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Michele — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:27:57 +0000

I don’t like Spring

Michele — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:58:58 +0000

We had a hailstorm Saturday night that lasted over 30 minutes, making it the longest hailstorm I have ever experienced or heard of. By the end those suckers were the size of baseballs and were cratering into my flower beds. Pogle’s windshield got a last minute crack and my tulips got pulverized, but otherwise house seems to be intact. I spent most of the storm cursing everytime I heard a giant piece of hail hit my roof. The joys of home ownership.

The peaceful initial storm:

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After the first wave, when things started getting big:

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We had several smaller storms after this video was taken. It was during one of these small storms that a piece of hail finally got one of our cars.

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I like spring

Michele — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:55:32 +0000

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My little piggies

Michele — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:20:20 +0000

These little sparrows go through a feeder full of seed a week. D:

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The Singing Compost Heap

Michele — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:22:34 +0000

Yesterday as I am about to leave for work, I realize I cannot find my phone. I search all over, even retracing my steps through the yard from when I was working outside. Nada. So I ask pogle to start calling me.

I walk through the house: silence.

I walk around outside: silence.

Then, I look over at the compost pile. You see, I spent about 20 minutes that morning raking up oak leaves to put into a leaf-only compost bin.

I walk toward the bin.

I hear a muffled “4, 3, 2, 1…Verse beyond us, keep on flying…” *

And that, my friends, is the tale of the singing compost heap.

*I’ve set pogle’s ringtone to “Captain Mal” by Possible Oscar.

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MacGyver of the Day

Michele — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:44:00 +0000

So what do you do when you’ve dropped a spoon down a heating vent (that was open for various reasons)? Take a piece of scrap yarn, the magnet from a hard drive, a robotic claw gripping toy from your husband’s childhood, and start fishing.

Hey, I got the spoon. I’m also motivated to replace the vent cover now, as well! XD

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Meet one of the neighborhood bunnies

Michele — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:43:58 +0000

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Baby Birds

Michele — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:39 +0000

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Gardening friends

Michele — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:57:23 +0000

A useful article on some of my least favorite gardening friends. Reading the first hand experiences in the comments really helps you understand when bites most often occur, and what happens when they do.

Don’t click if you’re afraid of spiders! You know who you are! :p

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2322/

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What is this white stuff?

Michele — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:48:39 +0000

At first, it was innocent and pretty…

A few hours later, however, it got worse:

The front view wasn’t much better, albeit pretty in its own way:

Pogle actually went out in the middle of the night and whacked our two dogwoods (one of which is the tree above) with a broom to knock the snow off, hoping to prevent the weight from snapping any branches.

Alas, there were still casualties:

A closeup of the damage:

The snow caused another problem in our neighborhood: we lost power for approximately 30 hours. And it was cooooold! We ended up sticking our milk and butter in the snow to keep it cold (temperatures were below freezing) and piling the ferrets into the bedroom with us overnight.

Where we learned that ferrets snore, very very cutely.

A rather unexpected adventure in our neck of the woods. Thankfully, pog and I were able to rely on each other and get through without any major losses to our home or budget.

A final victim:

One perfectly frozen Daffodil.

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