The Robins are back, we've had a couple days in the 70's and I've got a bush with a bunch of pretty pink flowers on it. Spring! Woo Hoo!

This year though, my Tulips and Daffodils only produced leaves, no flowers.

My yard is 90% weeds. Sorrel, Henbit, Violets, Moss, and some kind of funky evergreen. Not the most beautiful sight, but it's near impossible to grow grass under the two old Sugar Maples that shade most of the front.

Time for...

I'm looking over my desk at the two exercise machines who's sole purpose is to keep dust from getting on the carpet. One of them is an Elliptical that my daughter promised she'd use, and she did for a short time. The other is an old push-me pull-you bike sort-of contraption that looks like it came straight out of the black depths of David Lynch's mind. We're just not the exercising type. We try, but unfortunately, we can think of a bajillion other things we'd rather be doing, and so we do. ...

It arrived! Woo Hoo!

What arrived? Wine, and lots of it!

I'm no wine connoisseur, but I know what I like. What I like are Port Wine, and Cream Sherry for desert - Concord and Niagara for table wine - Ice Wine of Vidal Blanc and Raspberry wine on special occasions. Oh, and I can't leave out the Holiday Wine that's served hot. I'm not a big fan of dry wines like Merlot or Chardonnay though. I'm originally from Erie, PA and the best winery is Mazza Wines...

Thanksgiving is this Thursday and in lieu of the usual Tom Turkey dinner with all the usual fixin's I'm preparing what's become our traditional T'Day dinner. I don't particularly like to cook. Not that I can't, I'm not half bad, I just don't care to do it. But on special holidays I kinda look forward to making a big fancy dinner. Here's what's on the menu for Thursday:

Crab-stuffed mushrooms - early snack

Cilantro Carrot soup - appetizer
Caesar Salad -...

I've got my Zoooooooom back! The X was in the shop for 2 weeks! As it turns out I didn't need to replace the carb, and the main problem was this little thingie that pokes into another thingie to make it idol when you let off the gas. Not the kind of thing that would pop out on it's own, but had to have been pulled out - ?? There were a few other minor problems but WAY less than I expected. Now it purrrrrrrs! All it needs is a good paint job and that may be in the spring. The gas has been...