Archive for August, 2006
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
a late afternoon ride
There they were, two young deer in the fenced clearing across from the mill entrance on Wynooski. They seemed to be playing and didn’t really mind my approach and rolling to a stop. But pretty soon they started to move off…not toward the closest woods, but down the clearing away from me. Adolescent deer look […]
No Comments » - Posted in critter sightings by Mauri
Sunday, August 20th, 2006
i’m an idiot
Every spring our ancient backyard gravenstein apple tree awakens from winter in glorious blossoms. While I always enjoy its beauty, I also begrudge the inevitible mess it will cause in a few months as it drops its ripened fruit all over the ground. I have no good reason to feel this way since I’m not […]
8 Comments » - Posted in old friends by Sherry
Sunday, August 13th, 2006
sidewalk singing
So we’re sitting on the stoop having supper. OK, it’s the old front porch at 514 and mostly hidden by surrounding shrubs, but maybe it’s small enough to be called a stoop. Eating out there on the old wicker two-seater is kind of a stealthy way to interact with the neighborhood, and it was a […]
No Comments » - Posted in in the neighborhood by Mauri
Friday, August 11th, 2006
bye-bye, we’ll miss you. not.
We did it again! We carried a bunch of stuff we don’t want anymore out to the garage, put out a bunch of signs with arrows, and people came to our house in droves. Not only did they come to look at our stuff, they handed us money for it and carried it to their […]
