Thursday, September 25, 2008
Oops.
I forgot that you had to have a Google or Open ID to leave a comment. I've fixed that! So now all you anonymous people can leave comments too :p
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Win a Custom Designed Greeting Card!
My friend Katie is an awesome graphic and web designer, and she is having a contest for a custom designed greeting card! It can be a birthday invitation, Christmas card, or birth announcement. Check out her website for more details.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Imagination Overdrive
Chloe's imagination has taken off. She is always telling us stories, and shares them with other people too! Here's a few:
- She has another new house. Not sure where it is, but she insists there are two new houses.
- She has a brother and a sister. Usually the brother is one of her stuffed monkeys, Bongo, and her sister is a baby doll, Emma.
- She has a dog. It's stuffed, but apparently he misses her when she goes out.
We get various stories of things she's done "yesterday". She has a pretty good concept of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, which makes for fun stories!
ps. I notice no one has commented on my last post. Chickens!
- She has another new house. Not sure where it is, but she insists there are two new houses.
- She has a brother and a sister. Usually the brother is one of her stuffed monkeys, Bongo, and her sister is a baby doll, Emma.
- She has a dog. It's stuffed, but apparently he misses her when she goes out.
We get various stories of things she's done "yesterday". She has a pretty good concept of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, which makes for fun stories!
ps. I notice no one has commented on my last post. Chickens!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Who are you people?
Wow, there's almost 1,000 hits on our blog, and almost no comments. Are you stalking us? Or just shy?
I dare you to leave a comment on this post. Who are you, and why are you here? (I mean that in a good way, so don't be scared off).
Go ahead, I double-dare-ya!
I dare you to leave a comment on this post. Who are you, and why are you here? (I mean that in a good way, so don't be scared off).
Go ahead, I double-dare-ya!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Not her first, not her last
She fell twice, in one day, on the same knee. I wonder where she gets that from?
Are you singing it wrong too?
Because we've been corrected many times. It's "Baa baa WHITE sheep". Apparently we don't know the correct words.
From our garden!
There are apples, grapes, cucumbers, plums, tomatoes, and zucchini.
Did I mention we have grapes?!?!!!
Did I mention we have grapes?!?!!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
It's Cool
As we were driving home today, Chloe saw a truck that had really big wheels.
"Look, a monster truck! It's big. It's cool. It's my favourite. I like it."
I didn't realize she was a fan of them. Actually, I never knew she even knew what they were called!
"Look, a monster truck! It's big. It's cool. It's my favourite. I like it."
I didn't realize she was a fan of them. Actually, I never knew she even knew what they were called!
Friday, September 12, 2008
The grand finale
This starts at the left side of the backyard.
1) Another climbing plant (on the trellis) and some other flowering thing
2) A funky bush with yellow-outlined leaves
3) Hydrangeas. The blooms are HUGE!
4) Some sort of bleeding heart?
5) Grapes!
6) Big feathery pink things
7) More Black-eyed Susans? And some rhubarb, and something else
8) This tree is out of control
9) Bush
10) Ferns and something else
11) Blueberries, hydrangeas, and (I think) a lilac tree
12) Plum tree - loaded with plums, they're just ready
Okay, that's pretty much the end. I haven't shown you the vegetable garden, or the other grapes (they grow along the deck), and I skipped some plants. So yeah, I need help. Lots of help.
1) Another climbing plant (on the trellis) and some other flowering thing
2) A funky bush with yellow-outlined leaves
3) Hydrangeas. The blooms are HUGE!
4) Some sort of bleeding heart?
5) Grapes!
6) Big feathery pink things
7) More Black-eyed Susans? And some rhubarb, and something else
8) This tree is out of control
9) Bush
10) Ferns and something else
11) Blueberries, hydrangeas, and (I think) a lilac tree
12) Plum tree - loaded with plums, they're just ready
Okay, that's pretty much the end. I haven't shown you the vegetable garden, or the other grapes (they grow along the deck), and I skipped some plants. So yeah, I need help. Lots of help.
Número tres
More of the right side of the backyard. Have I mentioned we have a jungle?
1) I LOVE these flowers. Don't know what they are, but they smell like peaches. I want more.
2) Roses
3) Okay, not a great photo, but these flowers are about 10 feet tall. Really tall, skinny, with flowers at the end. I'll try to get a close-up of the flowers, if that helps.
4) Misc short plants
5) Black-eyed Susan, right?
6) Another rose
7) Tall yellow things. Goldenrod is my only guess
8) Some sort of ground cover, with pink-ish flowers
9) Something that looks dead, and some bush.
10) The cherry tree. We missed this season, unfortunately, but can't wait for next year!
11) The apple tree. I think they're almost ready.
12) We haven't seen any hydrangeas for a while, have we?
13) Lots of stuff
14) Another rose
15) Another hydrangea, and another doomed rhodo
1) I LOVE these flowers. Don't know what they are, but they smell like peaches. I want more.
2) Roses
3) Okay, not a great photo, but these flowers are about 10 feet tall. Really tall, skinny, with flowers at the end. I'll try to get a close-up of the flowers, if that helps.
4) Misc short plants
5) Black-eyed Susan, right?
6) Another rose
7) Tall yellow things. Goldenrod is my only guess
8) Some sort of ground cover, with pink-ish flowers
9) Something that looks dead, and some bush.
10) The cherry tree. We missed this season, unfortunately, but can't wait for next year!
11) The apple tree. I think they're almost ready.
12) We haven't seen any hydrangeas for a while, have we?
13) Lots of stuff
14) Another rose
15) Another hydrangea, and another doomed rhodo
The jungle part deux
Okay, here's part two: the backyard.
1) A very tall climbing rose
2) Some really pretty flowers. Are they some type of lily?
3) A palm tree. It still has the little brochure on it, so I think we're good for instructions. Although I guess I should take the brochure off, before it gets wet (again), hey?
4) Okay, these are half-dead, but they had lots of white flowers
5) This is some sort of climbing vine thing. Wisteria? Clematis? Killer strangling vine?
6) Rose
7) Um. Lots of stuff.
8) VERY tall roses. That's the roof of our house. There's two or three kinds in there.
9) One of the tall roses
11) The top of the tall roses
Whew. Okay, that's one half of the right side of the backyard. More posts to come.
Welcome to the jungle
(aka Name that Plant)
I'm ready to take on a new obsession: gardening. If you haven't seen it already, we have quite the collection of plants. I don't know 99% of them, so if you do, feel free to let me know! I've numbered each photo.
Yes, I'm embarrassed by the state of the garden. Everything is overgrown. I need to start somewhere, but I really don't know what to do. I'm planning on having a garden party, and it's BYOP (bring your own pruner). Everyone that comes gets a free plant to take home! (I'm not kidding)
1) Just to the left of this photo is a giant rhodo. It is going to be pruned to the ground (not a fan). Then there's this little guy. Some sort of hosta?
2) You can see one of our 1,835 hydrangeas (approximate number). Then there's this bush that has leaves with yellow dots. Yes, I am quite descriptive, aren't I?
3) Another hydrangea
4) And another
5) Then this tall thing that has some flowers
6) More tall things with flowers
7) Pretty flower (see the bee?)
8) Another hydrangea?
9) A view from the side
10) And to the left, a whack of shorter plants
11) To the left, this huge thing
12) Some busy ball of something
13) Okay, one I can get. Some sort of rose
14) White flower balls (I think that's the scientific name)
15) Another hydrangea that hasn't bloomed?
16) Tall fern-like things
17) And a view from the front, with the funky umbrella tree
18) The underside of the funky tree
19) Hydrangeas
20) Love the green ones!
And, that's just the FRONT yard. Yikes!
So, if you recognize anything, have any suggestions, tips, warnings, stories, limericks, or haikus, please leave a comment!
I'm ready to take on a new obsession: gardening. If you haven't seen it already, we have quite the collection of plants. I don't know 99% of them, so if you do, feel free to let me know! I've numbered each photo.
Yes, I'm embarrassed by the state of the garden. Everything is overgrown. I need to start somewhere, but I really don't know what to do. I'm planning on having a garden party, and it's BYOP (bring your own pruner). Everyone that comes gets a free plant to take home! (I'm not kidding)
1) Just to the left of this photo is a giant rhodo. It is going to be pruned to the ground (not a fan). Then there's this little guy. Some sort of hosta?
2) You can see one of our 1,835 hydrangeas (approximate number). Then there's this bush that has leaves with yellow dots. Yes, I am quite descriptive, aren't I?
3) Another hydrangea
4) And another
5) Then this tall thing that has some flowers
6) More tall things with flowers
7) Pretty flower (see the bee?)
8) Another hydrangea?
9) A view from the side
10) And to the left, a whack of shorter plants
11) To the left, this huge thing
12) Some busy ball of something
13) Okay, one I can get. Some sort of rose
14) White flower balls (I think that's the scientific name)
15) Another hydrangea that hasn't bloomed?
16) Tall fern-like things
17) And a view from the front, with the funky umbrella tree
18) The underside of the funky tree
19) Hydrangeas
20) Love the green ones!
And, that's just the FRONT yard. Yikes!So, if you recognize anything, have any suggestions, tips, warnings, stories, limericks, or haikus, please leave a comment!
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