
1 Spring 1998 and our front beds shortly after they were put in

2 Spring 1998 and our front beds shortly after they were put in

3 Spring 1998 and our front beds shortly after they were put in

4 Our first "square-foot" vegetable garden on the side of the house

5 In June I had the garage door open as I was doing yard work in the back. I come back to get some tools to find this beast of a snapping turtle that was crawling…

6 This guy was over 2 feet long from tip to tail and was coated in muck from the pond

7 OMG, what to do, it started crawling into the garage! This guy was not to be messed with.

8 Our neighbor Catie Olinski was out for a walk when she saw me trying to figure how to get Mr. Turtle-saurus to make a u-turn when we hit on the idea of trying…

9 Giant praying mantis on our back deck during the Fall 2008

10 Giant praying mantis on our back deck during the Fall 2008

11 Blizzard of Jan 2010: 2-1/2 feet of snow and still coming down!

12 I had to carve a narrow path from the garage for Josie to do her business

13 12 hours after the storm began and not a single city plow has yet made an appearance

14 Josie asks for some privacy in the little snow-cubby we made for her

15 I am Tibetan from the snowy Himalayas, but I'd really like to come in now!

16 On the other hand, I've got a smorgasbord of tasty snowcones at the perfect height

17 Catching flakes

18 Okay, yes, I am a little snow whore!

19 Hurricane Irene hit Connecticut hard on Aug 28, 2011. A huge tree split in half and uprooted in our neighbor's backyard, missing their patio by 10ft.

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