Happy Day of Love!

(staring into the Italian sun on the Spanish Steps in Rome)

I don't post on here too often...that should change. But I wanted to declare to all the world (or at least the 12 or so people who may read this blog) how much I love and appreciate my husband. Dan, I do love you with all my heart. You amaze me. You are so talented and gentle and funny and kind and smart and handsome and...well, lots of other things. I think it's a good sign that even through all the challenges we've faced our relationship has only gotten stronger. I love you.

~Angie

Long Strange Trip Blog

I've created a blog for my radio show (the Long Strange Trip). Anyone should feel free to check it out! http://lstrip.blogspot.com/ I've been doing this show now for 13 months with and without Mike (my co-host). The show is on every Monday morning from 10 - 12 (Pacific), the blog has a link to stream the radio station live and also to listen to past Long Strange Trip shows!

Moscow panorama

Angie and I have discovered that while some seasons on the palouse are prettier than others, there really isn't an ugly time of year here. The poorly stitched-together panorama above was taken just this afternoon on a Sunday hike that Mona and I took at Idler's Rest on Moscow Mountain. Moscow can be seen in the distance about 3 quarters from the left.

5 years!

Apples

Who remembers this classic Callister treat? Angie and I have a zillion apples and we've been getting pretty creative and liberal with them. Mona loves 'em too, but they give her gas, so we have to monitor her apple intake pretty carefully :)

Crawdad

I thought it would be a good Sunday activity to take Mona to the park and help her work on fetching. She's come along ways, but she still struggles sometimes with remembering to bring the ball back with her. While we were there we went to investigate the creek and found a pretty good sized crawdad. Mona didn't really want much to do with him, but I brought him home in my hat and we had us a reg'lar ol' crayfish boil in butter, garlic, salt and lemon juice. There was enough meat for each of us to have a nibble. Angie and I thought it was actually really delicious, but Mona thought it was more appetizing to sniff at, than to ingest. To each their own.

The Vegetable of Our Labors

Angie and I tried to raise a garden this year. It was a bit of work, but Angie had a nice little harvest of leafy greens every couple of weeks, and we had some radishes that were borderline county fair-ish. We were really disappointed that none of our tomatoes took off and we had only one solitary carrot. We babied that carrot all summer as if our very lives depended on its prosperity. Well I decided it was about harvest time for our carrot the other day. It was pretty unimpressive once I removed it from the ground, but Mona sure loved it! It gave her something to chew on besides our furniture.