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July 30, 2009
July 29, 2009
It's currently 104 at the house, and feels like 123.
June 11, 2009

Jasper's packing his bags, raising the anchor, and moving to another new ZIP code in mid-July. This time it's six blocks from the Ballard Fred Meyer, and has even more delicious grass to chomp on... and a guest room for all of you who have been using the lack of one as an excuse not to visit.
(Random side-note trivia -- I have yet to live in the same ZIP code twice, despite this being my seventh move within about a five-mile radius.)
(Random side-note trivia -- I have yet to live in the same ZIP code twice, despite this being my seventh move within about a five-mile radius.)
April 13, 2009
(public domain image of a pussy willow courtesy of Wikipedia.)
February 20, 2009
October 11, 2008
...discovering there are some really dense logs in there. Via Ancestry.com's "Find Famous Relatives" feature:


Both via distant ancestors of my paternal grandmother's mother. (There were at least a few semi-respectable ones in there too, such as Mark Twain, John Wayne, and Frank Lloyd Wright...)
July 28, 2008
It's new IKEA catalog day!
June 16, 2008
"Find your Samson"
Presumably it was referring to cats that formerly had that name, and not male enhancement or anything naughty like that. However, since I've already got an ex-Samson I didn't bother to verify.
Presumably it was referring to cats that formerly had that name, and not male enhancement or anything naughty like that. However, since I've already got an ex-Samson I didn't bother to verify.
