"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, biking, Photo entries, Playing With Weather on Jun 8th, 2011
So…another Dirty Kanza 200 has come and gone, and I was on hand as a helper-varmint again, though this time as support crew for Joel and Wade. Which meant driving Joel’s pickup from one tiny Kansas town to another, with a 5-gallon water cooler in the back (as well as a cooler of food and […]
Posted in Distractions, Photo entries, Shopping on Jun 1st, 2011
We’ve had a rash of broken coffee cups lately. Cone shaped mugs which tip over too easily. A pretty, but obviously clumsily hand-made cup which suddenly and without warning separated into three wedges in the dishpan. Slippery, soapy cups launching out of hands, into the sink, and shattering dramatically. Things were getting a bit ridiculous, […]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Hercules, Party, Photo entries on Apr 6th, 2011
I’m pretty much ready for the Kansas City Tweed Ride. I’ve got an awesome bike: And now I have an awesome outfit: The outfit has many parts, none of which were originally planned to go together, but all of which actually do. There are three things I didn’t make. 1. Blouse (GAP) 2. Socks (Target) […]
Posted in Photo entries, Sewing on Mar 19th, 2011
I have been working on some sewing projects lately with jersey knit fabric, which for some reason I had never really used before. I have to say that I am now a very big fan of jersey knits. Stretchy enough that you don’t need zippers, supple enough to drape beautifully but it doesn’t tend to […]
Posted in Cats, Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Mar 17th, 2011
I don’t remember now if I had mentioned it, but at the end of last summer, Griswald developed an “overgrooming” habit which left all four of his legs and his stomach all patchy, as he’d literally licked all of the fur off. I took him to the vet, and after $250 worth of science, we […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Mar 5th, 2011
In 2002, the Hello Project Shuffle groups each performed and promoted a song based on the notion of “happiness My favorite of the three groups was Odoru 11, with “Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo”…The Happy Dinosaurs March. About two years ago, I went fabric shopping with a friend – I was making some cushion covers for her, […]
Posted in Other Bike Stuff, Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Travel on Mar 2nd, 2011
Well, well, it took a few days to “come down” from our trip to Austin, TX to the NAHBS of 2011. Lots to see and think over…and a crap-ton of pictures to upload, edit, and pick through. I’m going to start out right off the bat with my favorite bike of the show. The wife […]
Posted in Photo entries on Feb 8th, 2011
It’s booger-freezing cold outside, and it’s supposed to snow today/tonight, so here’s a picture of a rain-soaked peony. Hope this helps.
Posted in Photo entries, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jan 27th, 2011
I work on the Plaza these days, as a secretary for an architect. In all of my time in living in Kansas City, I have always worked downtown. Down in the financial center or the government district. Even when I worked for the Metro, I was still in the downtown-ish area, east of the Crossroads […]
Posted in Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 23rd, 2011
Guess what I saw on Wednesday? Holy crap! A robin! Dude, some more of them! No kiddin’! January the 18th and the holly trees* outside the building I work in were teeming with robins. There had to be a good 15-18 of them circulating around. Now either these little dudes are crazy-go-nuts vanguards, or else […]