Monthly Archives: July 2009

Rain!

Posted on July 31, 2009 by barbaraehardy

And are we ever glad!   It’s been threatening rain,  has felt humid and heavy,  but no rain has fallen for weeks.   I’ve had to run the sprinklers repeatedly to keep the lawn and garden looking good.  But now Mother Nature … Continue reading →

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Keeping busy

Posted on July 28, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     Noel and family are returned from their vacation to the Adirondacks, so I’m heading over there in a few minutes to float around the pool and catch up with their lives.  It’s a very warm, sunny day….forget that the … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare at the library

Posted on July 25, 2009 by barbaraehardy

   Notre Dame University, as part of their summer Shakespeare program, brought a short play to the lawn of our local library.  It wasn’t quite Shakespeare, although the troupe is out there doing "Twelfth Night"  someplace.  What we got was … Continue reading →

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Cough, wheeze, sniffle

Posted on July 22, 2009 by barbaraehardy

      Yes, it’s ragweed season.  Sigh.   One day a person is fine, and the very next it’s as if ten thousand ragweed plants became ripe all at once.   Come to think of it,  that’s probably exactly what happens.   So it’s back … Continue reading →

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More about our weekend

Posted on July 20, 2009 by barbaraehardy

      I am home now, and Delta came through, making that happen. You can imagine what a relief that was.  Everyone else left yesterday too, if they had not, in fact, left on Saturday.  Bertie is probably collapsed…and that lucky Timmy should … Continue reading →

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Going out in glory

Posted on July 18, 2009 by barbaraehardy

      Colonel Joanne Kile had glory upon glory heaped upon her at the retirement ceremony yesterday.   If there is a prouder family anywhere, I’d like to see them.  We were swelled up with it to bursting.    Way to go, Jo.   … Continue reading →

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I’m in Virginia

Posted on July 16, 2009 by barbaraehardy

Yes, I really am in Virginia, and if that’s not a miracle, I don’t know what is.    Northwest Airline, once again, failed to deliver.  My 8:15 flight was delayed, and delayed, and delayed.   I was reticketed for so many different … Continue reading →

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A quiet weekend

Posted on July 12, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     This weekend is the Krasl Art Fair.  I attended this annual event on Saturday a.m.  When the crowds got too thick,  home I went.   This is an especially nice art fair, as it is juried.  This means that not … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Emily

Posted on July 9, 2009 by barbaraehardy

     Some birthdays have more weight than others, and # 13,  the one that changes a girl into a teenager, is surely one of them.   Today we celebrate our Emily as she reaches that milestone.   1996 seems a long, long … Continue reading →

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Swimming, swimming

Posted on July 6, 2009 by barbaraehardy

Do you remember that old camp song?    "Swimming, swimming…in the swimming pool When days are hot, when days are cool…in the swimming pool."   I sing it to Aurelia sometimes when she is in the bath tub; she knows … Continue reading →

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