tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83883902977712555102024-03-12T19:26:51.436-07:00Stuff and StuffGoosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-77894574315659696952013-03-27T17:47:00.000-07:002013-03-27T17:48:03.498-07:00Chickens! - Week 2We've had our chickens for over a week now and you can definitely see how they've got different personalities. As groups we're seeing that the red ladies are growing faster, are more shy yet a bit less skittish and seem to be coming into their feathers faster than the more inquisitive black ones. They also tend to stay in groupings of their own colors. I told them I won't stand for segregation in this house so hopefully they'll come to be more comfortable with each other. So far no one has come to blows.<br />
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To get them used to us and us handling them we've begun spending time each day feeding them from our hands. At first they were completely afraid of our hands and arms entering their mini coop, but once one realized there was food on there (and that it wasn't a death trap) they all came running. Now when they see us starting to open up their coop (dog crate) they come looking for the food on our hands, even when there isn't any. It's silly because it's the same food in their food dispenser and that dispenser is full. Maybe they're bored.<br />
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You can start to see real feathers coming in already replacing the downy fluff they had when we first got them. They also walk around like mini dinosaurs. As they were pecking the crumbles of food off my palm today I imagined a flock of Compy's from Jurassic Park massing on a fallen human and just all taking tiny bites of their prey. It was actually unsettling.</div>
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Here is how Lola spends most of her time, watching, waiting for the right moment to attack. We've had to cover the front of the crate that has a gate at chick level to keep them from sticking their heads through the mesh. </div>
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One of the funnier things to realize since we got the chicks is that they pass out almost instantly, narcoleptic-style. They'll be fully awake one second, then they'll sit down the next, and within 3 more seconds they've face-planted into the bedding. And that's how they sleep at this age. I have to keep giving the crate a bit of a shake to make sure their not dead. So far they're all doing very well and are still alive. Woohoo!<br />
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We've thrown in some branches for them to get used to roosting. At first they were freaked the hell out, but like the hands of the giants that bring them food they got used to them fairly quickly. Last night was the first time we saw them roosting as they slept. I was wondering if the guy underneath was going to get pooped on, and sure enough this morning he had a big poop stuck to his back. Chickens can be assholes too, don't let them fool you.</div>
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While the heat lamp is their main source of heat you do need to give them some darkness each day. You want to give them almost 23.5 hrs of light when they're first starting out but then gradually increase the amount of darkness each week so they get used to the normal schedule of the sun. But, they panic when the lights go out. Here is a video to hear how unhappy they are when their sun falls out of their sky. Poor Chicken Little.</div>
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See you next week.Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-53856577830993133292013-03-20T10:45:00.000-07:002013-03-20T10:45:01.136-07:00Chickens!! - Day 1For us it's Day 1, but for the chicks we got it's day 9 or 10. We would have liked to have gotten day old chicks but the place we went to to pick them out had only a small selection. Though they did have day olds we decided to go with some week olds because they were more likely to survive and we were able to get a greater variety.<div>
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We ended up getting three Barred Rock and three New Hampshire Red pullets. (pullets = young hens)</div>
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Here we see one NHR looking at me looking at her through one of the holes in the box they came home in.</div>
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Little dudettes all huddled together trying to hide from the big scary humans.</div>
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We borrowed this set up from a friend but decided to use a big ol' dog crate we had lying around. It would give them more space and cut off floor drafts.<br />
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Jane putting the first chick into dog crate. You can see just how big it is in this image. We tied the heat lamp to the door with wire.</div>
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And here they are getting used to their new surroundings.<br />
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Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-14354298247106155582012-07-05T11:31:00.001-07:002012-07-05T11:34:51.778-07:00Found some old work I did long ago (G. I. Joe)I found an old CD with these images saved onto it.<br />
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This one was for a freelance gig for a G.I Joe commercial. I don't know if it was ever actually used in the end. It was the body for the character The Baroness.<br />
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Here is what she looked like in the cartoon:<br />
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I was tasked with building her in 3D in Maya. If you're wondering why she has such big guns, well, I was asked to make her guns bigger, over and over again. I would go to a size I thought was ridiculously too big, and then I was told "BIGGER!". I was about to start on the head and face, but they ended up giving that to someone else who was going to incorporate hair, which I was not up to speed on.<br />
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If I had to do her all over again I would do it completely different. I've learned so much since back then about anatomy, workflow and modeling techniques. But it's fun to look at what I did when I was a newbie.<br />
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On a different assignment I was asked to come up with an elderly robot. This was my quick Previs mock-up. I don't know if it was ever used for anything.<br />
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It's fun to look at old work, especially if you're embarrassed by it. ;)<br />
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Recently Jane and I started on a little project for the house. Since moving in we haven't really decorated a ton and decided we needed to get off our butts and do it. Jane was inspired and so she went out and did all the hard work, searching the internet for the right supplies and ordering them. One box of old blue Ball jars and three live-edge planks of wood. We then picked up some hardware, put them together and fastened our new planters on the wall in our living room.</div>
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Jane is sanding the planks...</div>
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And then oiled them all purdy.</div>
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This is the bare wall we wanted to put them on.</div>
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Some close ups of the old Ball jars. These would be the containers for the plants.</div>
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And the first board gets it's new tenants. :)</div>
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<br /></div>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-38068870961379674162012-06-26T21:06:00.001-07:002012-06-26T21:10:52.826-07:00Cape Cod Fishing 06/12A few weeks ago I went on a fishing trip to Cape Cod for a few days and I have just returned. We, being Steve G, Mark E and myself, stayed in a cabin in Chatham, MA.The trip was tiring as hell, but it was a great time.<br />
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We fished right around this little light house most of the time we were there. I've been thinking about moving in, whether they want me to or not.<br />
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This dude is a complete bad ass.<br />
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My bed. We fished so much I barely used it.<br />
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<span>I took this pic with my iPhone this weekend. It's of a toy truck my brother and I used to play with when we were kids. This past summer I visited the woods we used to play in and found it almost completely buried in the dirt under a tree. I brought it home and now our old imaginary friend does his construction work in my front yard.</span><br />
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But even though the main part of the plant is dwarfish the flowers are still their normal humongous size.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDS-kecQ9cjSh4Yllk83XoyHKrKsHcL0iSDTGq7WtKVsjSezEOjLhmf3C7IAdjP9PArCd20EuJge1V6b7h6sD1Ud21HX4w-TLw8Dn_0qlo-tf02DmaAY6stEhjYnTIlQOugJ3NlkmCrRI/s1600/P1030692.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDS-kecQ9cjSh4Yllk83XoyHKrKsHcL0iSDTGq7WtKVsjSezEOjLhmf3C7IAdjP9PArCd20EuJge1V6b7h6sD1Ud21HX4w-TLw8Dn_0qlo-tf02DmaAY6stEhjYnTIlQOugJ3NlkmCrRI/s400/P1030692.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643846494848834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIl9xUbpErxpc-dq21cy3MPTx3RklCROTKJKyllmXoMIpiZyD2ago0lpbFKlKxTGxTL17WaaUtcfJWj6VEC7JHROtfos-vnyye8q1YY_UpzkGU9YoFyrcnIa8Dd8_TwJ8WYVYPgBLEzw/s1600/P1030696.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatGR4D6qcypSe7B6KzoiNcYu7p9iysxcUPmzukoV4TjsGzCp_M6m83lYd6a9x5vwE10BkjpXJ2PgtaTf-7MaORqEhDUv9_ZGrqqp8IM9rwZAM83_MIEaf4G8bBe1apAH6buWMxacVoBs/s400/P1030792.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642028007052258" border="0" /></a><br />Here you can see the leftovers from a satisfied chipmunk.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD-wCCqsiOl2bQYkDuy10IOwvDD5EL1ZHW-2pm3Dsh8weNfdG9q5VH-vqxnSzL0OjTqpkKhSdNr1kmSqhR1lD5ihCHviDcRIjnDlT2Gzp428fqm_lmoG8OSlUrFP7lJz1OpDgWgLnfyQ/s1600/P1030698.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD-wCCqsiOl2bQYkDuy10IOwvDD5EL1ZHW-2pm3Dsh8weNfdG9q5VH-vqxnSzL0OjTqpkKhSdNr1kmSqhR1lD5ihCHviDcRIjnDlT2Gzp428fqm_lmoG8OSlUrFP7lJz1OpDgWgLnfyQ/s400/P1030698.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643774159731266" border="0" /></a>Here are some peonies before the flowers have opened up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkF3H2N4wuUhuug8-vAgRYdXzRCVOqQTw4PDAjKF3VzumS703d6tP5ZoIySVNPB1GYyiJ6Q7G6GJ8bwqxJ_fQIx5WXWYoia6AStYgns-c664WQPm3LqC9XAyeTHbyJuupAN01BODa-z5M/s1600/P1030699.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkF3H2N4wuUhuug8-vAgRYdXzRCVOqQTw4PDAjKF3VzumS703d6tP5ZoIySVNPB1GYyiJ6Q7G6GJ8bwqxJ_fQIx5WXWYoia6AStYgns-c664WQPm3LqC9XAyeTHbyJuupAN01BODa-z5M/s400/P1030699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643763799924242" border="0" /></a>And this is one of them after.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOkpb_9BFVEjt0NE4Cl11Hg68lsywG1Js4AIiV6ub8JES9pLFyubnHzij_EIBQS3j_3GybIZ6RAtsPPSoptfKM_KfjP9fOdxzts3qF_K129wDoSBrVwr8Ck_5bJzW9I1Cbs3dWTU3ouo/s1600/P1030786.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOkpb_9BFVEjt0NE4Cl11Hg68lsywG1Js4AIiV6ub8JES9pLFyubnHzij_EIBQS3j_3GybIZ6RAtsPPSoptfKM_KfjP9fOdxzts3qF_K129wDoSBrVwr8Ck_5bJzW9I1Cbs3dWTU3ouo/s400/P1030786.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642521376084898" border="0" /></a>So while these clumps of "grass" have nice little purple flowers on them I wasn't happy with where they've been growing (we didn't plant them, they came with the house). So I've just been ripping them up left and right. But when I went to the plant nursery they had them there, smaller than these, at $20 a clump! I must have killed at least $300+ worth of these guys. I guess I'll replant them after I rip them up next time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-67-Euh6mRyQTqMtkroJry6ZKG-M2N705c9BMepSz3InN5OeH4Vev6N4LAO5BroEDArtPfEQ_1V6uaa731VeUaYbMhr0QlGy764fQqp_DIinoM82Az-D4YxtyPm_D0rQDf5p6E0JV69o/s1600/P1030702.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-67-Euh6mRyQTqMtkroJry6ZKG-M2N705c9BMepSz3InN5OeH4Vev6N4LAO5BroEDArtPfEQ_1V6uaa731VeUaYbMhr0QlGy764fQqp_DIinoM82Az-D4YxtyPm_D0rQDf5p6E0JV69o/s400/P1030702.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643762725099938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vdm6ygW_4nBe0zy-kA1FgCwRY8wVdAwfdIf_-iPtNjIoaOFKTPzsXOI0BGnBP4nSFtJiUAL4aSwnd1iVW_ZUMPgYCU01BCOYpMoVRYNX8B31Yz4eFhxKReQUuf8mNdj4LLw13Bd_MQY/s1600/P1030704.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vdm6ygW_4nBe0zy-kA1FgCwRY8wVdAwfdIf_-iPtNjIoaOFKTPzsXOI0BGnBP4nSFtJiUAL4aSwnd1iVW_ZUMPgYCU01BCOYpMoVRYNX8B31Yz4eFhxKReQUuf8mNdj4LLw13Bd_MQY/s400/P1030704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643755540989266" border="0" /></a>I think the scientific name for this one is poochius ignoramus.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JAq65RRwY6M3U_63efRCCssEShrxXvjU3OZxoOMN4giL89F6gvzpk4f5ZA_ozT4uA0Y0_C-mnK6OqQcKTly0h02Q-a3bhOP2wXmB3nqExPsIkDBKWt6IoskU-kdPEELCSv8bwHyb5pU/s1600/P1030708.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JAq65RRwY6M3U_63efRCCssEShrxXvjU3OZxoOMN4giL89F6gvzpk4f5ZA_ozT4uA0Y0_C-mnK6OqQcKTly0h02Q-a3bhOP2wXmB3nqExPsIkDBKWt6IoskU-kdPEELCSv8bwHyb5pU/s400/P1030708.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643575551100866" border="0" /></a>Here are some of the calla lilies I planted coming in nicely.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkBx-bdhnGOyINyukZjPKX5Lpn8yWpIYCkXM-M3PG5FtLh81DYYdsTUW5KxIsBj5w0ZvwNL7QboYq29WOjgku_cmZMciQIka_vTWMY2npYixVJJdCWnYqhJ8p53gALpfwLgMkUm7x51I/s1600/P1030714.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkBx-bdhnGOyINyukZjPKX5Lpn8yWpIYCkXM-M3PG5FtLh81DYYdsTUW5KxIsBj5w0ZvwNL7QboYq29WOjgku_cmZMciQIka_vTWMY2npYixVJJdCWnYqhJ8p53gALpfwLgMkUm7x51I/s400/P1030714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643556048915602" border="0" /></a>I thought I'd throw in some fishing pictures in the mix to spice things up. I didn't see one fish on this outing but I found some mussels on the reef I was walking on.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sbuTPDOpJlpfNRo1OhngvPBZXMjrSnotYHvu6-1ae8XchiRqnob0JUeMSnv7oiK9p9GRHSQEhW1BbXz_Qxx84SXL8Gni5thbIYw9pIhXH_8wesfWlmpW8gtU2np0AHrreF3uDTRjaZQ/s1600/P1030718.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sbuTPDOpJlpfNRo1OhngvPBZXMjrSnotYHvu6-1ae8XchiRqnob0JUeMSnv7oiK9p9GRHSQEhW1BbXz_Qxx84SXL8Gni5thbIYw9pIhXH_8wesfWlmpW8gtU2np0AHrreF3uDTRjaZQ/s400/P1030718.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643302539504786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3_0NEh0dTYucFOeIx7K-UBbFiMIhiFYCjnmwTzGxxUh2psHdGILTtRCy3Fhl9VWr24gntfKOBWZ1Sabp1QQ1BPLFw_kg0o8Zy-ryGsE_GPvl9i4o5dNII9iyEyb_p9CNJ0iFMpCzqiA/s1600/P1030720.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3_0NEh0dTYucFOeIx7K-UBbFiMIhiFYCjnmwTzGxxUh2psHdGILTtRCy3Fhl9VWr24gntfKOBWZ1Sabp1QQ1BPLFw_kg0o8Zy-ryGsE_GPvl9i4o5dNII9iyEyb_p9CNJ0iFMpCzqiA/s400/P1030720.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643293321619378" border="0" /></a>It's really incredible when you look at this picture to see how many of them are piled on top of each other. Now remember how many of them are on this little clump.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWt0F-5AWhiThwULYa-D_-2h7LNZRKefefnKmdlEWTlZl9qNaJLT0DLt6FGN_qQlP28_3egYe4vMEDRTivDvPnUKtlqDq07y24sixYXOmJ0v9KSJDLzLcK0eldSFjx0SgahwSjZ14-TRg/s1600/P1030717.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWt0F-5AWhiThwULYa-D_-2h7LNZRKefefnKmdlEWTlZl9qNaJLT0DLt6FGN_qQlP28_3egYe4vMEDRTivDvPnUKtlqDq07y24sixYXOmJ0v9KSJDLzLcK0eldSFjx0SgahwSjZ14-TRg/s400/P1030717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643312255936722" border="0" /></a><br />Now look at THIS!!!! That's all mussels piled on top of each other for about half a mile. Insane!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied6EkZoKaD36biUp-vGuh8iXHeAeC5HtyKYFyU3azGcWBmr-y3Spdc_q0-WWBqE_Gbi6HGYYuwK5_SvLdqylYkna7yrrl33dclfAZCxDDlRMKBhlCdiTyzvLb1_8RMHUu7cYxG46Mu8o/s1600/P1030716.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied6EkZoKaD36biUp-vGuh8iXHeAeC5HtyKYFyU3azGcWBmr-y3Spdc_q0-WWBqE_Gbi6HGYYuwK5_SvLdqylYkna7yrrl33dclfAZCxDDlRMKBhlCdiTyzvLb1_8RMHUu7cYxG46Mu8o/s400/P1030716.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643555996623410" border="0" /></a>Ok, back to the flowers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBPCmTCpmdMd_TuF8oxrL-8i2Kp8ABXO99KWx94nIaauZUkZht7kvWV-A1vTHxv2aCuxobAs4RtMUqalzzzUROaB02q3aR8yLxMssMCccgoKO6uGxQVhOeE2mFxs_AThb0ScAfh4Hc9A/s1600/P1030723.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBPCmTCpmdMd_TuF8oxrL-8i2Kp8ABXO99KWx94nIaauZUkZht7kvWV-A1vTHxv2aCuxobAs4RtMUqalzzzUROaB02q3aR8yLxMssMCccgoKO6uGxQVhOeE2mFxs_AThb0ScAfh4Hc9A/s400/P1030723.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643288139581042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigzb9md6g9iyEsWpcY8YrzlY3Ar8ekh4qQutHxF9KyipkzqvlQlCLCQzHPhd3OIvgw42dMRdpwGlzDydzRLax6EgIrYEO6ucvGKvPfkryGwiCdrpszUaoNuFVbD6MRf_3Fh3qMKn4v00/s1600/P1030724.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigzb9md6g9iyEsWpcY8YrzlY3Ar8ekh4qQutHxF9KyipkzqvlQlCLCQzHPhd3OIvgw42dMRdpwGlzDydzRLax6EgIrYEO6ucvGKvPfkryGwiCdrpszUaoNuFVbD6MRf_3Fh3qMKn4v00/s400/P1030724.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643280802616258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDVpGA-Fbww34iFsbCBmrcoCThrK9ioj-mB9inQOhyphenhyphenfT4JwNgDNwW-nyxcW_w0yZPfbVtBqkm9JrOC1c3TYTXG19odBvSnnqwbD4Oiwutz-kt3bzKmOEIZMQbWrJyF0W4TfmgQMzpZ2c/s1600/P1030742.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDVpGA-Fbww34iFsbCBmrcoCThrK9ioj-mB9inQOhyphenhyphenfT4JwNgDNwW-nyxcW_w0yZPfbVtBqkm9JrOC1c3TYTXG19odBvSnnqwbD4Oiwutz-kt3bzKmOEIZMQbWrJyF0W4TfmgQMzpZ2c/s400/P1030742.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643074720405538" border="0" /></a>The flowers on this bush smell of Nilla Wafers. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2XgoK3aNUVsoBpLVm-_jCZ2ghzneZSrhG4ayEY3ey4FhWp_lHv9JJS_cXnV_rZtf0wTNMDpgVT-6ITz43Kwv1ZLc8M8E1dO0HBMaBaJOdQqPApHFU5Q7HzQ0hNXguJxqneZSru2ejSk/s1600/P1030750.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2XgoK3aNUVsoBpLVm-_jCZ2ghzneZSrhG4ayEY3ey4FhWp_lHv9JJS_cXnV_rZtf0wTNMDpgVT-6ITz43Kwv1ZLc8M8E1dO0HBMaBaJOdQqPApHFU5Q7HzQ0hNXguJxqneZSru2ejSk/s400/P1030750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643070491592402" border="0" /></a>Here is a patch of wild flowers I try not to mow each year. The patch keeps growing and growing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmJdb3NAPb7uPBf_P__cCIdqdDTQ-zaddqrppJzZUwgfFLiXgtBPcLvo0huXsgsM0opcifYsom7z6WRS7KoWYap7WJoI4Dz-cXoDJ14MZvS2sZBUJ-AfIF2aWWdzZN_seecEKHkbz3sw/s1600/P1030752.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmJdb3NAPb7uPBf_P__cCIdqdDTQ-zaddqrppJzZUwgfFLiXgtBPcLvo0huXsgsM0opcifYsom7z6WRS7KoWYap7WJoI4Dz-cXoDJ14MZvS2sZBUJ-AfIF2aWWdzZN_seecEKHkbz3sw/s400/P1030752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643061664930834" border="0" /></a>I picked up a sickly looking rose bush from Home Depot on sale for $5. It still looks a bit sickly but so far it's knocked out some nice flowers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnRXmWf1fT9GBVwLuPMxjurLODQcu2hlJ-2ixDYukfhZc5UWHPNZDM5hsJucCtuTUtt4hA8tck_LiZQN_pYjzXXF-SO7y3du6sT1UlhsIW40SlZq0DZ3Vy7i72rhJCiDM_wxRQXTHwWw/s1600/P1030755.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnRXmWf1fT9GBVwLuPMxjurLODQcu2hlJ-2ixDYukfhZc5UWHPNZDM5hsJucCtuTUtt4hA8tck_LiZQN_pYjzXXF-SO7y3du6sT1UlhsIW40SlZq0DZ3Vy7i72rhJCiDM_wxRQXTHwWw/s400/P1030755.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643055857128578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6THVErE5Dtzz7QWeX1pEIStvABQ5KkK-u-1TvcU6VfwgGnHC9Q3Ay5i962BQHdnIYFSILot9qsjS6T1n81RXz6KCkGqMUNwwaizdc5aeSUg7FccH2XLA3S70dlmcAv0736_Om99Zjfo/s1600/P1030770.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6THVErE5Dtzz7QWeX1pEIStvABQ5KkK-u-1TvcU6VfwgGnHC9Q3Ay5i962BQHdnIYFSILot9qsjS6T1n81RXz6KCkGqMUNwwaizdc5aeSUg7FccH2XLA3S70dlmcAv0736_Om99Zjfo/s400/P1030770.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642803598558274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6TF5NA8iUzyX2n-V8s_lbHDleeLJ9t2ulBFVGYssLCA-CzY9ODRrCm-PSYvuV5hfzlH8JyCd3hlY5hd1Y1GQ3Pm-SlYpKdFkvRItSrreZ72c5hhgxPsu5qOdvX1bxq6acGN8K-Q9nos/s1600/P1030769.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6TF5NA8iUzyX2n-V8s_lbHDleeLJ9t2ulBFVGYssLCA-CzY9ODRrCm-PSYvuV5hfzlH8JyCd3hlY5hd1Y1GQ3Pm-SlYpKdFkvRItSrreZ72c5hhgxPsu5qOdvX1bxq6acGN8K-Q9nos/s400/P1030769.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642809863886562" border="0" /></a>This is a Japanese maple I'm growing from a seed I found in the woods. No, I promise, it's not marijuana.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSV31bQiKlv4Ltfd5kV7n09zZgfARM4sQB96VLeAmx2hg_5K1HhyVhik9bFrT51V6pzc5Nwv8KvNuSpW8FkgJVLowLn7QzyjR1JTK6rJuP8b6suQsOcn7rcjpeJ4hn2lGy0Q4SxcRVAEE/s1600/P1030759.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSV31bQiKlv4Ltfd5kV7n09zZgfARM4sQB96VLeAmx2hg_5K1HhyVhik9bFrT51V6pzc5Nwv8KvNuSpW8FkgJVLowLn7QzyjR1JTK6rJuP8b6suQsOcn7rcjpeJ4hn2lGy0Q4SxcRVAEE/s400/P1030759.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643054119806674" border="0" /></a>I planted about 500+ morning glory seeds along the bases of some of our fences that I collected from about 10 plants I had last year. Hopefully they take, if the do they should turn the fence into a wall of flowers for most of the summer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqY3TAB21gLijmJSr2LA_6-csGLYhjq-DcG-DxK-bBnzs_s-CW98Yp7KKjxSyp3QnL_GxlxtTQaFc1p5x-SaDE1sHCFORvzCl21og0JytWKVI-QoT4MUQby_cwBjmLTaWRgTHvAgQax4/s1600/P1030761.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqY3TAB21gLijmJSr2LA_6-csGLYhjq-DcG-DxK-bBnzs_s-CW98Yp7KKjxSyp3QnL_GxlxtTQaFc1p5x-SaDE1sHCFORvzCl21og0JytWKVI-QoT4MUQby_cwBjmLTaWRgTHvAgQax4/s400/P1030761.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642813848966098" border="0" /></a>I think these are foxgloves. My mom (Hi Mom!) gave us a container with a few last fall and they came back in the spring. I'll take more pics when it's in full bloom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHvs5uVVCXZJrtTa89ihIFlK4t5tuY4WbhBaAJV71zpTAKEmbT1z-mAwc9BEmdS9C2yc5QgLORc7BD55sw_60G7X9lSlWmsc0JtsQDazIADkchuZtXmENb8y_uifWGNtPj7FomSfqUxY/s1600/P1030778.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHvs5uVVCXZJrtTa89ihIFlK4t5tuY4WbhBaAJV71zpTAKEmbT1z-mAwc9BEmdS9C2yc5QgLORc7BD55sw_60G7X9lSlWmsc0JtsQDazIADkchuZtXmENb8y_uifWGNtPj7FomSfqUxY/s400/P1030778.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642797897428226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7imRWhABIrWuWjbBP3EidvNM6l_nlsksFMVxcq234edApXnzx7c5k0J63ooOQ7rLSmd-5Ar5-8QVIggZ1OZnUo5OdMQ5WFRIn3I95pBk1-S8klHR8PTSAaVXVdNXOhmlebLpIXwiBWM/s1600/P1030779.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7imRWhABIrWuWjbBP3EidvNM6l_nlsksFMVxcq234edApXnzx7c5k0J63ooOQ7rLSmd-5Ar5-8QVIggZ1OZnUo5OdMQ5WFRIn3I95pBk1-S8klHR8PTSAaVXVdNXOhmlebLpIXwiBWM/s400/P1030779.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642795943372402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZrPE-f6VTp8wQOfxz24LbtlmBbvJdpV8QW2K4j8D5eAGwDgnjpXLZN1E4DTGTp7YXuRUAoXvjnrI52F77DuHmRUXQwEYIG37tzB5SQHvQyJbmmrRKLDVZn1k8Pcr7gG_Xx99Ck0DSyM/s1600/P1030781.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZrPE-f6VTp8wQOfxz24LbtlmBbvJdpV8QW2K4j8D5eAGwDgnjpXLZN1E4DTGTp7YXuRUAoXvjnrI52F77DuHmRUXQwEYIG37tzB5SQHvQyJbmmrRKLDVZn1k8Pcr7gG_Xx99Ck0DSyM/s400/P1030781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642532921525170" border="0" /></a>I don't know what that guy right behind the foxgloves is, I didn't plant it and it wasn't there last year. I should know soon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-0YWjRmKiTUtr2oI71ISAXWYUNvryv5b3j97BbKbChTqVBAcgi-acC0DofyrwF93DkZZiK1pIHsZnY__5mtZ2vLflboq9x2AypcMDSzFzHmEpLfjzR_x106TcNq079RlkPLiHxvopkY/s1600/P1030782.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-0YWjRmKiTUtr2oI71ISAXWYUNvryv5b3j97BbKbChTqVBAcgi-acC0DofyrwF93DkZZiK1pIHsZnY__5mtZ2vLflboq9x2AypcMDSzFzHmEpLfjzR_x106TcNq079RlkPLiHxvopkY/s400/P1030782.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642527641782226" border="0" /></a>Here is a pic of another stunted lily, but these are different types that open later in the year. That is if the beetles don't kill them all first. They've been attacking in force for weeks so I've been dusting them with this organic bug killer. It works, but those bastards keep coming back. Good luck lily.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwYUHj7oGrRevssZ8HMvhHU-fHgAkKnU71R14rOHKMXpycyQstRyBH39aLslQsBZdc3_o_qALNCw2CC9uc0vvIeNbxNzJFXQJv9LsbzStASmxdjSApAVF_Vr4BPGgkMWJVqt3JAtFQ0I/s1600/P1030787.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwYUHj7oGrRevssZ8HMvhHU-fHgAkKnU71R14rOHKMXpycyQstRyBH39aLslQsBZdc3_o_qALNCw2CC9uc0vvIeNbxNzJFXQJv9LsbzStASmxdjSApAVF_Vr4BPGgkMWJVqt3JAtFQ0I/s400/P1030787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642515161579474" border="0" /></a>I got a bag of ......., I can't remember the name of them, but I got a bag on sale at Home Depot. There were 70 bulbs, I planted a bunch here and a few by the road. It's supposed to be a mix of colors so we'll see in about a month or so.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbBkPRJKLt3ksAbIau8Rb-P8O-VeIu_YUfb9hT6XbgUJAn-twuucxhYYbxBD_JsE5UEHz71_Z0KFApf-3ENzGQbmHtvgD6HpL5bF76qercpJMWFokT3Z_MmIQc-tYnH0JwoH29trc-rQ/s1600/P1030795.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbBkPRJKLt3ksAbIau8Rb-P8O-VeIu_YUfb9hT6XbgUJAn-twuucxhYYbxBD_JsE5UEHz71_Z0KFApf-3ENzGQbmHtvgD6HpL5bF76qercpJMWFokT3Z_MmIQc-tYnH0JwoH29trc-rQ/s400/P1030795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642020980916274" border="0" /></a>These are some agave plants, we've got a ton of them. They're not the prettiest but they put up these crazy stalks which blossom to be covered in white flowers. I'll post pictures of the flowers once they bloom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnvM4qch1KDmExD8xys6ipOsVjfi1JeCxquK5abmm3wjYOO0syue3BDcd8AvpzjP3MMHTTnhGqz0GpW7ENvj3h-g9XJ0GN5jVTyNYjHBr6BqwEKR8CZ-M0bbLfZVwcpei2rh1PaLawZY/s1600/P1030798.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnvM4qch1KDmExD8xys6ipOsVjfi1JeCxquK5abmm3wjYOO0syue3BDcd8AvpzjP3MMHTTnhGqz0GpW7ENvj3h-g9XJ0GN5jVTyNYjHBr6BqwEKR8CZ-M0bbLfZVwcpei2rh1PaLawZY/s400/P1030798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642012399635330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4n-IP2HFFML9AC12AHdi7cGMZVvjhdwl2cTZe2tcWMDP7jYIaeZ_xZni-J8yLWpy7v7osAbVNiv-jqR7UeTmaYHNDreLR_CpO-4oL4HJBhQ3_lCka2IonviFsK5Agiia-kR7vgdZqcw/s1600/P1030799.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4n-IP2HFFML9AC12AHdi7cGMZVvjhdwl2cTZe2tcWMDP7jYIaeZ_xZni-J8yLWpy7v7osAbVNiv-jqR7UeTmaYHNDreLR_CpO-4oL4HJBhQ3_lCka2IonviFsK5Agiia-kR7vgdZqcw/s400/P1030799.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615642005083124594" border="0" /></a>This stalk is shy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GqGAbAbwGX8SqnNcTQqX5YI_BfbnoWk72nv-UAH_Z_ML37Fik_B4YdPP5mEUmcpgO36QQU9IYVL_M5Sy9Kbs6jZI5IaaUvk0Hy3rZXQrSlo9q6nFUdYHQXB13YMGjG9_DQhiWxeN7JA/s1600/P1030804.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GqGAbAbwGX8SqnNcTQqX5YI_BfbnoWk72nv-UAH_Z_ML37Fik_B4YdPP5mEUmcpgO36QQU9IYVL_M5Sy9Kbs6jZI5IaaUvk0Hy3rZXQrSlo9q6nFUdYHQXB13YMGjG9_DQhiWxeN7JA/s400/P1030804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615641998392158642" border="0" /></a>And last but not least I got Jane a dahlia plant. The flowers look like pom poms.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweh-590PmAUTCzc3YXFIKwByZ0Q3WXl2XjM6mb8HDp1Psde9oQKbh16KV6zCFowfd_dScbWRmnvVlsbC_PG6mNA0bD0vYoFJOB_USEWqdthMkGoydXGAjgb_n9H992HsPkUntxmbh7bc/s1600/P1030709.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweh-590PmAUTCzc3YXFIKwByZ0Q3WXl2XjM6mb8HDp1Psde9oQKbh16KV6zCFowfd_dScbWRmnvVlsbC_PG6mNA0bD0vYoFJOB_USEWqdthMkGoydXGAjgb_n9H992HsPkUntxmbh7bc/s400/P1030709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643564052858994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqVoq6a9xWjRlTi7gTPs1ZoB9MtuofAnnQRUPIm4reJhqQNNtwlp42y88i9RkUD-usTN66GEm_LedbrEpN1eAMXfjXU3-6u21VhykRZF1eMRV214Ar5hX41TmC5Et5aZodcqyQnphj6M/s1600/P1030712.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqVoq6a9xWjRlTi7gTPs1ZoB9MtuofAnnQRUPIm4reJhqQNNtwlp42y88i9RkUD-usTN66GEm_LedbrEpN1eAMXfjXU3-6u21VhykRZF1eMRV214Ar5hX41TmC5Et5aZodcqyQnphj6M/s400/P1030712.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615643558198204034" border="0" /></a>And that's it for now. I'll be taking pics of my garden this weekend, in the meantime I've got to get started on my next art project. Argg, and finish my last one. :-/Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-6410429300479274152011-05-26T20:13:00.001-07:002011-05-27T08:50:20.609-07:00Cacti and Baby BirdsI found a package of cactus seeds at the store and decided to give it a try. And guess what, they're growing! At first they were these tiny green globes, then they split, then BAM! they started growing spines. Pretty nutty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_O7PgSLRixLLLd88_7au1jGnkzwPZiG4YiEaQA6i8FPlWj0U1F8Bpa2S8Q1uS-KQ7npk3BNjUJmBzINflcMJo0UL8RQLAmF8MKbrpbdpEbLNFoY9rTx87bFlqYd2hmdR7lf1jOK5MVk/s1600/P1030668.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_O7PgSLRixLLLd88_7au1jGnkzwPZiG4YiEaQA6i8FPlWj0U1F8Bpa2S8Q1uS-KQ7npk3BNjUJmBzINflcMJo0UL8RQLAmF8MKbrpbdpEbLNFoY9rTx87bFlqYd2hmdR7lf1jOK5MVk/s400/P1030668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611229118022752642" border="0" /></a><br />Here is another image to show just how tiny these guys are.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHo-WmRHAnr5Gcuux0G8XjQb3q8wZNfFC0Qxz9pQ0u7bkXmBlgqXWxL0gyAXvFbP_852C1zRxqUESUGC1zum6MAVPRdaIqaifRH3HcrEFTF-5lnE5Npo8fVUTlsASey8JQTd0olCI2Vk/s1600/P1030671.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHo-WmRHAnr5Gcuux0G8XjQb3q8wZNfFC0Qxz9pQ0u7bkXmBlgqXWxL0gyAXvFbP_852C1zRxqUESUGC1zum6MAVPRdaIqaifRH3HcrEFTF-5lnE5Npo8fVUTlsASey8JQTd0olCI2Vk/s400/P1030671.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611229113890103842" border="0" /></a><br />Ok, now back to the car shitting bird story. The babies are growing up. A few posts back I showed a picture of the nest with three pretty eggs in it, then a few weeks later I posted a picture of three little hatchlings. Now here they are a few days ago.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JodotTC3kuonG6mUS97sQka8X88fIpzapFlgvCUbRHjnSggcEoeNSJoLkpvsb4ITUv3DiMFrKPS7d-A1GP_gEOmPOFLEGy-jEZhf4rRrl-znU8aAiVYliTcL1_GX32mSf4ASGeo3vVg/s1600/P1030677.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JodotTC3kuonG6mUS97sQka8X88fIpzapFlgvCUbRHjnSggcEoeNSJoLkpvsb4ITUv3DiMFrKPS7d-A1GP_gEOmPOFLEGy-jEZhf4rRrl-znU8aAiVYliTcL1_GX32mSf4ASGeo3vVg/s400/P1030677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611229108978397650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DsZr-O0RopNFVoM1qaPEQBSbXI97on-ueWN5lIvzY88P5ah-1KoVdBXK94Ca9okAtzqWRSrZ6rGy0zxnmOwTYfjCRO21G7gojhP9rjHkfCiIde-fEGbss9fKWLEFBpsrY_T0I2YMuLw/s1600/P1030678.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DsZr-O0RopNFVoM1qaPEQBSbXI97on-ueWN5lIvzY88P5ah-1KoVdBXK94Ca9okAtzqWRSrZ6rGy0zxnmOwTYfjCRO21G7gojhP9rjHkfCiIde-fEGbss9fKWLEFBpsrY_T0I2YMuLw/s400/P1030678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611229104884869458" border="0" /></a><br />So tell me, how the hell do we now have FOUR baby birds!?!?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QPz_sXy12AnqWZ_Y2GQjICt0tFtbwPdjZ5mOkVTUG0VwY-TipKpUrZgGO_B3FJCBRRLPAYgQHR1SLaGfmTJYKG7p4l5o5MpLVsjHKBTC4CGDukTcDXsULOqFvwIHHFGt5yRtxWyKrd4/s1600/P1030681.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QPz_sXy12AnqWZ_Y2GQjICt0tFtbwPdjZ5mOkVTUG0VwY-TipKpUrZgGO_B3FJCBRRLPAYgQHR1SLaGfmTJYKG7p4l5o5MpLVsjHKBTC4CGDukTcDXsULOqFvwIHHFGt5yRtxWyKrd4/s400/P1030681.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611229102086500786" border="0" /></a>Crazy! I thought maybe the fourth was from a "brood parasite" bird. If you don't know a brood parasite bird finds a nest of another bird that already has eggs in it and it quickly lays her egg amongst the others and then leaves, sometimes taking one of the original eggs so things look back to normal when the original mother comes back. The mother of the nest comes home and she starts taking care of it and raising it as her own. Then as the impostor bird baby gets bigger instinct tells it to push the others out of the nest, killing them. Then all that's left in the nest is the impostor bird baby until it's big enough to fly away. It's nature's cut-throat welfare system. But I don't think one of these is an impostor baby bird though, all of these guys look the same. So where did that fourth one come from?!Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-77263551049663080912011-05-26T18:55:00.000-07:002011-05-26T20:09:00.545-07:00Savannah, GAJane and I took a road trip down to Savannah, GA for a few days with Aaron and Amy (who we met there). Both Jane and Amy went to SCAD so they wanted to revisit their old stomping grounds. The trip took approximately 14 hours, in the Mini, and after the 7th hour my butt was sore as hell. But we trudged on like troopers, and then we found this beast. He stole my clubbin' shirt so I swiftly put him in his place with a well placed fist pump and we were back on our way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt6dUVYO7GnbsPlmwSFJPeWkdSMWFpWGXkz-U9itNX9oGs2y8aJ04mwGHySGXIwRlTbMI6Y4xc7grJXa8klu9lMapKJFE8nuPCeqhJtQHTHmFR3q07uucFvVIwjpwApn_Xe6oSB556Zo/s1600/photo%25285%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt6dUVYO7GnbsPlmwSFJPeWkdSMWFpWGXkz-U9itNX9oGs2y8aJ04mwGHySGXIwRlTbMI6Y4xc7grJXa8klu9lMapKJFE8nuPCeqhJtQHTHmFR3q07uucFvVIwjpwApn_Xe6oSB556Zo/s400/photo%25285%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611218591273426658" border="0" /></a><br />This is the view from the condo we rented. Awesome location, but there was no hot water. At all. That was not awesome. But since they couldn't fix it we got a sweet discount. That's Amy and Jane crossing the street. At night, once the bars kicked everyone out at 2am the streets would get so loud with people drunkenly yelling, but 30 minutes later it was perfectly quiet again. This happened every night including week nights. The corner building on the left is where I'd get my cheese danishes in the mornings.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCLkTrXWr1zgJbOgQSK_KmjXQMRWdxtyAHATwgTRhP8R82pkRXA03UYuhXQTjFbR0U81wdMv8LU5LpTXsfuohYSqCIqzLOJ6t4HC4TfyI3sXoJtq29LEzEY6d2t35UfWMHAQNy6cf_pc/s1600/photo%252811%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCLkTrXWr1zgJbOgQSK_KmjXQMRWdxtyAHATwgTRhP8R82pkRXA03UYuhXQTjFbR0U81wdMv8LU5LpTXsfuohYSqCIqzLOJ6t4HC4TfyI3sXoJtq29LEzEY6d2t35UfWMHAQNy6cf_pc/s400/photo%252811%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611218803929915218" border="0" /></a><br />I loved these ferns, you could find them growing out of old buildings all over the city.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC_HXFtuopMwjrzP4-YnVDLhhIKvk6LJGttVU1-4JTnVmtgY7GLnJxl7z3dsLxGr0HeFGRXQMSWMReuszLV3cm2LKWwgoQTPgyD5cKHNARXoMBf7IfOTZACfdPe6LEAw_8iKqpj0mHDM/s1600/P1030538.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC_HXFtuopMwjrzP4-YnVDLhhIKvk6LJGttVU1-4JTnVmtgY7GLnJxl7z3dsLxGr0HeFGRXQMSWMReuszLV3cm2LKWwgoQTPgyD5cKHNARXoMBf7IfOTZACfdPe6LEAw_8iKqpj0mHDM/s400/P1030538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611217750039173650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKIk0U4yDy68MjFjQb5TQnLRQq0CIn54FhjqolffQ5WWGyr6_ZRiPwjfo7hvvrOj2raL2o_xS7bZ7iW70QPCXJKZO1fKdToBPLrFBiTVFIcT9yTqLs_gjEgV-olwZxRtcGuZdHYAGMTU0/s1600/P1030539.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKIk0U4yDy68MjFjQb5TQnLRQq0CIn54FhjqolffQ5WWGyr6_ZRiPwjfo7hvvrOj2raL2o_xS7bZ7iW70QPCXJKZO1fKdToBPLrFBiTVFIcT9yTqLs_gjEgV-olwZxRtcGuZdHYAGMTU0/s400/P1030539.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611217744203057650" border="0" /></a><br />What a cutie!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzvuNI_bRvEP3ihiBpar-NFbeCUXDDXrX0Z0v5qyt7KnAZqKds_EKRHn0RvjLauxscDr39dv9jXfiA-F-vqQNqiGVOLI-AhOZy0LSTEpWmRfWUakZTszOPV0xsZyULESt__0L8nMt7Ls/s1600/P1030541.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzvuNI_bRvEP3ihiBpar-NFbeCUXDDXrX0Z0v5qyt7KnAZqKds_EKRHn0RvjLauxscDr39dv9jXfiA-F-vqQNqiGVOLI-AhOZy0LSTEpWmRfWUakZTszOPV0xsZyULESt__0L8nMt7Ls/s400/P1030541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611216282832398850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx1KJjNd3R2jn9eF58l07PS46AGCm7_JfJnqzzcoM0-IjZgnsyd7ZRJlrcbII1cD5qSgqBJ1e_nhK7mNuIvjP1rvNFTZzUykKK8IaQDFi77yoIZoZ2gVzFZVDfbAx3MPYYZgbUc357Xc/s1600/P1030543.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx1KJjNd3R2jn9eF58l07PS46AGCm7_JfJnqzzcoM0-IjZgnsyd7ZRJlrcbII1cD5qSgqBJ1e_nhK7mNuIvjP1rvNFTZzUykKK8IaQDFi77yoIZoZ2gVzFZVDfbAx3MPYYZgbUc357Xc/s400/P1030543.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611216276889889010" border="0" /></a>We decided to go to the Wilke's House for lunch. They're only open from 11-2pm and you stand on line and as people finish eating you get let in to take their place at the tables. We met this baby on line, she had a slack jaw and it's tongue would just hang there, like a dead fish. She was actually very cute for a dead fish tongued baby.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW3CoyWWqXwu-fYtldgIkV2JhTbZ6As239hYwB-IYGqptxv2XKJHSTK7MIv1u3M2Ontrb5Vxdr_jiSl3Q8VM_628URBrw8vO7Fy8UpPWZ87rsrLnVi7BEwkxOKpAMaJSsLgy69OzLyyY/s1600/P1030545.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW3CoyWWqXwu-fYtldgIkV2JhTbZ6As239hYwB-IYGqptxv2XKJHSTK7MIv1u3M2Ontrb5Vxdr_jiSl3Q8VM_628URBrw8vO7Fy8UpPWZ87rsrLnVi7BEwkxOKpAMaJSsLgy69OzLyyY/s400/P1030545.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611216272413885042" border="0" /></a>Once inside you sit with strangers, 10 people total to a table. They had probably 20+ plates of food that you passed around family style. OMFG, this was some of the best tasting food EVER! We were on line for over an hour and everyone coming out would say it's worth the wait and we were all like "Well it better be, it's hot in this motha f*cka!" but seriously, it was. And when we left we told the people still on line the same thing. This was my plate minus about four other scoops of food that I just couldn't fit. If you go to Savannah you MUST go to the Wilke's House.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2fzcnOSVKF3PQk1x6JZkrVx7v0heAneJHNrJNq-iD0zd8g0Gv5kYYOykK7IRhin4axsf-fUsFMZQs6xHClcGjCrJjmE14GSeI4_VytleGqShTuu7uE5QmRnAFyirOlDLkPQbNS8gVEI/s1600/photo%25286%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2fzcnOSVKF3PQk1x6JZkrVx7v0heAneJHNrJNq-iD0zd8g0Gv5kYYOykK7IRhin4axsf-fUsFMZQs6xHClcGjCrJjmE14GSeI4_VytleGqShTuu7uE5QmRnAFyirOlDLkPQbNS8gVEI/s400/photo%25286%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611218589152081634" border="0" /></a><br />Then we went sight seeing around the parks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeXmC4riEQGBYO4dnj6ogsag79gmJ9eUxZqoACc8bCkX9S3nbmIbsSYkGy2XYkoMyqZdZ6XlbZ491nJRl8CxHCBCTxBp7TcM5Cy0sEKoshIHVfMeZ9c2xCoOcHfg2YvlGOLxMUmR8J_g/s1600/P1030550.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeXmC4riEQGBYO4dnj6ogsag79gmJ9eUxZqoACc8bCkX9S3nbmIbsSYkGy2XYkoMyqZdZ6XlbZ491nJRl8CxHCBCTxBp7TcM5Cy0sEKoshIHVfMeZ9c2xCoOcHfg2YvlGOLxMUmR8J_g/s400/P1030550.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611216269120436322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhangDA4C2zn4EAqSr1YwZ6WrYPmWejaz16nPMaI9AslBaYy683qxyDEAUXmQvC0ttVfmJbaTKg4rdWF2rMDWVo6udoqUSO18tiiCxo-JQHC8foPFcKbvJCENDjebcUWvmwmxnJQOxBe40/s1600/P1030552.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhangDA4C2zn4EAqSr1YwZ6WrYPmWejaz16nPMaI9AslBaYy683qxyDEAUXmQvC0ttVfmJbaTKg4rdWF2rMDWVo6udoqUSO18tiiCxo-JQHC8foPFcKbvJCENDjebcUWvmwmxnJQOxBe40/s400/P1030552.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611216264143959330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSLqQ201XQG1SLzmPDI6sVO8fQj36cRm8QYW13HhyH24w8oRfsKdc4f7q0Hg4IEocW-3PHKyi5Yk9AZgu9hyCaMiedlfdmwihWoSgtbUmEDMLVpTARxU13bHNkE3gP21hGYVhnrH7ff0/s1600/P1030554.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSLqQ201XQG1SLzmPDI6sVO8fQj36cRm8QYW13HhyH24w8oRfsKdc4f7q0Hg4IEocW-3PHKyi5Yk9AZgu9hyCaMiedlfdmwihWoSgtbUmEDMLVpTARxU13bHNkE3gP21hGYVhnrH7ff0/s400/P1030554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611215979934670626" border="0" /></a><br />Hahaha, gross! Seriously, I'd change my name. Unless I was a janitor at a peep show.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVEL7fDvgdHmcOnriXI4uR5M_pWx5huHiRhugsCapFKLkFhepxKGscdSQPlS7OcoNLRFwuW-b-5TsTZSRAmJ2QD2iVzU9CyJycdvKlU7szeJnF-NV8JtRTeJAwgxABwGqYhObz8HbqFw/s1600/P1030556.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVEL7fDvgdHmcOnriXI4uR5M_pWx5huHiRhugsCapFKLkFhepxKGscdSQPlS7OcoNLRFwuW-b-5TsTZSRAmJ2QD2iVzU9CyJycdvKlU7szeJnF-NV8JtRTeJAwgxABwGqYhObz8HbqFw/s400/P1030556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611215974993131794" border="0" /></a><br />If you don't know Savannah is in the south, and in the south it gets HOT! Luckily there are some smart people down there and they have these types of play fountains in many of the parks for the kids. And the kid at heart. Notice the kid in the background. Now that's the life.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIrAyFLDbWElDrfzhkcPaZLPWDh7ORRtqda2eOe2GW24vRR0OxGNA97eq2q6xQgLYC15vPw9c7ujxjnkhsXuRtIHrPoe1NRrywVa2h3-FxkdV5qflw_0VL47isaqhe57qxzh9qG7ZBdw/s1600/P1030557.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIrAyFLDbWElDrfzhkcPaZLPWDh7ORRtqda2eOe2GW24vRR0OxGNA97eq2q6xQgLYC15vPw9c7ujxjnkhsXuRtIHrPoe1NRrywVa2h3-FxkdV5qflw_0VL47isaqhe57qxzh9qG7ZBdw/s400/P1030557.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611215970303475794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUvL6zKHsUlMmt23ll74eVNB4kqqK_ktP1Tz00tEFERvitggN5w7sWRAc36GEXzJlqdj1dLua5mIwQjOZ7cha5oUR5ZgPtH1nNCtNEcqKUAF58rAV_EoeNvDpuNswLcmdS_fAoj-ItaU/s1600/P1030558.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPewqF6Rt6I9gY_QP_ySaqakhPU1u9mW50R1eIQRyTH_oL93Lu-hn4_XM0IdoB7EKykqaY5hMSfWJgp0sF4EOGCTOB_fbMulnpO8aNT8pQ5h4PmLrwQogbf3u2rlshOxJSnCLi0CzJGOw/s400/P1030602.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611211402848663458" border="0" /></a><br />I love my waterproof camera.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaMwOpfgwC3cepb3JcQ_ONZEquhgnmO2PCtDtqWWfEhR7ZnfiIaZBWNaVqcb9ws3A17rTt5lOQJqZ99I_fPena4gHGq2P6cKDdwC_85IsYGJGJn65U01Q5lwMd-sRciIy9pP8JPk5r5s/s1600/P1030593.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaMwOpfgwC3cepb3JcQ_ONZEquhgnmO2PCtDtqWWfEhR7ZnfiIaZBWNaVqcb9ws3A17rTt5lOQJqZ99I_fPena4gHGq2P6cKDdwC_85IsYGJGJn65U01Q5lwMd-sRciIy9pP8JPk5r5s/s400/P1030593.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611211397448039794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHgrhaXRVOP8SeoRsQmydARDSf6TlCIzzM4mDU-OTuqWYUhY2QxZBJ-69PCO68lSBFjAkOme_0bOCXJfUqyW3moOULOazz2Ab2BFj2kGpPU4qw_DQcRORv4EJeLTd6hQ4JfnLzibdbRg/s1600/P1030586.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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We must have hit every single candy shop in the city for their free praline samples.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuI7bS2eMPVAEUdsmjRuuCwb3Ucw-uE45-yGXqXGb1SWHU5DinKYINdoezuLAW1eG_qnlcd1dTKHVKB2-CH5g-LPHr9fno6b_AUHavNXGn89SCYVkUFzkGsQobPTrLtHnvTwKk9T8NWk/s1600/P1030626.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuI7bS2eMPVAEUdsmjRuuCwb3Ucw-uE45-yGXqXGb1SWHU5DinKYINdoezuLAW1eG_qnlcd1dTKHVKB2-CH5g-LPHr9fno6b_AUHavNXGn89SCYVkUFzkGsQobPTrLtHnvTwKk9T8NWk/s400/P1030626.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210752945812594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VQySMEo-obiMLYyc9Cx7ZV7dr4ZFccUaxsC44YtYSdpAPDs-gOprUOiWCNQR7-O3sydK_3VHYLjffgFq1qRBD71O_7da9Ca-U863ZWBTYyS6rnUlJfvwxwfO1qMGsPFcZuI5nQqNhzc/s1600/P1030627.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VQySMEo-obiMLYyc9Cx7ZV7dr4ZFccUaxsC44YtYSdpAPDs-gOprUOiWCNQR7-O3sydK_3VHYLjffgFq1qRBD71O_7da9Ca-U863ZWBTYyS6rnUlJfvwxwfO1qMGsPFcZuI5nQqNhzc/s400/P1030627.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210751231070514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0wlcJ_KZ4tOuIXdHexWJA19Uw7hisKVi7HTsABT6pF5UDq7MJFq7iCs-ImrEljvDeKzyVHUjZ1Az1AnBeghrGKLosDgaaQLdpRPk5e1qysbtOF0yDaDDp6UOnQtkZ3LUJ-pRg8qr89A/s1600/P1030628.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0wlcJ_KZ4tOuIXdHexWJA19Uw7hisKVi7HTsABT6pF5UDq7MJFq7iCs-ImrEljvDeKzyVHUjZ1Az1AnBeghrGKLosDgaaQLdpRPk5e1qysbtOF0yDaDDp6UOnQtkZ3LUJ-pRg8qr89A/s400/P1030628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210743836999042" border="0" /></a><br />Old wallpaper Amy wanted a picture of. Here you go Amy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkwyvDF4vRwIqSWFRPq6YCdF_g8z77xyk6uimN7SjoiARe4Qgu_Y3p028-Cqb9uLVqbKTSeEF4-eJCDx9wyJzBkN61MUbm2dMPrjUFfQNzf_JR3IOEiCHs5HtrBKQsKWDfJKJ6dkeous/s1600/P1030635.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkwyvDF4vRwIqSWFRPq6YCdF_g8z77xyk6uimN7SjoiARe4Qgu_Y3p028-Cqb9uLVqbKTSeEF4-eJCDx9wyJzBkN61MUbm2dMPrjUFfQNzf_JR3IOEiCHs5HtrBKQsKWDfJKJ6dkeous/s400/P1030635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210434645103682" border="0" /></a><br />Restroom graffiti. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAdbDTAdAYztNMz0srWIcYLNxEErhbU0SWE_oc_8fvDHy8vxMLVCoEeICe8wlD4_NSxaFB72ZVVCCpooz87kDgza1bN1vqYaFqpR8SkLBXPI7ImoAMHnPONlGGtTJoKft7mpwzwjgtwg/s1600/photo%25287%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAdbDTAdAYztNMz0srWIcYLNxEErhbU0SWE_oc_8fvDHy8vxMLVCoEeICe8wlD4_NSxaFB72ZVVCCpooz87kDgza1bN1vqYaFqpR8SkLBXPI7ImoAMHnPONlGGtTJoKft7mpwzwjgtwg/s400/photo%25287%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611218580867157346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSVzSixoqPk62L_pVXAkPS6UKAwnoq8b7sirANYSbZzdUv3cdTDeD0rGYkLUsFmiTFH8Vx0e5bNxavDrhBmf0WbbSr7coMuTD1SYMEmT3POtNzdou-Mer2k8FfbSeuKzPAC3tDcPCk2Y/s1600/P1030639.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSVzSixoqPk62L_pVXAkPS6UKAwnoq8b7sirANYSbZzdUv3cdTDeD0rGYkLUsFmiTFH8Vx0e5bNxavDrhBmf0WbbSr7coMuTD1SYMEmT3POtNzdou-Mer2k8FfbSeuKzPAC3tDcPCk2Y/s400/P1030639.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210431361252434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwZtLwb6Cb_G5x_E-p8L2foeyTm5xTzgrYgyCZslrGTmKvrjc9UIDeK4-0TjUYBi_yEpJ83-J9iozMKik5GZB11lJhKPKH-RNUxgmbMroYgfREMg1zW2d7q3gk1lxl2h6mAFJrL1oHTA/s1600/P1030642.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwZtLwb6Cb_G5x_E-p8L2foeyTm5xTzgrYgyCZslrGTmKvrjc9UIDeK4-0TjUYBi_yEpJ83-J9iozMKik5GZB11lJhKPKH-RNUxgmbMroYgfREMg1zW2d7q3gk1lxl2h6mAFJrL1oHTA/s400/P1030642.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210426087644210" border="0" /></a><br />Aaron, what was it that post-it on your door used to say? "I am a powerful man!" Obviously it's true.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCX5nZUxvLGjogWrdrGtJiKXSegdL10PGbzWajeL6Y_kwvSqKoTKp6mZfx_t-H71U2anRYbV9ompONe6CTq3WjYNFRXqDD_hIxfocZl2N4lJUZl6o8Pp7_BKRWyuAM-Ygtl42n3dcb220/s1600/P1030644.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCX5nZUxvLGjogWrdrGtJiKXSegdL10PGbzWajeL6Y_kwvSqKoTKp6mZfx_t-H71U2anRYbV9ompONe6CTq3WjYNFRXqDD_hIxfocZl2N4lJUZl6o8Pp7_BKRWyuAM-Ygtl42n3dcb220/s400/P1030644.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210422489963506" border="0" /></a><br />My Dali filter on the iPhone.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOcYJFSs3bDbqevLqvtanNaugYTP4lSYSnrRAS5bx8K8quUjpw6x9gHEAc1yE9WMyrXv4Lc0t14uQX4dJCgZewlOZzFEeaF4pWQ_TQtZtHOkyR3t0tSSiWH4_dsxlKWl7omLoi1QL-AU/s1600/photo%25289%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOcYJFSs3bDbqevLqvtanNaugYTP4lSYSnrRAS5bx8K8quUjpw6x9gHEAc1yE9WMyrXv4Lc0t14uQX4dJCgZewlOZzFEeaF4pWQ_TQtZtHOkyR3t0tSSiWH4_dsxlKWl7omLoi1QL-AU/s400/photo%25289%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611218569262942306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PbQ2kfWpXiF0kCO8isOAS86xVqyr30arI_1J3_mpRdnIZYBGTZ7eW7nO5oVVHbyN-KvLRjlWKLHY8R8do-lDZ-87PBMec0Pw2w8ix-FPSftk_Etge0Hk6ZP59tjgO6jlX-J9Uw9q1WU/s1600/photo%252810%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PbQ2kfWpXiF0kCO8isOAS86xVqyr30arI_1J3_mpRdnIZYBGTZ7eW7nO5oVVHbyN-KvLRjlWKLHY8R8do-lDZ-87PBMec0Pw2w8ix-FPSftk_Etge0Hk6ZP59tjgO6jlX-J9Uw9q1WU/s400/photo%252810%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611218807510973010" border="0" /></a><br />It was Aaron's birthday and Amy gave him his present, a personalized pillowcase of Ketchup and Mustard riding Night Wing. Super cool!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9-LZVoYvSkW0XoxLe_A0p3xo2auuKqe75qLgOncsGSg8_Q2FTiJlI8ix_JNuS5-AIXQwButYHN7QJFn0WMAs25CJcZh7YwDo6A2iQf2v5hyu4ywhiR4D9kqX8K7ecU7BEWvaPPGbNxQ/s1600/P1030647.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9-LZVoYvSkW0XoxLe_A0p3xo2auuKqe75qLgOncsGSg8_Q2FTiJlI8ix_JNuS5-AIXQwButYHN7QJFn0WMAs25CJcZh7YwDo6A2iQf2v5hyu4ywhiR4D9kqX8K7ecU7BEWvaPPGbNxQ/s400/P1030647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210417559754482" border="0" /></a><br />Damn, these four people are cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFpYQIWAPPma5ynGFW-5LDkt3EXgWekJHN71_dVj0G2kktk6SosHubr-tF3wQ4Rnh_LGEqwnl42t_IEB_Q4C4DglzjCTuADT9CrTNTDUds83O11NIExHWFL6taETxJ16mDjVnXo5emKE/s1600/P1030649.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9C1IN0imSa8GmjVxGBaY2tDhK7mAA1k2I6kmtnBUdcAfRTkjDkwtMywGjfCdbG3O4LQHCoUUZusqWRJj1l_zrTcfQYZ3AqY1h6GxYOT0LZdoSCjiWsJkCx9BwzvHF8jVZ9nHPxrJzmU/s400/P1030653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611209120667524338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCadqrDDjCbLensGD6p_Ky5A3DlxcPPj0c5X054k1tPmxTZN5ST9jl8bv-SyG4UsV5y61C1BwAHhQcuozT0CMalYGNRpJ6XLiN3kbi2flbgzriKxx-9m1hyphenhyphensYk9liXNq8n7XDkVb83NQ/s1600/P1030654.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCadqrDDjCbLensGD6p_Ky5A3DlxcPPj0c5X054k1tPmxTZN5ST9jl8bv-SyG4UsV5y61C1BwAHhQcuozT0CMalYGNRpJ6XLiN3kbi2flbgzriKxx-9m1hyphenhyphensYk9liXNq8n7XDkVb83NQ/s400/P1030654.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611226416165264034" border="0" /></a><br />I had an amazing time with Jane, Amy and Aaron and I hope we get to do it all again soon. :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdji36epF1kNgis8JopJOooQIp0uUOl5BHhtR1yKsL6m9wgCkzNWBX6KU-jfSZsRd3UpSKl78HCT8Jsng5eQNWkuLHjliUnKpd4WkvtiIiFDbzmX6i_QI2GLClXm7wzrbwiO16boXhjbY/s1600/P1030655.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdji36epF1kNgis8JopJOooQIp0uUOl5BHhtR1yKsL6m9wgCkzNWBX6KU-jfSZsRd3UpSKl78HCT8Jsng5eQNWkuLHjliUnKpd4WkvtiIiFDbzmX6i_QI2GLClXm7wzrbwiO16boXhjbY/s400/P1030655.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611209111528433506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiIYXW31RxUO4VCpFg_xjgErM6fU0VmyOcMXCLKYrf8uzZzw7v31XbkR2Yia0nMhp3HzB1M8VNiJeJ-VBNIJ5nTEcM7qVs1yAgI3GEZLlkL-U7l_hgSpcKsASLFPVhU-08GNR9eFDQH0/s1600/photo%252812%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiIYXW31RxUO4VCpFg_xjgErM6fU0VmyOcMXCLKYrf8uzZzw7v31XbkR2Yia0nMhp3HzB1M8VNiJeJ-VBNIJ5nTEcM7qVs1yAgI3GEZLlkL-U7l_hgSpcKsASLFPVhU-08GNR9eFDQH0/s400/photo%252812%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611218794081483298" border="0" /></a>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-57231811184924158922011-05-15T17:56:00.001-07:002011-05-15T18:34:06.104-07:00It's mid May already!It's mid May and I still don't have everything in the garden yet. I'm running behind. Last year I was too far ahead and so I tried to compensate. Looks like the sweet spot is right in between. Next year!<br /><br />Sooo, I checked in on the eggs today and found out they're gone, because they hatched! I didn't want to mess with them for more than a second to ensure the mother didn't abandon them so I was only able to get this one image. Damn, they are UGLY!!!! I hope these guys grow up to be swans, otherwise......<br /><div style="text-align: center;">(click on any image to see a higher resolution version)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6dI902Hnb84aIJiNYnS5ryq7_sx0qXy_Au0HAaJPbsghCzPTaxR3_1kG1rHaVjD6NQv2TG-dwKnQ7DUf33eLmjjl_CroT3jc3pMlf1s-gu752gvajgfoS6TGvQgCrZzkGWXD7RUPMB0/s1600/P1030454.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6dI902Hnb84aIJiNYnS5ryq7_sx0qXy_Au0HAaJPbsghCzPTaxR3_1kG1rHaVjD6NQv2TG-dwKnQ7DUf33eLmjjl_CroT3jc3pMlf1s-gu752gvajgfoS6TGvQgCrZzkGWXD7RUPMB0/s400/P1030454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113415720803058" border="0" /></a><br />I finally got around to putting in the soaker hoses. It looks silly but my hope is it will cut down on the amount of time I need to spend each morning and night watering the garden during the summer with a hand held hose.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWUguUYrs8peOeSaUBer2VMZakSCYG1nf5XgrMC61B7V40YFayp4SQNybezk1G44Ioiwp__UKtlEkF6OJIwVx_tEmmVtBg3_VLTId-nqdyCKJXgXt7d3GUTWv_vXcLxcMjUyNE0LJNrc/s1600/P1030455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWUguUYrs8peOeSaUBer2VMZakSCYG1nf5XgrMC61B7V40YFayp4SQNybezk1G44Ioiwp__UKtlEkF6OJIwVx_tEmmVtBg3_VLTId-nqdyCKJXgXt7d3GUTWv_vXcLxcMjUyNE0LJNrc/s400/P1030455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113414801425698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVp2XXazhvygLUs-lTTTjaITDeCpxfqROqEBBr7ObiLBx2XvN8Q4bmNY_MEoKe24Qc-HZxVyq6UGhFI_keiLgxSGWdH8kcfhNF5ZV-Mvcxw-LvjD9mKa_Vd2BYkBhWc8R4_68yRn739s/s1600/P1030457.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVp2XXazhvygLUs-lTTTjaITDeCpxfqROqEBBr7ObiLBx2XvN8Q4bmNY_MEoKe24Qc-HZxVyq6UGhFI_keiLgxSGWdH8kcfhNF5ZV-Mvcxw-LvjD9mKa_Vd2BYkBhWc8R4_68yRn739s/s400/P1030457.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113275987772706" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a close up, you can see the water dripping off the bottom edge of it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDlYyXC8NmxV6aZYwIHicGSdfgqBgJMGOqGt7ZWiSxtINJNYnp9Wr3fKhaiWXYhNqpGxIS9q-fjq8k0sqmxq-g3udBqec-u6HTbt-ZxfE1Lc5JRaybhZ8GxQn8IwGYapkPnn0AsGjLgk/s1600/P1030458.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDlYyXC8NmxV6aZYwIHicGSdfgqBgJMGOqGt7ZWiSxtINJNYnp9Wr3fKhaiWXYhNqpGxIS9q-fjq8k0sqmxq-g3udBqec-u6HTbt-ZxfE1Lc5JRaybhZ8GxQn8IwGYapkPnn0AsGjLgk/s400/P1030458.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113278261332930" border="0" /></a><br />Snow peas in the ground!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkggFnWrchuRGnLYnswbbg6bQoMvgqv_bBAmk96ZIQv4qxL0EYuVwjnOOesJMotGXN_fN_7Ska0V8MebB5HHin3HWx1vvyXUHI47lclXrfHNSy72yto_HZ5au1YbQV5P7cD6iGOiTdog/s1600/P1030462.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkggFnWrchuRGnLYnswbbg6bQoMvgqv_bBAmk96ZIQv4qxL0EYuVwjnOOesJMotGXN_fN_7Ska0V8MebB5HHin3HWx1vvyXUHI47lclXrfHNSy72yto_HZ5au1YbQV5P7cD6iGOiTdog/s400/P1030462.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113274819656322" border="0" /></a><br />Beans in the ground!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n30cT6UAUDLM6srwlcPN_oXVJsLS2FSJxthuMOet1nnKLUlV2G0MEMFqUGEHE40jMR4inhYvi1Li1uAuBTacj1p9MZrLGKN_3DeTJUn0vgXkBD_lYIDp_oZBkMKYVWHw9BQNNtdrcUY/s1600/P1030463.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n30cT6UAUDLM6srwlcPN_oXVJsLS2FSJxthuMOet1nnKLUlV2G0MEMFqUGEHE40jMR4inhYvi1Li1uAuBTacj1p9MZrLGKN_3DeTJUn0vgXkBD_lYIDp_oZBkMKYVWHw9BQNNtdrcUY/s400/P1030463.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113272206286018" border="0" /></a><br />The trellis I built for them and the cucumbers which have yet to sprout.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlOs8D0lyfW9k82Eim-bSqmFzOBHIGntRtnFdmHxohJeopPIlxQMjt-PaGYRW05m2sI7uP90GSdSKGk1Zg6GyhvkkFbwdzT8FOYS_bQxsGc4GmC5cBdqdIsqBzEsXfngcrXVR08KGmiQ/s1600/P1030464.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlOs8D0lyfW9k82Eim-bSqmFzOBHIGntRtnFdmHxohJeopPIlxQMjt-PaGYRW05m2sI7uP90GSdSKGk1Zg6GyhvkkFbwdzT8FOYS_bQxsGc4GmC5cBdqdIsqBzEsXfngcrXVR08KGmiQ/s400/P1030464.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113269156956034" border="0" /></a><br />Carnival squash in the ground!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7D1xr4iv4gsyUJsDMZAkczzSSxSBCOlnxDEbaWptiD1UNqg2MygDcB3njKAWUR5L2nXBOiIPhkLayql4dEJzQTB3evUKFokZWnN6L2vpdka6j0cWsuz-eoeaXVHBsAlPwlIAiRwnt2jo/s1600/P1030465.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7D1xr4iv4gsyUJsDMZAkczzSSxSBCOlnxDEbaWptiD1UNqg2MygDcB3njKAWUR5L2nXBOiIPhkLayql4dEJzQTB3evUKFokZWnN6L2vpdka6j0cWsuz-eoeaXVHBsAlPwlIAiRwnt2jo/s400/P1030465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113013301843394" border="0" /></a><br />Giant gray pumpkins in the ground!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjWWDK7PCWEBpPUhJlYlxxorvuj5icyv2s41-X6McD3ZgJsTWioGFYnqSUusTs7cdWEbTPWi6eDvcz1ZGzDp-s8NX3RXYnLwg4XqjIai29THdf5kq7vIQd5exMmUVHu_sixnZ5KFKMJQ/s1600/P1030468.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjWWDK7PCWEBpPUhJlYlxxorvuj5icyv2s41-X6McD3ZgJsTWioGFYnqSUusTs7cdWEbTPWi6eDvcz1ZGzDp-s8NX3RXYnLwg4XqjIai29THdf5kq7vIQd5exMmUVHu_sixnZ5KFKMJQ/s400/P1030468.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113009138282418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RSJHpMxi82KnlCcmaeQ14Nxq3X_1idmuVk1DyewIkEuzkoA8_8LtmhMsKKjXRnKZ8qra1bMJwNW_8cSq830gl0Y9A3WskFya7o_cxPiL82rw_B-NV-LVoe_ovm2vHyQLfTtUBnYfXVU/s1600/P1030469.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RSJHpMxi82KnlCcmaeQ14Nxq3X_1idmuVk1DyewIkEuzkoA8_8LtmhMsKKjXRnKZ8qra1bMJwNW_8cSq830gl0Y9A3WskFya7o_cxPiL82rw_B-NV-LVoe_ovm2vHyQLfTtUBnYfXVU/s400/P1030469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113002990638114" border="0" /></a><br />Potatoes are finally sprouting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cdMH78LfI6egs-OM2e6JvCTcZkeLKMJTCAgL_HuW0vmFWCh7ikkPiUL2lVeF2mCfKnKa2Lk-MEn_7pr1GC0NVLtECpJOhLT_qYiV3evC3KrdWEyAENK05bjtZeuHqiXfNg4lyUAGNQc/s1600/P1030471.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cdMH78LfI6egs-OM2e6JvCTcZkeLKMJTCAgL_HuW0vmFWCh7ikkPiUL2lVeF2mCfKnKa2Lk-MEn_7pr1GC0NVLtECpJOhLT_qYiV3evC3KrdWEyAENK05bjtZeuHqiXfNg4lyUAGNQc/s400/P1030471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113003160398402" border="0" /></a><br />Onions coming up. I got these from my uncle Oscar last fall from his garden.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3tw6fWGLvdShfwxgszVsRNTRK8Z1Guohad0ZRaRGQfiAiXq3NAAZTAcaNZ2aZ8oLQlKqG6oUgkMYV2LebKiuA3adz6gzrM4nF6eflcbsELs5fenKCEU-VWyXQm2K5l1rkS28ITBu-cY/s1600/P1030472.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3tw6fWGLvdShfwxgszVsRNTRK8Z1Guohad0ZRaRGQfiAiXq3NAAZTAcaNZ2aZ8oLQlKqG6oUgkMYV2LebKiuA3adz6gzrM4nF6eflcbsELs5fenKCEU-VWyXQm2K5l1rkS28ITBu-cY/s400/P1030472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607113000865130850" border="0" /></a><br />In the bed towards the bottom of the image there are two types of lettuce, spinach and red cabbage. The top bed I am just going to plant flowers. I have two types of sunflowers, columbine and lupines in so far. I will replant the lupines in the fall.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwi6Eh4uCMRz0auDGG9d8iqraifhYsbQejXvzyCrTMPTLTyo9LoHk-5DVYaKr0oGl8eMZbKwRljfFpNEqb11Kwt0kWfj_SzhCBhbBbRL_mIVBnM3A2AwqusjGf5mVf6IAgbCgg-Hhn9k/s1600/P1030473.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwi6Eh4uCMRz0auDGG9d8iqraifhYsbQejXvzyCrTMPTLTyo9LoHk-5DVYaKr0oGl8eMZbKwRljfFpNEqb11Kwt0kWfj_SzhCBhbBbRL_mIVBnM3A2AwqusjGf5mVf6IAgbCgg-Hhn9k/s400/P1030473.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112758466398466" border="0" /></a><br />Gnome with the spirit of Jerry Garcia still keeping vigilant watch. Don't mess with him, he's crazy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNTtv8MnUwSChto9Q9eMwJ-HkLMIbckrOBqzKNyi1fyww6JCgSwGF0lMx-cYTW9SE7M-TERXXwmSPEhcH_srtu4AZTwpVWV0rGtUEhYXtbFX1JDCtd9mYoijoblIrfpLOoiDf7z3ppUU/s1600/P1030474.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNTtv8MnUwSChto9Q9eMwJ-HkLMIbckrOBqzKNyi1fyww6JCgSwGF0lMx-cYTW9SE7M-TERXXwmSPEhcH_srtu4AZTwpVWV0rGtUEhYXtbFX1JDCtd9mYoijoblIrfpLOoiDf7z3ppUU/s400/P1030474.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112752172355058" border="0" /></a><br />Chive flower blossom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6cSQCrynaBV8OjtaBn1DfISL2OFmsxe7aIyMsiLzebDdwF-TbpCsWk24Y1p8s2m-0FXMeG0ClgaTqTrHrn7UdQIbNVEhB84rTlpGbfuqB10uwvzeEhsHZYvM0O6xsbO84uZ0B85ROHc/s1600/P1030478.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6cSQCrynaBV8OjtaBn1DfISL2OFmsxe7aIyMsiLzebDdwF-TbpCsWk24Y1p8s2m-0FXMeG0ClgaTqTrHrn7UdQIbNVEhB84rTlpGbfuqB10uwvzeEhsHZYvM0O6xsbO84uZ0B85ROHc/s400/P1030478.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112751251362610" border="0" /></a><br />I don't know what these are but when they take over and area they take that spot over! Good luck trying to get rid of them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtD3Yac2rRb45FoKAW7ou0pjSi7JC0rnTSFTrEiXkp5JEWzu9dGP8Fx6JMWMmXwmAttzuzOvTsuzAx8LMvgJW-4UQC0nOv9w5UNupApVa-HUR-nJf9d15CD4mgg8iSHJe-YShDkobIs8/s1600/P1030481.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtD3Yac2rRb45FoKAW7ou0pjSi7JC0rnTSFTrEiXkp5JEWzu9dGP8Fx6JMWMmXwmAttzuzOvTsuzAx8LMvgJW-4UQC0nOv9w5UNupApVa-HUR-nJf9d15CD4mgg8iSHJe-YShDkobIs8/s400/P1030481.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112746145095538" border="0" /></a><br />Random flower that sprouted around the front door.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs0Jh6BhFH17Rla1rSeocspqc9mzSWnq2eFQN2m_a9VZluCfPz-FZsoMhBDKTFQJWwKm5ZV5844heE5AyTdDdo3bHjdKAHSG_B_pdCKBowk8bkJC9KEbsB4bKIhzokFCdwQG3MdUih98/s1600/P1030485.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs0Jh6BhFH17Rla1rSeocspqc9mzSWnq2eFQN2m_a9VZluCfPz-FZsoMhBDKTFQJWwKm5ZV5844heE5AyTdDdo3bHjdKAHSG_B_pdCKBowk8bkJC9KEbsB4bKIhzokFCdwQG3MdUih98/s400/P1030485.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112743321390834" border="0" /></a><br />These tulips didn't like the rain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwQf1SBuQlhzvbL4sgdSub_XbiK5yOODPM4hxjRWoRvrLnOzt9mqqs_aXJu_sseJwYNmQBdSIcFJXOktPE5fJ6u4ZdhcjTzyYEaeNxZg1m00T73YpWH_ku7y6wA7kzOVQ-hwKsV6CiJI/s1600/P1030489.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwQf1SBuQlhzvbL4sgdSub_XbiK5yOODPM4hxjRWoRvrLnOzt9mqqs_aXJu_sseJwYNmQBdSIcFJXOktPE5fJ6u4ZdhcjTzyYEaeNxZg1m00T73YpWH_ku7y6wA7kzOVQ-hwKsV6CiJI/s400/P1030489.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112511919882210" border="0" /></a><br />Close up of a raspberry stalk and it's thorns.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-WEed8fMHOyfZI0cx2FA1l1-f6z0W3otAbxLlXYihU5zRCgEclUP0huVblmtahtqhFzGIQerPLuIOY5SodHaORO5CPRLtYUKnAq_04BfyY_SoV32y_5ZCXSWWktOqvd9ubi5w1ypjPU/s1600/P1030496.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-WEed8fMHOyfZI0cx2FA1l1-f6z0W3otAbxLlXYihU5zRCgEclUP0huVblmtahtqhFzGIQerPLuIOY5SodHaORO5CPRLtYUKnAq_04BfyY_SoV32y_5ZCXSWWktOqvd9ubi5w1ypjPU/s400/P1030496.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112513847172098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7zIG9MIgqdfonN53KixQeL6bQ5dQ5h8oh2H4kVXtBx_t-PJfrv5XbjDxpnhVFHZ0TS_iKrQu2-GSnzdfbWoqgLPWg0q3_pU1zN1u5QYJdENvTyV-L26laePQZC56lRskkjMvG0i-kDY/s1600/P1030501.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7zIG9MIgqdfonN53KixQeL6bQ5dQ5h8oh2H4kVXtBx_t-PJfrv5XbjDxpnhVFHZ0TS_iKrQu2-GSnzdfbWoqgLPWg0q3_pU1zN1u5QYJdENvTyV-L26laePQZC56lRskkjMvG0i-kDY/s400/P1030501.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112506385789554" border="0" /></a><br />Dandelion.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALtY5QiZPbnHdb5Yv3reTe9bZJpRDHlXwvO-ZOvxeP5reE-_WqMJiHl4sAA8yPr2EHWvJV1khcaPwoMISP5voLSXhbI0pIRT3vjrCZXAGp4NUbddfouZl1bkYfPKPXqEkGbN7z8FZwRw/s1600/P1030503.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALtY5QiZPbnHdb5Yv3reTe9bZJpRDHlXwvO-ZOvxeP5reE-_WqMJiHl4sAA8yPr2EHWvJV1khcaPwoMISP5voLSXhbI0pIRT3vjrCZXAGp4NUbddfouZl1bkYfPKPXqEkGbN7z8FZwRw/s400/P1030503.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112504270535042" border="0" /></a><br />Our driveway looking towards the road. Nice rock work Jane!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS1hkK6a9pdTEZ8dCmk7TVol2FkIuMQ-70rX-bFRMeIlEZHPYpban_MzcJzX5S-l8eDsQY8iLXZNGXlLsGAbPTropXCd0qtpxKaWWZXrDmhA2u-4TvFcqm40p2ttetqf4wdfR2Vs1S1w/s1600/P1030505.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS1hkK6a9pdTEZ8dCmk7TVol2FkIuMQ-70rX-bFRMeIlEZHPYpban_MzcJzX5S-l8eDsQY8iLXZNGXlLsGAbPTropXCd0qtpxKaWWZXrDmhA2u-4TvFcqm40p2ttetqf4wdfR2Vs1S1w/s400/P1030505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607112498458247650" border="0" /></a><br />Jane's pigmy rhododendron has finally blossomed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphSsoBr72O_HGmyaUIAYzsyD1pvl0qF_pg38yD_IkNELu-WJN6kg1SyzqtIS7lkUTc-qYvMsP8Zo6zX5HxMqbktIaqbD1fWG4yDb4fvk_zimjLqPtZmAGYKb_BJu3jtFSOGpuDNmkz7Y/s1600/P1030509.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphSsoBr72O_HGmyaUIAYzsyD1pvl0qF_pg38yD_IkNELu-WJN6kg1SyzqtIS7lkUTc-qYvMsP8Zo6zX5HxMqbktIaqbD1fWG4yDb4fvk_zimjLqPtZmAGYKb_BJu3jtFSOGpuDNmkz7Y/s400/P1030509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607111749480307218" border="0" /></a><br />Some random wild flowers coming up through the lawn where I haven't mowed yet. I try to go around these patches and not kill them when I can, they're pretty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvhVGeG3XknFK82NEfJQa_2n_Ky_5b-sF3dyu5LWFNcZqHBcnEUtsYsTDNXgZnhqm5o1nHk15qjCvyEGmd4krofXc3N5KP5BZ5TOHnubOhNr45mjujU4v8M7lfatHRrI06b_ZrZAC1m0/s1600/P1030524.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvhVGeG3XknFK82NEfJQa_2n_Ky_5b-sF3dyu5LWFNcZqHBcnEUtsYsTDNXgZnhqm5o1nHk15qjCvyEGmd4krofXc3N5KP5BZ5TOHnubOhNr45mjujU4v8M7lfatHRrI06b_ZrZAC1m0/s400/P1030524.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607111751077129714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif-GXancU4lHAWDYhw-yS1nTJF4f_M23d3Be5QOfoFseIm_ghB-hlUFod6E62SIM7Tyw_0_HGQxz6fGmP6hTolm5xPkSuUTL9uA4wLCa4-s89eSZ6EvrYzg9I6M52JL4zfJ2ypnon71g/s1600/P1030520.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif-GXancU4lHAWDYhw-yS1nTJF4f_M23d3Be5QOfoFseIm_ghB-hlUFod6E62SIM7Tyw_0_HGQxz6fGmP6hTolm5xPkSuUTL9uA4wLCa4-s89eSZ6EvrYzg9I6M52JL4zfJ2ypnon71g/s400/P1030520.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607111751047971250" border="0" /></a><br />The stream.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiiuhxhyxJDju-VoWttuIuskQT-xU7DqfZcC1Vze5DIdZu00b72tAJCOFux-1Zbsx5oESjDS6B6S343Jb1-VJ6laZIx-KF7pJmVz0vOsjdlP8Qk-ZEYxqpTTKUM18YxpIJtZLWHuFkfTE/s1600/P1030526.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiiuhxhyxJDju-VoWttuIuskQT-xU7DqfZcC1Vze5DIdZu00b72tAJCOFux-1Zbsx5oESjDS6B6S343Jb1-VJ6laZIx-KF7pJmVz0vOsjdlP8Qk-ZEYxqpTTKUM18YxpIJtZLWHuFkfTE/s400/P1030526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607111759077288402" border="0" /></a><br />I finally got the mower working yesterday after a month of trying (changed oil, removed stale gas and replaced with 93 octane, new spark plug, cleaned air filter) and hit the grass at the front of the yard by the road. I should have taken a "before" image, the grass was literally three feet high in spots. Most of the mowing was done with the mower at a 45 degree angle, like it was popping a wheelie the whole time to get over it and keep it from stalling. Here it is after it was mowed. 30 minutes before this a teenager crashed just after the yellow arrow sign. There is an accident here every other week, and those are just the ones we know about. FYI, if it's wet outside and you're approaching a downhill instant 90 degree curve, slow down. Actually, here's some more driving advice. Always break before the turn, then hit the gas when you're halfway through it to tear out like a bull. Don't break through the turn, it's too late. I learned this from reading the Gran Turismo booklet. Very insightful.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPDlmhYPtQtrLcvlkowDUg1vIJjFwqeGPb1XupAWsrElnl4qfP9IhU2TKuFee7wxFX0_LELuzRNcPthfo5JRd-1YCd-XbbZbsxcK-HoIuMvcgNU5BEpAZGIIZtmF5qsOy93afvKiko5g/s1600/P1030529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPDlmhYPtQtrLcvlkowDUg1vIJjFwqeGPb1XupAWsrElnl4qfP9IhU2TKuFee7wxFX0_LELuzRNcPthfo5JRd-1YCd-XbbZbsxcK-HoIuMvcgNU5BEpAZGIIZtmF5qsOy93afvKiko5g/s400/P1030529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607111762510265362" border="0" /></a><br />Also planted seeds of brussel sprouts (totally the wrong time but whateva!), two types of carrots, basil and ZUCCHINI!!! I also planted some gladiolus bulbs and some elephant ears, we'll see how they do. Thanks for reading.Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-15995469210965709412011-05-09T19:53:00.001-07:002011-05-09T20:31:40.603-07:00Starting the gardenTwo weekends ago I woke up early on Saturday and went with my neighbors Tom and Nina to my other neighbor's house to shovel up some free animal poop for the garden. My other neighbors have a small farm which is totally concealed from the road, I had no idea it was there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3cL4LVSHJuBsBouQrlbNnj2KuKBP54AMwVDay-a-D3Up8wTVxfjOPGCymB7sBBUV-gC-xtpqy4abkibWd57Bwf2zpaDLBOCQjS4-GXJa8XAyWu7vooYdJ-NysSqyd8zNitG7GcZhNZk/s1600/IMG_6718.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3cL4LVSHJuBsBouQrlbNnj2KuKBP54AMwVDay-a-D3Up8wTVxfjOPGCymB7sBBUV-gC-xtpqy4abkibWd57Bwf2zpaDLBOCQjS4-GXJa8XAyWu7vooYdJ-NysSqyd8zNitG7GcZhNZk/s400/IMG_6718.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604917044481087858" border="0" /></a>Here I fed the pigs some cracked corn so they'd hang out with me instead of trying to kick my butt. Notice my sexy friend in the back, he was trying to get sexy with everyone.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6CYQ49TUIG7P4ZSA65pXBeepiZsLwvvAL1YGbmqF44VFshNaFRVvQ192KDJNyMWF26AZ4Nvxvce2Sb_ydw1Ogec7lH7_FiArIMvYXaJuOn8WW1MEGdT1xwMXU7_YpopjbImB5NhE_uI/s1600/IMG_6711.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6CYQ49TUIG7P4ZSA65pXBeepiZsLwvvAL1YGbmqF44VFshNaFRVvQ192KDJNyMWF26AZ4Nvxvce2Sb_ydw1Ogec7lH7_FiArIMvYXaJuOn8WW1MEGdT1xwMXU7_YpopjbImB5NhE_uI/s400/IMG_6711.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604917046484553762" border="0" /></a>I like this little guy, reminds me of the little pig I had for a while, his name was Bacon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXt0Ecsx3JBSslPcDxeB743T4AFDzbRLDFxeEfH9hGnjbdx5nCyu23oPDbz4NctsBRHa0UdFp9L8ZJxTnB3X0n-5YdJC2jUrEgk7Teafr6lAA7lGY8O9Xv1-eczsaGej1OvTUL36kdjU/s1600/IMG_6710.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXt0Ecsx3JBSslPcDxeB743T4AFDzbRLDFxeEfH9hGnjbdx5nCyu23oPDbz4NctsBRHa0UdFp9L8ZJxTnB3X0n-5YdJC2jUrEgk7Teafr6lAA7lGY8O9Xv1-eczsaGej1OvTUL36kdjU/s400/IMG_6710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604917039965855682" border="0" /></a>This horse is about 30 years old! I had no idea they lived that long.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBCcu1uqaU5c5rYEkpCFvudvVMl30BJqr1gQd3XooOrAhrKNPC6nbcRuN22Qo3lod20wZlzjk6-VLG36lr_n8RO430umCoG4k8kv2wrstM5KbVn5Qx5LDKZeAyW2v7NLbXAfz6oVH-fg/s1600/IMG_6722.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBCcu1uqaU5c5rYEkpCFvudvVMl30BJqr1gQd3XooOrAhrKNPC6nbcRuN22Qo3lod20wZlzjk6-VLG36lr_n8RO430umCoG4k8kv2wrstM5KbVn5Qx5LDKZeAyW2v7NLbXAfz6oVH-fg/s400/IMG_6722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916846111402498" border="0" /></a>She looks so sad in this picture. It's ok horse, we all get old some day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0dKXRD2bEhhCLyA0gsUbo9LhEnpW_f2jf14u5lpwaqYQq2UJJdNYZOIxZRl5r4iISeyT9sJ-etinnRjSGImUDnvt0r7ZEfJjNIngm41spfRdxVwWBeZhocyrtogDM9JH4yfAxCnMfc0/s1600/IMG_6728.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0dKXRD2bEhhCLyA0gsUbo9LhEnpW_f2jf14u5lpwaqYQq2UJJdNYZOIxZRl5r4iISeyT9sJ-etinnRjSGImUDnvt0r7ZEfJjNIngm41spfRdxVwWBeZhocyrtogDM9JH4yfAxCnMfc0/s400/IMG_6728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916840542537346" border="0" /></a>This guy was a total ass.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1wxYKdJdzUwRZMQox7t0S0hgxkk7fQJjyOtvMSaew9rwTPVJNzu5980Z2ocB_AbQY4VHCExlmMLpj8E_oKHB3hyorKoFlLclOqlN9qQ70NdTznOGkfcnr_9ETRVT5pSQ2sPJBEwfPdQ/s1600/IMG_6743.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1wxYKdJdzUwRZMQox7t0S0hgxkk7fQJjyOtvMSaew9rwTPVJNzu5980Z2ocB_AbQY4VHCExlmMLpj8E_oKHB3hyorKoFlLclOqlN9qQ70NdTznOGkfcnr_9ETRVT5pSQ2sPJBEwfPdQ/s400/IMG_6743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916834832625122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJEO8J6BWPPVqiziK81lU84RFWq7VVhEHnJbHv89sQdt-1ygkPTMORCMgmzQ4Z6MQ2Sss9mk-2QRXLjwyD7F49-nGcPRfPGhcFoXvRCdBUBYKyK_-b57_vOQAliLQF__8Zkymhb19xac/s1600/IMG_6756.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJEO8J6BWPPVqiziK81lU84RFWq7VVhEHnJbHv89sQdt-1ygkPTMORCMgmzQ4Z6MQ2Sss9mk-2QRXLjwyD7F49-nGcPRfPGhcFoXvRCdBUBYKyK_-b57_vOQAliLQF__8Zkymhb19xac/s400/IMG_6756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916835168667058" border="0" /></a>This goat has devil eyes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinn7gcMJ1KUOpjpzPfqOmkMb3JgrMeHenNDwjTM4U7rqAlQWw5oqjO8EPQM5TUPlUyoNVdUoeKJXIjCjsAHIJatj4YvbpYqMsfCVnKyiNcKwZRNcFabZEZjRtYVRJQIToeskzJ33eDg8k/s1600/IMG_6765.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinn7gcMJ1KUOpjpzPfqOmkMb3JgrMeHenNDwjTM4U7rqAlQWw5oqjO8EPQM5TUPlUyoNVdUoeKJXIjCjsAHIJatj4YvbpYqMsfCVnKyiNcKwZRNcFabZEZjRtYVRJQIToeskzJ33eDg8k/s400/IMG_6765.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916831633738930" border="0" /></a>Here he is again, this time getting sexy with the chickens. I love the look on the brown one's face.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxc_QvDKdxsJ5BtpnyRJRVzjY1s-hOjBaUgfLDGHjkts9PMo_zt4Gm9DLnO_Tno2p-1oqELULsXwp_bfPZT9w82MljsLqK4pxREGcjUYWouMFs-64aPgMET2tpKS4n5Qc01W5dLhCGc8w/s1600/IMG_6775.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxc_QvDKdxsJ5BtpnyRJRVzjY1s-hOjBaUgfLDGHjkts9PMo_zt4Gm9DLnO_Tno2p-1oqELULsXwp_bfPZT9w82MljsLqK4pxREGcjUYWouMFs-64aPgMET2tpKS4n5Qc01W5dLhCGc8w/s400/IMG_6775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916586888111826" border="0" /></a>With the buckets full of poop I shoveled I returned home to start getting the garden ready. My gnome friend kept the garden safe all winter. I rented a tiller and started plowing the field.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgrXVsKIyg-xCm-qQF-OoiP62VVwtz5Bu3o_AZANCf8WSPYmf_DmjbiUTLFGbaSwH5SAB2w1_f0ty1ROPeO2BIvKEc4qpAUCK9YjXL1tMdzyPcKJstRZxz4sePg52fOumVrejAtjNqBU/s1600/P1030361.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgrXVsKIyg-xCm-qQF-OoiP62VVwtz5Bu3o_AZANCf8WSPYmf_DmjbiUTLFGbaSwH5SAB2w1_f0ty1ROPeO2BIvKEc4qpAUCK9YjXL1tMdzyPcKJstRZxz4sePg52fOumVrejAtjNqBU/s400/P1030361.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916581056848338" border="0" /></a>But I took constant breaks to take picture of the flowers starting to bloom around the house. Here are some tulips.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFhiKSSd94YFXFWzINKAKtF1IBLBhyphenhyphenHGVXbHUViSSlnuZ0WLi83nxvZdiAX7mEn9JVjxw8G5I5Ir4dC4LNnHl8PerIi2haDCtDtTyMQOP5kGQF5T3aCj4rW52S8MnOkvukrG8Wv6wGxc/s1600/P1030362.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFhiKSSd94YFXFWzINKAKtF1IBLBhyphenhyphenHGVXbHUViSSlnuZ0WLi83nxvZdiAX7mEn9JVjxw8G5I5Ir4dC4LNnHl8PerIi2haDCtDtTyMQOP5kGQF5T3aCj4rW52S8MnOkvukrG8Wv6wGxc/s400/P1030362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916579754248994" border="0" /></a>Close up of the interior of a different tulip, this one was all red, not sunburst style like the ones above.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0doWzdaA4OXayBxIWK0KKlOihmTC949y_33z7nYIAKO2xouqOaR_XxtiotypSF2A_X_6z7SP2vXNiQ2Lqh3bCLHda0dqK3ULRai_TadV5EK-1m7AtasH_VQj2gHBIotLbss1E-sSPiCo/s1600/P1030367.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0doWzdaA4OXayBxIWK0KKlOihmTC949y_33z7nYIAKO2xouqOaR_XxtiotypSF2A_X_6z7SP2vXNiQ2Lqh3bCLHda0dqK3ULRai_TadV5EK-1m7AtasH_VQj2gHBIotLbss1E-sSPiCo/s400/P1030367.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916578182130818" border="0" /></a>Our mower is currently broken so I haven't been able to mow the grass yet. This has allowed some plants I didn't know existed in our yard to grow and blossom, like there guys. We've also been finding random tulips around the house popping up here and there in the middle of the lawn.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt79kzk7PVC18OWlHxsgGEBpp9OZLlANeN3Y6Re8eoqUt2N3Hj7gX7_4zH74gtU0hWuZku24uxSchFx0aYbfVb59UlvE_YD34Ad613mJkFlrHoQoD3PDlM4MHlQtPG6xw45fisElS07A/s1600/P1030369.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt79kzk7PVC18OWlHxsgGEBpp9OZLlANeN3Y6Re8eoqUt2N3Hj7gX7_4zH74gtU0hWuZku24uxSchFx0aYbfVb59UlvE_YD34Ad613mJkFlrHoQoD3PDlM4MHlQtPG6xw45fisElS07A/s400/P1030369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916067755864306" border="0" /></a>Here is some rhododendron flowering. At least I think it's rhododendron.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkM8Cx5wBoGCziRXKN2RAsiaGN9iwkefMZcokUkGCRubVT7HJprIqyU2gd0R2WLP6UzRqlX3BQ6dvLSgveC0PKuhyXifphIRXjrkzk9p3YoTOQcHhFTdVrp5eNF2gvOjQN22rTdFF-BE/s1600/P1030371.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkM8Cx5wBoGCziRXKN2RAsiaGN9iwkefMZcokUkGCRubVT7HJprIqyU2gd0R2WLP6UzRqlX3BQ6dvLSgveC0PKuhyXifphIRXjrkzk9p3YoTOQcHhFTdVrp5eNF2gvOjQN22rTdFF-BE/s400/P1030371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916064506416850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9xMHyA2rCRHJIfw5sX_ddBmAtiNmYWTFqCRb6p2vLkegjIYwLb_PZqc6vtvKuzHJxsA5BtdBnA2GHD-DKMUR6W-gktooqpa1XLiwc9p7evzB8kehj7Z3hVfFcUXpf11ko8eHEW7_OeI/s1600/P1030374.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9xMHyA2rCRHJIfw5sX_ddBmAtiNmYWTFqCRb6p2vLkegjIYwLb_PZqc6vtvKuzHJxsA5BtdBnA2GHD-DKMUR6W-gktooqpa1XLiwc9p7evzB8kehj7Z3hVfFcUXpf11ko8eHEW7_OeI/s400/P1030374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916058991035826" border="0" /></a>Here are all the empty poop buckets after I mixed them into the soil.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvkGHR_yD-syNMLwFfwHLI3nBq3Nhht8fPoNgSy1u4f6FCkjsu8hwCO2Q4sKqwV5DAnnTEag-2I8zueSVpw5Gcjc6N10pHIhtS1qI_a3Cb17e3t_H7v-ZFMpjbwIonq71jf-0h-Q368U/s1600/P1030376.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvkGHR_yD-syNMLwFfwHLI3nBq3Nhht8fPoNgSy1u4f6FCkjsu8hwCO2Q4sKqwV5DAnnTEag-2I8zueSVpw5Gcjc6N10pHIhtS1qI_a3Cb17e3t_H7v-ZFMpjbwIonq71jf-0h-Q368U/s400/P1030376.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916053010635458" border="0" /></a>A quick shot of the bad ass tiller I rented.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScOxx3MXwY6j1APlqe2_bfT9qXMDIRPfYJrlHt3cvtN2grr35gyP0k3vXU9XlRVF122uC8tR7GEj9n9V241mXYGL6DH-WTcYgB-I54U5F1q_nizqjkMIKHRy-1YlD3M9gUY25Y8Z3LWE/s1600/P1030377.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScOxx3MXwY6j1APlqe2_bfT9qXMDIRPfYJrlHt3cvtN2grr35gyP0k3vXU9XlRVF122uC8tR7GEj9n9V241mXYGL6DH-WTcYgB-I54U5F1q_nizqjkMIKHRy-1YlD3M9gUY25Y8Z3LWE/s400/P1030377.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604916052864730050" border="0" /></a>And me trying to look bad ass. Didn't work. But I hope my kids look at this one day and laugh their asses off. Hey kids of the future, you're welcome.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_2touHA1m8ppK6M5688ChB0VP4woAqDqAQfgMceWdM20VjUgHhjDRkJHyLE1emf5aa4Bbb253OEN159m2hAlCCFMwRkQinFubDhyt_h_ZzfP7F8yZ0MscKcen0aZpJ099sSE0_s-Hb0/s1600/P1030381.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_2touHA1m8ppK6M5688ChB0VP4woAqDqAQfgMceWdM20VjUgHhjDRkJHyLE1emf5aa4Bbb253OEN159m2hAlCCFMwRkQinFubDhyt_h_ZzfP7F8yZ0MscKcen0aZpJ099sSE0_s-Hb0/s400/P1030381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604915433870805266" border="0" /></a><br />Now, onto the continuing saga of the car shitting robin. Here is a picture of the beautiful nest it built after I gave it a shelf as a good foundation. She flew off (probably to crap on my car) so I snuck in to take a picture of the nest.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYo9BOQzqxgTjyzZJSs6JlSBTdV7ryDeppX7sWGBaiZP0CxgZmSBoWrgiOvu2iEX9Ju2tkWzzZO-etfUDoMZiVja11s6YZEh-rESWR91kfqM2ztrcDrXA_QkGfPHRdX4xCN2gPEELd44/s1600/P1030384.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYo9BOQzqxgTjyzZJSs6JlSBTdV7ryDeppX7sWGBaiZP0CxgZmSBoWrgiOvu2iEX9Ju2tkWzzZO-etfUDoMZiVja11s6YZEh-rESWR91kfqM2ztrcDrXA_QkGfPHRdX4xCN2gPEELd44/s400/P1030384.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604915435716014274" border="0" /></a>Pretty cool. And guess what.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B4tYBXjVZL8gDNexa5mPaNb8U7XL3VUbezEVOnxyKt_WdKKy_Ym-WnBYNI0rjSVgNQ8U1nOTOmiwVknvGBBCyhufwJ8CXZyZBJjwtqhS4uMtiJMXBkBWkhd7-bcXeVnXNewidYkm0XI/s1600/P1030385.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B4tYBXjVZL8gDNexa5mPaNb8U7XL3VUbezEVOnxyKt_WdKKy_Ym-WnBYNI0rjSVgNQ8U1nOTOmiwVknvGBBCyhufwJ8CXZyZBJjwtqhS4uMtiJMXBkBWkhd7-bcXeVnXNewidYkm0XI/s400/P1030385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604915441121858834" border="0" /></a><br />Booya! She must have been ready to pop because she finished the nest the day before this picture was taken. So cute and pretty. Now I get why that color is called robin's egg blue. Duh.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizft4LwAeNt34WYSQamysYd6z_ww6eS4D0ILnfwUvR-Bk9yg3bHVdzZVz8KsL7lDb2lYm7Nl5bKeD7lGxBf8f9aCuf36SePG-ctWt6Rzl4hFAocOY5swU0vltPpBYmSMzvIVl956T88t4/s1600/P1030388.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizft4LwAeNt34WYSQamysYd6z_ww6eS4D0ILnfwUvR-Bk9yg3bHVdzZVz8KsL7lDb2lYm7Nl5bKeD7lGxBf8f9aCuf36SePG-ctWt6Rzl4hFAocOY5swU0vltPpBYmSMzvIVl956T88t4/s400/P1030388.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604915441351483666" border="0" /></a>It was a long day but the garden was fully tilled and so was my attempt at raised beds. Next year I'll actually build some beds using wood. Right now the whole garden is not on level ground and during a heavy rain it can flood towards the bottom. It's hard to see but there is an apple tree in the middle of the garden. I planted it before I knew I was going to build the garden, one day it'll be the garden or the tree that has to go but for now she's safe from the hungry deer within the sanctity of her loving fence. If you're wondering why I have a row of rocks across the garden it's marking off the septic pipe from the house to the septic system off in the distance. I found out it was there when I hit it with the tiller last year and had to fix it. That sucked!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7waxaOG8V1NJxFba6QxHkJNTKywF8q2m4dtDVlrX0pCzViuHlQsdY5SPas-qgut6xfOQ5KCBGE9OOc-IDy_TiJaXXA93s7RH_4xNZvi8ibbTjjkroj6mVv4QW41Ru2zlZ-0xaBkW9BE/s1600/P1030390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7waxaOG8V1NJxFba6QxHkJNTKywF8q2m4dtDVlrX0pCzViuHlQsdY5SPas-qgut6xfOQ5KCBGE9OOc-IDy_TiJaXXA93s7RH_4xNZvi8ibbTjjkroj6mVv4QW41Ru2zlZ-0xaBkW9BE/s400/P1030390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604915443659480322" border="0" /></a>Since these were taken I built a trellis of sorts for the cucumber and bean plants to grow up. Also two types of lettuce are in as well as spinach and some red cabbage. Also some onions and potatoes. I have a bunch of my seedlings out on the porch hardening up and they will likely go into the ground this weekend.Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-42567066496448504292011-04-21T08:48:00.000-07:002011-04-21T09:11:36.932-07:00My new friend, my sworn enemy.I was walking around yesterday on my day off and I saw something move in the mat of dried leaves. I looked a bit closer and saw it was a mouse. I had grabbed my camera on my way out and decided to try and get closer for a shot. It was a baby! And he didn't know what I was so he just kind of stared at me as I approached. I set the camera to the macro setting and leaned in hoping he would let me get close enough and he did. I had the camera within three inches of his face and he just sat there staring at the camera. After a couple pictures he'd had enough and started to hop/run off and latched on to the side of this rock where I grabbed the last pic and then left him to go on his merry way. I spent all winter killing his family without remorse but even though I know he'll probably be breaking into our house next fall and the hunt will resume I spent this moment with him as my friend. I wonder if this is how Dumbledore felt when he first met Tom Riddle as a child. Or am I Voldemort and the mouse is baby Harry Potter? Hmmm.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9dgnz6pFYgwFmm_BYVo_9w4SkezPE6UWtkJe-BA1sHJnmOPHm3ur6-dqacpEWXEgT2z8U41kNc-O4-qwPsRNboZOZAyW6LDFyFUFQS10m2RpcTv-8U06ITvoKgkTaJfomKBONazDLtc/s1600/P1030352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9dgnz6pFYgwFmm_BYVo_9w4SkezPE6UWtkJe-BA1sHJnmOPHm3ur6-dqacpEWXEgT2z8U41kNc-O4-qwPsRNboZOZAyW6LDFyFUFQS10m2RpcTv-8U06ITvoKgkTaJfomKBONazDLtc/s400/P1030352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598066347380441058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7Axq_RZ1F_LDj5MSNqxeBPTWpBfrorih0G8EGPvV2vHY3y1EhWyPaAchroIbYoZmLYybIq582ZscndUzwsSud1RCl3exnR7ezQ0I2PBVcY5KIJFhKWJZCe5bTfxCblTIhqu-an2stqU/s1600/P1030353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7Axq_RZ1F_LDj5MSNqxeBPTWpBfrorih0G8EGPvV2vHY3y1EhWyPaAchroIbYoZmLYybIq582ZscndUzwsSud1RCl3exnR7ezQ0I2PBVcY5KIJFhKWJZCe5bTfxCblTIhqu-an2stqU/s400/P1030353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598066343270428722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFH_hZxYWxsDWhyXVUI_BXt9YCqH_fA4P9zmK5K9vKnBf9zFeoTUjaEBsek3u9XgGhkYphpcgdtRQt5FHdFGiS2uFATBq3_FaqDPsJbFALlCv0eNoIJkXlyFrAVuGcTk4zI19qLlMsb8/s1600/P1030354.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFH_hZxYWxsDWhyXVUI_BXt9YCqH_fA4P9zmK5K9vKnBf9zFeoTUjaEBsek3u9XgGhkYphpcgdtRQt5FHdFGiS2uFATBq3_FaqDPsJbFALlCv0eNoIJkXlyFrAVuGcTk4zI19qLlMsb8/s400/P1030354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598066339469190658" border="0" /></a><br />On an unrelated note I would recommend not listening to the Deer Resistant labels on expensive shrubbery. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10rReIFPiEliLrJKYQfiY6PYCkzRJa56DEPoBNNB0XIqiIDvadKd_5_AnTNZGmaYnNtp2SCYdlbmHU69PI-TYK6DLpZsQn7U7BcNH1MCFlIJBNT-M8qsPo05AHaR-bg5vITXcridKenQ/s1600/P1030355.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10rReIFPiEliLrJKYQfiY6PYCkzRJa56DEPoBNNB0XIqiIDvadKd_5_AnTNZGmaYnNtp2SCYdlbmHU69PI-TYK6DLpZsQn7U7BcNH1MCFlIJBNT-M8qsPo05AHaR-bg5vITXcridKenQ/s400/P1030355.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598066335049087234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNDSU8rBXOlm_AAWg_SkfbJBemUhsBSamu1bMVj1BwE6vAvKLrP3UKGKahtxAKbElR-XIf4zm2GgccEiQ_f87874EYSXJSXS1CsQLaSj6Wq0fI4mtv3rW0fC30FwXHEyeAdDWyC0gUFk/s1600/P1030356.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNDSU8rBXOlm_AAWg_SkfbJBemUhsBSamu1bMVj1BwE6vAvKLrP3UKGKahtxAKbElR-XIf4zm2GgccEiQ_f87874EYSXJSXS1CsQLaSj6Wq0fI4mtv3rW0fC30FwXHEyeAdDWyC0gUFk/s400/P1030356.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598066334962366098" border="0" /></a>Did someone say..... shrubbery? <span style="font-style: italic;">(dramatic chord!!)<br /></span>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-30155070924418997892011-04-17T14:05:00.000-07:002011-04-17T14:27:22.699-07:00OutsideI took a quick stroll around the house and took some quick pics. Now I am posting them. Don't judge my photo skills on these as I've done no retouching, everything is straight from my point and shoot. Though I do think some of them came out nice.<br /><br />The apple trees starting to bud:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2hbvZ98l7zvuHyn0YYEo33AARDfewpz-jhC4zO5IF9GZD5DttciWNBThfCv2aNzU0mxdd1g7l5hjgsB2N_3Yyg5Tn6enuKxyHt2iL6xc1wGov33VSIxk1LA95DzYj3fv5qyyEUou890/s1600/P1030249.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2hbvZ98l7zvuHyn0YYEo33AARDfewpz-jhC4zO5IF9GZD5DttciWNBThfCv2aNzU0mxdd1g7l5hjgsB2N_3Yyg5Tn6enuKxyHt2iL6xc1wGov33VSIxk1LA95DzYj3fv5qyyEUou890/s400/P1030249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596664090625774290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHmYOTEFbJZXgSzlwC874x10rETqH18MFWCfiQnAsicOa4HoUwMh_7e8BeOWXgdcfqBA7HvqrCg258RZqqHe0A1P-fBNRB76AdwsQnHpy7mB524igvH8cMLnv9aUpooqc1UB_qJ9a-uw/s1600/P1030250.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHmYOTEFbJZXgSzlwC874x10rETqH18MFWCfiQnAsicOa4HoUwMh_7e8BeOWXgdcfqBA7HvqrCg258RZqqHe0A1P-fBNRB76AdwsQnHpy7mB524igvH8cMLnv9aUpooqc1UB_qJ9a-uw/s400/P1030250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596664084423075714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheONIll-2d1ccsaxKTk3gZfa5E08ixHc8fDQGVe6WEsa59KBKCouZpL5huANXpR4J9RWtvYmW-WgKj-PwZVzKcYG18MTSXf9qcqcVG_s8kJlMrzLKcpwuufOfcJTvrg0nx4J5uQNlyjR8/s1600/P1030252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheONIll-2d1ccsaxKTk3gZfa5E08ixHc8fDQGVe6WEsa59KBKCouZpL5huANXpR4J9RWtvYmW-WgKj-PwZVzKcYG18MTSXf9qcqcVG_s8kJlMrzLKcpwuufOfcJTvrg0nx4J5uQNlyjR8/s400/P1030252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596664087277935218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsa-ZQXwhVSY1uFbfeJFCk44wr_BE2elGjchftSdcQhFSs3dMQmHp_kyLKFT0kWj5ADTZ6YMWTQiD-xTjBM2TlUSZUFqyFl2dVjx9Lfvyv9BfZ8wLo7hfT5PQhPrxKs7vA8g5A_y1z3pQ/s1600/P1030253.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsa-ZQXwhVSY1uFbfeJFCk44wr_BE2elGjchftSdcQhFSs3dMQmHp_kyLKFT0kWj5ADTZ6YMWTQiD-xTjBM2TlUSZUFqyFl2dVjx9Lfvyv9BfZ8wLo7hfT5PQhPrxKs7vA8g5A_y1z3pQ/s400/P1030253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596664080994707890" border="0" /></a><br />A couple more pics of the spontaneous fountain:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0H5bZdTmQxLkU-6NK3Y6gYBgtxaeQFD_gNmHmtrq2ZL3iLv2WvUpEHsg-CHS9ngW01nyiLb3fW_FhbVyEd7eatU3oKzgvOgkqLcW3J6BydzsiwRBujtRpSTppc6nai2Wb9BwFZVXjmw/s1600/P1030254.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0H5bZdTmQxLkU-6NK3Y6gYBgtxaeQFD_gNmHmtrq2ZL3iLv2WvUpEHsg-CHS9ngW01nyiLb3fW_FhbVyEd7eatU3oKzgvOgkqLcW3J6BydzsiwRBujtRpSTppc6nai2Wb9BwFZVXjmw/s400/P1030254.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596664077730377218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczNwZ5HhQMKmQhx_FP5JFDNbCU8qaQ9vmW2NELHqt9bi6eQ5xytJBHvP9IxdAQ6deZBVEo41kFufI-OAjkkpxTItkGJBrUNgijEGmN9Bg2JI6YR-uyMs4-atHrMRIvyFe4wgIrSpoRJI/s1600/P1030255.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczNwZ5HhQMKmQhx_FP5JFDNbCU8qaQ9vmW2NELHqt9bi6eQ5xytJBHvP9IxdAQ6deZBVEo41kFufI-OAjkkpxTItkGJBrUNgijEGmN9Bg2JI6YR-uyMs4-atHrMRIvyFe4wgIrSpoRJI/s400/P1030255.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663707821675250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGDI6we7gEA0USi2OpZLyeLYfdJ5u0LQNF0hC7RZK-4O7Om9BV85OPUFVTAiwE3gS33SzbWWPPuvX4CIuwJ2rcRqDxWW0tWcjb3Phq4rpKfiUMKjYSQRSEtuX9DtxCQVFft-jXCP5ttA/s1600/P1030258.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGDI6we7gEA0USi2OpZLyeLYfdJ5u0LQNF0hC7RZK-4O7Om9BV85OPUFVTAiwE3gS33SzbWWPPuvX4CIuwJ2rcRqDxWW0tWcjb3Phq4rpKfiUMKjYSQRSEtuX9DtxCQVFft-jXCP5ttA/s400/P1030258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663709087019026" border="0" /></a><br />Poison ivy vine gripping the tree:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gznF9C6eKxDeCcitWsTM-uBrFE_rL5l2dmpCLOVDLElg81icK0LzF3nD-sLXaK8sSSvc2A6pMgUcYogMn14mDUzmryuYyvOfac4ywHmfZShaGpCXP-ARB-vzY02DBkuMSJqB6s3AmDA/s1600/P1030267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gznF9C6eKxDeCcitWsTM-uBrFE_rL5l2dmpCLOVDLElg81icK0LzF3nD-sLXaK8sSSvc2A6pMgUcYogMn14mDUzmryuYyvOfac4ywHmfZShaGpCXP-ARB-vzY02DBkuMSJqB6s3AmDA/s400/P1030267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663703054626178" border="0" /></a><br />Little bee/wasp guy looking for pollen:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSqcQMjKWZU6_s0hbm0nSoBMSt-U7Udm6Cwb5NFqp9uSxUgiCZv2524xoHSDwKsQICWHNvB0J7sDVeyVBTfMIR5LUINr6ycjclCjzDwQFdy-omu5NS8WqUqFwVRWGN9fjeQcrZlhnYjQ/s1600/P1030271.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSqcQMjKWZU6_s0hbm0nSoBMSt-U7Udm6Cwb5NFqp9uSxUgiCZv2524xoHSDwKsQICWHNvB0J7sDVeyVBTfMIR5LUINr6ycjclCjzDwQFdy-omu5NS8WqUqFwVRWGN9fjeQcrZlhnYjQ/s400/P1030271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663701205682882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXU6Av2C9Ye95Bprig8GrUylb2pskRuQbx0caqseltNchlkQQq4sdNsi2FpOe8gBwOWiX6g-WC1q-vl8ZzSG8S7hnFv-xXrpt5uQxEz-g6SoxK4aqezx5cjuZL_vZjcsLT6LPL4XqB5sE/s1600/P1030273.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXU6Av2C9Ye95Bprig8GrUylb2pskRuQbx0caqseltNchlkQQq4sdNsi2FpOe8gBwOWiX6g-WC1q-vl8ZzSG8S7hnFv-xXrpt5uQxEz-g6SoxK4aqezx5cjuZL_vZjcsLT6LPL4XqB5sE/s400/P1030273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663696628967842" border="0" /></a><br />The Secret Of Nymn style forsythia bush:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWDL0UAJFR3VnZe8KeqCcECGxDRr3FWftR8GSBrvERhboErG7iUMSKS9NSANifO-eRuIO4e7zF5cHaVjzNgwmGneCQQqy1ne0gdpXBXg6Lu6crDVz5pjEBwZ6ciI01gB6T36t1Me3Ds8/s1600/P1030277.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWDL0UAJFR3VnZe8KeqCcECGxDRr3FWftR8GSBrvERhboErG7iUMSKS9NSANifO-eRuIO4e7zF5cHaVjzNgwmGneCQQqy1ne0gdpXBXg6Lu6crDVz5pjEBwZ6ciI01gB6T36t1Me3Ds8/s400/P1030277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663447671663410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqJQ84hQAV9zuhq5WkDeWwf3o2_iphSfF-PzfHF6Jx-aRz05wKWfZqORCwb9biDYZK76o7tEwRrV2BUImd4g82wD30vk6Tpokt5_5xIk6_3SBc71lDCMxonT0u9mC1s98GrW700JbpVU/s1600/P1030279.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqJQ84hQAV9zuhq5WkDeWwf3o2_iphSfF-PzfHF6Jx-aRz05wKWfZqORCwb9biDYZK76o7tEwRrV2BUImd4g82wD30vk6Tpokt5_5xIk6_3SBc71lDCMxonT0u9mC1s98GrW700JbpVU/s400/P1030279.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663441521317634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJhpo-oK0VT7Jv89PqvTuaSXh1ZDOnGNZBlHu3v2VuurIWfpTljhmlEqKwCNiEMyB-hEMIgmoA_A0ffWWF0kGa6o7yuq7BEhvk4iTn3FWAurLXlIajMiaw2oX5vWqD4EkW5PKqekBDTU/s1600/P1030282.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJhpo-oK0VT7Jv89PqvTuaSXh1ZDOnGNZBlHu3v2VuurIWfpTljhmlEqKwCNiEMyB-hEMIgmoA_A0ffWWF0kGa6o7yuq7BEhvk4iTn3FWAurLXlIajMiaw2oX5vWqD4EkW5PKqekBDTU/s400/P1030282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663432015259250" border="0" /></a><br />The empty garden:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouLmtxLClp4h4qsIQqnpZNlxycbUVnZS_u9dz2IWne8zYqt915fvzRDnQ3JmxiKeHLsCyFtpQ9IYOdZlPiR5xCcv93S5RvT_6iWconH8YwNchTcHnZkG7odLjrs5b7CBc6lbCiW0dDtk/s1600/P1030287.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouLmtxLClp4h4qsIQqnpZNlxycbUVnZS_u9dz2IWne8zYqt915fvzRDnQ3JmxiKeHLsCyFtpQ9IYOdZlPiR5xCcv93S5RvT_6iWconH8YwNchTcHnZkG7odLjrs5b7CBc6lbCiW0dDtk/s400/P1030287.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663430690964930" border="0" /></a><br />Some tulip plants getting ready to bloom soon:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRaqC0Lsh5n5yYwJwPbnglaitDh-0iftvYu2sARt176kE689Nr4R3kynIlffW_kgPgk6P7OCpAvj5RdRFXmbjulM9EiKpCUCjINVLcx-4IHlHn7gSmR6ZoU1HDw1XX8-M5-Y9oRAsUPM/s1600/P1030308.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRaqC0Lsh5n5yYwJwPbnglaitDh-0iftvYu2sARt176kE689Nr4R3kynIlffW_kgPgk6P7OCpAvj5RdRFXmbjulM9EiKpCUCjINVLcx-4IHlHn7gSmR6ZoU1HDw1XX8-M5-Y9oRAsUPM/s400/P1030308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663428380088994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFBAUDvw7DTrNDeLbJ7U8jJl98zciEyuoZJwzSbz9XZtB0b6Sld9XIRlBMYumgU5M5eYcaLxUYq05WOin4XyzGayBNRk37O_so6UM8RxsE7rOSX9bJzfz209VMYl8WQFXCZAG6JC3ow4/s1600/P1030310.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFBAUDvw7DTrNDeLbJ7U8jJl98zciEyuoZJwzSbz9XZtB0b6Sld9XIRlBMYumgU5M5eYcaLxUYq05WOin4XyzGayBNRk37O_so6UM8RxsE7rOSX9bJzfz209VMYl8WQFXCZAG6JC3ow4/s400/P1030310.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663184253358466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A ransom little flower:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju2lSBB9fjnkKJjBUeM5WCknH_ynFvfxgKJFxUye90fdccea2BHTyPJqmJDE01xge1kpu1g3rqztEonHqGAtzjJdJayJamGH8bg1EsDheVB61jLfAIqAp0lzuub91mDor2lFdYJXmayg/s1600/P1030316.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju2lSBB9fjnkKJjBUeM5WCknH_ynFvfxgKJFxUye90fdccea2BHTyPJqmJDE01xge1kpu1g3rqztEonHqGAtzjJdJayJamGH8bg1EsDheVB61jLfAIqAp0lzuub91mDor2lFdYJXmayg/s400/P1030316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663184794199426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I forget this guy's name but I'm amazed it lasted through the winter and came back:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdYIFm0BwwEVnUF96G4FsQYVPkSLqrKitrsnvKuxB0bgrvwr_5ublGLEBQz_5Mcv0BpO7Y6RiWFQ2GRRese9EiMTUH29RWaYnBXW5vzd7IcoDP5m18zdxrJ6zo_2JzqecB2jl9c6FKaM/s1600/P1030317.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdYIFm0BwwEVnUF96G4FsQYVPkSLqrKitrsnvKuxB0bgrvwr_5ublGLEBQz_5Mcv0BpO7Y6RiWFQ2GRRese9EiMTUH29RWaYnBXW5vzd7IcoDP5m18zdxrJ6zo_2JzqecB2jl9c6FKaM/s400/P1030317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663174720347202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbSXlCol71NDflUhadV7Tl9JCfKBY5gBMjx2kvZr0DRAB9Tk6hWt811Q6ZZzyVkVYe3t3PiZeRG2P9c22en-7VuW1uXwkzPU9eYREf7FfIrcl44lf3Mr8_8H1Ffb27AU7GUiASbofzxo/s1600/P1030318.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbSXlCol71NDflUhadV7Tl9JCfKBY5gBMjx2kvZr0DRAB9Tk6hWt811Q6ZZzyVkVYe3t3PiZeRG2P9c22en-7VuW1uXwkzPU9eYREf7FfIrcl44lf3Mr8_8H1Ffb27AU7GUiASbofzxo/s400/P1030318.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663175474826834" border="0" /></a><br />A couple tiny mushrooms I almost stepped on. Sorry Leafmen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1wvhYDmkZl251D9rOwV0jde7iBbMVxraFuWVXDx9eMIZ0uED1mGacjfmeJr0dbGAIqKrCUE_ztnP3mUWF2ntbZwkvx7KBDXNl6fYKTd42Y2ux0gVNPYK9hSPvVyd56Lt0LQ_MOIQRVU/s1600/P1030328.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1wvhYDmkZl251D9rOwV0jde7iBbMVxraFuWVXDx9eMIZ0uED1mGacjfmeJr0dbGAIqKrCUE_ztnP3mUWF2ntbZwkvx7KBDXNl6fYKTd42Y2ux0gVNPYK9hSPvVyd56Lt0LQ_MOIQRVU/s400/P1030328.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596663171097370850" border="0" /></a><br />Another tulip patch, this one is much bigger:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvJSaz8qzpsWPnQ65w9LqPd1aje26PFj0ZwoklRelFwhBv40Tl0OAK3YpmQZu9dFbmrITmSuNbqUJbA0uMY0FgiLFgNLVxjA6VkclkSC97BhIq0t4yjIFUe-Phr0YyKoS9i2QaAiyivg/s1600/P1030332.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvJSaz8qzpsWPnQ65w9LqPd1aje26PFj0ZwoklRelFwhBv40Tl0OAK3YpmQZu9dFbmrITmSuNbqUJbA0uMY0FgiLFgNLVxjA6VkclkSC97BhIq0t4yjIFUe-Phr0YyKoS9i2QaAiyivg/s400/P1030332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596662956090905906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The stream:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz5JelLhbUlXhF2TWeyXBDCS50YenOHTKbpnOsEhgIRzYV2qWkuSBRO0JAWVd58EIBu_tlTp_nike657CznVX9mQWab94FTJFmpF4dbgdzocp0TOP6AKqdwyG4U8KaC5s84PGAyxJq6U/s1600/P1030333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz5JelLhbUlXhF2TWeyXBDCS50YenOHTKbpnOsEhgIRzYV2qWkuSBRO0JAWVd58EIBu_tlTp_nike657CznVX9mQWab94FTJFmpF4dbgdzocp0TOP6AKqdwyG4U8KaC5s84PGAyxJq6U/s400/P1030333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596662948632604514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTiO4KggkRUzVC1vyRnQYy5b1B6JP-NbVmtMPzNnS-vVKr5vfpeAiaO_ncdvGmlWqqLKnvk5PzvqxZY557j4D7ikJV9JDZqcC3juDD78O0t5EhYlP-yiydd-VCKoJ6UN6CRQbEVznhtk/s1600/P1030335.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTiO4KggkRUzVC1vyRnQYy5b1B6JP-NbVmtMPzNnS-vVKr5vfpeAiaO_ncdvGmlWqqLKnvk5PzvqxZY557j4D7ikJV9JDZqcC3juDD78O0t5EhYlP-yiydd-VCKoJ6UN6CRQbEVznhtk/s400/P1030335.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596662948275250434" border="0" /></a><br />I don't know what this guy is, I've never seen him before. Anyone have a clue? There are a bunch down by the stream but this was the only one with a flower:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifM3p1DXIOwf1VX-bxgbnoii6fd3DtMzD5NymVgtxBShVJaMNS18WMIQsIrK7xoXM4QSYh0cf2NSQsSb9xMVtnfLs6tCpJesetyT1qL2Se8oFxmRRueRmrxBAJBi1V8GISD4ubyEtUW2E/s1600/P1030340.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifM3p1DXIOwf1VX-bxgbnoii6fd3DtMzD5NymVgtxBShVJaMNS18WMIQsIrK7xoXM4QSYh0cf2NSQsSb9xMVtnfLs6tCpJesetyT1qL2Se8oFxmRRueRmrxBAJBi1V8GISD4ubyEtUW2E/s400/P1030340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596662941748932258" border="0" /></a><br />And the shoots of a giant fern coming up:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BCvuuK-IWdtyevVFjxSj3fdpMACXL75zJdeyBozggA1kRVHZ8r4EKX9v6NcnBGZLbphL7lvA_6xxqexwUFq1pZdog0DnzNrVIevTv_0TMqj4mGABVNTYjQnYtZI3pJGlcqOhi3BoYLc/s1600/P1030346.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BCvuuK-IWdtyevVFjxSj3fdpMACXL75zJdeyBozggA1kRVHZ8r4EKX9v6NcnBGZLbphL7lvA_6xxqexwUFq1pZdog0DnzNrVIevTv_0TMqj4mGABVNTYjQnYtZI3pJGlcqOhi3BoYLc/s400/P1030346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596662941745823010" border="0" /></a><br />And that's it for today.Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-577708878166865092011-04-17T10:33:00.000-07:002011-04-17T11:25:04.941-07:00Let the planting begin!After checking out the blog of friend and world reknown urban gardener Amy Staffaroni <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://astaffaroni.wordpress.com">astaffaroni.wordpress.com</a></span> it inspired me to start tracking what I'm doing with my garden this year. Last weekend I went out and scattered a ton of wild flower seeds I'd collected from different places last fall: my mother's garden, my uncle Oscar's garden, from my own plants, some rose pods from a hotel in Montauk NY, some lily pods from a lake in upstate NY, and of course a few random seeds I snatched from the plants at the nursery near our house (I figure they won't mind so I don't ask *wink* ). So they've been scattered all around the border of the house. Will they grow? We'll see I guess. Will they flower this year if they do sprout? I doubt it, most will likely need to toughen up this first year and save their energy to come back strong next year. But there are a bunch of perennials in the mix as well so we should see something.<br /><br />Outside, around the house some plants from last year are coming up already. Some lilies, columbine and a bunch of other plants whose names I don't recall. But this must mean spring is here! And if I wasn't sure I was reassured by the amount of rain last night, it was cookoo crazy. So much so when I walked around the house this morning I found a fountain in the middle of the lawn. At what to me was a random spot on the lawn water was just coming up as if there was a hose underneath. Here are some pics:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0AbSXrG_KME2qdEWrGivyF1utRtst1zjG2b3qeOBxDQJT4auv-TMotVMmJGxUrZRjuPieNv3mwiXpEZmA0DDP_qn-eRL8OIC413vCML1UIGLM2kZ8y7u2H3uZ0ViOEXMcsx7WMXXk_I/s1600/P1030205.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0AbSXrG_KME2qdEWrGivyF1utRtst1zjG2b3qeOBxDQJT4auv-TMotVMmJGxUrZRjuPieNv3mwiXpEZmA0DDP_qn-eRL8OIC413vCML1UIGLM2kZ8y7u2H3uZ0ViOEXMcsx7WMXXk_I/s400/P1030205.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596614503760197378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidQLGAX9LBrEAc2EAb9hSZceQV7j12-9t6KnRNvWjyz3KjpWwXhxOTh3THcr9kskPLOpGlhYnRTFc0EtIOvgI6bXyZveiYgDEZxgyy2XVz0uoe0KcfuMVPOyZTMLSI3M99r-7i05zWpU/s1600/P1030207.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidQLGAX9LBrEAc2EAb9hSZceQV7j12-9t6KnRNvWjyz3KjpWwXhxOTh3THcr9kskPLOpGlhYnRTFc0EtIOvgI6bXyZveiYgDEZxgyy2XVz0uoe0KcfuMVPOyZTMLSI3M99r-7i05zWpU/s400/P1030207.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596614504253729522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjkIX_OP2x4iqr5lquuIKUWL9j4Ysv9aJyB0s4ettKWrTbbFWI9vUtUAR6ogkOf5CGb44mrpFeAcLwjjzxEinIqcaIMj18FvWb98Z1_m5mQWesbD-r0gBj_LjwHthtfNoQysuFDcwvZQ/s1600/P1030210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjkIX_OP2x4iqr5lquuIKUWL9j4Ysv9aJyB0s4ettKWrTbbFWI9vUtUAR6ogkOf5CGb44mrpFeAcLwjjzxEinIqcaIMj18FvWb98Z1_m5mQWesbD-r0gBj_LjwHthtfNoQysuFDcwvZQ/s400/P1030210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596614508320505762" border="0" /></a><br />Something else that was a little wacky this morning was the amount of dead bugs outside our one glass door. The hatch must have come yesterday for these guys because there were a ton of them trying to get into the house to get to the lights inside last night. This was the carnage I found this morning.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfZczkGdz9SGpQ_SgucRXP1hJ2rlaRvhPlCvm4W6nbssnv95OyHnGlU3_c5NboTNUPBnUKi9kuTzus3ynIJPO6B38T7MhHSP4IbR8QpMy151VBGUwOfXRL9h3DlWP98DFMCEzdYfZLco/s1600/P1030200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfZczkGdz9SGpQ_SgucRXP1hJ2rlaRvhPlCvm4W6nbssnv95OyHnGlU3_c5NboTNUPBnUKi9kuTzus3ynIJPO6B38T7MhHSP4IbR8QpMy151VBGUwOfXRL9h3DlWP98DFMCEzdYfZLco/s400/P1030200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615258169829218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWNuMLLThHbCpemkA0__UbBlt6WwmkuYPQTP0STXHckkeF4ycung0R8HISRbaHBCoJR0zgxtG36svDciD6q515NII01KWhIZDHh9zmo5GZYR-GBzcMxrJXs6pfVUatk6aYOz5g4Ytax8/s1600/P1030201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWNuMLLThHbCpemkA0__UbBlt6WwmkuYPQTP0STXHckkeF4ycung0R8HISRbaHBCoJR0zgxtG36svDciD6q515NII01KWhIZDHh9zmo5GZYR-GBzcMxrJXs6pfVUatk6aYOz5g4Ytax8/s400/P1030201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615255029846578" border="0" /></a>Gross.<br /><br />OK, back to plants. Here is my grow room:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8G-E254WDRcrdCb5JaYNpXTbl7vUCbLL8KPP6Cf1COYJalBkn7xzb4Q4x_8Qu4cQQoxbUYXQ0PdKYiMDsmF2qQ4kRVJHg25ob2MkEOkDQ04rrwMpKxVUYgQqnAB-5UzTQTXUGKE3CD8o/s1600/P1030211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8G-E254WDRcrdCb5JaYNpXTbl7vUCbLL8KPP6Cf1COYJalBkn7xzb4Q4x_8Qu4cQQoxbUYXQ0PdKYiMDsmF2qQ4kRVJHg25ob2MkEOkDQ04rrwMpKxVUYgQqnAB-5UzTQTXUGKE3CD8o/s400/P1030211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596616128593693378" border="0" /></a><br />And some of the trays of plants. Last year I made the mistake of planting way too many plants in the garden and it was practically choking itself. For example I had about 50+ tomato plants in an area I will be planting 9 now. This year I'm going for less quantity for higher quality results. We'll see if it works.<br /><br />Tomatoes:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LEw6JGnrb1aQWvPdkMFlBt3r6sopDcksfleP-IZ24S2wIEhmGCIBkgFpkmGcpq1NGNvncBQjVQ56EZFYn2d30KgfJXgxSUmWTW4jdibowWwHzBxgcFXA9krvnQcBM7F1jaafbufPCeA/s1600/P1030225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LEw6JGnrb1aQWvPdkMFlBt3r6sopDcksfleP-IZ24S2wIEhmGCIBkgFpkmGcpq1NGNvncBQjVQ56EZFYn2d30KgfJXgxSUmWTW4jdibowWwHzBxgcFXA9krvnQcBM7F1jaafbufPCeA/s400/P1030225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596616131440060274" border="0" /></a><br />Brussel sprouts and poppies:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5JC74hG8Gncry6aq2-LC1NYw0YkwIbTz33VxzW-T6vrvxLiLb3asu2Rccryn-vxp9rmtIXbIwQu60ypN65fP_Vc37nnxPAOws8qiuWjsZmLlCyGXR2vsVjUrP8gsRt7wzlQ5wSVC3zk/s1600/P1030226.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5JC74hG8Gncry6aq2-LC1NYw0YkwIbTz33VxzW-T6vrvxLiLb3asu2Rccryn-vxp9rmtIXbIwQu60ypN65fP_Vc37nnxPAOws8qiuWjsZmLlCyGXR2vsVjUrP8gsRt7wzlQ5wSVC3zk/s400/P1030226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596616133635970290" border="0" /></a><br />The sun flowers exploded within two days, I've already had to replant them into much bigger containers. I wasn't expecting them to grow this quickly:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfBHsjcMcDO9ybaWgnPibsv1f0VxPOSkMpt9i5KnitefoZbvyuo17kaJB19nOBYnj-qTiLrZP3kumDcZCetyz8ot5HQ2_Xu-G7bIL07NX59Gx84pQOiDt6SVwO3EyevAtwwD0jvP5Flw/s1600/P1030199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfBHsjcMcDO9ybaWgnPibsv1f0VxPOSkMpt9i5KnitefoZbvyuo17kaJB19nOBYnj-qTiLrZP3kumDcZCetyz8ot5HQ2_Xu-G7bIL07NX59Gx84pQOiDt6SVwO3EyevAtwwD0jvP5Flw/s400/P1030199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596616141268370098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuEjfJngaOX3FD1VfqOpcHqllKth9ZhKNmIm7e2x5YqD2vsDmlnqwtINkrGwgPQv41zEwz-UfK1J7XXUYXlyS6e9DqkzBD9o1z0L0NZVKyCHZqEJIOXEvIuxsjk5KaN8lP5a_efBXmLU/s1600/P1030227.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuEjfJngaOX3FD1VfqOpcHqllKth9ZhKNmIm7e2x5YqD2vsDmlnqwtINkrGwgPQv41zEwz-UfK1J7XXUYXlyS6e9DqkzBD9o1z0L0NZVKyCHZqEJIOXEvIuxsjk5KaN8lP5a_efBXmLU/s400/P1030227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596616138302966514" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some other trays with some plants (I'm only using red because it's all we had):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFrfj1zFTwfC1YBoti631l6CfpcWBaAY5Mok-FfvLVbRv7hRN6_n_wWNZCv4rAfN29pY-NwLWUOJyeOSUM3pqrAbsDGN9ekbbwS1qAC-Z-W9QBfvNEqQFFt3kvajb9aQ2XY74ftvBdL0/s1600/P1030228.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFrfj1zFTwfC1YBoti631l6CfpcWBaAY5Mok-FfvLVbRv7hRN6_n_wWNZCv4rAfN29pY-NwLWUOJyeOSUM3pqrAbsDGN9ekbbwS1qAC-Z-W9QBfvNEqQFFt3kvajb9aQ2XY74ftvBdL0/s400/P1030228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596617610849970194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTXcEL0zDqwJtSrdyc7wUkdXLc4XbGLs4RDCvDEtZEtLFyMwYNMxcydCRGsQ_N7eCRZloMPMglWjry-7uyBJCIXuNSVYhMmp2Zl6hhUS9LzQEsAvw15jXS0iqATBoyvgaadVfeorlTCc/s1600/P1030229.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTXcEL0zDqwJtSrdyc7wUkdXLc4XbGLs4RDCvDEtZEtLFyMwYNMxcydCRGsQ_N7eCRZloMPMglWjry-7uyBJCIXuNSVYhMmp2Zl6hhUS9LzQEsAvw15jXS0iqATBoyvgaadVfeorlTCc/s400/P1030229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596617612023730946" border="0" /></a><br />Here are my charts so I know what the hell everything is:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2XdoCwXbaTxSTTTLiX3eRy6HjhMfDRu3q6cQ6ogQzQjkVXA56nRwmVbjJ0P98pCAqhPX1WQSqF2yip8o230sA4z8Bqwdi1VhLC09iwIq__OjlCouAON3fQRU8fG7yYmEZa-U82jIemg/s1600/P1030230.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2XdoCwXbaTxSTTTLiX3eRy6HjhMfDRu3q6cQ6ogQzQjkVXA56nRwmVbjJ0P98pCAqhPX1WQSqF2yip8o230sA4z8Bqwdi1VhLC09iwIq__OjlCouAON3fQRU8fG7yYmEZa-U82jIemg/s400/P1030230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596617612775088034" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FJkEAE1PTaoKL0Z0SAW58SGHFKyddR9PyRe6oHFR_lhP3NA3uiPaRdSPQcIE3bxRvMCkZTcyr-yBhB_QtmeN-34Kau2MKsNt7hRTTXcO8i8FLb9ijJ8Uvb6WTS10pN2hT4FoEc-HYOc/s1600/P1030231.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FJkEAE1PTaoKL0Z0SAW58SGHFKyddR9PyRe6oHFR_lhP3NA3uiPaRdSPQcIE3bxRvMCkZTcyr-yBhB_QtmeN-34Kau2MKsNt7hRTTXcO8i8FLb9ijJ8Uvb6WTS10pN2hT4FoEc-HYOc/s400/P1030231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596617613060870850" border="0" /></a><br />And then here is the shoe box of all my seeds, now half empty:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4psNx68xpa6XdQZzFGg8sK-os5DzD3TknATwuxtIesWU2Q7sXuYAGLyGnYWy7asFQI-lWxQ5s9ZRN9KI0RbEb3hDmUjHYVOTFuGcO_PxrQB7ijDMHxyjuifVmOzRcX88H4M-rTcqb9_s/s1600/P1030232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4psNx68xpa6XdQZzFGg8sK-os5DzD3TknATwuxtIesWU2Q7sXuYAGLyGnYWy7asFQI-lWxQ5s9ZRN9KI0RbEb3hDmUjHYVOTFuGcO_PxrQB7ijDMHxyjuifVmOzRcX88H4M-rTcqb9_s/s400/P1030232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596617617113941266" border="0" /></a><br />And then my buddy Vader looking at me wondering what the hell I was doing all morning instead of playing with him. I told him "I'm putting food on the table, what are you doing?!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvvzsoG7a7E8gIHG1VKq1JLM5jyG8WniDNUjXyZlp4a9zNQe4IxjXt_OeYt5DjMfcVxjnWGcPZhFpwLETT8VEQTbDkLS9uwIZYJhiJ-_3DbfVVEaJcr0hZEV-_KUD5kItwLLGsZi4Xew/s1600/P1030233.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvvzsoG7a7E8gIHG1VKq1JLM5jyG8WniDNUjXyZlp4a9zNQe4IxjXt_OeYt5DjMfcVxjnWGcPZhFpwLETT8VEQTbDkLS9uwIZYJhiJ-_3DbfVVEaJcr0hZEV-_KUD5kItwLLGsZi4Xew/s400/P1030233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596618575567796802" border="0" /></a>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-79191549142163947412011-02-04T11:29:00.000-08:002011-02-04T13:28:42.935-08:00Spike And Fawn!!Finally! After years in the making I was finally motivated enough to finish the project I'd conceived years ago.<br /><br />"Spike and Fawn's Home Security Service (At your service!)"<br /><br />I was asked by the lovely and talented Rachel Tiep-Daniels to submit a piece of art for the "Art Blocks For Ghana" charity.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artblocksghana.blogspot.com/">artblocksghana.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />The charity is an art auction with the proceeds going towards providing boarding and education for orphaned children in Ghana, West Africa. Works submitted by Blue Sky artists will be on display at <a href="http://culturefixny.com/2011/01/art-blocks-for-ghana/">Culture Fix</a> from Feb 8th to the 13th.<br /><br />Here are some pics of Spike and Fawn. Started with a wooden block, a Munny doll, eight pounds of metal spikes, paint, coffee stirrers, an old tie and a lot of patience.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzkpTtG4IXlCLQrOcLmXGSvjPxhjMG9zS_DdQne3bKr9xnmHWzjbZ2cmuUTQ8zFnPxLpg5BlJx8UFYwlPGrZNXUWUYXQnBkR0RBKMRuQCOJhute139WpkjE350K-HtEfVVhX9hMi_Ink/s1600/sculpt04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzkpTtG4IXlCLQrOcLmXGSvjPxhjMG9zS_DdQne3bKr9xnmHWzjbZ2cmuUTQ8zFnPxLpg5BlJx8UFYwlPGrZNXUWUYXQnBkR0RBKMRuQCOJhute139WpkjE350K-HtEfVVhX9hMi_Ink/s400/sculpt04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569921245164794786" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uhJkRtTn1bOQJ3rZzMoUio_rws2t63_rtGvj1RzpBRp5oHx9VdHCw36rX1srX3GmydZiiP-G7t2DCxPje4MwmTJRZgs8bTprLKwdcM1fg3GKmlv9JLRlL2guj7UuQ8eHF1bQcRDrKfY/s1600/sculpt02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uhJkRtTn1bOQJ3rZzMoUio_rws2t63_rtGvj1RzpBRp5oHx9VdHCw36rX1srX3GmydZiiP-G7t2DCxPje4MwmTJRZgs8bTprLKwdcM1fg3GKmlv9JLRlL2guj7UuQ8eHF1bQcRDrKfY/s400/sculpt02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569921242930091938" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGtJFcm23bz1vOn74WusZAFpobncOoaWbpiukr7xCgPoS1I6rTDnZAdF5TiPzEVIuCPSd9yONU62CVba_XEsB_ZyRxAuh_hk4hOVfqUHqWUQ9DvbPZ3G-YMx89oqP0vsUX84QS4M40iI/s1600/sculpt03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGtJFcm23bz1vOn74WusZAFpobncOoaWbpiukr7xCgPoS1I6rTDnZAdF5TiPzEVIuCPSd9yONU62CVba_XEsB_ZyRxAuh_hk4hOVfqUHqWUQ9DvbPZ3G-YMx89oqP0vsUX84QS4M40iI/s400/sculpt03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569921248528345538" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxY1iQrztWYjSCN3BCTK9W6sRMGzSEDPSeNEKPtNOZ-WG21q8B50ar2ncYSMH8EGdv-Kiy8e1MBpkXBrQCiOmjqsrQaW94NkAg6dhjvE7g2X_ppUkcYD3KSHfQ0BxRbnqJ0EcBh6dBEg/s1600/sculpt05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxY1iQrztWYjSCN3BCTK9W6sRMGzSEDPSeNEKPtNOZ-WG21q8B50ar2ncYSMH8EGdv-Kiy8e1MBpkXBrQCiOmjqsrQaW94NkAg6dhjvE7g2X_ppUkcYD3KSHfQ0BxRbnqJ0EcBh6dBEg/s400/sculpt05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569949126441671234" border="0" /></a>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-51020275215245489972010-10-24T18:09:00.001-07:002010-10-24T18:15:13.083-07:00A couple pics from this weekend in SullyLifted a piece of tarp left in the deep woods and found this guy. Wasn't totally afraid of me, which is how I got these close up pics. Probably never saw a human before.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOzulEW6IR8DlGn_Y-5jtiymM833HOd-XV7jaeUHyq39XQ9L4JW3lrGemf3CGW6Zu7QJmZ9Gyc25ulTyQbfHi7_HIBh3fXsTwroc3lpt5N_uFAs7nmGY69b-HzxsC-Cj8l0EeXz3ig8Y/s1600/P1020716.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOzulEW6IR8DlGn_Y-5jtiymM833HOd-XV7jaeUHyq39XQ9L4JW3lrGemf3CGW6Zu7QJmZ9Gyc25ulTyQbfHi7_HIBh3fXsTwroc3lpt5N_uFAs7nmGY69b-HzxsC-Cj8l0EeXz3ig8Y/s400/P1020716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531785197473021042" border="0" /></a>"Do you happen to have any cheese?"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLRE9nDm1mA3eO5xdJ-Z0MxLtGRdx_q3DuBv88MKx1zkFrUwL2VO4R5L5wMmn0I3QFJz75gIUfxArcMP0E5hdS7LoEqsZzeA7lfHdRJ1NHGa72U_90r1ZD4P4KmUTL4iuO5mi5qMVrsE/s1600/P1020717.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLRE9nDm1mA3eO5xdJ-Z0MxLtGRdx_q3DuBv88MKx1zkFrUwL2VO4R5L5wMmn0I3QFJz75gIUfxArcMP0E5hdS7LoEqsZzeA7lfHdRJ1NHGa72U_90r1ZD4P4KmUTL4iuO5mi5qMVrsE/s400/P1020717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531785195892088498" border="0" /></a>Driving home.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmZQwH3M0BRPGeOFppUL55cqFYiDlP-iXlGqV9CNu8o8GJwK6IlZwgXBwDvMGHiM32wg1_4VUr4QBWuaLLRe3sD45Ealftaf9WxNsg0urQLG9N2YxVOLr9lDRLyA8mO9YZMmdFfsXNH8/s1600/P1020756.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmZQwH3M0BRPGeOFppUL55cqFYiDlP-iXlGqV9CNu8o8GJwK6IlZwgXBwDvMGHiM32wg1_4VUr4QBWuaLLRe3sD45Ealftaf9WxNsg0urQLG9N2YxVOLr9lDRLyA8mO9YZMmdFfsXNH8/s400/P1020756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531785186237572130" border="0" /></a>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-36120253094220170922010-10-19T21:04:00.001-07:002010-10-19T21:11:47.761-07:00Montauk 2010 trip 2Just a few pics of my short trip the other day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8kDhyphenhyphenLrVnJTUYSkPSP4zwG458AI2qHoPdROh1bbk62ApwIHA-cso0lVzVrhHZmigBM8uOOCmyTGKqJ0IIZI9g_DOOrvfRRh5pDCS6iHchROpJFBqVVF-hF08NRpLImNJZNM5zwDZl1E/s1600/P1020664.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bFh9Mwg2yQBxaB3viOyMznHN2DqBVpNVUE888w9uyWrB2RSjCDwzauj3eXNrqFcDukpiKwYMgAE4ZxUcdRoOxPFPku0Amaj0xnsPF9vOTB-Tbx8yJfByZAkOXB5yzHeZSozA8BoezY0/s400/P1020691.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529975463055158882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuPPfmxCwQP6LHmw_3jS1VFalX_c1RDS58xkOZKi5jiYjctRH30W2ai8nGfmVhBAxSsWgR529QhDyjdRBJcYDy3kOiqF4kfBTlSFDTCnK5aIZMIlb8h6fh5Og8Vbq6-ufUlXigyuy-ag/s1600/P1020696.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuPPfmxCwQP6LHmw_3jS1VFalX_c1RDS58xkOZKi5jiYjctRH30W2ai8nGfmVhBAxSsWgR529QhDyjdRBJcYDy3kOiqF4kfBTlSFDTCnK5aIZMIlb8h6fh5Og8Vbq6-ufUlXigyuy-ag/s400/P1020696.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529975478526078978" border="0" /></a>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-2962056249828464142010-10-05T16:27:00.000-07:002010-10-06T05:19:59.215-07:00Montauk Trip 2010 - Early OctTook a trip to Montauk to fish with some amigos. Here are some pics.<br /><br />Getting ready at 12am to get up at 5am.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gLVS79o8Eg25qWwnseaJTPRyAfNUjXwq0kijYVd97yaq9gIiY8X_BssZ-qaX4Go5bFAL9a5KA60uKPmUD_et1l9-nJ0CadG4OhmENpC-Qma3gfEhwx3TuTdArzP7Jq7K-vNsJmEJ580/s1600/P1020517.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gLVS79o8Eg25qWwnseaJTPRyAfNUjXwq0kijYVd97yaq9gIiY8X_BssZ-qaX4Go5bFAL9a5KA60uKPmUD_et1l9-nJ0CadG4OhmENpC-Qma3gfEhwx3TuTdArzP7Jq7K-vNsJmEJ580/s400/P1020517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524709624091433794" border="0" /></a><br />On the water before 6am.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrNBLplULfX2D6se-Kcz0p9vub6tudLTl-Nhyny_9pKfBikgUOXRsZmr-s7Hd_VzNPQ248v8loTvoLea1X_yohy_Wy1XQZiqeFldeQdL8SM9mhYX8dIe9VOsYJDyxpNEZwBVB1NArmiM/s1600/P1020518.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrNBLplULfX2D6se-Kcz0p9vub6tudLTl-Nhyny_9pKfBikgUOXRsZmr-s7Hd_VzNPQ248v8loTvoLea1X_yohy_Wy1XQZiqeFldeQdL8SM9mhYX8dIe9VOsYJDyxpNEZwBVB1NArmiM/s400/P1020518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524709626730547362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX8_VAqTzVoMtOhc1DoRYz4Bx1xEy55Grzv3itdI8qE-88DGaHO77N7bPXQiFbp8mTl4U6KskLHZN0AaSkgg-qfuUMntI2EPStF8hqCsBO1kXt_SkkSLHzrrV2dxWyjLsXDNNAf6yV0w/s1600/P1020522.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX8_VAqTzVoMtOhc1DoRYz4Bx1xEy55Grzv3itdI8qE-88DGaHO77N7bPXQiFbp8mTl4U6KskLHZN0AaSkgg-qfuUMntI2EPStF8hqCsBO1kXt_SkkSLHzrrV2dxWyjLsXDNNAf6yV0w/s400/P1020522.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524709630946080082" border="0" /></a><br />My favorite lure. Even though he wasn't cut out for the conditions. 18ft waves on Friday and 20-30mph winds the entire weekend will kick your ass when you're trying to fish in the surf. I only got knocked down once, but I was almost knocked over about a hundred times.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkg74xEXOYonwgXi7BK1Yx8WGp4I5YIQM1LtOgQ0uwZvp38gWbzOA37E8oWUTNGyGqfbr_WER6VYiwjDa1wGIETvAA4h7VLEuacNOauYH2bj7UmnjvMYa1rCPUacDED1hu13l1pLdxiA/s1600/P1020525.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkg74xEXOYonwgXi7BK1Yx8WGp4I5YIQM1LtOgQ0uwZvp38gWbzOA37E8oWUTNGyGqfbr_WER6VYiwjDa1wGIETvAA4h7VLEuacNOauYH2bj7UmnjvMYa1rCPUacDED1hu13l1pLdxiA/s400/P1020525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524735232599693042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wSrcxwUVb6zFWjWVN2hSrM768dROxAW2Ldj36u2hnXes1HxYRwJDruiOEHLhUswKANF-3WLh8svofZeO2KWNhHmo9vegalRc1BBRRErot4VhYuTK6iuuN9KV5fzl1WYOF49ZbdJnLsQ/s1600/P1020527.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wSrcxwUVb6zFWjWVN2hSrM768dROxAW2Ldj36u2hnXes1HxYRwJDruiOEHLhUswKANF-3WLh8svofZeO2KWNhHmo9vegalRc1BBRRErot4VhYuTK6iuuN9KV5fzl1WYOF49ZbdJnLsQ/s400/P1020527.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524735247186691106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb9qBbFkEXHLqacAaMB0zwF-xPB4kxd99tPfidsoWcDcKGnof35rwu1GXijZtFBNpGZvxk7VN5aBPSDg7A92GJgm2ZPbrhOJXiJYR7NloS4Bo4zGR8-PXBJgQ9yHyAUpmW1BFqcdB0u4/s1600/P1020530.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb9qBbFkEXHLqacAaMB0zwF-xPB4kxd99tPfidsoWcDcKGnof35rwu1GXijZtFBNpGZvxk7VN5aBPSDg7A92GJgm2ZPbrhOJXiJYR7NloS4Bo4zGR8-PXBJgQ9yHyAUpmW1BFqcdB0u4/s400/P1020530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524735249446227298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLlNPZq7bvR8Gzh81XxgGzhdVVCZ6MocWLGArYq0rYWmUg8M1M_1ziFlQXhZrKCQrRo3hGOwNdPrGl99w6Z6weqnNrpuqxSvln_ClvU-AcG3GMvOpPDrqECq_VQK8qGknRmOza51P4AM/s1600/P1020532.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLlNPZq7bvR8Gzh81XxgGzhdVVCZ6MocWLGArYq0rYWmUg8M1M_1ziFlQXhZrKCQrRo3hGOwNdPrGl99w6Z6weqnNrpuqxSvln_ClvU-AcG3GMvOpPDrqECq_VQK8qGknRmOza51P4AM/s400/P1020532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524734301242159458" border="0" /></a><br />This guy was hanging onto this flower for dear life.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00b3IPuArTscUkkCOPXDthTjTFDUzj4fXgwZihsZdESBzjQtpa-TzYvgvHA89Q8zuuEM-TdgnmXTsl_TonOUMMogTV2DUx4GC9IHQnadzKYy77VAbk2PEYJNI-aTtfxv1OgjMb4lPSkk/s1600/P1020557.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00b3IPuArTscUkkCOPXDthTjTFDUzj4fXgwZihsZdESBzjQtpa-TzYvgvHA89Q8zuuEM-TdgnmXTsl_TonOUMMogTV2DUx4GC9IHQnadzKYy77VAbk2PEYJNI-aTtfxv1OgjMb4lPSkk/s400/P1020557.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524734309786418402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eKF9gNt2rpslrfHUwKbQmoCT45qyfxVqmxm1QzkXVy86dTKoWijWGzF7GW6rYxq07ChCNSGJ9PkqG4BWvnyLKC1NMLQU0AbBK3tbiHx__2uftzelwBLmTRjcSWo5iItvTAKklyCu1KU/s1600/P1020561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eKF9gNt2rpslrfHUwKbQmoCT45qyfxVqmxm1QzkXVy86dTKoWijWGzF7GW6rYxq07ChCNSGJ9PkqG4BWvnyLKC1NMLQU0AbBK3tbiHx__2uftzelwBLmTRjcSWo5iItvTAKklyCu1KU/s400/P1020561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524734320931745474" border="0" /></a><br />My first fish of the trip, a baby blue. Bucktails were about the only thing that worked in those waves and in that wind. Red pork rind tails baby!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmRT70HSGSWsPeLWY3y6XSg4LSf6uprJJj56s1tYIUhFUa9wXXLL1Hb9gC9ib9L4mnlMliwTHOjIRMtwr3pHuF84px_nJkWI5g20w29UE7WWanOAus9XNMqobUIGCC0lC1TSU-HNtdA0/s1600/P1020574.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmRT70HSGSWsPeLWY3y6XSg4LSf6uprJJj56s1tYIUhFUa9wXXLL1Hb9gC9ib9L4mnlMliwTHOjIRMtwr3pHuF84px_nJkWI5g20w29UE7WWanOAus9XNMqobUIGCC0lC1TSU-HNtdA0/s400/P1020574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524733329294607474" border="0" /></a><br />Steve and his first fish.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnT4o1JIlP6uly5-3PxLTWcuAvcbdjc2sBPL2sHcVbtpTsUeENIG46_9FE7b8jgTsActfH3wx9eUz_DrBRfkJN5SZayfVF2wA7F6e2udNXELNye46_ekHzTpYKjUcAW7rtHPN2qpy19rU/s1600/P1020573.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnT4o1JIlP6uly5-3PxLTWcuAvcbdjc2sBPL2sHcVbtpTsUeENIG46_9FE7b8jgTsActfH3wx9eUz_DrBRfkJN5SZayfVF2wA7F6e2udNXELNye46_ekHzTpYKjUcAW7rtHPN2qpy19rU/s400/P1020573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524733325176584402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8FdCBwoyxARQCJzMTBfJgsYkOlcO0qioar6-FL1t9N1Zslgums6N0DrBUfNQcf8qq6iggVATHc6M1jXlMm0FB_HCAxpPm_Lbm_u9nH3aTerFlAR9oh2ja-Ph5mGTN0ikJ2vyVxd4Qb4/s1600/P1020578.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8FdCBwoyxARQCJzMTBfJgsYkOlcO0qioar6-FL1t9N1Zslgums6N0DrBUfNQcf8qq6iggVATHc6M1jXlMm0FB_HCAxpPm_Lbm_u9nH3aTerFlAR9oh2ja-Ph5mGTN0ikJ2vyVxd4Qb4/s400/P1020578.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524733333356500290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbTnDltv3htCRWJImLlk8t35qqvDeFN-053Rsm0pkisCEDu5KyCI_Q7Z7Qz-VeeVgrCy-UQCZgchF1Ft1c1SG6y-sXywwxD4Old-ReS0JIT-cuj6I2JmsjeKyUiPvaxG2UbhCTzVLmZU/s1600/P1020581.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbTnDltv3htCRWJImLlk8t35qqvDeFN-053Rsm0pkisCEDu5KyCI_Q7Z7Qz-VeeVgrCy-UQCZgchF1Ft1c1SG6y-sXywwxD4Old-ReS0JIT-cuj6I2JmsjeKyUiPvaxG2UbhCTzVLmZU/s400/P1020581.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524732475547410194" border="0" /></a><br />My keeper that within 30 seconds of this photo being taken was swept back to sea by a rogue wave that slammed up the shore and took her even though I dove into the sand to stop her. Live and learn, I will not make that mistake again. I hope to see you another day when you're much fatter.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NLhR-JzbXpmQfiutv7JPcWUUWvWAh8_E11ecukqDOAWA8a6klsqIPoJdDeuwwf58qjkF0bZFB7cTOecSQ1woWT8BS-E-GRHzt0VO6rFge7bX32wf8WE4lTMM0gM5WMwrOyP6SAKOBGY/s1600/P1020582.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NLhR-JzbXpmQfiutv7JPcWUUWvWAh8_E11ecukqDOAWA8a6klsqIPoJdDeuwwf58qjkF0bZFB7cTOecSQ1woWT8BS-E-GRHzt0VO6rFge7bX32wf8WE4lTMM0gM5WMwrOyP6SAKOBGY/s400/P1020582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524732482505425250" border="0" /></a><br />Bass number two. A bit too small.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvvxbIx0SG0WimvkXw3YXDEvgU4DccUOkaxXKM9YMrC3tFKvieMe5dCigTGlp49Yu79gfK-4ND7KDG-WFh4Gz7ciKGw3LlYQNjSXkrpknhjFL_HIa8MGn2742eyWSkreUjpEFVoWHvks/s1600/P1020585.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvvxbIx0SG0WimvkXw3YXDEvgU4DccUOkaxXKM9YMrC3tFKvieMe5dCigTGlp49Yu79gfK-4ND7KDG-WFh4Gz7ciKGw3LlYQNjSXkrpknhjFL_HIa8MGn2742eyWSkreUjpEFVoWHvks/s400/P1020585.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524732487031888066" border="0" /></a><br />Bass number three. And that's it for me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtVVe_0EGGAYNTPuWh_aXrpNC30iRTQh5ze3EyF49iFlLndRlzUKlqQ0xqf-Y01Apg31-d6Oi7NtAn0M2AsKtHCip2woLzE9vcjpCpBmZAM0ULgu7vcKP8dGfo90Aam2Ox04EfXG0YOI/s1600/P1020587.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtVVe_0EGGAYNTPuWh_aXrpNC30iRTQh5ze3EyF49iFlLndRlzUKlqQ0xqf-Y01Apg31-d6Oi7NtAn0M2AsKtHCip2woLzE9vcjpCpBmZAM0ULgu7vcKP8dGfo90Aam2Ox04EfXG0YOI/s400/P1020587.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524746542498926114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGosZ8NeL4Bk7-fEBVhF20Phi4iVGSyadEUIUR8LdWDBZYHOlk6zdFxKr95Dj97C4WODVlAYTHi1fjgytAIG24YMARXPk_BIMG2A6qH3SnB7WkRKFlInrkZn6azZVVQFJ71spOVOVzmo/s1600/P1020588.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGosZ8NeL4Bk7-fEBVhF20Phi4iVGSyadEUIUR8LdWDBZYHOlk6zdFxKr95Dj97C4WODVlAYTHi1fjgytAIG24YMARXPk_BIMG2A6qH3SnB7WkRKFlInrkZn6azZVVQFJ71spOVOVzmo/s400/P1020588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524731871769051602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZopfy4OXxU3sykYF6VODTNkDMKmJLlLrzNHi9sq5b4VCTs2NbG9vuUqMwQ-7RBVlMWr-WX2KMOf3bMF0SLiRmRI4Iegrj6Qd0tP_iQATDnUSehn2kLPAQcISNAqDEDM0GrtfPF5HxWJs/s1600/P1020590.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZopfy4OXxU3sykYF6VODTNkDMKmJLlLrzNHi9sq5b4VCTs2NbG9vuUqMwQ-7RBVlMWr-WX2KMOf3bMF0SLiRmRI4Iegrj6Qd0tP_iQATDnUSehn2kLPAQcISNAqDEDM0GrtfPF5HxWJs/s400/P1020590.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524731876884471282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9IQsFm15AwWDSUxmT5KchhjDQFzmTaPR71MPsoN8oT-CJodteemBzFfb6K1P8veP9qB3S6LWHfjXTuRVs5ivtLgIZE-7S1ZjO7-fagW0iYmWANRMJ_vtkx80usUkHRyf-YPf2QVjSAc/s1600/P1020596.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9IQsFm15AwWDSUxmT5KchhjDQFzmTaPR71MPsoN8oT-CJodteemBzFfb6K1P8veP9qB3S6LWHfjXTuRVs5ivtLgIZE-7S1ZjO7-fagW0iYmWANRMJ_vtkx80usUkHRyf-YPf2QVjSAc/s400/P1020596.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524710822013468946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpvEwY7YWfyyV9YYIk7dmmWwApqmbVKo2ukhmaFwTX06kOJshzg3WuzE3ic4LFrZeNPbzghxvAfML5kI89j1AhDKwIh_By_Al76kIIPV3xHtMK0ked4JGDDjqsDx6OGc8_zDbU2Ni2QE/s1600/P1020595.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpvEwY7YWfyyV9YYIk7dmmWwApqmbVKo2ukhmaFwTX06kOJshzg3WuzE3ic4LFrZeNPbzghxvAfML5kI89j1AhDKwIh_By_Al76kIIPV3xHtMK0ked4JGDDjqsDx6OGc8_zDbU2Ni2QE/s400/P1020595.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524710818857141330" border="0" /></a><br />A random sculpture on the beach.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyAgL82jsnGHui0OLCw2pThaloj6hGB1gCsFLOvXGIalsUeVuQxDDOiSuueOmSRlDvY7JUlrTtdlhGhtNqhCHoJJDCe-YWd9Xiv6lOOEslezs1G2EXs1eyChCn18SfrLO0c6rNePWoOs/s1600/P1020600.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyAgL82jsnGHui0OLCw2pThaloj6hGB1gCsFLOvXGIalsUeVuQxDDOiSuueOmSRlDvY7JUlrTtdlhGhtNqhCHoJJDCe-YWd9Xiv6lOOEslezs1G2EXs1eyChCn18SfrLO0c6rNePWoOs/s400/P1020600.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524710831281972274" border="0" /></a>And here we have a video that is sure to upset most people. But I think Bobby McFerrin has that affect on most people.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-QTquB228mVOt0M3coG8DGw6cK7OgepLblIPeLoGEDkXM3BUjdIvOWkjeuRDTw8niLngqr9yKBVLie_ATfw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-25373390708637100862010-02-12T12:26:00.001-08:002010-10-06T05:21:30.418-07:00Second post card submission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWHKEX-otOUfDERQxlk6_bvfCM9l_Gq4xdyPTN6v1Qnpzt8JR3XvTzmdTX-9m6M2tf_QQJGFhL_KJJy_H5SzW2zcf7zKBmzH7O7r1TLfkJ5PHb2KAH5Ll66GRdQa0XqLSHc72SUoFhz8/s1600-h/postcardsBurned.jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWHKEX-otOUfDERQxlk6_bvfCM9l_Gq4xdyPTN6v1Qnpzt8JR3XvTzmdTX-9m6M2tf_QQJGFhL_KJJy_H5SzW2zcf7zKBmzH7O7r1TLfkJ5PHb2KAH5Ll66GRdQa0XqLSHc72SUoFhz8/s400/postcardsBurned.jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437457334914802210" border="0" /></a><br />I wanted to try another idea I had. I took the postcards and lit them on fire, all the black is from the flame coming up and "painting" the wood in unpredictable ways. I then looked at each and imagined, if those burn marks were people, what would they look like? And these are them.<br /><br />Update: I never submitted these in the end. :(Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-37698765496638531602010-02-07T10:35:00.000-08:002010-02-07T10:43:52.953-08:00Brownstones to Red Dirt submission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xq2jWBMDsq3liWw62QkGg6jL7xuZZSjV2tJjUHcVI9_sx-fIP2HuYchFCkB5JwPkZNshoFlG_a2G1dk6yY7ePXutS3qh8hKHdmPPnRQrUHvboVkO_jQdhf4iDwisws3OZvACquZnzDY/s1600-h/bryanUseo_sc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xq2jWBMDsq3liWw62QkGg6jL7xuZZSjV2tJjUHcVI9_sx-fIP2HuYchFCkB5JwPkZNshoFlG_a2G1dk6yY7ePXutS3qh8hKHdmPPnRQrUHvboVkO_jQdhf4iDwisws3OZvACquZnzDY/s400/bryanUseo_sc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435573962098437010" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Dave and Chad, co-workers of mine at Blue Sky, made a documentary and have organized an art auction to raise money to help build a school in Sierra Leone. This is my submission.<div><br /><div>Graphite done on thin postcards of wood. I haven't done any hand drawings in a long time so this was a fun way to get back into it. Check out the blog with everyone's submissions here, there are a ton of gorgeous pieces up for sale for a good cause:</div><div>http://btorpostcards.blogspot.com/</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-64620472803349657182009-12-17T19:36:00.001-08:002009-12-17T19:39:39.450-08:00VT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FsyqhUfE4iafcf0XReu8G_BdAJgwXgLdPGlZyW5jUfOvTQV963_nJFqq_Bkxh93rqa-0pKMHPopR2VIpKzsoQ3u66djA2SD2nD-SYZZJg5oG4LnwGPRApafSQe7L3LNowU06aGEal6Q/s1600-h/duckPainting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 79px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FsyqhUfE4iafcf0XReu8G_BdAJgwXgLdPGlZyW5jUfOvTQV963_nJFqq_Bkxh93rqa-0pKMHPopR2VIpKzsoQ3u66djA2SD2nD-SYZZJg5oG4LnwGPRApafSQe7L3LNowU06aGEal6Q/s320/duckPainting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416415312151207298" /></a><br /><div>I realized I hadn't posted anything in almost a year, but then I realized that's because I haven't done anything creative really in the last year. Found this image saved from a few months ago and thought I'd put it up. Hopefully more to come soon.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388390297771255510.post-89602429765464604932008-12-21T14:34:00.000-08:002008-12-21T14:35:36.723-08:00Happy Holidays!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-sSUxb7IkrH9Jh6XddJy2qKg16-iskLC54R5qgLUK1UmflVAkx0SP5-TN66lEmsY8jguU6NfP7H6xsmeuZCt5T8d0mAIxfyAuM9IX9cv00wfo5KnctXHp_vQfQBfD5PgkRGBr38U7zs/s1600-h/xmasCard2008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-sSUxb7IkrH9Jh6XddJy2qKg16-iskLC54R5qgLUK1UmflVAkx0SP5-TN66lEmsY8jguU6NfP7H6xsmeuZCt5T8d0mAIxfyAuM9IX9cv00wfo5KnctXHp_vQfQBfD5PgkRGBr38U7zs/s320/xmasCard2008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282375684976417474" /></a>Goosabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00195200664272341147noreply@blogger.com1