happy stuff.

whew! we just got back from a 64 mile bike ride that was both grueling and great. it was a benefit ride for macsac, but i somehow missed the “you should try to get people to pledge money” part of the sign-up info and just paid my registration fee (sorry. if i do it again [...]

i didn’t take any photos at dinner tonight, so here’s a pretty picture from my house to entertain you while i tell you about the fork and spoon cafe.  we decided to have some pasta tonight and mr. h-s suggested that we try out a restaurant new to us.  it’s been around for a while, [...]

i spent the entire day reading and writing at the macha teahouse today.  apparently, it was free cookie friday (i think every friday is free cookie friday, actually) so i got a free plate of cookies with my tea.  delightful! i took a few photography breaks.  here was a small view of my lunch: and [...]

i was taking these pictures the other morning when a neighbor i’d never met before stopped walking by and asked if i’d ever been to the “allen gardens.” then she proceeded to tell me about how awesomely beautiful the allen gardens are and how i should really take pictures there. maybe i will, but in [...]

i canned four more small jars of rhubarb sauce yesterday. there is no more satisfying sound than the metallic “thok” of a canning jar sealing as it cools. this sauce will taste great with yogurt or ice cream in the middle of winter. i now have a total of 8 jars… maybe enough to share [...]

i confess. i have a new obsession. today was the third time (in less than a month!) that i visited the ma-cha teahouse. i had a bunch of writing that i wanted to get done and i know that if i try to do it at home that i’ll spend all morning putzing around the [...]

this morning i went for a run. before i even reached the woodsy area, i saw some largish black shapes scurry across the road. from far away, i couldn’t tell if they were of the furry rodent variety (raccoons or gophers or something not rats) or of the feathery large bird-y variety. sure enough, when [...]

i had a great time at camp-out this weekend. i took my camera along and clicked away (hope i wasn’t too annoying…). highlights of the experience were: hiking with other women and seeing this curly leaf playing boggle and finding the word “microdot” (and yes it is a word in the scrabble dictionary!) lavender and [...]

recently, one of the many computers at our house died. it was time to do the technology shuffle* that happens every few years when something kicks the bucket. this time, i was the winner of the shuffle (thanks, mr. happy stuff!) as we both decided that the smartest thing to purchase at this point was [...]

my breakfast last sunday–yes, those are golden raspberries and greek yogurt with my peaches. very, very delicious. sadly, this post title has a hefty dollop of hyperbole. i do not have millions of peaches. i have five. but they are some of the yummiest peaches i have eaten in years. they don’t look like much. [...]