-
Maybe I’d love summer if I owned a dog.
Yesterday, after another sweaty few hours pulling weeds, I asked Tara, “What do we do on winter weekends?” I had legitimately forgotten how we fill our time when there isn’t yard work to be done. “Sit around on our asses a lot,” she said. My god, does that really happen?! If so, it sounds wonderful.…
-
Wisco Wednesday: Cheese Curds
I’m embarrassed to admit this now, but the first time I ever tried a fresh cheese curd, I was not impressed. The Tillamook Cheese Factory (since renamed Tillamook Creamery) on the Oregon coast was a frequent stop when I lived in the PNW. The self-guided tour was a fun way to see the cheesemaking process…
-
Gnome, gnome of the strange.
We have a number of garden knickknacks scattered around the yard. Odd little things, like aliens and Sasquatch. And also, this guy. When Tara came home one day with a garden gnome, I didn’t even bat an eye. Gnomes are kinda cool. This one isn’t even our first. We placed it in the backyard, overlooking…
-
Nobody meshes around with Mark!
You know that saying, Desperate times call for desperate measures? Yeah: it explains why I bought this getup. Good thing I don’t give a lick about fashion, huh? I look like a dork. But last weekend, when I was working in the yard, the damn mosquitoes were as relentless as ever, constantly swarming me. They…
-
This staycation has been light on the “stay.”
You know it’s been a hot stretch when the feels-like temperature is 96° and you think, wow, it’s really cooling down. Wednesday was not that day. Wednesday was the third day in a row in which the weather was dreadfully hot and insanely humid. So, what did Mark do on Wednesday? Like a dumbass, he…
-
Mulch-as gracias.
I’m a big believer in the power of mulch. It’s the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to transform a yard. I offer up Exhibit A: an overgrown bed of weeds (plus a very scraggly rose bush) that was becoming an eyesore. Nothin’ that a bag or two of cedar chips couldn’t fix! Sadly, I still…
TAG! YOU’RE IT.
Black Hills blogging camping cats Christmas cold cooking COVID-19 Ely Facebook Food Fort Atkinson gardening Halloween Hiking holidays house Madison Midwest moving music NaNoWriMo Nevada novel Oregon Oregon coast Pacific Northwest Portland Rapid City road trip Snow social media South Dakota television Thanksgiving thunderstorms Travel unemployment United States Washington Weather winter Wisconsin Work Writing
Subscribe
Tired of constantly refreshing your screen to see if there’s a new blog post? Enter your email to have updates sent directly to your inbox. No spam, I promise. Unless you’re looking for the delicious canned meat, in which case, here’s a handy link!
Mark My Words 