Monthly Archives: May 2014

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. —Pablo Picasso Not everyone agrees with Picasso. People have devoted huge chunks of their lives trying to understand color theory, and they’ve written … Continue reading →

Sunday we talked about the couple at the Dog Bark Park Inn, making a living doing what they love. Here’s another couple, Melanie and Nicholas, living in a cottage in rural Wales. They too are making their livelihood doing what … Continue reading →

Kaitlin and Torben bought Sammy and Montana toys yesterday — a pig for Sammy and a snake thing for Montana. Montana ended up shredding the snake (on the ground on the left), then moved on to the pig. Fortunately Sammy … Continue reading →

In comments to yesterday’s post, bikehikebabe argued that cats are better than dogs. It doesn’t matter one way or the other — it’s whatever touches our hearts. As I’ve said, I have several blogs I check every day for my … Continue reading →

Expat Mom says the other day Dominic, her toddler, handed her a piece of paper with a scribble on it, saying Awesome! Look, Mama, awesome! What a healthy attitude. Yay, Dominic! Yay, us! Awesome. May 17, 2014  

A surveillance camera taped a child being attacked by a neighborhood dog. Fortunately, the family cat came to the rescue: Wow! May 16, 2014  

A recent study at Cornell University has concluded that cutting the food of 6-to-10-year-olds has a tendency to make them more mellow. When this age group was fed chicken drumsticks instead of de-boned chicken they were twice as likely to … Continue reading →

I don’t like the wind. —Mountain biker going down a steep, narrow trail. bikehikebabe sent a link to the video of the ride. Yes, it was scary enough even without a wind. May 13, 2014  

It was windy yesterday afternoon. Andy said the wind didn’t knock him over, but it did knock him around. In the picture below we can barely see the mountains a mile or two away — not because of a forest … Continue reading →