Happiness

 

I just got out of the ortho-doc, who said that I wouldn’t need to have any bones set, and I wouldn’t need to have a cast. I was so happy! Not to mention that we discovered a great new restaurant on the way home called Fork and Fig.

 

Really Goodbye This Time.

 

I thought if I broke my ankle that Kathy would decide not to move to Atlanta, but it didn’t work. 😿

 

Huh-oh

 

I tripped on a tree root in broad daylight and fell on the side of my face, and broke my ankle! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked/jogged on the ditch after the sun has set. But nope, this happened in broad daylight. The boot is pretty handsome though, is it not?

 

Used to be a walk-in closet

It was snowing today––the day Dan planned to cut the hole for the window. It didn’t stop him. (You’re looking through it up there.) It’s still rough, but now there’s a crank-out window in place. I’ve been using the walk-in closet for my computer work station. It will be so much brighter now! You’re looking out “the window” onto my little balcony; and our walking/biking trail (the irrigation ditch) runs between the two fences back there.

 
 

Solstice

 

Such a fun day, other than the visit to the storage locker. But after we escaped the locker we drove straight to Duran’s Pharmacy (best Mexican food in town) for a late lunch. Today was the shortest day of the year and I was determined to get a bike ride in before the sun set.

Falling asleep in the cellar at Zinc

Eli del Puerto, who we love. We first heard her at the farmers’ market downtown.

 

Tom and I were out running errands when Connie called to say the newest Chirri & Chirra book was waiting for me! So we raced over to Bookworks to pick it up, and then ate lunch OUTSIDE at the Flying Star by the fire. The weather app on our phones said 28 degrees. I don’t think it was really THAT cold. It was sunny and bright. But it was freezing if you weren’t by the fire.

Sweet Surprise

 
 

I couldn’t bring myself to recycle this section of the Sunday paper for days. The cover was too beautiful.

Often I’ll use pages from the paper for posters, placemats, wrapping paper, and doormats (!). But this was too wondrous to use even as a placemat. A week later, when the stack of newspapers, junk mail, and flyers reached the ceiling, I hauled everything out to the can. That’s when I stopped and opened the section up. Not being a baker, I hadn’t even peeked at the insides. WHOA! It was gorgeous 4-page poster, and the whole thing was printed on heavier and whiter paper than the rest of the Times. I love surprises like this.

I finally caved, and we used it as a table runner last night.

Thank you, Adriana Ramic, Krysten Chambrot, Kim Gougenheim, Alexa Weibel and Emily Weinstein for the beautiful design.

Styling by Susan Spungen, Photographs by Con Poulos

Tree House

The ditch trail, 5:00 pm

Tuesday

Walking down Veranda Rd NW after I fell off my bike

Fireplace