Hosta Garden

Due to the shade of our front yard, I decided to plant a hosta garden along the neighbor's driveway. Larry was splitting hostas so I picked up 9 at yesterday's Grand River hike. I came home and worked all evening on planting them and weeding the front flower beds. Muffin was a huge help in the garden, as usual.

Thanks Larry!

Flag Day

In honor of Flag Day, Juliano and I hung an American flag in our yard. Since the drill was out, I had him hang a beautiful dragonfly hook for a hanging basket. Thank you to Mike for the hook and Peggy for the petunia!

Hi to Jacks

Here's a few pictures of Michelle's new kitty, Jacks. She adopted him a few months ago. This is Michelle's first experience with a long haired cat. Life will never be the same around the Baran household with Jacks around.

Belt

Who needs bullets when you could have the shot belt?

Happy Birthday to Me!

I had a wonderful birthday. I took the day off work! And Juliano and I went to see Sex and the City-it was fabulous. Afterwards, we picked up my Mom and had dinner at King Wah. Followed by ice cream cake at my Mom's.

Shout Out

Happy Birthday to my sister Yvonne. She's celebrating her xx birthday today! Hugs and Kisses.

Me & Yvonne circa 1971

Day at the Zoo

Last Sunday, Theresa and I took her great niece Iree to the Zoo. It was a fun day, but we were beat after about an hour of pushing a stroller and carrying Iree! The Butterfly Magic exhibit is open and we saw quite a few butterflies, including some that were just emerging. Yes, we took the infamous baby wearing adult sunglasses picture.

Memorial Day

Muffin is loving our new back porch. I stepped away for a moment today and lost my chair!

Porch is Ready for Summer

A few weeks ago, we had a new roof installed on our back, upstairs porch. This weekend we installed carpet and it's ready for the summer. I enjoy sitting on the new lounger, watching the birds. I have a feeling we'll be out here a lot.


Our backyard from porch

Curtains

On out trip to Charlotte in February, I purchased fabric for curtains in the living room. Thank you to Joy for spotting this beautiful, silk fabric. I finished the curtains on the door and side windows. I still need to work on the big window.

Migration at Magee

I spent today at Magee Marsh watching warblers. It was a great day, despite the cooler temperatures. We saw many fabulous birds. As always, I was unprepared and had to borrow a hat and jacket to make it through the afternoon! Thank you to Judy for providing a yummy lunch! All bird photos are courtesy of Carl Johnson.






Black and White Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

At the feeder

Luis's feeder featured White-crowned Sparrows while we were visiting them last week.

Lucer

Lucy was chillin' like a villain for her daily belly rub.

Chicago Style

We've been traveling to Chicago for nearly 20 years and never ate classic, Chicago-style pizza. Last night, we finally had it and it was delicious.

Muffin on the Ledge

Muffin settled in with a stuffed weiner dog.

Tree Sale

The Museum hosted their first native tree sale this weekend. It was a huge success. The highlight of Saturday's pick up were the delivery dogs! My Museum co-worker trains Newfoundlands (Newfies) as working dogs and they were quite helpful all morning.

Tribe Time

Last night, Theresa scored four free tickets to the Indians vs. Red Sox game. We made it through all 9 innings with 30 degree temperatures! Our Indians were winning until the 9th inning. Sad to say, they lost, but we had fun eating dogs and having a beer. The pink cotton candy is better than the blue.

Gluttony

Last weekend, Jules and I went to a Mexican restaurant out in the 'burbs, Strongstuckey to be exact. I ordered their mole, Juliano had enchiladas with red sauce. Miraculously, both our sauces came out looking the same? Needless to say, we will not be going back to this joint. They're just lucky that their margarita machine was working...

Was TK at the Museum?

So I walk out of work today and do a double take, was Theresa at the Museum?

Hike on the Conneaut

A few weeks ago, on a cold, icy morning, I attended a winter hike at the Museum's Blakeslee/Barrows Preserve. The preserve runs along the northern bank of Conneaut Creek in Ashtabula County. It was a wonderfully sunny day, yet the ice along the river formed beautiful ornaments.