The Dog Days of Winter

February 8th, 2009 at 7:09 pm » Comments (1)

Northerners?  Prepare yourselves.  I’m about to brag to all of you who are still buried under a couple of feet of snow and donning your boots, mittens, and chapped lips.  Do you see this?

I took this picture today of a blossom on our Okame Cherry tree.  A blossom!  On a cherry tree!  In February!  It’s [...]


These are a Few of My Favorite Things (The Final Edition)

October 27th, 2008 at 11:10 pm » Comments (14)

You can all breathe a sigh of relief.  This is the final edition of Lulu’s Favorite Things about Germany. 
FAVORITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
If you read about the horrific landing that we had at the Munich airport, then you must know that a Delta 767 is not my most favorite mode of transportation.  In fact, I’m scared to [...]


Wasn’t I Supposed to be Giving Something Away?

September 30th, 2008 at 10:10 pm » Comments (4)

Sorry, y’all.  I’m a little bit late getting back into the blogging world after a nice, long weekend with my mother in town.  But, alas, there is a winner for Lulu’s !  And so, I must give it away.
Thanks to random.org’s integer generator, the lucky integer generated is:

This random integer belongs to my 5th commenter, [...]


Ode to Billy Ray

July 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm » Comments (11)

Poor Billy Ray.  He’s not doing very well, y’all.  Several weeks ago, there was some sort of growth that started to appear under the skin of his front right paw…like in the wrist area.  See my very technical diagram of the wrist area:
 
Anyhow, GR and I thought that the growth was a fatty tumor, which [...]