Tim and Jen Live Here

We’re through the first 6 months of 2008, and I thought I’d look back on a half-year’s worth of books read and listened to.
Stats:

43 books read
20 books listened to
5 books in progress
4 books started and put away, never to be returned to
1 book started and put away, to be returned to at some point

Some of [...]

to automatic things in public bathrooms?

I’m sure we’ve all been subjected to the over-zealous auto-flush toilet that flushes several times while we’re still mid-go. This is beyond frustrating and, of course, wasteful. Especially considering you still have to flush when you’re finished, when, inevitably, the auto-flusher will decide it’s already performed its final [...]

It was suggested to me that this might be a columbine, so I did some searching, and it is! It’s aquilegia ‘Black Barlow’. And I definitely didn’t plant it. But I might buy more now that I know what it is.
This beauty is growing under the pine tree in my back yard, [...]

More flowers are blooming, and I’ve got photos to share. Actually, I really wish I could send the garden smells to you via the Internet. With the windows open, I’ve got lilac scent filling the air inside. Outside the lilacs are joined by lilies of the valley and pinks (carnations). And [...]