June 25, 2012

The Finish Line....

While I've not crossed it yet, I'm darn close!  I have this mop that I took with me to clean up all of the dust off of the hardwood and laminate floors at my FD project.  It is surely nice...

June 22, 2012

Malcolm X

My sweet little guy, Malcolm, shown left within days of my obtaining him, is gone.  I suspect he became owl fodder.  Our woods are becoming more and more filled with these soundless, winged...

June 20, 2012

Hawk Eye

Immature Red-shouldered hawk. I believe this to be a red-shouldered hawk--perhaps still immature.  There were four of them making lots of noise yesterday and today.  While I snapped many...

June 19, 2012

June 15, 2012

Flow

With my laundry bottlneck solved, I'm reminded of the importance of "Flow".....my own theory (not Mihaly Csikszentmihaly's) of how one achieves a harmonious existence. We have many systems that operate in our life:  money, food, mail, digestive, emotional, rest, activity, sleep and, of course,...

June 14, 2012

Wash and Dry

I have a stackable, front load washer and dryer (Kenmore Elite).  They have well served our laundry hub meeting our clothes and linen cleaning  needs of an active family and erratic piddling by canine/feline companions.  Two weeks ago, my dryer failed--throwing a basic need into a tailspin...

June 13, 2012

Tons of Work

The FD project is in its final throes of completion.  The random width pine floors have been refinished, and they look great.  My countertop project still languishes, but it will be conquered before week's end.  I still have to put a final coat on all of the base trim; get a couple of...