Current situation It’s 26ยบ or something like that, outside as I (L) write this. And yet, there is no pretty sparkly white fluffy stuff. Ahem, no! We came up here for the (humanity and the) pretty sparkly white fluffy stuff, dammit. (We had some snur–as a local weather nerd calls it–for like a minute. But it…
Category: urban living
The Great Flash Flood
Meetup. We do love them, but they can be rough on organizers. Our recent Sunday one was no exception. It was to be Jazz at the Park (the last one of the season) at 5:30. Then, it was supposed to rain from 2pm until like the next day or something. So, Organizer M moved it…
RV project: trading the sofa for cabinets and a counter.
The 2021 motorhome we bought in 2020 was designed to sleep 6-8 people. Of course, that’s assuming some of them are kids and assuming some of them don’t expect to actually sleep. We ordered the overhead queen bunk and found it to be a giant waste of money. The mattress is thin and terribly uncomfortable….
FREEzer?
Inspired by some neighbors who own a dry cleaning appliance (what? who knew those existed?), we ordered a small-ish freezer. I (L) do some freezer cooking, especially as we prep for RV trips, and a decent amount of frozen food preservation (onions, celery, herbs, ginger, broth, beans, etc.) and we are constantly having to “Tetris”…
She was thirty-four.
She died all alone in her apartment under pretty bad circumstances.
Hitless and Run
None of us could believe he wasn’t visibly hurt.
Blow off, wind!
Denver can get pretty windy, but today it really pissed me off.
Patio Planters Progress
Our patio plants have evolved in both directions. For the flowers in the planters, it seems I can not get enough water in these plants. They are green and seem healthy enough, but they have lost most of the flowers. They are far too heavy to bring inside, so for the recent “Surprise! Final Winter!”…
Patio Planter Preparation
Last year, we were too busy to do a late-season garden, so this is our first.