Susan's Pendulum

The first picture was taken prior to the addition of the corpus. The wedding was the last day of Eastertide, so that explains the white on ...

Almost everybody nowadays knows whether the baby is going to be a girl or boy before the child's birth. That can be really fun in some...

As of 4:28 this afternoon, 166 days after moving, I am done unpacking. Now, that doesn't mean things are totally done. There are plent...

When I was pregnant with my kids (back in the Dark Ages, when kids were born without ultrasound pictures ahead of time) a pregnancy was 38 w...

There was a lot of gravel in the dirt around the swimming pool that was here when we moved in. Our shovels and our muscles moved a whole lo...

I like gyros . But the meat is specially processed, and not easily available. And pita bread is not something I always keep on hand. Well,...

I am cheating SO badly on this project. I've identified few species, but loads of genuses. Oh well, if I can get that far, I figure ...

When we took Philip to college, it was a 70-80 minute drive to get there, depending on traffic. He lived in dorms 6 [long] blocks from Wie...

Some Christians believe that they choose to accept Jesus into their hearts, or they choose not to. Other Christians believe that it's n...

I managed to get the last of the unpacking indoors done today. Yee haw! When I finally got that last room neatened and orderly, (like, y...

62. The way I learned MILKWEED was by going out with my mom and my grandma, looking for milkweed pods that had already gone to seed, popp...

It's been a long time since I've made soap -- more than a year and a half. My supply was fine through last fall, and I kept telling...

In recent months, preparing meal s has been overwhelmingly hard. Making food , however, doesn't seem like a big deal. I don't know...

59. I think NIGHTSHAD E is one of the reasons parents teach their children not to eat wild berries. The flowers are attractive. The plant...

Here's a taller picture of burdock (#17) and also a picture of the flowers. I didn't know they were purple. I usually see them o...

If it weren't for the blogs of a few friends who are hype d over the Olympics, I don't think I'd even know they were going on....

We moved gravel today. And dirt. And sand. We thought the pool that had been here was about 4' deep. Well, when the pool had drained...

Five pizzas. Five pizzas, each as big as a cookie sheet. Six people for supper. With the kids going to a barbecue/swimming party this after...

Oh my goodness! Running errands this afternoon, I stopped by church just to peek into the nave and see the change. Late last winter, a co...

53. There's a little bit of DUSTY MILLER in the center of this planter. 54. These MARIGOLDS are the smaller kind. I'm not too fo...