I remember two things about dandelions from my childhood: The joy of blowing the dried ones all over the yard; and the spirit-squashing grownups who griped about it. “It’s a weed; you’ll spread it all over the lawn; we want to get rid of them, not make more of them” Etc. My boys think dandelions …
Monthly Archive: March 2006
Mar 23
Happy days
After spending too many days cooped up at home due to sickness, we woke up yesterday morning feeling better, feeling happy, and feeling ready to get back to life together. The boys started the day by watching Magic School Bus, then we all played Paxton’s dinosaur dominoes for awhile. After that, the kids wanted to …
Mar 16
Scorpions and Cows and Bug Guys oh MY
When we first starting seriously considering Arizona, one of the things that people kept saying to us was “Sure, there’s no mosquitoes, but there’s rattlesnakes and scorpions and black widows….” And we always replied “Yeah but you never see them. They’re out in the desert, not in residential areas. “ A few nights ago we …
Mar 13
A Taste of Home
As of last week, we hadn’t seen Maba and Pop, or rain, since we moved here in November. This week we got to see both! :O) They arrived on Saturday afternoon, while we were all out playing frisbee in the road, and we were so excited to welcome them. We spent most of the day …
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