Author: lis

Nothing like being on hold. Especially when you’re waiting to talk to your doctor. Who, by the way, I still haven’t heard from.

at least the hold music was OK.

well, crap. here we go again: fever, aches, general discomfort, cough….yuk.

the big question of course is, is it pneumonia again, some random infection or….(insert dramatic music here) SWINE FLU!!?!?

OK, maybe three raccoons isn’t technically ” a lot” but it’s more than I usually see on any given morning. This picture is just of the two cubs (or kits); mom had already disappeared into the storm drain.  Check out Doug’s page if you want to see a picture of her.

A full five months into this project, and haven’t missed a day yet! But inspiration is getting harder to find, so this week I’m going with a theme. The theme is “lots,” as in “many” or “multiple.” For today, I’ve got a picture of lots and lots of herbs; everything from your basics to stuff you’ve never heard of. Fun, but overwhelming.

My friend Susan was in town this weekend, providing the rest of us an excellent excuse to get together for brunch at Johnny’s D’s in Somerville. Brunch is, in my opinion, the best meal of the week.

I was out shopping, looking for a rug to go in the bathroom. I spotted these:

Clearly, they are made from Persian cats.

About 30 seconds before I took this picture, I had taken another one in which you could see about 3/4 of this building, which is the third tallest in the city. Now, the building is nearly gone.

Makes me think of Stephen King’s great short story, The Mist. Read the story; don’t see the movie.

We have big pieces of fleece that we put on the furniture for the cats. when we have company, we remove it so our guests don’t get cat hair all over them (although most of our friends have cats of their own, so I guess it’s sort of a moot point).  Anyway, we washed all of it, and Doug brought it upstairs and put it on the floor while he went to find something to put it in. It took Parker about 4 seconds to find it…

(with apologies to songwriter Jonathan Coulton)

“Sock Monkey so freaky

Sock Monkey has scary beady eyes

Sock Monkey very simple toy
with such big creepy bright red lips

Sock Monkey for you

Sock Monkey for you”

so I’m leaving work today and I suddenly remember that I haven’t taken a picture yet and I’m not likely to see anything inspiring tonight. Then, along come five people on Segways….