Quilly | February 28, 2010
Macro Monday is hosted by Lisa of Lisa’s Chaos. If you love macro photography, this is the place for you!
Peacock’s Pride
A peacock feather from a bouquet on a side table in a bedroom
of the Daniel Webster Mansion in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
Geometry is hosted by Katney of Katney’s Kaboodle. If you’ve got a line or an angle [...]
Quilly | February 28, 2010
Start Somewhere, by Calvin Nowell, is not a diet book. This is a life changing read. Calvin Nowell shares his weight-loss journey and bares his soul in the process. He reveals the inner thoughts and rationalizations of over-eaters and cuts through all of our excuses. As those of us who are overweight already know, [...]
Quilly | February 28, 2010
Susan from Stony River, welcomes us to Microfiction Monday,
where a picture paints just 140 characters.
If you’d like to join us, stop by Susan’s, pick up the picture prompt,
compose your story in 140 character (or less), post it,
and sign in at Susan’s place, then commence in the sharing!
Slow Hand
Bossy and Flossy are cows on a mission. [...]
Quilly | February 28, 2010
Tired. Bedraggled. Happy to be back in the PNW.
I’ll begin posting pictures later tonight or sometime tomorrow. In the meantime, there’s unpacking and laundry and much to get done to get ready for Wednesday when our possessions finally arrive!
Quilly | February 27, 2010
Prostate Cancer, the words alone strike fear in the hearts of men. Luckily, a new medical advance promises to make the treatment less harrowing. HIFU, high intensity focused ultrasound, is currently being successfully used in other countries around the globe to treat prostate cancer, and is now being evaluated in the [...]
Quilly | February 27, 2010
Today is Airplane Day. We’re headed for New Jersey in about an hour (flying out of Newark). We have a several hour layover in Providence. If there’s net I may visit you from there. We’ll arrive in Seattle at 10 p.m. tonight and have a Kenmore Air flight into Friday Harbor [...]
Quilly | February 26, 2010
Help! I am in Rhode Island in a science lab being held prisoner against my will. Amoeba, however is quite thrilled and is up to his elbows in algae. Help! Help! Help!
(Well, I do have access to this really nice computer, so you can all expect a visit to your latest posts. Except Thom who [...]
Quilly | February 26, 2010
Yum. We’ve been here 3 nights and I have had 2 lobster meals. Lobster Bisque and Seafood Kristopher (lobster, scallops, and haddock in a creamy Alfredo sauce over fettucini). I have eaten fresh seafood, clams, cod, scallops, lobster, or oysters for every meal. Every bite has been yummy.
Just a few minutes ago I had steamed [...]
Quilly | February 25, 2010
You are not going to believe this. I am researching beds because Amoeba and I wish to put one in our guest room. I have heard great things about memory foam mattresses and thought I’d check a few out online. I came across OvernightMattress.Com to check out their memory foam mattress and my eyes [...]
Quilly | February 25, 2010
My Monday and Tuesday was all one really long horrific day. According to my mental clock, this is only Wednesday. Apparently my clock needs reset. Here is the 3WT sign up. Log-in and share. I am going to be late. Very late. Maybe even a couple of days late. We’ll see. I’ll let you all [...]
Quilly | February 24, 2010
Amoeba did much of his training for his PhD at the Friday Harbor Labs on San Juan Island. Since then, even before we moved here, he returned to the Island many, many times using many modes of transportation. Among the more economical ones was a combination of the Washington State Ferries and Bellair Charters [...]
Amoeba | February 23, 2010
To Those Concerned (aka Dead Letter Office)
Continental Airlines
Houston, Texas, USA
Folks:
I have no way of knowing whether this is the first letter you have received from a protozoon. Although it is possible to infer, from some of your seating arrangements, that you have quietly begun to target microorganisms as a consumer group – but I [...]
Quilly | February 23, 2010
Jenn from, You Know … that blog?,
hosts Sensational Haiku Wednesday.
This week’s theme is:
Vision
Fog whispers across
the softly sleeping harbor.
Solitary white.
~*~
Quilly | February 23, 2010
Yeah, I know that’s all of you. Saving money is a high priority these days. I just came across a sweet money saving website called PromotionalCodes.Org.uk that has up-to-date Discount codes for some of your favorite places to shop: Amazon, Apple, Dell, Tesco, Currys, Churchill, Dixons, Mark and Spencer — you name it from baby [...]
Quilly | February 23, 2010
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find monogrammed anything with my name on it — or that I can have my name put on? I have been trying for years and if I find a place with decent quality merchandise, they usually only take names with 7 – 10 letters, [...]
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O’Ceallaigh & The Quill
