Entries Tagged as ‘Away From Home’

July 11, 2008

My Lovely Commute

There are a zillion reasons why I love my job, but at the very tippy top of my list is my commute. It’s less than three miles, most of which is along grassy berms or on well-kept bike paths. I’m insanely lazy, though, and don’t often wake up early enough to stroll to [...]

May 19, 2008

Pretty Things At Work

My office happens to be located in the most beautiful part of a ridiculously beautiful campus. We have a strict “no photographs” policy there, but lately I haven’t been able to resist whipping out my iPhone and snapping some pictures to share with Pookie and Boomer of the prettiest stuff I see as part [...]

April 8, 2008

A Little Splash Of Pretty

I have very few regrets about the plantings of Maple Hoo, but one of them, this time of year, is the lack of forsythia. Of course, forsythias look like ass most of the year, but for a few weeks in Spring, they’re the very best. We have one scraggly little stick in the [...]

March 20, 2008

The Object Of My Obsession

I have a problem. A big problem. I have an obsession, and it’s starting to detract from my functionality as a contributing member of society.
Behold:

This is a picture from my workplace; it’s the view around the side of my building and across the pond out back. At a casual glance it looks [...]