Propane and Propane Accessories

Tuesday was grill-out day for the Marksberry house – first of the season.  We spent the entire evening out on the back deck enjoying the view of the gradually greening hillside.  Last week I bought these Double Impatiens.  I couldn’t resist even though they probably need more shade than they are going to get anywhere [...]

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Random

So I’ve been tagged by Chris from The Boiled Peanut to post 7 random things about myself.  Normally I think I’m pretty adept at being random, especially at inopportune times – like, say, during meetings.  But of course when asked to be random on the spot I feel all kinds of pressure and as I write [...]

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By the Slice – Sir Pizza

Here’s introducing “By the Slice” a new weekly (give or take a few days) feature on The Spotted Elephant.  Because Randy and I are such die-hard project starters – even in our leisure activities – we have decided that the way to have fun on weekends is to go on a mission to eventually eat at [...]

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Brighter Days

I wanted to write a clever and witty post about the children I work with every day.  But its not in me today.  As I came across these pictures I took at Miami Whitewater Forest park in Harrison, Ohio last summer, I was reminded of brighter days than today.  Though I have nothing whitty or [...]

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