Brian Pargard
Those these greenhouses are drool-worthy, some of them do have some good ideas about storage. I’ll see if I can arrange for some shelves beneath the tables we have set up so that I can keep most of the table tops available for different stages of seeds.
etsy.com
Isn’t this a gorgeous ‘bringing-the-outside-in’ drawing?
indulgy.com
Isn’t this lush? I like all the brick and tiles, too.
instagram.com
This is another Taj Mahal of greenhouses. One might never come out…
Filed under Gardening, greenhouse
postila.ru
“Chat” – Paul Militaru Photography
“Mercy” – Paul Militaru Photography
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gift from Chewy.com
My friend Stephanie Youmans Wilson shared this post by Laura Waltenburg on Facebook recently. Since this is yet another reason to love Chewy.com, I wanted to share it with you.
“My sister and brother-in-law tragically lost both of their dogs this past weekend. After this happened they received two 40 pound bags of dog food that they had ordered from Chewy.com. My brother-in-law sent them an email requesting permission to send the dog food back for refund minus the shipping cost. They responded with unbelievable kindness. They credited their credit card for the full purchase price and asked them to donate the dog food to a local shelter. They sent a second email requesting a picture of one of the dogs to put in their memorial book to honor her. And then today my sister and brother-in-law received these beautiful flowers from Chewy.com. I wish I could tell everybody this story. This is the kind of story that needs to go viral. This is an incredible company.”
I know. I can hear you saying to yourself – or out loud – “Why don’t you put things away so you don’t end up with piles of “stuff” everywhere? Haven’t we been through this before?”
It’s true. I have no excuse. I get busy and the current project takes precedence, so I end up with things falling on my head, demanding that I finally reorganize, throw away, etc.
This is the ‘before’ pic of my desk in the office.
I just finished cleaning things up, and there IS a piece of furniture under all that mess! I KNEW it! :0)
Now, after 4 projects today, I feel that I have earned a cup of coffee. I’ll put my feet up and either watch the football game with my husband, read my book, or completely veg out and take a nap.
I hope you’ve had a happy day!
This lovely 9 month old puppy is really getting into gathering, bringing ‘stuff’ from all over the place and putting it in the front yard. Today, she added a couple of figurines I had on the front porch.
I have two ducks who usually sit together under a table where I plant a large pot of impatiens. Amber got this poor duck this morning. She bit off the duck’s beak. I found some pieces, but I don’t know if I can put the beak back together.
This is a hedgehog that I bought from a fellow artist a few years ago. I don’t know what it is about noses and mouths, but Amber bit off the hedgehog’s nose and mouth. Again, I found pieces in the grass, but I don’t know if I have all the pieces I need to put this back together.
It seems as if we in the middle of the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme around here…
Filed under Amazing Animals, Challenges, Family
PROJECT 1 – FOOD –
I –
PROJECT 2 – CLEANING UP AND ORGANIZING –
I cleaned up the table beside my chair in the living room
Before –
After –
PROJECT 3 – PAYING BILLS –
I’m doing that as soon as I finish this post –
AND THEN
I’ll tackle cleaning up my desk in the office. There is so much ‘stuff’ on it I may not finish it today, but if I do – I’ll post pics.
A light rain started last night. I could almost hear the plants saying, “Ahhhhhh!” I don’t know how much we got last night. It’s foggy and sprinkling off and on this morning. We are in a drought here – having had almost no measurable rain since August – so every drop we can get is welcomed with open arms.
I’m also happy this morning because, after doing the weekly grocery shopping, we can curl up in our warm, dry house the rest of the day. :0)
On tap today –
I hope you have a wonderful Sunday, too.
Filed under Mother Nature
Our son put this video up on our chat program.
HuaYong Singing Happy Birthday for his daughter to pre-celebrate her birthday on the 18th Dec. He also laid out his motivations for sacrificing as the martyr for the sake of future generations!
If the above link won’t work for you, here is the URL – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfRTRTRWRM&feature=youtu.be
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barbaragroen.nl
I was hoping to find ideas about how to organize my greenhouse on the net. So far, I’ve found pictures that make my mouth water, where people have obviously put more money into the greenhouse than we have in our whole house –
blog.freepeople.com
politiken.dk
wrensgate.tumblr.com
If my mouth will quit watering, I’ll change my search terms and maybe I’ll get some suggestions on good tips for setting up MY greenhouse – not the Taj Mahal! :0)
“Ornamental Flowers” – Paul Militaru Photography
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I wish this picture were of birds in our yard. Aren’t these birds beautiful?
My husband is good about putting bird seed in the bottle we have right outside the dining area window. He likes it that the birds have to actually get into the gallon-sized bottle, pick up a seed, and then fly away. They’re really close so we can see them well as they eat breakfast. He also puts seed in the shovel bird we made and attached to the railing of the deck. Not so much the other feeders hanging about.
I noticed that the snowman bird feeder was almost empty. I also wanted to add another feeder, since our traffic is up with the cooler mornings.
I found one of our favorite feeders. It’s shaped like a ‘cabin,’ with plexiglass on both sides and a big root. There are places for suet on either end of the feeder. I discovered that one of the pieces of plexiglass was gone, so I put the feeder on the floor and will ask my husband if he can fix it.
I found another feeder, of COURSE on the top shelf in the garage. I got out the ladder and still had to get the grab-stuff-you-can’t-reach tool to actually get it off the shelf. I got the mud dauber’s nest remnants off, but it still needed a good cleaning. I brought it inside and had to unscrew the top in order to get the inner part out so I could wash it. A very laborious time later, the feeder was clean and ready for seed. I filled it and also filled up the snowman feeder and put them out. We’ll deal with the broken feeder later.
I then checked the greenhouse, finding that the elephant ear and purple passion greenery had not survived the latest cold snap. I went out to behind the shop and filled up two buckets with peat moss and took them out to the greenhouse. I cut off the dead parts of the plants and put the roots deep into one bucket of the peat moss, then filled up the bucket with as much as I could get in there and patted it down. The bucket is now on the counter in the garage for storage until I replant them in the spring.
Today is a pretty day. Since we have another cold front coming through later this evening into tomorrow (with hopefully some good rain) I’ll probably spend more time out in the yard, cleaning up as much as I can. The big area remaining is the planters on our deck. I couldn’t stand the idea of taking out the live flowers, so I just waited until the last front came through and did the flowers in. Now I won’t have any trouble clearing out what is dead. :0)
I hope you’re having a nice day.
Filed under Arkansas, Favorite Things, Gardening, greenhouse, Greenwood
Innocent looking, isn’t she? In her heart, though, there lurks the heart of a gatherer –
Today it was
We take her out first thing to take care of business and then let her out again after breakfast. Mid morning I go out to find out what treasures she’s found. I gather them up (see, I’m a gatherer, too!) and either put them back where they belong or toss them off ‘the edge of the world’ again.
A new morning ritual.
Filed under Amazing Animals, Family
Renee Swartz, Topsy Turvy Diaper Cake via youcanmakethis.com
Renee Swartz, Topsy Turvy Creations via youcanmakethis.com
Filed under Creativity, Towel Critter Art
We have two sweet members of our doggie family, Amber (above) and Molly (below.) I was seeing ads for doggie dental care and felt like a slob because all we’ve ever done is buy dental chews. In an effort to start being a better caregiver, I ordered some TruDog “Spray Me” Doggy Dental Spray. The idea is to peel back your dog’s lips on one side and spray into the mouth, and then do the same on the other side.
I talked to my SIL who said that her husband actually physically brushed their dogs’ teeth three times a week! (Can you see me hanging my head in shame?) The other thing she told me, though, was that they use a product you mix with their drinking water. It’s called Oxyfresh Pet Oral Hygiene Solution. I love this idea because it’s good for whatever pet you have and they get a dose each time they drink. Since everyone uses the same water dish when they’re in the house, this protects the cats, too. (It doesn’t mention fish, so I’ll refrain from putting any in the aquarium :0) ). The bottle says the additive is odorless and tasteless.
We’ve been using the solution in the water for two days now. No one seems to notice any difference, and the water is slurped up just as quickly as always. I got the spray today and used it on both doggies. Neither dog was especially helpful or cooperative, but I managed to get a couple of sprays into each side of each animal’s mouth. Molly didn’t say anything, but headed for the office as soon as I let her go. Amber fought me a bit, and then was dramatically trying to spit it out. I’m glad that we don’t have TWO highly-dramatic dogs…
Between the two of these products (plus the normal dental chews we’ve always gotten) our animals will be getting much better dental care than before.
Filed under Amazing Animals, Family, Health Alert
“Imperial Lily 1” – Paul Militaru Photography
Filed under Paul Militaru Photography
cottonwoodclinic.ca
We’re having a cool start to the day, but it’s supposed to warm up nicely by the afternoon. Taking the doggies out this morning was a brisk experience, to say the least. :0)
We’re having a quiet day, with Lunch Bunch and a few errands. I’m going to spread my afternoon between –
and HOPEFULLY, making some time to play in my artroom.
I LOVE a day when there isn’t a lot of drama. No huge list of things to accomplish – not a lot of ‘have-to’s – the day not whizzing past my head in a blur.
I hope you’re having a quiet day, too.
Filed under Cherishing the Quiet Day
I’ve been doing well the last couple of days on my latest effort to lose the lard. This is my 3rd day of doing 15 minutes on my elliptical trainer in the garage (MUCH easier when I can get my music to play.) I’m also folding myself into a paper airplane – doing 30 minutes of deep stretching yoga for old broads – slowly and carefully, as I’ve apparently tied myself in knots over the period I didn’t practice. I’ve done really well on my low-carb eating plan of 40 carbs per day and 1200 calories per day. Actually, I’ve had an easy time of staying under the calorie limit, but I’ve really had to juggle to get my carbs in line!
My laxness lately and the on-again-off-again cold weather here has caused my usually reasonable judgment to nosedive. My husband and I really like the fried catfish sold for lunch at one of the local deli’s. I’m getting two pieces of fish. (My husband gets the full dinner.) Today I can make us a nice big salad for dinner with kielbasa leftovers from a recent grill outside. Several times, though, I’ve wanted to serve our leftover beef stew with low carb garlic bread. It’s obvious that any time we go to the deli that idea is out!
The thing that is really helping me adjust my thinking, portions, and meals is MyFitnessPal.com.
I usually eat the same thing for breakfast every day except Friday, when we go to Lunch Bunch (brunch for us.) I can add things as I go, and then figure out the rest of the day thanks to their really superior, easy-to-use database of foods. I can hunt for something, find it and add it to my personal list, or I can add something if I can’t find it. I can keep changing and juggling until the numbers add up the way I want them to. I’ve tried several other record-your-eating-and-exercise websites, and I find this is the best one for me.
It makes me feel good to be giving healthier eating and exercise my best efforts again.
Filed under Acting Like a Grownup, Challenges, Changes, DIET!, exercise, getting the lard off, Healthy Eating
“Ornamental Flowers” – Paul Militaru Photography
“Poppies” – Paul Militaru Photography
“Red Dahlia 1” – Paul Militaru Photography
Filed under Paul Militaru Photography
Before
After
Ahhh. There was actually a place for most everything that was on the desk. I did bring a pile of recipes that need to have holes punched so that they can go into the recipe book, but everything else found a home.
Caution: Look quickly – I’ve had a LOT of practice in piling things up….
Filed under Housekeeping - Maintenance, I'm a slob, Lewis projects
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