So the taking-photos-with-un-internet-enabled-iPhone thing works. Clunkily, and kind of stupidly, but it works. To wit: Auntie and Refreshing Wine: Auntie’s Front Door: Yes, I’m still awake. La la la. Dinner soon! 🙂

Shiny cover art!

I can’t believe I’m actually upright and coherent, but here I am at my aunt’s beautiful country home, a delicious glass of wine by my side, and I’m thinking I may even be able to stay awake until something resembling a normal bedtime. (Although I may not be as coherent as I think I am…I

I think I’m about ready…got all the laundries done and the plants watered and the house-caring arranged and the bags (kinda) packed and and and…. It’s only a week and a half. No big whoop, right? 🙂 La Enigma and her Consort fed me a lovely dinner this evening, which was very kind of them,

Crossed a lot of things off my list today; it’s starting to look do-able. Though there is still plenty more to do tomorrow… Also I dug up a jillion more irises, and replanted a few. I should open an iris store. 🙂 I think the major replanting and reorganizing will have to come after I

Well I guess summer’s over–I had my first Terrifying Downpour Driving Experience of the season…it started raining at about Olympia, and by the time I was about 45 miles from Portland, the rain was coming down in buckets, there were flowing sheets of water across the freeway, the spray from other vehicles was everywhere, and

It looks like it’s going to get sunny here pretty soon….so my streak may hold. 🙂 But at the moment, fairly foggy, I have to say. Before we drove up here, I did get some work done on the garden–specifically, digging up and dividing and trimming up the iris bulbs (okay, rhizomes, whatever), and then

Since I posted about Wayward Kitty yesterday, I haven’t seen the creature. Go figure. Now I’m off to Seattle for a few days. The problem, such as it is, may solve itself. But thanks everyone for the great advice! I’ll pursue those options if/when I need to. Very clever. 🙂 I love the interwebs.

Sorry for no posting yesterday. Plans keep changing. After the busy-busy-busy weekend, it was decided that there needed–just NEEDED–to be some down time. So Mark didn’t go home on the train yesterday after all, but hung around here; and I’m going to Seattle with him tomorrow afternoon, for Foolscap this weekend. And then–jeez!–I’m going to

We had a wonderful brunch this morning for Mark’s family: his parents, youngest brother, brother’s wife, and niece. Everyone had a good time, I think, and expressed gratifying appreciation for my house and garden. 🙂 People with excellent taste, obviously. Mark’s mother grew up in Portland, so after brunch we drove past both houses where