Every other week we drag an empty garbage can into the living room and fill it up with water. After adding a water conditioner and a bit of salt it sits overnight so that the water temperature will match what is in the aquarium.

Then we siphon out about 45 gallons of dirty water and replace […]

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STRAY CAT
by Francis Witham
Oh, what unhappy twist of fate
Has brought you homeless to my gate?
The gate where once another stood
To beg for shelter, warmth, and food
For from that day I ceased to be
The master of my destiny.

While he, with purr and velvet paw
Became within my house the law.
He scratched the furniture and shed
And […]

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My daughter, Princess Shannon, has just completed her first quilt. The picture doesn’t do it justice, it is gorgeous. I’m not sure what made her decide that she could make a quilt or what possessed her to take on a queen size version as her first project. She is pretty gutsy. And very talented.

The quilt […]

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Now that I know it really is winter and I have very little time left before the holidays I did the most logical thing I could think of - I spent time stumbling around the internet.
One of the pages I fell on was  this one. It has lots of photos of this stunning skirt and […]

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… a nice warm world!

I know this is going to sound strange but it just hit me today that this is Winter. Honestly. We haven’t turned the house heat on yet. Today Recliner Man and I ate lunch on the patio and I have all the windows open.
I was looking at gossip blogs today and […]

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Veterans Day is to commemorate the sacrifices of our service people, to remember all who have served and give them our thanks.

It has a lot of personal meaning to me. My dad served, Recliner Man served, and both of my brother-in-laws served. To them and all their brothers and sisters in uniform I say Thank […]

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