This is what happens when we go to Petco. This is also why I didn’t go in. My family actually had the following conversation in the car on the way home, though names have been changed. (Regular readers will recognize SprinkleSquink as my sister) To clarify, the ages. Me- 16 Daniel-14 Squink-13 John-10 Peter-8 James-5… Read More A Discussion Concerning Sea Urchins
Y’know, floods can actually be a really good time to take pictures, if you have tall enough boots. So, I took some pretty good pictures today, post almost-record-breaking-flood for our town. Our house didn’t get flooded, so as long as it stays that way, floods are fun. Anyway, enjoy the pictures! Back fence. Grasses… Read More Flood & Bullwinkle Pictures
My goodness. Has it been two years already? Two years ago today I slogged through the coding and posted my first picture: Dewy Leaf, starting the blog that would later become the home of all my randomness. Top 5 blogging things I’m thankful for this year: 5. My serial Hornblower fanfiction and the fact that… Read More 2nd Blogiversary and Giveaway
Today marks the 13th birthday of a very important sister of mine. ‘Tis the birthday of SprinkleSquink! She is many things to me (including, but not limited to): My roommate, business partner, writing/drawing buddy, one to share ridiculous jokes with and my personal plot bunny generator. All of those are extremely important roles, and… Read More SprinkleSquink’s Birthday!!!
Aaaand I’m back! Thank you all for waiting around for me. 😉 Sukkot was really fun. I slept out on our porch all but 2 of the nights. Which was cold for my face, but awesome. In the meantime, Photos won the poll by a mile, so here are my favorite sukkot shots. 🙂 Our… Read More Sukkot Photos
Hey, everyone! So, starting tonight is the holiday of Sukkot. A holiday where we camp out in our porch/fort/sukkah and decorate everything with leaves and fall things. We also shake a bundle of branches called a Lulav and a lemon-looking thing called an Etrog. It’s like a lemon with a really thick rind. We made… Read More Sukkot Hiatus
Thought I’d share this really sweet story from Aish for today. Paid In Full There is a fellow who owns a jewelry store in Israel. One day a nine year old girl walked into the store and said, “I am here to buy a bracelet.” She looked through the glass cases and pointed… Read More Yom Kippur
Shana tova, guys! That means happy new year… even though it’s September. 😛 We’re going by the Jewish lunar calendar here, so it actually is the Jewish new year. So, we do all sorts of fun things on Rosh Hashana with lots of symbolism so the little guys in our family can get it too.… Read More Rosh Hashana
If you didn’t know I was talking about ships, that title probably seems a little strange. But I am talking about ships. So, no need to worry, there. 😉 This last weekend our family went up to see the 18th century reproduction ship, The Lady Washington, in port. I was not forgetting my camera for… Read More The Hawaiian Chieftan & Lady Washington
So, the power is out at our house right now. And all my writing files and photos are on the big desktop computer. Therefore, impossible to post at the moment. Anyway, I thought I’d share some of the writing music on my playlist. Not sure how many people out there have seen the Tintin movie,… Read More Tintin Writing Music
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