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Red, Orange, Blue, Purple, Lavender, Black
Category: Random bulletins from my brain | Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:49 pm The candles are done. I make mostly votives, the molds I have will make only 6 each....my hot plate is on it's last leg and is slooooow to heat up so getting them all done took longer than usual. I had a large bag full of candle bits left over from other candles so it turned into a major project. The house certainly smells good now, all those scents permiating everything and I haven't even started burning them yet. Well, not burning the candles that is. Almost set a pot of wax on fire yesterday. Multi-tasking is not the thing to do when one of those tasks is melting wax. Remembered and got back into the kitchen in time to see lots of thick white smoke rolling up out of the pot. No flames but boy did it smell. We have a large exhaust fan in the backroom so I stood out there with it for awhile to cool it down. Red is cinnamon Orange is Patchouli Blue is Rain Purple is Frankincense and Myrrh Black is also Frankincense and Mryyh Lavender is....chocolate by special request from my youngest daughter This blog entry has been viewed 79 times
It's 15 o'clock in the morning
Category: Random bulletins from my brain | Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:26 pm Has to be cause my cuckoo clock just said so. What can I say, my oldest daughter brought it to me from Switzerland in 1985 when the high school jazz band performed at the Montrose Jazz festival. It is getting old too and with the road construction about two blocks away going on for the last 6+ months, it is probably clogged with dust. For the first time in what seems like forever, I have the house to myself for the day. No one to ask, request, want or suggest I do anything for them....well except for the dog wanting out once in while. I was going to work in the garden but I got somewhat caught up yesterday since there is a chance of storms all weekend. As soon as the dishwasher shuts off, I am going to start making candles. My Mom ran out sooner than I expected so I took her most of mine last Sunday. Haven't decided on the scents yet, but I need purple for the bathroom, orange for the kitchen, red or dark blue for the bedroom, sage green for the living room. While I wait for the wax to harden in the mold, I plan on knitting and watching some of my favorite movies to knit by. This blog entry has been viewed 42 times
Worms, a Snake and the Hawk
Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:43 pm I don't often get to spend 4 hours working in the back yard but with the sky darkly overcast preparing for the spring storm moving our way this evening it was just too good to pass up. Allium bulbs are in the ground and the Sweet Broom plant is nice and snug in her new home. Moved the Hyacinths out of the various garden locations into a large bucket.....I now have a Hyacinth Bucket, "noooo it's pronounced Bouquet". Yes I watch a lot of British sitcoms on our PBS station. The cucumber seedlings have broken the surface but the other seeds are taking their dear sweet time. Too impatient I know. Found lots of worms while digging thru the flower beds pulling out weeds...always a good sign. Found a baby garden snake curled up under a brick I moved to clean up the edge of a bed....also a good sign just quite startling. I needed to work where he was, so he took a flight across the yard to a more out of my way location. Now the Hawk, not such a good sign for the birds who were enjoying their lunch at my feeders but really cool to watch. I was working on a bed and had my back to the feeders that were alive with a noisy lunch crowd....heard the swooshing sound of 30-40 birds ranging in size from sparrows to large grackles all taking off at once. Nothing really new, I figured one of the local cats had been sighted by the lookout bird. I had to empty my bucket of weeds, figured I would chase the cat off while I was up. Couldn't find the cat but looked up to see a good sized Hawk circling over the area.....three doves in the Hackberry tree and not another bird in sight. Several minutes later I heard the noisy diners return so I knew the Hawk had moved on. This blog entry has been viewed 51 times
In Like a Lamb
Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:44 pm March is definitely coming in like a lamb today. Nary a cloud in the sky and warming into the mid 80's. Most of the new herbs are planted now. I didn't know that another name for Tarragon was Mexican Mint Marigold....I have had one of those for a couple of years and love it, now I have three. I put almost all the herbs in containers. I can move them around with the sun as the trees leaf out besides I really want to grow some vegies this year and need the ground space. Got the cucumber seeds in pots this morning. Went back to the old standard variety for pickles this year. I attempted some white cukes last year, even before the rain stopped there was trouble with them. They flowered but only 4 blossoms set fruit.....can't make many jars of pickles with only 4 cukes. I need to get the Okra started and maybe more cotton this year. I am also going to try a Three Sisters garden plot. It is a Native American form of planting corn, pole beans and squash in the same hole. The corn stalk becomes the pole for the bean vine to climb and the squash vine circles around the base to act as mulch to keep the weeds down. I have six red Freedom hedge roses that I planted long before I really started gardening and before the Hackberry tree got so large. Three of them just don't get enough sun, my oldest daughter wants them in her backyard so I cut them way back a couple of weeks ago to make it easier to handle when moving them and they are really starting to put out new growth. Guess they liked it. The three I am keeping are really bushing out too, won't be long before the buds form. AND the Sweet Autumn Clematis is coming back!!! It didn't do very well at all the first or second year it was planted so I figured last years drought would have been the end of it. But there is new growth all up and down the vine and the vine is getting longer. Working in the front yard on Monday I found two acorns that were beginning to sprout. The squirrels had planted them where I didn't want them so they are now in a big pot out back to see if they continue growing. Really hope they do, we sure could use some trees in the front yard. This blog entry has been viewed 48 times
Evil Day Star
Category: Random bulletins from my brain | Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:35 pm 10 days since we have seen it, I must close the doors and curtains - hide from the brightness of it. This strange, large, bright ball in the sky....it hurts us!!! I really prefer cloudy days, the heavier the overcast the better. It is going to be hard to live with hubby for a while. He bought me that humongous rain gauge on Friday, got it mounted in the back yard just as the rain was really starting to come down heavy and we got just over 4 inches of rain from then thru last night. He is certain he made it happen. The upside is we got just over 4 inches of rain. This blog entry has been viewed 62 times
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New, Large....really Large rain gauge
Category: Random bulletins from my brain | Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:50 pm My hubby bought me a new rain gauge at the garden center today. He has trouble seeing the markings on the small one I have used for years and apparently translated that into MY having trouble seeing the markings since I am older than he is. I know he is trying to be helpful, thoughtful and sweet...... remembering that prevents me from doing him bodily harm. This blog entry has been viewed 332 times
Just singing in the rain
Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:24 pm thank your lucky stars that you don't have to hear me tho. We are only getting about 1/2 inch but it has been a slow steady rain almost all day. Of course this was the first chance I had to go to one of the best native/organic nurseries in the county. The herb section is covered so I was able to shop and stay fairly dry. It was certainly pleasant listening to the rain hitting the plastic roofing and the ocassional splash of water hitting the top of my head and running into my eye was fun......no really, I truely enjoyed it. FRED will soon be home to more plants..... Pennyroyal where our dog has to go thru it to come inside Curry....I don't cook very much but the plants smell soooo good Thyme, again I don't cook but I like it Feverfew, good for headaches so I hope to dry it for tea when needed Tarragon, my oldest loves it in flavored vinegar Lemon Balm, again I love the smell Sage....purple sage actually Peppermint, again for tea 2 sweet pea vines that I think will be turned loose to cover the windmill one pink phlox (yes I hate pink and yes I bought a pink one, call me weak when it comes to pretty plants) 3 scarlet geraniums for the planter on the front porch Next week will be wonderful gardening weather here, close to 80F by the end of next week. This blog entry has been viewed 49 times
Colder than a well diggers back pocket
Category: Random bulletins from my brain | Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:00 am Winter is here. Only three months late and only 4 days long but I was afraid it had forgotten us completely. 24 degrees F outside with a wind chill of 11 degrees now. Supper of red beans with rice and cornbread.....hubby will be making lattes later and I am starting over for the 4th time on a sweater whose gauge I just can't seem to get correct. Grandsons are here for the weekend, they are playing video games with my youngest daughter and eating supper. This blog entry has been viewed 51 times
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Oh yeah, the front yard
Category: Random bulletins from my brain | Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:57 pm I need a lackey, my husband thinks it is him but he hates yard work and won't do but a portion of the work that needs done out in the front yard. He did buy a chainsaw last week and volunteered to use it last evening...saying something about making up for forgetting to buy me chocolates or flowers for Valentines. Guilt can be a good thing, wonder how much yard work I can get out of him because of it. hehehehe We have two crepe myrtles between the sidewalk and the street that I trimmed yesterday morning. I do NOT cut them way back as appears to be the way the so called landscapers say it should be done, most landscape experts call that crepe murder. Mine are just trimmed enough to keep them from scratching cars parking in the street and let people walk down the sidewalk by them without having to double over to do it. We will be taking out the remains of the original shrubs next to the house. They were planted when the house was built and are way too high maintenance. I want to replace them with an assortment of native grass plants, then work on filling the rest of the yard with native plants. This blog entry has been viewed 56 times
Fred's Birdy Bed-n-Breakfast
Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:34 pm We had a king-size bed headboard in the backroom for several years that my daughter didn’t want with her bed, so we attached it to the back wall and started adding the birdhouses. The two on the right have seen many babies over the past 5 years, especially the smaller one. One Momma sparrow hatched at least 10 babies in it between April and June of last year. The red two story one in the middle must be cursed or may sparrows don’t like the color red, it has been there as long as those other two but never been used. The two on the left were just added last month, but already have had Mommas checking them out for their families this spring. The houses face east so they get the morning sun in early spring, then when the large pecan tree nearby leafs out they are shaded from the summer heat. The eave overhang is quite deep so they are protected from the rain too. My washing machine and dryer are in the back room just to the left of that wall and with the window open in spring I can hear the babies cheeping and keep an eye on their progress while doing the dreaded laundry. 
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