Tonight I ended my search for my next horse.Yes, TR and I drove, along with my ever suffering husband (ESH) an hour and a half to see this horse.10 yr Old Palomino GeldingGrade horse, calm disposition, had been sitting for 3 years. This trainer, D... read more
HorseCentric
Photo via Tom Nord The planet is short one centenarian this week after Hector, the world's oldest condor, passed away in Algeria at the ripe old age of 100. Experts say Hector's long life was quite a feat considering that the scavenging birds gen... read more
TreeHugger
The garden kitties deserve a treat in the garden. They receive nutritious food and store bought treats twice each day and plenty of fresh, cool water. They can have all the birds and grasshoppers they can catch. Once upon a time, they would di... read more
Maybelline's Garden
Happy birthday, Tino! If I were up on the Ottawa right now with you, I'd bake you an entire carrot cake and then we'd sing some James Taylor. Perhaps wear some sponsored clothing and take a stroll through a death camp or a surf town, then run a wa... read more
The Wilder Coast
MissQ is not at all used to serious heels: This week I ordered a beautiful pair of pumps to wear when I marry Mr. Perfect. Wearing sensible shoes on a special occasion is simply out of the question. Every girl knows that high heels make our legs l... read more
dustbury.com
I have finished my two quilts and don't plan to start another one until I need to do some more self-medicating. Hannah's working on her first. I thought she'd enjoy seeing these statistics.The Quilting in America 2010 survey of 20,000 households i... read more
Pratie Place
A couple of weeks ago Pawan from MaxBlogPress.com contacted me, saying he had developed a new plugin that would significantly boost the number of sign-ups I was getting to my email newsletter. Original Post: Review: MaxBlogPress Subscribers Magnet... read more
Daily Blog Tips
There are a lot of good looking locals featured here on a slideshow from Metromix, aptly titled Petromix. However, next time more terriers, please! read more
Raleigh Pop
From a July 28 USA Today article:In the heart of San Francisco, Noe Valley is home to dot-com millionaires and working professionals. The streets are lined with Edwardian and grand Victorian row houses built in the late 19th century, and the neigh... read more
Noe Valley, SF
This photo, which Bossy took yesterday in the sweet town of Burlington Vermont, indicating the Bossy family was on hand eating Thai food and perusing bookstores, waiting out the rain back at their campground. read more
iambossy.com
Fruit Drunk Animals - Funny bloopers R uslinkI don't remember seeing anything like this on Wild Kingdom with ol' Marlin Perkins. "Jim - eat some of that fruit to demonstrate it's destructive properties for us, will you?"H/T Nunkle Kim... read more
The Poor Farm
I didn't really have this week's meals very well planned out after coming back from vacation. Last night, I was just going to have Matt make some burgers on the grill & throw together a potato salad. Then I realized I had a beautiful heirloom ... read more
A Good Appetite
When will one of the chickens lay the inaugural 7MSN Ranch egg?You don't have to guess which came first, the chicken or the egg –(somebody just figured that out) (it was the chicken) –You just have to guess which day and at what time I will find t... read more
The 7MSN Ranch
Did anyone else notice that Bollywood choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan of So You Think You Can Dance stressed during last night's episode that Bollywood draws from many world dance styles? I think that was Mahajan's chance to correct what Mia Micha... read more
Whose shoes are these anyway?
Click to "embiggen"Santa Monica Beach. It's here that the coast of Los Angeles, Santa Monica Bay, curves to the west. The Santa Monica Mountains, one of the few transverse mountain ranges in North America, rear up their rocky flanks above Hollywoo... read more
Doves Today
I mentioned a while back that instead of canning our cherry plums right away, we stuck them in the freezer to wait until canning inspiration hit. Well, we decided that inspiration could wait no longer and it was time to get on it, so 11 jars of ch... read more
A Sonoma Garden
Day 299 I walked the fountains park with Leslie today and it was great to be back home with my regular walking buddy. I love the heat and adore summer, and when I came home this evening the scent of freshly watered grass somehow smelled like the L... read more
My Big Walk
Those first blank pages are intimidating. Judgmental. As though the entire book might be spoiled with the careless stroke of a pen. As with any superstition, I don’t believe it. Not rationally anyway. But I go and buy six of my favourite pens. Jus... read more
Richard Stupart
Poor Rodney. first off, he was supposed to be a she. He was the biggest of the day old chicks. He did indeed turn into a beautiful rooster. However, the itty bitty Banty rooster kept him away from the 4 hens and if Rodney did get near a hen, she ... read more
Weeder's Garden
Paul has been wonderfully supportive of the final stages of birth on our most recent baby. Beyond the help with meals and laundry and cleaning (because did I mention I’m teaching and doing research interviews and presenting at conferences and oh,... read more
Cold Spaghetti
As you all know, I am completely perfect in every way. Moreover (can someone who uses the word moreover be truly perfect? never mind, must not get distracted. again.), my life has been problem-free since I reached the pinnacle of any writer... read more
How Not To Act Old
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Spooky, originally uploaded by dharmabumx. Ahh…beer@11:30. Lunch@ Againn... read more
reluctantly defined
…its because the relentless demon “Progress” forced me into updating the software. As with most things, the ”new and improved” just swaps out problems old for new and I’m dealing with the consequences now. When I’m done its back to the post... read more
Too Stupid To Die...
Margaret, tell Howard that the difference between me and Rush Limbaugh is that I don’t lie in order to support my opinion. That fat bastard Limbaugh will say anything to keep his ratings up and counts on his fans being too lazy to check the ... read more
Margaret and Helen