tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302234482024-03-14T05:38:33.190-06:00Lost RosesLostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-57250910558791161392015-12-28T10:45:00.001-07:002015-12-28T10:47:22.412-07:00I'm Not Going to Think About It - Yet<div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I promise myself I won't even think about taking down the Christmas decorations until New Year's Day. Who am I kidding? It may be two weeks from New Year's Day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It looks snowy inside (and outside.) I like the lights at night. Not ready to give it up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was slow getting decorated. The older I get the more appealing it would be to donate it all each year and start fresh. No hauling boxes up and down from the basement. But I'd have to be rich. Not happening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I would miss these sweet glittery deer on the dining room table each year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nope, can't do it. So I'll continue to be a pack mule going up and down the stairs. Just not yet. </span></div>
LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-59203262087226550592015-12-25T22:21:00.001-07:002015-12-25T22:25:06.219-07:00Merry Christmas!<span style="font-size: large;">A wonderful Colorado Christmas complete with snowfall and wintry temps has come and is almost gone. Hope you and yours had a lovely holiday! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those are fake red berries that I put in my summer pots after I yanked out the dead annuals. Well, actually I had to cut the dead annuals down because the dirt was too frozen to pull them out. I waited a little too long to take care of some of the fall chores. I put some evergreen clippings in there too, which I cut from trees and bushes in my yard. Does that count as a fall chore? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and I had to use my dandelion digger to punch holes in the frozen soil so I could insert said berries and branches. I'm thinking it looks very Christmas-y. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the front porch the snow pretty much buried a red wagon filled with more branches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The old washtub fared a bit better. I can at least see that </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">big pinecone but others are buried in the wagonful of snow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back on the terrace a snack awaits the arrival of the flock of magpies that will arrive soon. About a dozen of them. They will make short work of this with the help of a few bluejays and the nemesis squirrels. I like how the birds pick up each peanut judging its weight so they get the biggest one. Sort of pointless since they'll eat them all anyway, but the best first, apparently! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A row of Skyrocket Junipers in their blue pots lined up on the back porch for the winter. It's the only way I'll remember to water them. They're usually in the bottom garden until my grandchildren haul them up here in the fall. Otherwise, out of sight, out of mind! I normally tie them up with twine so snow doesn't ruin their pencil shape, but these are getting a little ragtag anyway so I won't bother this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to tell this is a reindeer with a metal branch sculpture behind. Looks more like a sheep now. A snow sheep. </span></div>
LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-85433207886915661432015-03-12T10:01:00.001-06:002015-03-12T10:01:51.000-06:00Hunting for summer<p><font size="5"> I just came back from a Mexico vacation. While I was in Mexico there was snowstorm after snowstorm at home. I felt bad for my neighbors who I knew were taking turns shoveling my walks and driveways while I walked the beach in search of sea glass. I have good neighbors. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KYyj5LFiO50/VQG4Jq0bOZI/AAAAAAAACNQ/_X12_T6R_zI/s276/Photo%25252020150312100037707.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="5"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KYyj5LFiO50/VQG4Jq0bOZI/AAAAAAAACNQ/_X12_T6R_zI/s276/Photo%25252020150312100037707.jpg" id="blogsy-1426176111598.9055" class="alignnone" alt="" width="800" height="531"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Mz0cK1a-jLw/VQG4SOFMleI/AAAAAAAACNY/paGQAF9Y11w/s2048/Photo%25252020150312100037958.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="5"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Mz0cK1a-jLw/VQG4SOFMleI/AAAAAAAACNY/paGQAF9Y11w/s500/Photo%25252020150312100037958.jpg" id="blogsy-1426176111641.6328" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="5"> Being back at home always leaves me yearning for the tropics with its warm weather. So I went on a hunt for summer. I needed a lovely bowl to display all my sea glass so I hit TJMaxx for inspiration. Found the perfect bowl and then browsed the store. Suddenly, I found it. Summer, tropics! </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MRQbXXagBWk/VQG4a56KBbI/AAAAAAAACNg/QdL61-pqFkg/s2048/Photo%25252020150312100038127.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="5"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MRQbXXagBWk/VQG4a56KBbI/AAAAAAAACNg/QdL61-pqFkg/s500/Photo%25252020150312100038127.jpg" id="blogsy-1426176111608.2087" class="alignnone" width="700" height="934" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="5"> Those colors! Those fronds! It called to me. But wait, was I being rash? Do I need another bedspread? Well, of course. Does it look too old lady-ish? Probably, but I am an old lady. I circled the aisle and came back to it, eyeing it warily. Another customer approached. I pounced. It's mine. Summer is here, at least in my bedroom. </font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-70795352458340452412015-01-04T14:47:00.001-07:002015-01-04T14:47:03.538-07:00Tomorrow<p><font size="4"> I have to do it. I have to take down this long cedar swag hanging over the entry to the dining room. But look how dried out it is. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pJ-DvfTiicc/VKm0c9Y550I/AAAAAAAACMI/55gUOnhHP80/s2048/Photo%25252020150104144454068.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pJ-DvfTiicc/VKm0c9Y550I/AAAAAAAACMI/55gUOnhHP80/s500/Photo%25252020150104144454068.jpg" id="blogsy-1420408022651.3035" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">I know what will happen. The minute I touch it there will be an immediate downpour of dried needles. A regular cloudburst. And that's carpet under it. Just look at this desiccated stuff. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GfoAYsG4w5A/VKm0k_N5bxI/AAAAAAAACMQ/YjC0XR6snQc/s2048/Photo%25252020150104144454274.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GfoAYsG4w5A/VKm0k_N5bxI/AAAAAAAACMQ/YjC0XR6snQc/s500/Photo%25252020150104144454274.jpg" id="blogsy-1420408022656.915" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">Maybe I'll do it tomorrow. Note to self: next year don't be too lazy to go to the basement and haul out the fake stuff. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">But meanwhile the succulents in the living room window are soaking up the low winter sun. What the heck, one of those guys even bloomed. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sxisE5OLWS4/VKm0sm_V4vI/AAAAAAAACMY/aSaJCyQluZg/s2048/Photo%25252020150104144454514.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sxisE5OLWS4/VKm0sm_V4vI/AAAAAAAACMY/aSaJCyQluZg/s500/Photo%25252020150104144454514.jpg" id="blogsy-1420408022612.1318" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> Notice how they're thumbing their green noses at the snow and cold outside the window. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7K8FT6WGMXs/VKm007XWI5I/AAAAAAAACMg/fgHoCvZAQyk/s2048/Photo%25252020150104144454740.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7K8FT6WGMXs/VKm007XWI5I/AAAAAAAACMg/fgHoCvZAQyk/s500/Photo%25252020150104144454740.jpg" id="blogsy-1420408022683.8315" class="alignnone" width="700" height="934" alt=""></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> I think they need watered and rotated. Tomorrow. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-10779257666610606862014-12-14T18:33:00.001-07:002014-12-14T18:33:20.964-07:00Signs of snow and Christmas<p><font size="4">I like to read decorating blogs to see how out of touch I am. Right now they're all showing their winter mantels. Here's mine. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V_D0wnPeDiA/VI45L4551iI/AAAAAAAACKs/bzmlTwPJKdQ/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182751202.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V_D0wnPeDiA/VI45L4551iI/AAAAAAAACKs/bzmlTwPJKdQ/s500/Photo%25252020141214182751202.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202495.1013" class="alignnone" alt="" width="700" height="525"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">What's different about my mantel is that I don't change it. It's my winter, spring, summer, and fall mantel. It's suitable for all Colorado seasons except summer and then I'm out in the garden anyway. If I should happen to notice it in the summer heat the sight of the snow-tipped branches makes me feel slightly cooler. Once in awhile I dust it, too. </font></p><p><font size="4">The very summery chaise with its big pink and rose floral design gets a furry shrug for winter. Nice and cozy for TV watching and book reading. Easy to whip off when the warm breezes blow again. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zdJW7nhSodg/VI45TZP0o-I/AAAAAAAACK0/2vZd-AzvFCU/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182751492.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zdJW7nhSodg/VI45TZP0o-I/AAAAAAAACK0/2vZd-AzvFCU/s500/Photo%25252020141214182751492.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202583.217" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">If you've been reading my blog for awhile now you know I have a humongous Christmas village that lives in the basement. One of my Adorable Grandchildren has been helping me put it all away so some work can be done down there. But I couldn't celebrate the season without at least a part of a village so I grabbed a few houses and made them the centerpiece of my dining room table. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UgFE_gx9Mgs/VI45clMV46I/AAAAAAAACK8/enogSqsaSro/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182751693.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UgFE_gx9Mgs/VI45clMV46I/AAAAAAAACK8/enogSqsaSro/s500/Photo%25252020141214182751693.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202559.4292" class="alignnone" alt="" width="700" height="934"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-on-MDh0oLP8/VI45l-Q5a5I/AAAAAAAACLE/2IHRgDh59_0/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182751880.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-on-MDh0oLP8/VI45l-Q5a5I/AAAAAAAACLE/2IHRgDh59_0/s500/Photo%25252020141214182751880.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202588.7725" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">Behind that is the hutch with all my seashell stuff. It's year-round too. So I stuck some juniper and spruce branches from my trees into the mix to make it blend in. It will be very ouchy to remove. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HEyJ3YayNas/VI45t5DltEI/AAAAAAAACLM/wReoNAdwn-8/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182752056.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HEyJ3YayNas/VI45t5DltEI/AAAAAAAACLM/wReoNAdwn-8/s500/Photo%25252020141214182752056.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202496.4712" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> Back in the living room, here's a tree. Undecorated by choice. I don't want to have to put all those ornaments away in January. Easy-peasy. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gjar3e4zmH8/VI452SCPFBI/AAAAAAAACLU/ej1i90IcuaA/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182752232.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gjar3e4zmH8/VI452SCPFBI/AAAAAAAACLU/ej1i90IcuaA/s500/Photo%25252020141214182752232.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202572.9233" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> And another snow-tipped tree mirrored by the snowfall outdoors. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-auKv6fJbxLU/VI46AFBVcmI/AAAAAAAACLc/WJJfxPoCBE0/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182752418.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-auKv6fJbxLU/VI46AFBVcmI/AAAAAAAACLc/WJJfxPoCBE0/s500/Photo%25252020141214182752418.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202576.1682" class="alignnone" alt="" width="700" height="934"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> I am attracted to shiny. Shiny pillow, shiny pointy tree. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5S9hsEfaEOg/VI46IKC-8xI/AAAAAAAACLk/iYdCjKHyVGQ/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182752598.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5S9hsEfaEOg/VI46IKC-8xI/AAAAAAAACLk/iYdCjKHyVGQ/s500/Photo%25252020141214182752598.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202576.7297" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> And more shiny next to a minimally decorated tree. With a little leopard thrown in for good measure. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EbscordcVAY/VI46RDfydVI/AAAAAAAACLs/bDwI7iT8kTc/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182752789.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EbscordcVAY/VI46RDfydVI/AAAAAAAACLs/bDwI7iT8kTc/s500/Photo%25252020141214182752789.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202525.039" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> Outside, the Bushtits heard there was snow coming and mobbed the suet feeder. They must have seen the snowbirds arriving (Juncos) as they've been here all week. A sure sign of snow. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2lh7Y6gfIDQ/VI46XSFcQQI/AAAAAAAACL0/RpG4tsmwe_k/s2048/Photo%25252020141214182752985.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2lh7Y6gfIDQ/VI46XSFcQQI/AAAAAAAACL0/RpG4tsmwe_k/s500/Photo%25252020141214182752985.jpg" id="blogsy-1418607202583.5542" class="alignnone" width="700" height="934" alt=""></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> </font></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-2965328325259270922014-12-02T09:53:00.001-07:002014-12-02T09:53:01.868-07:00Winter sun <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yuaTpilOYlQ/VH3uasuiM5I/AAAAAAAACKc/tIU0N2iTqTE/s2048/Photo%25252020141202095212.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yuaTpilOYlQ/VH3uasuiM5I/AAAAAAAACKc/tIU0N2iTqTE/s500/Photo%25252020141202095212.jpg" id="blogsy-1417539180584.7815" class="alignnone" width="650" height="867" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> Early morning sun in the living room. </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-84131792207673035022014-11-16T23:19:00.001-07:002014-11-16T23:19:00.263-07:00Fine and Feathery<p><font size="4"> Here's what happened this week. It got really cold. I mean really, really cold. It hasn't been this cold here at this time of year since 1916. What the heck. But...I watch the weather report, I was ready. I raced around the garden on the last morning of nice weather, tucking ceramic pots and birdbaths away safe from freezing and thawing destruction, wrapping the standing wall fountain in a big blue tarp. The cold front blew in, the temperature dropped, the snow came, twice. But I was ready. Amazing! </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cwQY9h_U1Uo/VGmTUDcZyrI/AAAAAAAACKM/q1Mwih6fKmg/s2048/Photo%25252020141116231737.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cwQY9h_U1Uo/VGmTUDcZyrI/AAAAAAAACKM/q1Mwih6fKmg/s500/Photo%25252020141116231737.jpg" id="blogsy-1416205139601.391" class="alignnone" width="700" height="934" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> The miscanthus standing tall a few weeks ago. </font></p><p><font size="4">And the snow didn't beat it down. It still looks fine and feathery. Before I shovel my walks and driveway I brush the snow off the ornamental grasses. I have my priorities. </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-16661645094888591342014-10-31T15:38:00.001-06:002014-10-31T16:14:26.737-06:00Boo<p><font size="4"> Getting ready for spooks and goblins tonight. Or more likely, Batman, Elsa and Anna, and assorted princesses. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5Y58C5KH4rw/VFQAcEzunJI/AAAAAAAACJE/sAXiBN_G754/s2048/Photo%25252020141031153359.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5Y58C5KH4rw/VFQAcEzunJI/AAAAAAAACJE/sAXiBN_G754/s500/Photo%25252020141031153359.jpg" id="blogsy-1414793667031.2444" class="alignnone" alt="" width="700" height="934"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Pre-retirement I shared the fun duties of Halloween party planner extraordinaire with a co-worker. Together we planned the day-long festivities with costume contests, endless food, and decorations galore. It took hours to transform our workroom into a spooky cobwebby witchy space to celebrate Halloween. The whole department pitched in. Costumes were discussed or kept secret. The day of the big event everyone from mail clerk to chief executive joined in the festivities. The costumes! Some people were unrecognizable. Some were glamorous, others funny or scary. We outdid ourselves. But what do you expect from a building full of library staff? It was great fun. It was exhausting. Now I'm happy to hang a ghost or two on my front porch. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GKDTkx-_d7c/VFQAsBz909I/AAAAAAAACJM/veXgRTLG9l4/s2048/Photo%25252020141031153359.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GKDTkx-_d7c/VFQAsBz909I/AAAAAAAACJM/veXgRTLG9l4/s500/Photo%25252020141031153359.jpg" id="blogsy-1414793666975.6409" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Sy5kxgs3abk/VFQA3MyTkbI/AAAAAAAACJU/D1w_3y3Y-O4/s2048/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Sy5kxgs3abk/VFQA3MyTkbI/AAAAAAAACJU/D1w_3y3Y-O4/s500/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" id="blogsy-1414793666958.7944" class="alignnone" alt="" width="700" height="525"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dfXklFqT0Ac/VFQBEKVYRlI/AAAAAAAACJc/B2pogbHmVZ8/s2048/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dfXklFqT0Ac/VFQBEKVYRlI/AAAAAAAACJc/B2pogbHmVZ8/s500/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" id="blogsy-1414793666954.343" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">I was going to stretch some fake cobwebs across the window but discovered I have real ones. Done. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oor8hzOQ2Y0/VFQBP2ou95I/AAAAAAAACJk/DvSAzqP4vkE/s2048/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oor8hzOQ2Y0/VFQBP2ou95I/AAAAAAAACJk/DvSAzqP4vkE/s500/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" id="blogsy-1414793666964.952" class="alignnone" alt="" width="700" height="934"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> Oh, here's a pretty miniature rose I noticed while hanging ghosts. Not scary. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vh90KBA9lqQ/VFQBaZkVwUI/AAAAAAAACJs/aBB3IRLSOcc/s2048/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vh90KBA9lqQ/VFQBaZkVwUI/AAAAAAAACJs/aBB3IRLSOcc/s500/Photo%25252020141031153400.jpg" id="blogsy-1414793667003.8303" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">So while I'm done coming up with costumes like Mary Queen of Scots, Pocahontas, Gypsy fortune-teller, Tourist in Hawaii, Cowgirl, Sacajawea and many others I still feel the need to do a little something. Okay, this is scaring me. I hope Batman and the princesses don't trick instead of treat. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jAtiwOLxlSA/VFQJv5S05xI/AAAAAAAACJ8/dqwIbGZKHhY/s1280/Photo%25252020141031161413.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jAtiwOLxlSA/VFQJv5S05xI/AAAAAAAACJ8/dqwIbGZKHhY/s500/Photo%25252020141031161413.jpg" id="blogsy-1414793667018.5737" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></a></div><p><font size="4"></font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-4802399398817699732014-10-26T11:44:00.001-06:002014-10-26T11:44:04.648-06:00Antlers? <p><font size="4"> Every blog I look at is featuring some fall decorating. Mantles are big, so are front porches. I did stick a little pumpkin on my porch thus depriving the squirrels of their usual carnage on the large display of pumpkins and gourds. But I decided that probably wasn't quite enough. Maybe a centerpiece for the table? I rooted around in the storage room and found this stuff. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--QBlJtIzdZs/VE0xik331UI/AAAAAAAACHk/LoCIikpQCVw/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113741.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--QBlJtIzdZs/VE0xik331UI/AAAAAAAACHk/LoCIikpQCVw/s500/Photo%25252020141026113741.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441943.1504" class="alignnone" alt="" width="650" height="488"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">I cut the heads off my red hydrangeas, now a dusty rose. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-upUi1-VcexA/VE0xraCmUBI/AAAAAAAACHs/bw7dUQ0OxZM/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113741.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-upUi1-VcexA/VE0xraCmUBI/AAAAAAAACHs/bw7dUQ0OxZM/s500/Photo%25252020141026113741.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441885.1096" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">These antlers have been sitting around forever. Can't think where I got them. Probably at a garage sale. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MXhtd1ZO7Q4/VE0x0ZXk_WI/AAAAAAAACH0/z0OrUpOpOGU/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MXhtd1ZO7Q4/VE0x0ZXk_WI/AAAAAAAACH0/z0OrUpOpOGU/s500/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441955.4663" class="alignnone" alt="" width="650" height="488"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">I must have packed up these gourds and pumpkins from last year. I wanted to add some Indian corn but then remembered the squirrels ate them all last fall. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3kE4oaoKrtY/VE0x7-mo4VI/AAAAAAAACH8/Kvq7BEFhoVA/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3kE4oaoKrtY/VE0x7-mo4VI/AAAAAAAACH8/Kvq7BEFhoVA/s500/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441949.4912" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">Add some bittersweet. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cHPdHR4Z4IM/VE0yDuW5DyI/AAAAAAAACIE/SXj1Y7OMLxE/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cHPdHR4Z4IM/VE0yDuW5DyI/AAAAAAAACIE/SXj1Y7OMLxE/s500/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441890.4968" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">Now for something to put them in. I rescued this from the garage - it had been on its way to Goodwill. This will save me a trip to Goodwill to buy it back. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LfSiF6tXRx8/VE0yL5fJ2ZI/AAAAAAAACIM/b4j5T32c8Xk/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LfSiF6tXRx8/VE0yL5fJ2ZI/AAAAAAAACIM/b4j5T32c8Xk/s500/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441971.688" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">So I plunked the antlers and a big pine cone in there and started adding stuff like little wooden acorns. Aren't they cute? I'd like to see a squirrel bite into one of those. Who am I kidding? They'd still eat it.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sT-yvBhQDjU/VE0yUHzON-I/AAAAAAAACIU/jbRzuuH1txM/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sT-yvBhQDjU/VE0yUHzON-I/AAAAAAAACIU/jbRzuuH1txM/s500/Photo%25252020141026113742.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441958.75" class="alignnone" alt="" width="600" height="450"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JCCbd2lRGm4/VE0ye9zFpwI/AAAAAAAACIc/YAaaZaNFIxg/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JCCbd2lRGm4/VE0ye9zFpwI/AAAAAAAACIc/YAaaZaNFIxg/s500/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441979.43" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UFfA3EJTmro/VE0ymoiin-I/AAAAAAAACIk/6VZDixsQjhQ/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UFfA3EJTmro/VE0ymoiin-I/AAAAAAAACIk/6VZDixsQjhQ/s500/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441975.592" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZwcaW73qeRA/VE0yuM8d5tI/AAAAAAAACIs/Xw2UN-3Q4sA/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZwcaW73qeRA/VE0yuM8d5tI/AAAAAAAACIs/Xw2UN-3Q4sA/s500/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441909.2654" class="alignnone" width="500" height="375" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> And here's what I came up with. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ozU9b4vipXc/VE0y4Kqg15I/AAAAAAAACI0/4f1K4H-p_Dk/s2048/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ozU9b4vipXc/VE0y4Kqg15I/AAAAAAAACI0/4f1K4H-p_Dk/s500/Photo%25252020141026113743.jpg" id="blogsy-1414345441904.174" class="alignnone" width="700" height="525" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">I liked it a lot better before the antlers started reminding me of a stegosaurus. Maybe I should start over? Naw, I'm done. Happy fall! </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-13147398472252058542014-10-05T12:04:00.001-06:002014-10-05T12:04:11.523-06:00Baby lettuce<p><font size="4"> I have a teeny tiny pond. Each year I buy one water lettuce to float around in it. Then the lettuce starts making baby lettuce. They invariably get as big (just like baby birds) as their parents in a very short time. By the end of summer there is no water visible. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IjWMVPCUzJY/VDGHz8mJfMI/AAAAAAAACHE/hgK5nZK-bFw/s2048/Photo%25252020141005120214.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IjWMVPCUzJY/VDGHz8mJfMI/AAAAAAAACHE/hgK5nZK-bFw/s500/Photo%25252020141005120214.jpg" id="blogsy-1412532249949.502" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">I wait patiently for the first baby lettuce so I can pinch it off and place it in one of several small water pots around the terrace. It will get as big as its parent and fill the water pot. But not this time. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wS0rll0cRL4/VDGH9vfpBqI/AAAAAAAACHM/uQgYAnCCLdA/s2048/Photo%25252020141005120214.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wS0rll0cRL4/VDGH9vfpBqI/AAAAAAAACHM/uQgYAnCCLdA/s500/Photo%25252020141005120214.jpg" id="blogsy-1412532249938.788" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> In this small pot the baby made lots of babies that stayed small all summer. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6OW8nX04u9s/VDGIF9b4jrI/AAAAAAAACHU/kmy5-YJoGyo/s2048/Photo%25252020141005120214.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6OW8nX04u9s/VDGIF9b4jrI/AAAAAAAACHU/kmy5-YJoGyo/s500/Photo%25252020141005120214.jpg" id="blogsy-1412532249902.6345" class="alignnone" width="650" height="867" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="4"> Babies having babies! </font></p><p><font size="4">My friend, the Expert Gardener, has a large pond where the water lettuce reproduce so prolifically that they shove each other out of the pond by summer's end! Mine aren't quite that pushy. Soon they'll all be dead anyway. </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-67492744219246591892014-09-14T16:07:00.001-06:002014-09-14T16:07:34.068-06:00Survivors? <p><font size="4">This time of year I want to save everything in my garden. I hate to think of my plants crispy and dead so I have a tendency to think I can overwinter my favorites. I'm usually wrong but I try it every fall anyway. </font></p><p><font size="4">Like this pretty little abutilon. This might be Temple Bells but even if it's not I'm calling it that anyway. It goes with the Buddha. It's now on my kitchen table under the skylight.</font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9ibo7yjrQHI/VBYRD1ZP5QI/AAAAAAAACGM/T2T1jDAj9c8/s2048/Photo%25252020140914160430.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9ibo7yjrQHI/VBYRD1ZP5QI/AAAAAAAACGM/T2T1jDAj9c8/s500/Photo%25252020140914160430.jpg" id="blogsy-1410732454855.5654" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"> I know better than to try to save the dwarf papyrus. I killed one last winter. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">I hauled in most of the succulents before the temps went down to 33 degrees the other night. This tray is supposedly water-tight. I'll find out.<br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2KFBCr4_GP0/VBYRL7HgzuI/AAAAAAAACGU/f9myFe04pmU/s2048/Photo%25252020140914160430.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2KFBCr4_GP0/VBYRL7HgzuI/AAAAAAAACGU/f9myFe04pmU/s500/Photo%25252020140914160430.jpg" id="blogsy-1410732454853.005" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-reSkDvP0BHU/VBYRSU4HLQI/AAAAAAAACGc/jneTiVLtkzk/s2048/Photo%25252020140914160430.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-reSkDvP0BHU/VBYRSU4HLQI/AAAAAAAACGc/jneTiVLtkzk/s500/Photo%25252020140914160430.jpg" id="blogsy-1410732454880.5837" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">I love that big echeveria. The older leaves are hail-pitted several times over. Thank you, Rocky Mountain weather. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TjshSCQuZGs/VBYRZhoPutI/AAAAAAAACGk/7Ehup-FHBEw/s2048/Photo%25252020140914160431.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TjshSCQuZGs/VBYRZhoPutI/AAAAAAAACGk/7Ehup-FHBEw/s500/Photo%25252020140914160431.jpg" id="blogsy-1410732454902.9072" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">You can almost spot one of those cobwebby-looking cacti. Kind of creepy but it matches my decor. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">I should be thinking about getting the "fern room" ready in the basement. It's an empty room with two bright windows. With a tarp on the floor it serves as a winter nursery for a dozen ferns, a couple of hibiscus and some jasmine. By the middle of winter it's a huge mess with dead leaves littering the tarp and me losing all ambition to keep them watered.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TST_cZp2tvE/VBYRibez4QI/AAAAAAAACGs/xWSQeqZDg6Y/s2048/Photo%25252020140914160431.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TST_cZp2tvE/VBYRibez4QI/AAAAAAAACGs/xWSQeqZDg6Y/s500/Photo%25252020140914160431.jpg" id="blogsy-1410732454820.432" class="alignnone" width="500" height="373" alt=""></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4">Just thinking about it makes me tired. I'll put my feet up instead and work on it tomorrow.<br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ooou-XWnCmU/VBYRonyq3QI/AAAAAAAACG0/ppKe4U6Ld3U/s2048/Photo%25252020140914160431.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="4"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ooou-XWnCmU/VBYRonyq3QI/AAAAAAAACG0/ppKe4U6Ld3U/s500/Photo%25252020140914160431.jpg" id="blogsy-1410732454865.8435" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-47369760278489119292014-09-12T19:50:00.001-06:002014-09-12T19:50:35.922-06:00Zapped<p><font size="5">I think these morning glories got zapped during our low temps last night. They were pretty while they lasted but I never got a ton of blooms at once. Late bloomers. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-driYVhcWv9k/VBOiy0-GP6I/AAAAAAAACF0/5sXu6W_Gq54/s2048/Photo%25252020140912194919.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="5"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-driYVhcWv9k/VBOiy0-GP6I/AAAAAAAACF0/5sXu6W_Gq54/s500/Photo%25252020140912194919.jpg" id="blogsy-1410573037415.09" class="alignnone" width="500" height="667" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"> I can only hope these nasty Japanese beetles got zapped too. Japanese beetles in Colorado? A first for me. Good thing I retired in time to drown them in soapy water twice a day. Actually they're quite pretty, but not when they're devouring Graham Thomas. </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rQ72GAV76eA/VBOi5yu1fkI/AAAAAAAACF8/01dW-8sSBdQ/s2048/Photo%25252020140912194920.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><font size="5"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rQ72GAV76eA/VBOi5yu1fkI/AAAAAAAACF8/01dW-8sSBdQ/s500/Photo%25252020140912194920.jpg" id="blogsy-1410573037397.794" class="alignnone" width="500" height="500" alt=""></font></a></div><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-43720785196431647182014-06-18T22:55:00.001-06:002014-06-18T22:57:52.832-06:00Fun with Waterlogue <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> It looks like Monet just painted my garden. 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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"> I left nothing to chance when it came to the alliums that are in their prime. I almost had enough garbage cans but a quick trip to Lowe's netted these blue ones. Colorful, right? </font></p>
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"> So glad I did. </font></p>
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"> Happy May! It's supposed to be 80 next weekend in Mary's Garden.</font></p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> A couple of "everlasting" alliums thrown into the mix appeal to my sense of humor. I've had people ask me what those big starburst flowers are. I tell them "metal".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I'd forgotten there were some allium bulbs planted in with the catmint. I like the colors together. But look at the spearmint taking over again. The only way I'll get rid of it is to move. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> See the one lone cane in the tuteur above? That's what's left of Graham Thomas. It was a tough winter. The creatures in my garden thought it was tough too. That's apparently why they're taking it easy now. Really, rabbit? Can't you see I'm right there? Aren't you the least bit afraid of me? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span>That reminds me, I really should paint the birdhouse, and my own house trim. But not purple. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In Puerto Vallarta, bougainvilleas are everywhere, climbing as vines, cascading over walls, and grown as standards. Pinks and purples, yellow, orange, red, sometimes all of those forming a colorful umbrella overhead while strolling the streets. Love them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He chopped the tops off of our coconuts and plunked in a straw. Drink up! Actually not very tasty. We noticed that the locals liked theirs spiced up with limes and hot sauce. I passed on that. Rum might have helped though.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have an old pair of Minnetonka sandals that I've worn out but love. I can't find new ones in that style so I took them to a huarache store and asked them to make me a new pair. This is Marco Antonia cutting out the pieces for my new sandals with a curved knife.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He sewed them together on this machine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Old sandal, new sandal. Not bad for 400 pesos, about $28 USD.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We needed to go to the grocery store and load up on pan dulce, sweet bread. In other words, pastries for breakfast. You take a metal tray and tongs and walk around making your choices. The senorita then wraps everything up for you. We might have gotten a few too many.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Shouldn't these eggs be refrigerated? Ah well, when in Rome, or Mexico...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Mexican Army is a familiar sight on the streets. The automatic weapons a little off-putting. Never fear, it's quite normal for a show of weapons here.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Time for dinner. The Dubious Gardener was very fond of this molcajete full of seafood. I saw octopus suckers in it. No thank you. Grilled dorado in garlic butter suits me just fine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Back to the balcony in time for sunset. This is my attempt at a selfie, trying to stretch my arm as far as I could to avoid double chins. This is serious business.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And my reward, a beautiful sunset.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But then back to normalcy. Mountains, and clouds like fields of snow. Which was what it was actually doing below them. Welcome home, goodbye tropics.</span><br />
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">One of a pair of rufous-sided towhees - I think they're called northern towhees now. They love to scratch around under the suet feeder. </font></p>
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> Both parents died tragically young of diphtheria while on a visit to Paris only two years later. My aunt was raised with her cousins and she eventually followed in her parents' footsteps, studying painting and illustration at The Carnegie Institute in New York. But she took a different path. The story is that one day she happened to see an artist in a ladies' store working on a mannequin which inspired her to begin her own business of repairing and refurbishing mannequins. She painted their faces, outfitted them with new wigs, and limbs if needed! Can you imagine such a business today? Store mannequins are very different now, but in the mid-1900s my enterprising aunt managed to keep 18 employees busy and the city of Baltimore well supplied with updated mannequins. Here she is with some of her "ladies". </font></p>
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> I think she still looked a lot like that baby in the high chair mesmerized by the Christmas tree! She's been gone for many years now but she lived a long and fulfilling life and is remembered fondly by all her nieces and nephews. Time to put that baby away till next year...</font></p>
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<p> Merry Christmas to all!</p>
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LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-19378024386207077772013-11-18T10:22:00.001-07:002013-11-18T22:13:20.357-07:00Bird brain<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Grammy, you changed your table." This from a 7-year-old grandson. Well, yes, I did. I moved the stack of library books from the dining room table to another stack in the living room, put the Halloween candy bowl in the basement storage room, sorted and recycled the mail, put a bag of purged clothing into the car, hung all the coats that were draped on the chair backs. No wonder he noticed the table was different. He said, "It looks like fall." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Such a sweet boy. Because that's what I was going for. Never mind that the hutch behind is still full of summer seashells. The table is fall. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But what fascinated the 7-year-old and his brothers, 9 and 11, were the pheasant feathers. What kind of bird is that from? What does it look like? (We're suburb dwellers - no pheasants around here.) I tried to explain...well, it's kind of like a turkey but not, has beautiful long tail feathers, lives in fields...but - their attention had waned. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Relating this to friends later, one of them said, "Why didn't you show them the taxidermy pheasant you have in your hallway?" Okay, duh. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes, there is a stuffed pheasant in the hallway. I look at it every day of my life. It's so familiar that it doesn't even register anymore. Obviously. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Maybe I'll remember the next time they're over. Bird brain, indeed. </span><br />
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LostRoseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30223448.post-74590093315621362292013-11-03T11:33:00.001-07:002013-11-03T11:33:45.441-07:00The Wind Blew<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"> Last week looking out my living room window.</font></p>
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"> This week.</font></p>
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">But I did wash the windows. </font></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Except for a little coral.</font></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">And pink and purple.</font></div>
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<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> Fall is on its way so I have to enjoy this while it lasts! </font></p>
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