Smellyann Strikes Again

Saturday 9: Mighty Clouds of Joy

Welcome, welcome. Grab a cup of tea or whatever is your pleasure, and have a seat. I'm a verbose one; I don't know the meaning of 'succinct,' other than to know I am not it! Make sure you link up... Read more →

Extra! Extra! Read All About it!

Howdy, Pardners... So in this post, I'm going to be giving you my recommendations for apps, products, and services that I, myself, use and love (or have in the past but, for whatever reason, no longer can). I will not... Read more →

Saturday 9: Valentine

Hey there, hi there, ho there! Happy day after day after Valentine's Day, y'all! What better way to celebrate than to, y'know, fill out a questionnaire by Crazy Sam and hang out with my InterBuds? Link up here if you'd... Read more →

Feeding Frenzy: January

I have four hospital admissions recently: two in December, and two in January. All for different reasons! So it was with great joy when I came home from our own hens just starting to produce eggs in brown, a pale... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: Getting To Know You

What's up, y'all? Shall we dig into another round of Sunday Stealing? I thought so, too, so without further ado: ~*~*~*~*~ If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time? I would probably eat my... Read more →

Sundays In My City: Backyard Surprises

Hi again! I'm playing two weeks in a row, y'all! This must be a record for me. Link up here if you want to play along with Claudya and the rest of the SiMC gang this week!This weekend, I have... Read more →

A Walk With My Curly Girly

Today, I needed some caffeine and rustled up enough change to go get some kind of diet cola from someplace. Chloë decided to go with me, so we could have a little mommy-and-me time. It's harder to come by now... Read more →

Walking In A Boise Spring Evening

I am SO behind on my blog, as usual, but the past two weeks have seen me in incredibly intense pain. Nevertheless, Chloë and I went for a brisk walk earlier this evening, and I brought my trusty camera with... Read more →

Saturday 9: Brokenhearted

Hey, everyone! I'm late, but better late than never, amirite? Link up here if you want to play along with this weekend's quiz. ~*~*~*~*~ Saturday 9: Brokenhearted (2012) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here. 1) This song is... Read more →

Mis(Adventures) In The Kitchen, And Other Brain Farts.

Hello, World. It's 0315 right now, and I cannot sleep. So many things running through my mind. Does anyone care anymore now that my dear Mamacita (Mother-in-Law, for my uninitiated pals) has departed us? I feel like she was my... Read more →

Christmas 2016: Advent Day 10

Saturday, the 10th day of Advent, saw us going out to Bee Heaven Farm again for our weekly local, organic produce share. That ratatouille in the bowl in the bottom center was just eh, okay, for both Rob and me,... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: Easter Meme

Happy Easter!! Link up here if you're playing along today! Easter Meme Stolen from: The Archives ~*~*~*~*~*~ 1. Five Things I have A Passion For (not necessarily in any order): a. My children b. My husband and our marriage (you're... Read more →

January '16 Wrap-Up

Black-and-white portrait of the man I love, Robert Allen Odette So, I haven't blogged as much this infant year as I had planned, because I became even sicker than I had been all throughout the latter half-plus of 2015. That... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: Why Do You Want To Know That?!

Link up here if you're stealing along with the rest of us today! *** List 5 things you want to do before the year ends: a. Bake Christmas cookies with my family, b. Go to Christmas Eve candlelight services together,... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: Would You Rather Meme

Are you stealing today, too? If you want to join in with us, the link is here! Cheers to all of us thieves!!! Would You Rather Meme Stolen from: Would Your Rather * Would you rather be stuck on an... Read more →

Friday Fragments: Episode 5.8.15

♫ "Another day, another dollar, another war, another tower went up where the homeless had their homes..." ♫ Oh, hi, there! Sorry, I guess a little Jewel needed to bust out of me instead of what I meant to write.... Read more →

Sundays In My City: Chihuly At Fairchild, A Garden Of Glass

Link up with Unknown Mami HERE if you want to play along, and "share your city/town/suburb/you name it! Think of this as a photography carnival or photography meme (with or without words) that not only lets you share your part... Read more →

Redland Blues & BBQ Festival #Miami

On Saturday, April 11th, Team Odette ventured out to the Fruit & Spice Park, located in the Redlands area of Homestead. I had gotten super-cheap tickets for the Redlands Blues & BBQ Festival on Groupon and, despite at least one... Read more →

Random Snaps And Schtuff

I'm not terribly much of a flower person, historically, so it's weird to me that I find myself drawn to them since we have been living here in the County of Miami-Dade. I particularly love a huge hibiscus, and those... Read more →

Kinda Wordless Wednesday: What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?

Link up here if you're (any degree of) Wordless today! We've become quite the locavores lately, shopping at the nearby fishmonger's shop and stopping at various side-of-the-road barely-speaking-English produce stands in recent weeks. I love it! Here are some things... Read more →