Tagged With: The House
High Dudgeon
I’m a bit under the weather today, but I’ve just spent a very pleasant hour lying in the backyard without anything particular happening in my brain. Very nice to be able to just lie there in some sunshine when sick. For a while I got to watch our front-porch bird, whatever he is — some … Continue reading
Swim fan
These past few days it’s been warm enough to jump into the pool and then immediately out again, shrieking a little bit in a quiet way to myself. Today it’s warm enough to jump in the pool and then swim around for a while and then wish I had some sort of floaty to lay … Continue reading
Jellystone Park
Having managed to scare the duck off at last, we’ve naturally developed a new wildlife problem. One of those cooing birds — my mom says he’s a pigeon, but I never heard pigeons making such a lovely noise in SF — has started appearing in the upper inside corner of our porch roof, and yesterday … Continue reading
Duck Duck Goose
As some of you know, one of the neighborhood ducks has recently adopted us. And by “us,” I mean “our pool,” which he seems to look on as his own personal kingdom. I have been chasing him off the pool at least twice a day, and still he returns anyway. Having the cover on makes … Continue reading
Feminine Mystique
A little while ago I decided to take over the guest bathroom as my own bathroom, since the master bath which we’d been sharing is lit only by two hideous fluorescent bars, while the guest bath has lovely normal lights, including one in the shower. Since then I’ve been girlyfying it and the guest room … Continue reading
Require.
The house built for books. As I settle into this ridiculous yacht of ours, I realize more and more that I only have one decorating style: books. A room does not look right to me unless you can see some books in it, and books are also, for the most part, the only pretty knick-knacks … Continue reading
Gratified
My uncle, on walking into my library: “Didn’t you used to have a lot of books?” I feel this is basically an invitation from the universe to fill up those shelves, stat.
A story
It began with two enormous, light-blocking weeds masquerading as trees. (Yes, I am going to spin this story a bit to make myself feel better about cutting down two plants older than I am.) Then some men with chainsaws came and before too long we were down to one. (For the record, I won’t let … Continue reading
Filler
It’s funny to remember the things I was thinking last year as we were looking for a house. There was a lot of “if we have kids, this will be their room,” (or in some cases, “if we had kids, they’d have to live outside”). Not a lot of “when we get twelve people together … Continue reading
Panic
I planted my first tomato plants today! Annnd…now I am in a panic. The wind is so strong today, and they’re in pots. What if they blow over? They are little guys, what if the wind permanently warps their growth? I had to put them in a sheltered spot to keep them a little bit … Continue reading