Jamie and Akiva — Photos Together Out on the Patio in Early Spring



Taken on 3-22-2010




Taken on 3-22-2010

Just over 3 months to go from those tiny plants shown in the first picture to the huge monster Coleus in the second image. The plants now hang about 8 inches outside the edge of the planter they are so large. ? When can you plant where you live? I built a free little tool…

I wrote this in January 2010, back when “moving your business to the cloud” still sounded a little futuristic. Rereading it now, the core prediction holds up remarkably well: this stuff went from “nice to have” to simply how business gets done. I’ve kept the original advice, lightly polished, and added an updated, current-day take…

I’ve got a new game to share, and this one’s a little different from the puzzles: it’s a cozy winter survival game called Warm Up. Living in Wisconsin, I figured I might as well make a game out of the thing we spend half the year doing anyway: trying to stay warm. The whole idea…

“Toby Lynn was a present for my birthday from my bf, who is now my husband. She came to me 5 months after losing another shih tzu, Harley, who was a rescue. Toby Lynn was welcomed home by my peke-a-poo, Snuffy, with a huge big open heart. She is the love of my life! I…

Get it, Akiva! Get the froggie! Here’s Akiva nose-to-nose with one of his favorite toys — a green plush frog — on the kitchen tile. He’d creep up on it, give it a sniff, then pounce, over and over. Akiva looking at his frog toy… Get it Akiva!!!

“After my Maltese Pebbles went to the Rainbow Bridge, my boss surprised me with Nahla two weeks later. On our first walk home, Nahla went to Pebbles’s memorial and lay down on the rocks. She looked up at me and said, ‘It’s ok mommy, I’m here for you now.’” There are dog stories, and then…