Loose Leaf Notes

Santa heads home with his sleigh A new year is a clean slate In between years on New Year’s Eve No one said it would be easy

Most of the ice is gone now but its memory can be seen in the fallen tree limbs all over my yard that broke from the weight of it, and in the ice pictures I took of it in various stages of melt. Dog wood buds looked like aliens in space helmets and reminded me […]

A rumpus was roaring Kahlua and cream was pouring Yankees were swapping Dudes were jive talking And Bryce and his daddy where in the house Watch the neighborhood Yankee gift swap in action HERE. Last year’s Christmas Eve gift swap is HERE.

There’s more than one way to get from A to Z. (See HERE.) But Bryce says “no.” Snow is too unknown. He doesn’t understand why it makes his hands sting and why he can’t walk in it without falling down. (See HERE.) The stairs or nature’s elevator? You decide. (See HERE.)

1. I think I should charge The Gap for the posting of this picture. 2. Andrew Wyeth was here.

An overflow of snow No dry place to sit No Christmas card delivery Just a still life scene of white serene

The creeks are running and puddles are the growing. A few hours of sun brings a mush of slush. A December thaw is a good day for walking I love trees.

Besides eating Thanksgiving turkey at a Zephyr Farm potluck, we played a rousing game of Taboo. We lined up in the kitchen at Amy, Rowan, and Zeph’s house for Vietnamese pho soup. One beautiful bowl of pho begged to be photographed. We visited six hands of the Sixteen Hands Studio Tour at Donna Polseno and […]

Loose Leaf Life So Far Owner’s Manual

First Santa Sighting Have a Ball at the Mall ‘Twas the Month before Christmas and All Through the House…. Story time is HERE.

1. A Watered Down Version of Trees 2. Tunnel Vision 3. Tangled up in Blue 4. Honks for Food Note: A short video revealing the tops of the watered down trees is HERE.

I saw a couple of cowgirl trick-or-treaters and rows of lit up jack-o-lanterns bobbing up and down the streets of Floyd on my drive through town last night. It was a misty dusk and I was on my way to The Pine Tavern Pavilion for their annual Halloween party featuring the music of The Kind. […]