our week in vegas with our family has been wonderful, but there are a few things i miss when we’re away from home for the holidays—like the cozy corner neighborhood that we’ve come to love over the last ten years which is transformed at christmas into a wonderland of colorful, sparkling joy by our neighbors, […]
a couple of weeks back, i took a trip to the orchard for apples and a beautiful basket of pears came home with me too. way too many for just the two us to eat if they all ripened at once, which they usually do. so i put them out on the back porch where […]
mmmm, that cake was good. (recipe here for metric users and here for non-metric users) we had a nice birthday evening for david with sushi, cake, and some relaxation, though i did fall asleep on him around 2 am. oh well; long day for me . . . with full day at home, i had […]
many, many of you have come to know and love our neighbor bret over the years for his fantastic and much-anticipated holiday light displays. and those who are new to us this year will hopefully appreciate what is about to unfold before you, for bret puts many hours of time and thought into his particular […]