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Happy Earth Day!
My hope is future generations will never have to say “remember when there were trees and clear, clean water”……..do what you can to preserve our natural resources. 🙂
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Contrasting Skies
What a difference 14 hours can make in the skies……..other than the obvious light and dark. 🙂 We had intermitent rain showers all day yesterday which cleaned off the Jeep… If you look closely, you can see the storm clouds reflected on the hood. These were taken yesterday evening……we were under a severe thunderstorm warning and tornado watch. In the photo below, you can’t see it but to the right of my shot there were quite a few lightening flashes and you could hear a non-stop rumbling of thunder in a distance. This storm had a history of producing damaging winds and large hail….fortunately we only experienced a soaking rain. And look at…
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Progress
Progress…..movement, as toward a goal; advance. Progress has been made on the side flower bed. I worked about 8 hours yesterday on it and still have a little bit to go. I was contemplating finishing it off this afternoon but that will not happen. Thunderstorms are forecasted so that little bit will have to wait. And I caved……..I was going to turn most of it back into grass ~ but when I began to pull up the weed block, I noticed no weeds underneath, they were all on top of the little bit of old mulch I had there. So I tried pulling a few weeds, they came up very easily. Then I got…
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Skippity Doo Dah
It’s finally Friday…….Skippity Doo Dah!! 🙂 I don’t know about anyone else, but for me one of the hardest weeks at work are the ones that immediately follow time off. The clock couldn’t have moved any slower today ~ by 11 it felt like it should have been time to go! Needless to say, the plans to prep the kitchen for painting never happened this week. I did get some things accomplished, but not that. This weekend will be too nice to stay indoors anyhow so it is probably a good thing I didn’t. I plan to finish the outside flower bed by making it much smaller. Right now it…
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A Day Outside
I had to venture out yesterday and took the opportunity to take a short drive down the Colonial Parkway. I didn’t run into many blooming dogwoods….there were a few but not at locations where I could get some photos. I will try again in a couple of days and will hopefully run across many more. While I had the camera on hand, I took a few photos I wanted to share……. I love odd shaped trees and this one caught my eye…..see how blue our sky was on April 8th! 🙂 When we got home…….I snapped a few outside the house………my dogwood tree a closeup of one of the blooms…… a…
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Outside My Window Today ~ 4.5.09
Outside My Window…is an amazingly beautiful day right now….a bright blue, sunny sky ~ not a cloud in sight ~ and 61 degrees. High today is forecasted to be 70 degrees……..yea baby! But all good things must come to an end…..clouds will come later this evening…..thunderstorms on Monday but still warm and then the mid 50’s on Tuesday!! Ouch. I am thinking…about all the things I want to get done around my house ~ inside and outside ~ during my time off this next week. On my list of things to do is to get the flower garden on the side of my house in order. I’m hoping I get…
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The Great Sunflower Project
Here is a great way to get some free sunflowers for your garden with very little effort. The Great Sunflower Project will send you a packet of Lemon Queen sunflower seeds if you sign up to volunteer. The nice thing about these sunflowers, they can also grow in a pot on your deck or patio so one doesn’t need a large garden to plant them. In exchange for the flower seeds, they are asking volunteers to collect some data on the number of bees that visit your flowers….. Twice per month, we will send you an email giving you the preferred sampling weekend. If you can’t watch your sunflower on one…
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She Needs You……..
She needs you………cast your vote for Mother Earth on Saturday, March 28th, at 8:30 p.m.! For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. For more information……visit Earth Hour.
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Outside My Window Today ~ 3.22.09
Outside My Window…Sunny and cool…..not a cloud in the sky! But looks can be deceiving….it is still not quite warm enough to bring folks out for gardening and car washing. I need to be doing both but not when it is only 45 degrees outside! I am thinking…about all the chores I need to be doing. Laundry, cleaning, soap making……work, work, work when all I want to do is relax, relax, relax. Unfortunately when I’m done here I will need to get myself moving but for now……relaxation! 🙂 I am thankful for…the remote computer access from work and a job that allows me to work from home whenever I want…
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Welcome Spring ~
Today, March 20th, marks the Vernal Equinox…….one of the two days each year between the 19th and the 21st when the night and daylight hours are virtually equal. The other happens in September. This is a time of rebirth and celebration as the earth awakens from her winter slumber, flowers and trees bloom and the temperatures begin to warm the ground and our bodies. A beautiful day in my neighborhood………hope yours is too!