My third installment of “Lust For”. I thought about writing something creepy since it is Friday the 13th… but I don’t like creepy things.  However, anybody who knows me, knows that I LOVE animals.  (But to be clear for those that don’t know me, I am not a dirt-under-my-nails kinda gal.)  And now that I am

Well, not really crazy. Not in the TRUEST sense of the word. However, “What was I thinking?” does come to mind. Are you wondering what I am talking about? I am talking about the third trimester of pregnancy. In a word…nesting. I don’t mean, scrubbing the floor a bit more or cleaning the bathrooms a

We saw our lovely midwife today…  it was  a funny appointment.  We walked in with a list of questions and things we have been debating about.  I’ll start with the end of the appointment and then go through our list and her answers. For the first time we got the fundal height measurement (from pelvic bone

I can’t believe we made it to here.  For some reason this feels like such a huge hurdle… the difference between today and tomorrow…Its like the big hill and we are cresting and going over. I had a major freak out this weekend and calmed myself down by making a list…  house projects that need to

“This baby is off the Chain”  Actual works spoken by the ultrasound tech yesterday as suki-dot rolled around doing flips and sommersaults.  She barely got all of her measurements completed…  The verdict - perfectly normal baby in size, proportions, and heartbrainhandsfeetlegsarmsandhead.  YEAH!   (I think I’ve mentioned this before but we are choosing not to find

Saturday A. and I traveled to Charlottesville with our best friends S and C to see Melissa Ferrick.  This trip had been planned for quite some time as she had cancelled the show not once but twice…  I think you all know that I am quite round…  there is no hiding a pregnancy…  so the

I didn’t do half of the things I thought I was going to do this weekend, for a variety of reasons: No Annie Lebowitz exhibit with CBCB because of my TOM & cramps (sometimes I HATE being a girl!) No Indiana Jones movie with my dad because the first theatre sold out and there was no parking

Given that this weekend there are three whole days to catch up on housework, workout, go places, be with friends, and enjoy life, I’ve decided to get out there and do some of it. Friday night work out with BFF (done) feed my Nip/Tuck obsession by watching the latest season 1 DVDs that have arrived from Netflix

Most specifically, there’s a female Anna’s Hummingbird in his Oakland garden, tending her nest and young ones.  Here are THE PICTURES.  All copyright and all rights reserved by Larry Shusan.  Shown here  as a courtesy.                 The first specimen of an Anna’s Hummingbird was probably collected in San Francisco’s Presidio in the 1820s by an Italian doctor,

Here is one of our neighborhood Dippers, cleaning those precious wings, probably stimulating a little extra waterproofing oil from the glands, generally keeping the feathers smooth and in proper order.  BIRDS OF OREGON  by Marshall, Hunter, et al. puts it succinctly: “Few birds are as astonishing as the American Dipper.”  They are found in many clean mountain