Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Point Defiance Zoo

    Today’s adventure – we went to the Point Defiance Zoo north of Tacoma. Continue reading

  • Bloedel Reserve

    Yesterday's excursion was to Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island.   Bloedel Reserve is an internationally renowned public garden and forest preserve. Stroll groomed trails through nearly 150 acres of sculpted landscapes, woods, meadows, and wildlife habitats. It's lovely and, at this time of year, blooming exuberantly. There are plants & flowers I've not seen before.… Continue reading

  • Second Dose

    The shirt I chose today for getting my 2nd shot:     Continue reading

  • Goodbye Stumps

    Today's project: Goodbye stump we keep tripping over (and several others as well).               Continue reading

  • Accordion Door

    When we moved into this house, I knew I wanted some sort of door at the end of the downstairs hall so that we could pen the cats in the back room but still give them access to the litter box (without dragging the box around). Today, we checked off that ToDo List item.  … Continue reading

  • Rich and Vicki Do Things With Vehicles (part 4)

    When we first moved to Kitsap County, Rich's sister-in-law joked that we'd soon be buying a truck. We laughed. (The Universal Laugh Track laughed). In early March, Rich's sent us a note. Some friends of theirs were about to move and wanted to sell a 2001 Dodge Dakota (small pickup truck). Might we be interested.… Continue reading

  • Goodbye Hunk o’ wood

    In today's achievements, an 8-ft long 8×12 creosoted beam(?) has been extracted from the back 30** and cut into smaller, more easily discarded chunks.   ** Why was it back there in the first place?? Mostly buried under shrubbery!   Someone, in the past ownership of this house, liked to just toss things behind the… Continue reading

  • Stump, Begone! Begone, I say!

    Q: How is a stump like an Iceberg? A: The largest part is underground (water).   We have several stumps in our backyard which are in the way. One has been taking up part of a block wall where we have a slight terraced area.   Today, Rich did some major stump excavation. More to… Continue reading

  • Be Part of the Solution (part 1)

    Achievement Unlocked! First dose in my arm. Now in the 15min waiting period. Second scheduled for May 1 (#Moderna).   Stay safe. Be part of the solution! Continue reading

  • Concrete Begone!

    Concrete – the trash that never disappears.   Rich has been finding lumps of concrete behind our fence,, left from previous fence posts. We've disposed of approximately half a dozen of these so far, broken into smaller chunks and put out with the weekly trash. Then there was the huge lump of concrete the former… Continue reading