winter

all the leaves are down now, it will look like this until march, it's still pretty pretty.

i set up the aerogarden today so in about a month there will be a handful of herbs growing in the kitchen. parsley, 2 kinds of basil, dill. they're incubating under their bright lights with water trickling through right now and it's fun to have a science experiment going on.

happy thanksgiving

i am thankful for family and friends and furry family and friends, and food, and naps, and nuts!

perspective

the first four squares take up the same amount of space as the next eight

if you stand in front of me with your hands down your pants

i'm going to take a picture

doc watson & richard watson

i have seen the david
seen the mona lisa too
and i have heard doc watson play columbus stockade blues

first, eli chases the ball

then i ask holden & nacho if they want to get the stick

holden and his goofy lip do

he chomps and turns

as he shakes water at the shore, nacho steals the stick

not so fast whitey

ole!

nacho loses interest

yeah he's not interested

holden grass nose - the end.

gold el camino

this is why i enjoy craigslist missed connections - there are some real fairytales waiting to happen:

Dirty Girl - m4w - 32 (corner of Lexington and 240)
Date: 2009-11-16, 8:05AM EST


I saw you this morning on my way to the Dripolator. You were picking at a scab beside your pink-nosed pitbull, and you smiled just the teeniest bit when I said hello.

This is a long shot, but if you're reading this at Pack Library and want to have a shower and a hot meal, I'd love to put you up for a night. And your dog too, as long as he's house-trained. The weather's about to get very cold and wet, and your boyfriend (?) seems like a real dick.

link

sunset across

it just keeps on changing

wood duck bird house

three raccoons climbed this oak tree and murdered whatever wood ducks were living in this wood duck bird house in the back yard at daybreak this morning.

the dogs were inside and didn't notice. when they were let out soon thereafter, however, they ran right over to that oak tree and started sniffing around.

well that was quick

it took all of two weeks for my brother & his lovely bride to conceive my first niece or nephew. pretty freakin awesome, due next spring, they're all doing great, i hope it looks just like me!

in the meantime, thanks to an evil panda, i must recommend ciao bella gelato - especially key lime and graham cracker flavor - and you don't have to be incubating a human to enjoy it.

golden retriever so happy to see her dad

porter the puppy

my friend got an 8 week old german shorthaired pointer named porter. he's friendly and not afraid of the big dogs and very calm and snuggly for a dog that age, and his floppy ears are ridiculous.

bossing nacho around

Eli might have peed a little on Nacho

tres amigos, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

went to asheville this weekend, and here's the dog report card from the pet sitter nana shanna -

"My friends were so happy to see me! I got the best greeting ever! After we said our hellos, I put Holden on a leash & outside we went, flashlight & all. They piddled (I think Eli might have peed a little on Nacho, who got just a little too close...I wiped him off w/ wet paper towel just in case) & Nacho & Holden doodied. Eli was too busy getting me to play ball. So I gave Eli dinner while the boys got some loves. Gave fresh water & did one more potty-try outside. Eli finally went & they all sniffed around. I tucked them in with lots of loves and rubs before I left. Oh & we played a little "I'm gonna get you!" - So fun!"

dcuble ccupons

harris teeter rules.

when drinking beer, from time to time i especially enjoy highland brewing's oatmeal porter because it's smooth and dark and sweet and made in asheville. the local harris teeter here in charlotte doesn't carry it, though they do carry highland's gaelic ale which is also delicious.

yesterday i went to the customer service desk looking for a request card to fill out & the girl said to write my name, #, and what i want on this piece of paper and she'd put it in 'her' box. i just got a voicemail from harris teeter that my beer's ready to pick up at the service desk.

pretty good.

geese

these canada geese glided by this morning, under the surface their feet were furious, their honks were sloppy and guttural and flat

heron on the shore in a rainstorm

look! it's an animal besides a squished turtle or snake or spider!

through wine glass out window

indian summer here, not feeling the greatest, not calling it flu, may good health find you and slap you silly

halloween

halloween, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

halloween is easily my least favorite holiday of the year. i don't like the colors orange and black. i don't like spiders. i don't like being scared. i don't like deception and fakery. i don't like girls dressing up like sluts. i don't like high fructose corn syrup. i don't like cats. i don't like circus peanuts. i don't like when the leaves die and fall off the trees. i don't like razor blades in fun size snickers bars. i would like a friendly ghost in my life though.

across the way

across the way, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

nature preserve turning yellow and gold. right now it's being pounded with rain, but a couple days ago was glorious.

sunrise steam

sunrise steam, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

sometimes i feel like the luckiest dog on the lake

morning glory squished turtle

morning glory squished turtle, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

the stomach panel looked like a morning glory to me, so i turned the section purple with photoshop

squished turtle

squished turtle, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

look at the claws on that thing

corn maze

corn maze, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

it's fall. it's freezing in the morning, and the leaves are en fuego, and it's dark by dinner, and it's the time of the season for corn mazes and hot chocolate and cider and wood fires and snuggies of every kind.

today my parents have been married for 37 years. as they say in mexico, that's a chitload.

happy birthday DAD

that's the ticket, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

hope your day is fantastic, full of shrimp sales and healing herniated disks and kisses from your favorite son henry!

hooker :)

hooker :), originally uploaded by skippy haha.

last name of people who used to live here

flu shot

flu shot, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

anybody else worry about having live activated flu virus in the lobby of the grocery store?

http://www.harristeeter.com/in_our_stores/departments/pharmacy/flu_shot_clinics/details.aspx

they had FluMist - nasal spray - of live attenutated influenza vaccine - and you know not all the virus is going up their noses, some escapes to the air in the lobby. so i hope nobody under the age of 2, or over the age of 49, or pregnant goes in the grocery store lobby, as it's not recommended for them to breathe FluMist.


is this weird? this is weird.

he lives in my neighborhood

longhorn in the neighborhood, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

some cows and bulls and goats live across the street. the fences don't look sturdy enough to stop them.

crowd

crowd, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

had a wild weekend including a beautiful wedding in high point where i had hush puppies and lost my camera and favorite flip flops (while sober) and saw widespread panic & the allman brothers with warren haynes and derek trucks (while not sober).

please stand by - help is on the way

please stand by - help is on the way, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

fairyland cat

fairyland cat, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

this reminds me of my grandma Drezza, and her love of cats.

north rim grand canyon insane kid climbing down

north rim grand canyon insane kid climbing down, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

this kid was making my hands sweat

warning mountain lion danger FIGHT BACK!

back from a great week in utah and colorado! national parks kick ass!

here's a mountain lion warning sign from arches, near moab, utah.

it was so dry the highway signs were cracked

delicate arch

looking up from under delicate arch

bryce canyon, menage a rocks

north rim grand canyon veranda

aspens and prescribed burn on the road out of the north rim, grand canyon arizona

double rainbow into colorado river in southeast utah

i met a fine 11 year old bitch named rose who would make a splendid girlfriend for holden!

Bryce canyon lovely hope this posts

Bryce canyon lovely hope this posts, originally uploaded by skippy haha.