Busy busy busy week

It's been a week of very good days.

Wednesday was the Good Mr. Dr.'s birthday. We cleared the calendar and went to go see Up, got new cell phones, spent the early evening at Border's drinking coffee and perusing gardening books, and then spent the evening drinking wine and reading good books.

Up is a very good film. I'm not sure how much the kids will get it. The storyline is really based adult themes of love, loss, and moving on. I wouldn't say to not take the kids to it, but go with an adult friend because there's a lot of non-kid conversation to have after the film.

In case you were wondering, we both got LG-enV3s. Great little phones with really good cameras. Best of all, my mom can finally see picture messages that I send.

(taken with new phone)

All of the rain we've gotten this week has not been good for our tans, but has been great for the garden. We had one really good and sunny day, which the Good Mr. Dr. took advantage of to get some clearing done and to set up the compost bin. This picture was taken on Thursday. Here's what it looks like in the garden right now.

A prize goes to the first person to find the top of the compost bin, the griffin, and the Good Mr. Dr.

Finally, we went to the annual end of season show for A Prairie Home Companion with our good friends from the western outpost of Ashland. It rained a bit (again) and we forgot to bring a big umbrella (again). But we had good wine, good food, and good company. In front of us were The Cutest Couple Ever, who also forgot to pack an umbrella. The family sitting next to them lent them an extra umbrella. These lovebirds were clearly enjoying the show and eachother's company.


It was quite a funny show this year, not the least of which was because Martin Sheen accidentally said "dick" on a live radio broadcast (NPR, no less!). We could not see the stage out where we were on the lawn, but it was clear from the pregnant pause and the reaction to those in the Music Shed that he was laughing with embarrasment. This year, Ms M of Ashland and I managed to sneak up closer than ever to the stage during the encores. Here's the best pic we managed to get of Garrison Keillor and one of the musical guests.

Well, that's all for this week. Apparently we're getting another spit of rain and clouds today. Perfect day to do some writing, I suppose.

PS. We uploaded some new pictures to gallery. They were taken by the H's during their visit in May.