tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58979452012-03-03T10:04:36.735-05:00The process of creating my mosaic art pieces.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comBlogger29111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-31959125315234548632012-03-03T10:02:00.002-05:002012-03-03T10:04:36.744-05:00

Plant Daddy bought 65ft of PVC and today we are going to install irrigation in the new garden area...for the summer crops like corn, okra and zucchinni.A storm is expected to blow through tonight. We may not get it all done if the sand scours us. But the long term plan is automatic watering in the July heat.

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Here is some stuff from my email box today...Orlando Florida Writers Association meeting March 7 at 6:30 p.m.Make Your Manuscript ShineJoin us Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 6:30 PM when the Orlando FWA writing group presents Patricia Charpentier of Writing Your Life (.org) who will introduce us to all the current writing gadgets and technology to make producing a book or ebook easier. When you

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I actually won the Pisces Rising Flash Fiction Contest!OMG! OMG!OMG!Details later, I'm having some beers now...hard to type!

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Hope to see everyone at 5:30PM at Pisces Rising Restaurant in Mt Dora at the reading party. I will be reading my 500 word story "The Dealer".Come have a good time and support all the local writers.

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The lady who is coming to visit us is squeamish about bugs.She completely loathes spiders.Wildlife? Forgetaboutit.Good thing I was the one who found the lizard in the bathroom this morning.Lizard successfully captured and released into the nandina bush outside.Peace shall reign!

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Our crepe myrtles have not bloomed well the last few years.To be honest, we haven't given them any care.No fertilizer, no irrigation, and no pruning.Well, all that changed this weekend. Plant Daddy and I pruned the heck out of our 2 big specimens.I spent the afternoon hauling branches off to the dump pile while PD and the Z boys welded his truck muffler.We expect to have some nice flowers this

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Plant Daddy and I have had it with the pool. A 30 year old pool is a lot of maintenance and when the pump broke...again...this week, we threw in the towel."We are filling that hole in the ground in!" we exclaimed.So I phoned the pool guy. It was actually the original company that had put the pool in! I thought this would be a poetic end for the old swimming hole.The guy had an appointment to give

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Rooms to Go showed up right on time and the two nice fellows set up a new bed.RTG truck in my drivewayRTG day bed in the guestroom

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Shopping Day TodayCompany is coming next weekend. I have to get things ready.One of the items I need and have never owned is a luggage rack.I looked at Lake Square Mall on Wednesday.I trotted through Belk’s and Target and Penney’s. No luggage racks to be had.I looked on line. Bed, Bath and Beyond had several, so I decided to drive to Sanford. First I went to World Market. I wanted some Tiger

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A friend of mine sent an email and I opened the link.It was a virus. So if you get an email from me and it has a link...DO NOT open the link. And if you open it, don't worry, you can just take it to a computer place and get it purged out. Nargh!

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This fish has some teeth doesn't he?Plant Daddy caught it this afternoon. Says it's called a Sheepshead.Tomorrow, we call it "Dinner"!

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Here's a photo of our adventures moving furniture on Sunday...On Sunday I went to the Rooms to Go website to get some replacement furniture. The website was under construction. Yesterday, I went to Rooms to Go website to get some replacement furniture. They didn't have what I wanted.Macy's did...Oh No! I'll be toodling over to Macy's in a couple of days to check out the matress sales.Meanwhile,

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On Thursday afternoon, Little Pastry Chef forgot to get electricity turned on in her new apartment. So we did not know the schedule for moving her and her stuff to new digs.On Thursday afternoon, Aunt Denver and Uncle Circuit were in the skies, flying to town for a Ham convention. I wanted to see them as soon as they were settled. But I did not know the moving schedule.On Thursday afternoon, we

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Here's the new USDA Hardiness Map just out this week. We are still on the border between 9a and 9b....but heck, this winter is so warm and wacky, it feels like we all live in Zone 11!Planted flowering peas last night. I hope they are fragrant too. I am chomping at the bit to get green beans in the ground, but too fearful that a frost would catch me. Today I need to cut broccoli and maybe plant an

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This popped into my mail box yesterday!You’re InvitedtoCome Meet and Hear the Winnersof theWriters One Flight Up-Pisces Rising and Pulse the Magazine Flash Fiction ContestAt the Pisces Rising 239 West LoungeLeap DayWednesday - February 29 - 5:30 PMHear the winning stories for the Pisces Rising Writers One Flight Up Pulse Magazine Flash Fiction contest Based on the original painting by Lauren

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So I drove to Apopka today to take another IRS letter over to the accountant. "Grrrr," says I."Not to worry," says the accountant with a smile. (I am as worried about the accountant's bill as I am about the IRS these days.) On the way home, I stopped at the Post Office to buy stamps.A sign scotch taped to the locked door read "Back in 5 minutes."A man was waiting by the door."How long have you

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-9163933541710589202012-02-04T18:57:00.001-05:002012-02-04T18:58:42.727-05:00

This morning I decided to go over to the Mt Dora Arts Festival. I wanted to check a price at one artist’s booth. I also wanted to meander over to the Marine Company on the lake and buy some Corrosion X rust remover for Plant Daddy.You know what God does when you make plans, right?HA!Did somebody schedule a bicycle festival and an arts festival at the same time? Bicycles were everywhere. Hundreds

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When Plant Daddy comes home from work, I like to have his dinner ready.When Little Pastry Chef comes home from work 3 hours later, I like to have her dinner ready, too. I don't want it to look like leftovers, even though it is, so I try to spiff it up a little. Here is her place setting at the breakfast bar.I added the cute mini-martini glass of fresh squeezed orange juice and Plant Daddy sliced

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My friend Suzy has this gorgeous plumbago growing in her front yard.We've had a mild winter so far so her plant is lush. This weekend I have a yen to go to the Mt Dora Arts Festival. I have not been in years, but there's one particular artist I want to see. I'll try to get up and go before the noon crowds.Maybe I'll stop over and visit my friend's garden and check the plumbago and her vegetable

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Déjà vu all over again!On Saturday, Little Pastry chef and I drove over to Deland. She was staying with friends in the old college town till she could get a job and a place of her own. She got the job (Yay!) and the place of her own will be ready for move in on Feb. 13th. Meanwhile, she will stay here at the farm. So we packed her stuff into the car and moved her home. I want to insert here that

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Today is a grey, rainy, blowy day. Not a good day to be outside.But I look out my kitchen window and see this...My nice planting of happy, bright pansy's cheers me up on a day like this. It's like an investment I put away a few weeks ago so I could use it on a day like today. I would just like to say that I just got a phone call from a customer looking for garden statues. Thanks to the blog I was

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If you sit still long enough, the world comes to your door step.Or you get enlightened or some such nonsense.So today, 10 miles to the north of me, Newt Gingrich is in town making a speech. The Mt Dora crowd was on the noon news all a twitter over his campaign stop there.And 10 miles to the south of me is Rick Santorum in Howey in the Hills. I did not catch the evening news so I cannot report on

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Here is Mosaic Mom's next mosaic project:"It is an old concrete slab chucked on the dump pile near our back fence. I want to make an Easter Island style face on it.I drew an outline in pencil, but the rain washed it off. I'll put it in by marker this weekend. The challenge here is I cannot get power tools back here. I will have to do all the work the old fashioned way...by hand.

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While we are watching the football games today, we are snacking on healthy vegetables.All these are garden fresh...picked and eaten within 2 hours! OK, maybe the Ranch dressing is not so healthy, but give me a break already!We are rooting for San Francisco 49'er's. Go Joe Montana...he's still playing for them isn't he? (I should stick to veggie snacks. Duh!)

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It's true.Every time we go to any commercial place like a hotel lobby, or a mall or a restaurant, Plant Daddy's babies are there. Here's Aglaonema 'Silver Bay' in the lobby of the Embassy Suites in Ft. Lauderdale.That was about the only good thing about the Embassy Suites in Ft. Lauderdale. It wasn't any place I'd ever stay at again. Save your money, keep your piece of mind, stay elsewhere. And

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I saw this at TPIE...The larger, glossy, dark green, fern-like plant in the back is the ZZ plant and the Schefflera-looking plant in the foreground is actually Pachira or Money Tree. This company grows them then wraps the roots in sphagnum moss balls so that they can be displayed in high end decor settings. It's really striking...but not for long term actual production or collection. However, I

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PD and I just got back from attending TPIE in Ft. Lauderdale. TPIE stands for Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition.This is the yearly trade show for commercial plant growers. Being there and seeing all the gorgeous plants and displays thrills us. Now you might think that since we are surrounded by plants all the time we would not want to drive 4 hours south to go see more…but you’d be wrong. We go

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Cauliflower, I like a lot.I boil it in a giant pot.I have one head, and then another.I lather on the creamy butter.Butter’s good and so is curry;Add potatoes, not to worry.Dip it into white Ranch dressing.Cauliflower is a blessing. If you spill it, drip, or squirt, It won’t stain upon your shirt.Add some carrots, make some soup.Add some onions; makes you (fill in the blank).Cauliflower rhymes

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You know it’s a bad economy when…You get to the Mall at noon on a Sunday of a holiday weekend and you are the first car in the lot!You go to the store where you want to get a blouse, and you are the only customer there.You go to the food court for a lunch. The teenaged boy in the apron hands you the “Bourbon Chicken” on a toothpick.You pop it in your mouth and …Oh My God! Spit that out! It is

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Early in our marriage…before Little Pastry Chef came along even…Plant Daddy and I used to go for Saturday night feeds at Morrison’s Restaurant up in the Lake Square Mall.Plant Daddy would usually get a meat and two sides. I’d always get the vegetable plate. Green Beans, Fried eggplant/okra, black-eyed peas, and macaroni and cheese. Yum.Morrison’s is long gone. (Anybody remember what year the roof

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Tonight I haarvested a small box full of tomatoes from our plants in the greenhouses.This warm weather is working from my culinary point of view.

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If you are a young, hip person and you Twitter and Facebook a lot, you can now get an app called “Timehop”. “Timehop” will go back one year on any date and email you all your tweets or posts for that day so you can see what you did. Want to know who you wrote to on your birthday?“Timehop” will fetch the data. Want to know what day you left on vacation?“Timehop” will tell you.To me, this is

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I have not given a hooker report lately….well, quite honestly, I haven’t seen a lot of hookers lately. But in the past 2 days, like a bloom of cactus flowers in the desert after spring rain…I have seen a bounty of them. Yesterday I had to drive into town to take the first volley of tax documents to the accountant. There they were along Hwy 441, in front of the sandwich shop…a black man and woman…

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Yesterday I ran over to Walgreens. I got the usual vitamins and toothpaste and shampoo.I was 4th in line at the pharmacy counter to pay up.All the people in front of me were sick. And by sick I mean coughing and sneezing. Oh Lord and each one signed for their purchase on the terminal.So when it was my turn, I used the Walgreen’s ad and tore off a piece and wrapped it around the stylus. My

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Weather was warm and they were growing like gang busters in the back garden.It's supposed to hit 80 tomorrow. Yahoo. Go Cauliflowers.I harvested carrotts and made carrot slaw.I harvested cauliflower and boiled it up and drowned it in butter.I harvested beets and turned them in to Harvard Beets.Added a little chicken to go woth that. Yummy!After supper PD and I wandered up to the corner gas and

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Bad Mom!Got on Ebay.Bought another ginger jar.Only cost $3.43.Plus shipping.Nice jar for $12.03.I'll photograph it when it gets here.Show it off.

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It was 35 degrees at 8:30pm so we started to trickle the water in the grove.Many has been the night there's been a sudden temperature dive down to 32 and we can't get the emitters on because they've iced up.So we learned to start the irrigation ABOVE 32. We will check it again in an hour and once it hits 32, we will open the valve and ice the citrus trees up.Since it was cold all afternoon, I

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We spent all day lugging plants into the greenhouses and tacking plastic in the greenhouses. Also tossed frost blankets over some of the outdoor shrubs and veggies. I guess we are in for 2 or 3 nights of frost. Well, I've been complaining about the heat, so I got my wish for cold, so I shouldn't complain.Don't forget to enter the WOFU contest this month. Deadline Jan 31. My entries are in...get

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One might have anticipated crap TV last night, seeing how it was Saturday and New Year’s Eve. But NO! We watched 2 really good shows.The first was about the New York Times. It was so-so until they got to the part about the demise/bankruptcy of the Chicago Tribune. The Orlando Sentinel was part of the Tribune group.The show discussed how the Tribune group went to news-lite. I shouted at the TV, “

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I toodled up to the Dollar General at lunch time and bought 2012 calendars.I needed three. Picked up some nice ones.I got flowers for the computer room, so I am looking at a nice picture of pansies now.I also got flowers for the kitchen, so by the refrigerator is a nice photo of camellias.And for the office outside I got birds, so there is a nice cheerful Blue Jay to start the year. Plant Daddy

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Well, I finally gave up and went to the mall today and bought a new pair of shoes.I got my money's worth out of these though, didn't I?I bought a new pair of Sketchers. Originally $69.99, I got 'em on sale for $39.99. I thought I could have gotten more off if I had bargained with the manager who was ringing up the sale.But he was yammerin' away telling me that the Lake Square Mall has been sold

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So the thing is this here...I received my clip copy of Seven Hills Review this afternoon. I right away read my story which tied for First Place. Then I turned to the back pages to read my Bio.Oh No!They did not put my Bio in! By day, I am a ghost writer. I write non-fiction stuff. I get paid; others get the publication credits and the glory.But when it comes to writing fiction, I want my own name

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Yesterday I was up early and hit the road to run to the Post Office.Oh No!Post Office was closed.I toodled over to the bank.Oh No!Bank was closed.At least Publix was open so I could get a loaf of bread and a bottle of TUMS.Today I get to try the route again...with an added stop at the hardware store to get 150 ft. of chicken wire. We took out 4 trees and expanded the garden yesterday. Now we have

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Merry Christmas to AllLittle Pastry Chef baked goodies again today. We had to set the air conditioner on high to balance out the heat. It is really god awful hot. She turned out a tasty, puffy salty cheesy thing, which we gobbled up. Yum. Then she headed back home to start her week. Plant Daddy and I worked in the greenhouse tossing plants covered with gross disgusting spider mites and also ones

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It smells really really good at our house.Besides the flower arrangements, Plant Daddy and Little Pastry Chef herself are in the kitchen.They are baking Blue cheese walnut bread and apple strudel.Yum.I see some sort of fancy European butter in there too!Watch out gall bladder. Here it comes!

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Plant Daddy bought me the most gorgeous flower arrangement!It's fragrant carnations and gerberas and roses and mums. All favorites. What a beautiful centerpiece.He also grew those poinsettias!Started them from cuttings last July.We are all decorated now for the Christmas Eve feast of lasagne, garlic bread and citrus salad. And this year we have our own pastry chef in charge of desserts.(Fruit

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We tried really hard to protect this cat. We loved himSo every night at sundown he got his Fancy Feast Salmon Dinner and Friskies and we locked him in the barn overnight...with nightlights and a radio tuned to his favorite smooth jazz station and water and a potty box.And this morning like every other, Plant Daddy let Bones out at 6:00AM...and he made a bee line towards the east field to catch

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Not the best picture in the world, but here is a shot of the wheelbarrow I planted full of pansies over the weekend...

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-54113968287052328772011-12-17T18:17:00.002-05:002011-12-17T18:19:17.205-05:00

This morning, Little Mind Escape checked the Mosaic Mom blog and according to the clicker counter, she became the 30,000th guest. Awww! Fun Saturday!This morning I visited some friends I hadn’t seen in way too long. They have a Keurig coffee maker, so more visits are coming. Yummy.I came home for lunch and Plant Daddy and I tore Coleus out of the wheelbarrow planter. Also PD was brave and pulled

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So the thing is this here...Go buy some Tasters Choice Decaf Instant Coffee Sticks.Then go buy some small candy canes.I got mine at Walgreen's yesterday because although I was good about avoiding the CUTE cat house on display, I didn't make it past the Christmas candy display...Anyway...Add the candy cane into the cup with the dry instant coffee and when you pour the hot water on, the candy cane

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Writers One Flight Up really IS one flight up.Today they invited me over and I read one story and one poem. But I was so terribly embarrassed...I thought their meeting started at Noon and it started at 11:00AM. So I was 40 minutes late. I was angry at myself. Next time I will check beforehand.While in Mt Dora, I went looking for a kitchenwares shop that used to be there...but no, it is gone. Now

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On the one hand, the cat caught a squirrel and killed it.Yay! One less squirrel.On the OTHER HAND...the cat dragged said dead squirrel carcass behind the dryer in my newly remodeled laundry room! GRRRRR! Get that dead thing OUT NOW!

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I woke up on Sunday morning, padded to the kitchen for a cup of coffee and looked out the window to the east...Uh Oh!It was Plant Daddy's Z Car Club! And I was out of hot dogs to feed them.I made a quick decision to dash to Publix for Oscar Meyers and buns and potato chips and pickles and pork n beans and mustard and donuts for dessert. Yay! Yum! That was a good dinner and definitely the right

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Like any kid, forget the fancy toys; he'll just play with the bag.

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Need some last minute gifts for a Ham Operator on your list?Check this out...Here's the WEB SITE

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Hurray, my computer is back from the shop. Defragged and spybots and cookies gone. I think he installed some new anti virus too. Good. Mostly I'm happy because it no longer takes 10 minutes for the machine to wake up and get going. While I was computerless, I finished reading "Post Office" by Charles Bukowski. I liked it. Similar to Harry Crews...shock for shock's sake, not for the story's sake..

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Bernie brought me a movie to watch.It's called Wasteland.In it an artist named Vik Muniz goes to the dump in Rio de Janiero and works with the recycle pickers to make art.It is all supposed to be "feel good" and look at the noble workers and get involved (at the web site you can buy things to feel like you're connected somehow), or donate,...But I agree with Muniz's wife who says something to the

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Look, you stupid cat, we paid $25.00 at the fancy pet store for the green velvet cat bed so use it!(he doesn't like the fancy pancy bed...loves the cheapies from Walmart. Go figure.

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Bones likes to go underneath the plaid, Walmart, $5.00 Kitty House.When the cat is in this position, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT stick your fingers too close to the edge! We are hanging out roasting a chicken today. Bones gets the giblets.Add mashed potatoes and fresh from the garden green beans. Also fresh from the garden cucumbers and lettuce for salad.We planted a dozen more broccoli today and I

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I provide my kitty with fancy cat homes because he earns them.Here you see he is providing his own play toy.aka female squirrel trying to nest in the attic! Grrr! Get 'um. Good boy.Another cat cube for you!

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The second Writers One Flight Up anthology has arrived! Books can be purchased at the book fair tomorrow at WindHorse Center at 353 Plaza Drive, Eustis, Fl located on Hwy 441 by the Big Lots plaza.(I'll see you there about 1:00PM)or locally at Mail-Express in the Gold’s Gym plaza at Hwy 441 and Donnelly.

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It's almost like having a different house for every day of the week.Yesterday, the stripe house. Today the blue house.

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I have GOT to stay off the aisle at Publix where they sell cat toys.(This is the 3rd kitty bed I've bought this month.)What's wrong with me?But it's so CUTE!

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Visit this site to read an excellent article on Diseases of Dieffenbachia.I have spent much of the day watching the cold front blow in and reading the Kalevala. This Finnish epic is full of talking trees! I love all the talking trees. I cannot think of any other body of poetry or epic saga with so much talking foliage. Can you?My book order arrived from Powell's Books today. I am going to start

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For Plant Daddy’s birthday, I got him some gadgets.The first gadget is a key chain. When you whistle, the key chain lights up and beeps so you can find it. It works great… except that when you open that closet door where we keep the keys, the hinge squeaks and the key chain wails. Thrilling.I got Plant Daddy a mini speaker gadget. You plug it into your computer and hear music. It works great…as

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To get into the Christmas spirit, today I pruned a bunch of cedar branches and magnolia branches and put them in a large vase in the dining room.I harvested 3 large white grapefruits, stuck cloves in them and set them in the fireplace. Not the most festive looks, but it sure smells good in here.

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Hey...Is this Thanksgiving? Or an early Christmas for my Aunt?She bought herself a new car. Wow! Love it!Over the river and through the turnpike booth...zippy, zip, zip!Happy Thanksgiving.

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Today I ran to the Post Office. Then I ran to the bank.Then I ran to Publix.I'm ready for tomorrow. Are you?

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Hey, who wrote that excellent article on HOBBY GREENHOUSES in the Dec/Jan Issue of Florida Gardening Magazine...page 28.Look for it at newsstands soon. Has Palm Trees on the cover.More good news in writing...got a nice certificate from Tallahassee Writers Association. Got invited as a reader to WOFU on December 14th at noon. And...finished my story for the WOFU Pisces Rising Contest. Go visit

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I motored over to Target today to get a Thanksgiving Day tablecloth…Uh Oh! How did I wind up in the cat toy section?How did the cat cube toys wind up in my cart?Why is there a tufted kitty king bed in my check out?(The cat cube toys should come with a warning…you’ll need Band-aids!)Ow.

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-91470957572363640982011-11-18T18:51:00.002-05:002011-11-18T18:56:57.555-05:00

I recently indulged myself. I shelled out $44 and bought a DVD from The Teaching Company.The title of the DVD I bought is “The Art of Reading” however, I am focusing my attention on what the professor says about the literary experience…because that’s what I have to build into the stories I write. This afternoon I listened to Lecture 12 on how to approach the work of the Modernist writers.

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-61094743705441980922011-11-17T10:05:00.002-05:002011-11-17T10:07:41.642-05:00

Here is a link to Plant Daddy's latest paper on how to make foliage plants bloom!Gorgeous photos over there, too!

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I tied for a First in Flash Fiction at the Tallahassee Writers Association this year.Here is a little bit about the person with whom I share the honor.

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Here was an exciting email in my inbox this morning. Results from the Tallahassee Writers Association Flash Fiction Writing Contest:Flash1st (tie)“Play Dead” by Katie Cortese, Tallahassee, FL1st (tie) “Paternity Test” by Barb Henny, Tavares, FL2nd “Release” by Marianne Horchler, Thomasville, GA3rd “Play Ball” by Paula Kiger, Tallahassee, FLHonorable Mention “Bend in the Road” by Iain Baird,

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The fall garden has recovered nicely from the earlir disastrous start. Here's today's view:The onions are great. There are 3 rows of beets yet too small to be seen in this shot. The cauliflower is thriving and the broccoli is catching up.We might even have on time green beans for Thanksgiving!

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-15925910108020323172011-11-11T09:58:00.001-05:002011-11-11T10:00:49.390-05:00

While we were at the Zoo, I spotted this mosaic.It was tucked away in a corner and was hardly noticeable. But I love mosaics; I am always on the look out.I thought this mosaic might be a marker for the cremains of a beloved police dog. I was, after all, standing in the Zoo. It would seem a logical place to lay to rest a service dog. So I snapped a photo of the mosaic.Sorting through the photos a

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Here's a longer view of the Talavera Pottery Grasshopper as the center of the wall mosaic.Now the wall tells a story...the little insect had better be careful...here comes the garden snake to eat him! I finished planting beets in the "real" garden yesterday. Just in the nick of time. A cold front is expected this weekend. At least the little beets will have had a few days to get rooted in before

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-37776156077582762932011-11-09T08:51:00.002-05:002011-11-09T08:57:46.093-05:00

I ordered this little grasshopper from eBay. I thought the colors were just right to match the eggplant. Got it installed, got the background done with white plastic party beads, got it grouted yesterday. No more giant hole in the middle of the eggplant now.(I do need to add some more Heineken glass bottle shards to thicken the carrot tops, but that's a job to do at leisure. Today's job...plant

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On Saturday, we basically sat around and massaged our Segway legs. Ouch!On Sunday, I went to Beall’s and bought myself a sweater. I’ve been needing one for 2 years. I finally gave in and got a nice, burgundy colored, lightweight sweater. I also got a baby blue colored sweatshirt for me and a navy blue sweatshirt for Plant Daddy. Plant Daddy rototilled the newest garden area where the figs were

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The Sanford Zoo has changed its name. They are now the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens.Botanical Garden?Today Plant daddy and I went to check out their plant collection.We had one of the best times of our lives! I signed us up for the Segway tour! We had to watch the video and wear helmets and sign our insurance lives away, but what a HOOT! We were Zippy…OK, Plant Daddy was Zippy. I hit

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-34156914622121248982011-11-03T10:08:00.002-04:002011-11-03T10:12:23.781-04:00

The prompt for the new Drabble contest has been posted. It's "Deathbed Confessions".Now, that is one juicy prompt to write a 100 word story around. One hundred words, no more, no less.Details, deadlines, format Visit Here.

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Today was run the errands day.First stop...the Post Office.Tell me this...Why do people have to stand at the teller window and talk about their lives in a loud voice? WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR LIFE! ALL WE WANT TO DO IS MAIL THE TAX FORM AND GO!The fellow I was behind was wailing on and on about the various ways he was cheating his employer! Just vulgar. No one thought well of him judging by the

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I have always disliked Halloween and I am glad that it is over.I have always loved November 1st. It is always a calm, sunny day. Very peaceful.

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The wall is mosaiced and all the supplies have been put away into storage.My thought is to date the boxes of tile and if I haven't found a use for them in 5 years, I should just toss them into the dumpster. The silverfish will probably have eaten away all the cardboard by then anyway.I am pretty proud of this wall. Proud of having a kid who can design and draw so well. I am proud of my

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First thing yesterday, I scraped off all the funky green tile on that lower leaf and re-mosaiced in Kelly green. I was down to my last handful of tiles in that dark green color. During this process, I ran out of orange tiles and I ran out of pearl grey tiles. Then I grouted from 10 AM till 7PM yesterday. My hands and fingers are screaming today. I have cuts and a blister and the cement dried my

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Just when you get the LAST tile on and you think “Wow! I am done! I can start the final grout now.”You see that the leaf. And the color is not dark green enough. And you are going to have to scrape it off and start again.Which means another session of sitting on that concrete floor. Ow!

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Our first garden flatlined. It was so discouraging, but Plant Daddy, ever the hero, re-seeded and this weekend, we got the new cauliflowers planted out.If you look closely, you can also see tomatoes and onions. This afternoon I will install 2 cucumbers in the greenhouse too for winter harvest. Looking to the Spring!!!Plant Daddy removed 3 figs and rototilled this area this morning.Can't you just

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I never really cared for Vodka. It was just that clear, burny liquid that made screwdrivers alcoholic. However...I got a sample bottle of Grey Goose Vodka.Yesterday, being nervous about lots of issues including speaking to a group of 60 people...I opened the bottle.Which is to say, I opened the sample bottle and swigged it straight. I expected my throat to light up like a Girl Scout campfire...

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I am just working along on background now. All the figures are in and only carrot foliage is the last remaining design element...and since carrot foliage is made of broken bits of beer bottles, which are very sharp, I am saving that for the very last.I was asked how many pieces are on the wall. I'd calculate around 15,000 now. Something like that. Anyway all I can say is my thumbs are sore.And I

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-33871862228755020522011-10-17T10:39:00.000-04:002011-10-17T10:40:40.751-04:00

I will be reading for this event! Come hear my short story…”The Cell Phone”Writers One Flight UppresentsFlights of FantasyatMount Dora BrewingEventFlights of Fantasy... An evening of original prose and/or poetry presented by local writers and poets. October 20, Thursday, 7-9 p.m.Held at Mount Dora Brewing and the Rocking Rabbit Brewery – 405 South Highland Street, Mount Dora, FL 32757Details and

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So, how do you spend your Sundays?Probably not doing this...My hands are so sore now, I can hardly move my thumbs. Most of the strain is from wringing the water out of the wipe cloth. Also, to grout the bunny, I had to lie down sideways on the concrete slab. My right hip is really sore. I am going to have to lay off this mosaic stuff for a while.

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Here's what I got grouted this morning.Now my old, tired behind is cramped up from sitting cross legged on that concrete floor...and I have run out of grout...so I am done for the day.I am going to run to Publix for some chicken to grill...might stop at the Home Depot for some more grout supplies, too.

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Hurray! I got the mosaic bunny finished today.It's not the best photo since the sun is casting a shadow. I'll get a better one tomorrow morning.

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When I was at Target Grocery the other day, they gave me a free sample of this stuff.I used the sample tonight to make chicken and dumplings. To open the package, first I tried to pull what looked like a convenient side tab. It didn't open.Then I tried poking a hole with a knife; the gel chicken stuff wouldn't come out. To open the sample, I had to use needle nose pliers!!! I tugged and yanked

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-46627303832411118822011-10-12T13:02:00.002-04:002011-10-12T13:05:41.500-04:00

Wow! Winn Dixie must be feeling some heat from Target's introduction of grocery sales. A coupon arrived today from Winn Dixie offering me a nice incentive to come shop with them.The coupon says "$5 off any 1 pkg WD Brand Beef USDA Choice Roast or Steak". I think I will go buy that!Wait.The coupon expired yesterday. Way to go Winn Dixie.

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-35111781655764971982011-10-12T11:46:00.001-04:002011-10-12T11:47:42.394-04:00

Progress is being made around here…The mosaic bunny is within a square foot of being finishedAnd another one bites the dust. Progress on reducing the squirrel population around here. Good kitty.

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-68224535902193341792011-10-10T19:26:00.002-04:002011-10-10T19:28:46.955-04:00

About those apples I got yesterday at Target with the dollar off coupon...Sigh. I salvaged enough to make scalloped apples for supper. I just hope the "free" eggs turn out better.

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-23459298214184577492011-10-09T19:07:00.000-04:002011-10-09T19:08:36.508-04:00

Three days of rain and I’ve got cabin fever! It’s odd not to have seen the sun since Friday afternoon. Hurricanes move faster than this, followed by hot, azure skies. So far it’s just dull and gray. No breaks in the sky. Not really even squally. Cold (that means 70’s) Blah! Three inches of rain though; I’ll take it. The opening for Target Grocery Store was today. They had mailed me $12 worth of

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-21390125206723262402011-10-08T11:52:00.001-04:002011-10-08T11:55:12.201-04:00

Pineapple, Figs and Persimmons are the fall fruits around here.Here's what we picked yesterday...We are getting really eager for citrus season! Especially with a little cool weather. That yields sweet, sweet oranges. Yum.

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-70100340272715114182011-10-05T20:22:00.001-04:002011-10-05T20:24:10.998-04:00

While the plumbing company worked today digging a new water line from the well to the house...by way of tunneling under the driveway…I worked on the mosaic rabbit. Helped keep me calm.

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