a dr. who episode?
finally, these amazing flowers are growing in our garden:
we rescued these from the community garden compost pile at the end of last season. at the time, they were only a root and stem and we weren’t sure if they were even going to grow, let alone what they would look like. they seem to be pretty happy to be in our plot now.
phew! that was a lot of stuff. thanks for hanging in there. now i think i am back up to date!
i had promised the pups that we would have an afternoon in the woods on tuesday. the weather turned out not to be great, it was a little rainy and foggy, but a promise is a promise and they needed some good outside time. So off we went!
abby loves the brook that runs through the park and was so thrilled as we walked closer to it. once it was in sight, she went exploring:
where’s abby?
grendel isn’t allowed off-leash until he learns to listen to me despite distractions (which is not likely to happen in the near future) so he has to enjoy what he can from wherever he is anchored. but he honestly doesn’t seem to mind much. he’s just happy to be out and about:
the lousy weather cut our exploration short, but all in all, it was worth risking frozen paws for some new sights and smells.
we’re getting a true snow storm today. look how fast and big the flakes are coming down:
usually the weather predictions are blown way out of proportion, but the declaration that we are going to get “an inch per hour” is so far holding true. and it is supposed to keep snowing for another 4-6 hours.
i wanted to stay outside and play, but the pups wanted to go inside. now.
edited to add: it actually has snowed more than one inch per hour so far.
we spent the whole weekend unpacking boxes that we haven’t touched since we moved a year ago. we figured that since we started unpacking the weekend after thanksgiving last year, we should try to finish up this thanksgiving weekend. we got pretty darn close, too! it is all out of boxes, (or sorted and repacked for safe long-term storage) but not everything has a home yet.
but the biggest accomplishment was getting our breezeway completely empty! if you have ever seen our entryway, you know how huge this is. if you haven’t, well, just know that it was bad. everything we didn’t want to deal with, or had to come in the house, or had to leave the house was in that room. it was so bad that i don’t even have a before picture. that would have meant admitting to what a nightmare it was.
so, since this is a picture-less post, check out these double-dutch puppies:
(abby and i are going to have to start working on this skill asap)
i love that the dog near the end is so excited to get in there that they have to hold her back!
thanks, laurie, for the link.
