We finally finished the bedroom painting! The color doesn't really show well in these pictures, but it's a medium green (kinda like...

After 170K miles, the Civic is dead. The insurance company said that the car is a total loss. The Civic has been towed away and the registra...

I've heard it said that any accident you can walk away from is a good accident. This is what the Civic looks like after being hit by a F...

We've had a Hydrangea of some sort at every house we've owned. At our house in Apex, North Carolina, we had some Oak Leaf Hydrangea...

About a week ago, one of Valerie's hummingbird feeders disappeared off the deck. "I can't believe somebody stole my Hummingbird...

It had finally cooled down the other night, so we opened the windows for the night. I was having a hard time sleeping when I heard an owl o...

I was looking back through the pictures we've taken over the last year and a half. Some made it to the blog and some didn't. This ...

I've debated long and hard about where Wilton Diaries should go now that our main writer has lost her inspiration. Sure, I can keep you...

We've been keeping busy the last few week doing things around the house. Valerie and I have a deal that if we get our bedroom ready to ...

We picked up Danny's ashes today. Danny will be buried in a peaceful spot along side our two other dogs. When we find the perfect bush ...

This post was going to have pictures of the house with it's roof half done. But as you can see, Rick's Main Roofing was able to ge...

It's been one long week since our Danny boy passed to the other side. First the remainder of his food was tossed. After a couple days ...

The house was way too quiet last night. As violent thunderstorms raged through western Fairfield county, I expected to be nudged by my boy, ...

Danny had surgery today. When the vet opened Danny up, he found that the cancer had spread to most of Danny's organs. At best, they said...

This is Franklin. Franklin was made by a family friend and arrived at our doorstep several years ago during a very dark time. The first time...

With only two of us in the house and not eating too many meals at home this week, it took a while to fill up the dishwasher. I finally ran a...

The radiologist read the ultrasound and said that Danny's tumor is either in the spleen or omentum. The recommendation is to have surger...

Danny had the ultrasound today. The vet said he was a great patient, no need for anesthesia. Danny just laid down and let the technician do...

Cancer. One word, one moment and everything changes. Danny has cancer. Danny has been skipping meals and we decided that he should see the v...

I let Danny out this afternoon and he immediately rolled over and over in the grass. When Danny stopped, he just stretched out on his side w...