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“Poppies”- Moonlight Fine Art and Framing
Sonia King – Mosaic Artist
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“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
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Kasia Polkowska Yellowstone Chromatic Spring Stained Glass Mosaic Art
Kasia Polkowska-KasiaMosaics via RSSing.com
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Before the rains started last week, things were sprouting all over the yard. This is the lovely black elephant ear plant that Kay got me for my birthday, plus some iris and some phlox.
Amber hasn’t discovered the other hyacinths in the yard yet, so she has ONLY eaten one…. Also some iris and a rose bush.
This hydrangea is sprouting in one of the two brick planters we have to demolish soon.
The rose bush on the left is the Joseph’s Coat climbing rose bush that Kay gave me for my birthday. We’re hoping it will climb up the wisteria truck next to it. The plant on the right is a camellia that will soon have blooms.
Some of our twice-blooming iris!
A close-up of one of the branches of our redbud trees.
Surrounded by redbud branches….
This is one of the 6 or 8 redbuds we have in the yard.
As we stay in the house, or run through the rain, it’s nice to have so many reminders that wonderful weather is on its way.
Filed under Gardening, Mother Nature
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Yesterday we stopped at a local grocery’s deli to grab some fish for lunch. My husband had gotten no-sugar-added ice cream cones in the frozen section, then asked for the special stash of sugar-free oatmeal raisin cookies the nice deli lady keeps in the freezer for him. He had also added sugar-free blueberry muffins to the basket.
I ordered two pieces of fish. My husband said he wanted two pieces of fish and then chose not one – but TWO – cobblers as sides for his lunch meal. The two deli ladies and I all stood, speechless for a moment. The lady serving us said, “Are you SURE? Aren’t you the one we keep sugar-free cookies for?” He smiled and said, “Yes, and I appreciate it,” waiting for her to fill his sides choices.
I held up my hands in surrender. We all make our own choices and have to live with the consequences…
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“Moon Among the Clouds” – Paul Militaru Photography
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My Colorful World via Tanglewood Forest via Cathy Ruggiero
This span of rain is continuing through tomorrow. Friday is forecast to have NO RAIN, but then it starts in again Saturday and Sunday, and then again Tuesday and Wednesday – so far. Do you suppose the awful drought we’ve been in could be considered ‘over?’
Our washer and dryer have been running almost non-stop, trying to keep up with all the wet towels from drying our sweet animals. Why is it that animals love you most – and want to cuddle – when they’re wringing wet?
I’ll be almost afraid to look at my veggie garden and new plants after all this. Just a little too much of a good thing….
MEANWHILE – you would THINK I would be super-productive in the house, and even playing in my art room. I have found that these rainy days are lazy days for me. I’m on the computer, reading good books, falling asleep under my cozy throw in my recliner….
I hope that you’ve been enjoying the week.
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Anthony J. D’Angelo via SayingImages.com
“Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.” ~ Allen Klein
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“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” ~ Sophia Loren
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Mother Nature is shaking her fist at us this morning. A tornado warning was just issued from our weather radio. I went online to find that the area in question is actually north of us. We’re just supposed to get “torrential rain” – up to 3 inches – today – or as far as I know right now. Since the rain is supposed to be pretty impressive all day, I took the doggies out to take care of things before the heavy rains start. It’s really getting dark outside now, as if it were evening turning into night time.
Today is an excellent day to have a warm, dry home. I’m talking to myself now, trying to get motivated to give our master bedroom and bath a good cleaning, since I won’t be able to do anything outside. I MAY opt to dive into the Lee Child “Jack Reacher” book I started yesterday, curled happily up under my snuggly throw in my recliner…
Cindy Basnett Thurman
“The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing — a blanket — the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.” ~ Douglas Coupland
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We found this cute drawing on the net and decided to use our CNC setup in the shop to cut it out for a mailbox decoration next December. My husband did his magic, generating the G-code the computer uses to guide the torch on the cutting table to cut out the design from a sheet of metal. The piece is about three feet wide and about 2-1/2 feet tall.
We used an overhead project and a color transparency to mark the piece. I’m starting to paint it now. I’m doing the back side of the piece first to work out any problems. The first code I call ‘color blocking’ because the first coat on metal is so awful that it only serves to mark the areas as particular colors. The second coat enables you to finally see the design well and then put accents on.
I did the first coat on the back side yesterday. Today I’ll try to do the second coat. I’ll take some progress pictures and post them.
Filed under Lewis Art, Lewis Mailbox Decorations, Lewis projects
Susan and Brad Whittle-AR Pics via Cindy Basnett Thurman
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Audrey Hepburn via GrowingBolder.com via Cathy Ruggiero
tomato plants
“It was such a pleasure to sink one’s hands into the warm earth, to feel at one’s fingertips the possibilities of the new season.” ~ Kate Morton
Raised Bed Planters – Row 1
“My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view. ” ~ H. Fred Dale
Raised Bed Planters – Row 2
“In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy.” ~Robert Brault
We’re due for rain starting this afternoon – going from “Thunderstorms,” to “Heavy Rain,” to “Showers,” to “A.M. Showers,” to “Thunderstorms” through Monday of NEXT WEEK! My biggest concern now is that my sweet plants will come up out of the ground and flow out of the squares and boxes and end up on the ground below…
“You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt.” ~ Author Unknown
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KellyToups-MLA-RD-LDN via creativefunfood.com
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Cut Out + Keep
Ginzel Jones – MTA Arts and Design
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“White Flower Trees” – Paul Militaru Photography
“White Flowers” – Paul Militaru Photography
“White Roses” – Paul Militaru Photography
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If I were superstitious, I might believe in the Rule of Threes – where you have to endure three things going wrong before things get back to normal. But what we’ve been experiencing lately goes FARRRRR beyond this rule. It seems that every day we have at least one thing not working properly and needing to be fixed or replaced. I’ve been gritching about this stuff to you lately, and today we just dealt with another one!
This time, it was when I was doing the laundry. I put the first load in the dryer and started the 2nd load in the washer and then took the doggies out, who were telling me they would explode if I didn’t take them out NOW! (They lied. They got distracted and didn’t pee until we had been out about 10 minutes.
Duet Washer and Dryer Combo
(This pic shows the combo we have, but ours is several years old, and our utility room is not nearly as spacious and pretty as this one.)
My husband joined us in the front yard, saying, “Something is wrong with the dryer.” When we discussed it, the problem was that the utility room was getting hot. The dryer was running, but it usually doesn’t heat up the utility room noticeably.
We had to move a BUNCH of things out before we could even isolate the problem. I moved all the stuff on top of the washer and dryer out into the dining area. Then I moved the humongous dog bed we have in there for Amber. THEN we inched the washer out from the wall until we could see behind the dryer. The large flexible vent hose had come loose from the dryer and was lying on the floor, allowing hot hair directly from the dryer to come into the utility room.
We moved the washer out further so that my husband could get behind it. He decided that he could make things hold together the way they should if he wired the two parts of the hose together. Once that was done, I did the appalling job of cleaning the floor behind the washer and dryer and sweeping the things that had collected under the big dog bed.
We got the dryer and then the washer back where they were supposed to be and then I started moving everything I had moved OUT back IN again. We’re back to what passes for normal around here now, but it’s interesting to try to figure out what will go on strike next….
Thank goodness my husband can fix most things!
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