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Of Frying Pans and Mouthy Dogs

September 21, 2011 at 10:01 am by Claudia

Yes, dear readers, it’s come to this. I’m posting a photo of a frying pan. How much worse can things get here at the cottage?

You realize, of course, why I’m posting this particular not-very-good-photo. The color! My favorite color, in fact. We needed another frying pan (why can’t non-stick surfaces stay non-stick for more that a few months?) and I found this one at Home Goods. Cuisinart. This particular style comes in lots of bright colors. And yes, I took this photo before I potentially ruined the wicker rocker. In fact, it was right before I embarked on my doomed DIY project.

Seriously, does anyone else have problems with non-stick pans? If you have a recommendation, I’d sure love to hear it. Because we are seriously irritated by it. Especially this guy:

…who does most of the frying around here. Neat photo, eh? (My Canadian grandmother wrote letters to me when I was in college and she invariably ended a sentence with “eh?”) I took this last week because Don wanted some updated photos with his now shorter hair. Ooh….those eyes!! And let’s not mention his hair, which makes me green with envy.

Now I will leave you with this photo of Scout looking insane:

Scout will be 13 this December. She is the youngest 13 year old dog I’ve ever seen. She’s got far more energy than I do, that’s for sure. As she gets older, though, she has become barkier. Lots of barking. Nagging barking. She’s like an elderly person who has decided that old age has earned her the right to mouth off whenever she wants. You know, the person who says, “I speak my mind. I don’t care what people think.”

That’s Scout. She’s a piece of work, that one.

Filed Under: DIY, Don, husband, Scout 19 Comments

Birthday Boy

June 24, 2011 at 12:00 am by Claudia

A handsome guy, don’t you think?

At the moment, he is clean shaven.

It’s his birthday today. A very special birthday. Well, why not just say it? He’s 60 today.

And let me tell you, he just gets better and better. Sixty-schmixty. Who cares? I’m sure glad he was born on June 24, 1951. And I’m sure glad I met him on July 4, 1994.

Happy Birthday, honey. You are the love of my life: my husband, my partner, my boyfriend, my fiance, my pal. You are a intelligent and talented man: an actor, a writer, a singer-songwriter. You are kind and compassionate, honest and true. You are a good friend to your many friends. You care about others. You are an honorable man. You are unfailingly polite. You have the best laugh. The dogs adore you. I adore you. Everyone who meets you ends up adoring you. How could they not? Oh, and you can make me laugh so hard that I pee in my pants.

Here’s to a wonderful year ahead, my love.

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Birdbath & Would You Do Me a Favor?

June 23, 2011 at 8:18 am by Claudia

Every birdie needs a bath. This little one came back several times, especially after I changed the water just for him.

I had 2 days of work in the garden and then the rains came. Yesterday morning we had a doozy of a thunderstorm. It seemed to go on for hours. With it came humidity and I’m afraid more of the same is due today. I’ve been cleaning and unpacking and worrying about Riley. He’s really had a hard time of it with an injury to his right hip. We don’t know how it happened…sometimes this sort of thing just takes over for several days and we worry and help him as best we can. In the middle of a “Should we take him to the Vet?” discussion, as if he knew just what we were suggesting and wanted no part of it, he started to show little signs of improvement.  We’re exercising him as often as we can and he seems find getting up and down a bit easier today. Our sweet boy – we sure love him.

May I give you a little heads up? Don has a big birthday tomorrow. One that he has been dreading. Hint: it starts with a 6 and ends with an 0. He wants to keep the day low-key, so we are having a couple of friends over for dinner and an evening of music with guitars and beautiful songs and the creative expression that makes Don happy. A little gift giving will be done, (the big gift, if you remember, is our trip to Fenway Park in September for a Red Sox vs. Yankees game) some sugar-free apple raspberry pie (from the Julian bakery in Julian, CA) will be eaten and hopefully, the day will be a happy one.

I’m going to write a Happy Birthday post for him later today. Would you all be so kind as to wish him a Happy Birthday? It would be such a wonderful surprise. I plan on showing him all the birthday greetings at the end of the day on Friday.

Thank you, my friends. My guy needs a little cheering up!

Filed Under: birds, birthday, Don, garden, Riley 25 Comments

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I live in a little cottage in the country with my husband. It's a sweet place, sheltered by old trees and surrounded by gardens. The inside is full of the things we love. I love to write, I love my camera, I love creating, I love gardening. My decorating style is eclectic; full of vintage and a bit of whimsy.

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