Wanna hang out tonight?
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Friday, September 02, 2011
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Root Center's Amaranth
(click photo to enlarge)
That tall stuff you see over there is Amaranth. Irene blew it all over, and all The Root Center's corn too.
Son spent his Monday shoring up the Amaranth. Today he'll do the same for the corn.
I'm going over to help on Wednesday.
But he feels lucky that they weren't flooded, as the much larger farm The Intervale was:
http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2011/08/intervale-farmers-race-to-save-crops-after-irene.html
Son hopes to go over and help them too. Mind you, he also has a 40 hour/week job.
This is Vermont.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
How does your garden grow?
I'm off to the Root Center again today to help with weeding
and we might even put the dome up again!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
See those little beach balls?
The last groomsman, just ahead of the Flower Fairies, and the person who officiated the wedding, both took care of the new couple's kitty while they were on their honeymoon. In addition to washing all their pre-wedding-mania-time dishes (the apartment has no dishwasher) the two guys saved all the beach balls from the ceremony, blew them up again, and left them all over the apartment to greet the happy couple upon their return! LOL! Nice people rock!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Name that flower...
I cannot remember what this is called. It looks like giant Rose Mallow. I cut it at a local flower farm, for the wedding, and when my florist saw it (when she helped me load more flowers into my car) she said it's very hard to get and was pleased I'd found some. So, if no one here knows what it is, I'll ask the florist when I bring back her plastic tub this week. :-)
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
First time placed on a bed!
The strange part about making the king-sized quilt was not having access to a king-sized bed to check it out on. So I am happy to report that it fit beautifully when we tried it out on the king-sized bed at the inn where we stayed. The pillow shams are (deliberately) standard size, since that's what the recipients use. During the wedding reception, I had all the fun of bringing four sisters-in-law up to this room to show off the quilt. That was fun, especially as littlest granddaughter came along! ♥
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Wedding Quilt ~ Autumn Panel
The balloon represents Son's birthday season.
The geese are flying south and the leaves are falling.
Yet there is time left for a sailboat race.
And there's the ferry coming in to dock.
The large island off to the right represents Rock Point,
where the Groom went to youth camp some Summers.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
The Wedding Quilt ~ Spring Panel
The Mountain at the back is Vermont's Camel's Hump
The balloon represents the Bride's birthday season, and is shown in her favourite colour.
The three white trees represent the three Shad trees planted at our house last Spring,
and in the foreground is a garden.
Note the female Cardinal in a Shad tree. Her nest is over in the Cherry tree.
While I like the waterfall and rainbow, my favourite item on the whole quilt is
the Flying Goose ~ a symbol for the Holy Spirit, to bless them along their way.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
The Wedding Quilt ~ Summer Panel
Note the wedding tent and flags! Today's the Big Day!
There is also a full moon as this is the full moon day this month.
There will be sunflowers at the wedding and maybe even butterflies.
The Lake is Lake Champlain with the Adirondack Mountains beyond
(and they really do look like that). The city is Burlington, Vermont.
Friday, August 12, 2011
The Wedding Quilt ~ Winter Panel
Top, left are fireworks because they became engaged on New Year's Eve (at the Blue Moon).
There is a Cardinal atop the evergreen tree, both representing the Christmas season.
Note the pair of deer and see if you can find the bunny.
The mountain at the back is Mount Mansfield as seen looking west.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Never Forget
My mother died ten years ago today. It was a shock and we were sad, but I'm glad she missed 9/11 that year, by just about a month.
Monday, August 08, 2011
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Aha! That's why!
Some of us who read Son's Arctic Blog this past week saw a mini version of this photo and wondered how come the field biologists' igloo tents aren't attacked by the polar bears. Take a closer look here and you'll see the reason...that looks like electric fencing! I'm interested to find out the source of reliable electricity in ANWR! LOL! Or are those actually bear flares?
Friday, August 05, 2011
Red-necked Phalaropes on the Jago River Delta
Son took this photo in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge putting his iPhone up to a Swarovski spotting scope!
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Broken on a Flower
I have no idear how this beautiful Butterfly became broken on a flower, but that is apparent in this photo. Somehow it seems an appropriate photo for August 2nd, as we wait to hear whether Congress keep us flying or will break us apart on our own petals.
Monday, August 01, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Maybe we'd better begin again...
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTEw4603GgUTWlmWAFYF3lQvPGfCEYItcoPmjddMPwmawr5nlhF
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Comments seem to have disappeared from the old (current) thread.
I'm posting this thread just for comments.
Nope. This isn't working either. Seems to be a problem with Echo.
From Renee--maybe for tonight, we could go with this.
Echo's back up. (9:20 p.m.)
Double Cousins
Here are my two eldest Granddaughters, on Saturday after littlest's Birthday party. ♥♥
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Chemo today...
It's a rough week for Ally. This photo was taken on Saturday at the Family Reunion. ♡
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Happy Birthday #2 ♥ ♥
Here is littlest Granddaughter with the Baby Kate doll we gave her for her birthday (along with books, of course.) Get a bucket, my heart is melting!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
To the Sea...!
I'm off to the Atlantic Ocean today for a Family Reunion at New Castle. I shall be enchanted by being in the presence of all three granddaughters plus Ally! It is reported there may be some adults around too (something like 30 of them, ha!).
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Aunt Evelyn's Tiger Lilies
I dislike orange flowers, but treasure these because they came from dear old Great Aunt Evelyn's garden, and she herself gave them to me, long ago when she was still with us. ♥
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
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