Forget girls on trampolines; how about dogs, cats & foxes?
Yesterday, Life with Dogs featured a video of two American bulldogs playing on a trampoline. Here’s that video: That tickled my funnybone and motivated me to search out more videos of dogs jumping or playing on trampolines. These are some of my favorites from my browsing today. And lest you think only dogs enjoy trampolines, [...]
Dogs, grief and gratitude
Our year ended on a sad note as we said goodbye to our sweet old girl, Sarah. She was our coffee-loving, bean crunching girl. We got her in 1999, the same year we bought our house. Howie and I both grew up with dogs and loved them, but as renters we’d not been able to [...]
Music theory websites, books, DVD’s and software
This post’s dedicated to all the musicians of the world. I am a musician, though I don’t read music. I have good pitch, but play by ear; I started with guitar by learning how to play based on basic guitar chord charts and transferred my skills to piano by seeing what notes made up the [...]
Local discounts every day!
I’ve become a full-fledged Groupon junkie. If there’s a 12-step program, please DON’T tell me about it. Their writing is right up there with the laughter-inducing prose at ThinkGeek. One of the other things I like is how so many of the deals are for small, locally-owned businesses. It’s a great way for them to [...]
Handmade card using stenciling and reverse stenciling technique
Juan’s 2010 bday card, inside spread Originally uploaded by gardenwife This last weekend, I tried something different. I stamped an image, cut it out, and used both the cut out image and the remaining cut-out left in the cardstock as stencils on a card. I like the masking technique and am happy with how this [...]
