The above is of course Bill Shakespeare, Sonnet 18.
I’ve been reflecting that summer is perhaps my favorite season and worthy of celebration. Summer typically commences with traditional 4th of July gatherings and wraps up with the now rapidly approaching Labor Day weekend. In the meantime, plenty of smaller celebrations, none of which are noted on [...]

We’re camping out at the Everest Ranch again tonight. Bring a tent and join the fun.

We’re off to San Diego, you landlubbers.
And the pirate nonsense ends now. For a while.
The cell phones are on.

After a bit of Golden Spoon, Paul and Sarah and Andrew and I went through the drive through at Arby’s. We pull up to the speaker discussing how ‘Arby’s’ can be rendered very piratical with proper pronunciation.
Paul (leaning across his wife toward the speaker): AAARRRR-beees!
James (Arby’s employee. Not a pirate): Can I help you…matey?
Shiver me [...]

Paul is turning 30 on Saturday, August 26th. If you’re reading this, you’re invited. We’re doing a pit BBQ lunch at the Everest Street House. Call or email one of us for details.

I still haven’t ‘resized’ the below pictures, as requested by the blarg, primarily because I have no idea how to do so. I’m actually just waiting for them to resize themselves.

We put a new floor in our bathroom. It only took 14 hours. Not just the floor. Moving the toilet, putting in molding, repainting [...]