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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:52:11 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Yay!
First I have to figure out some way of organizing the front of the house, though. I *think* I'm going to plant them between the house and whatever ivy I leave, some of which needs to be pushed back from the lawn.
In a lot of ways, I'd really like to get some of those panels from Home Depot while I'm workin' on the front. At least for the worst places. I can think about it.
Hm...course, if I planted them in kinda stripes or squares, leaving room between for other annuals once the weather got warmer...that could look really cool in a month or two...
After work maybe it'll stay light long enough for me to do some surveying.
You could spell something that people could read from the air ;~D
I think the alyssum would make a nice border on each side of the walk...
RE the lattice panels... Let me know and we'll run and get them in the truck.
Yesterday, Joshua wanted me to take him to Lowe's for a snapdragon plant (they had these hugh plants for 96 cents). He went and got the required amount out of his bank and I got some change so I could buy some milk while we were out. Well, the milk cost more than I had (and Aldi's doesn't take debit cards) so I had that bit of money in my pocket.
When we were picking out Joshua's snapdragon, I turned to find Matthew (who had not come prepared to buy anything) looking kinda wistfully at a bright yellow snapdragon. You could tell he was regretting not bringing some money, but he never said a word.
It kinda made me proud of him! I said "Would you like one too?" and he said "I didn't know they'd be this nice...but I didn't bring any money." I told him he could borrow my change, since I didn't get that milk.
He was pretty pleased, despite trying to hide it...
The minute we got home, he paid me back out of his ice tray money. Did I need him to? No. But I think he needed to. There's a lesson there, I think.
Not quite sure what, though! LOL!!!
You heard it here first!! The weatherweenies have REDUCED, repeat, REDUCED, the expected snowfall from 6-8" to 1-2" :-)
:-D
Hmmmmmm.....weather underground sez 1-2" for today, but they still have their total through the end of tomorrow at 3-6."
Guess we'll find out.
Mid to upper 70s, partly cloudy skies. We have a cold front coming through on Saturday night so it'll get down into the 50s then. :-D
There's only a 20% chance of rain on Friday, so it shouldn't affect our trip to the Seaquarium.
Small tank, isn't it?
OK... so that means I bring a windbreaker to wear with the shorts? :-)
Looks like a cool thing to do... :-)
We took Jr. to Seaworld when he was two. He was thrilled to see "Shampoo" the Killer Whale...
I have a sweatshirt you can ~borrow~. Might be familiar to ya. *grin*
Lolita is impressive. I was disappointed that I couldn't find a picture of her playing with the Pacific Whitesides.
You'll see it in person anyway.
*laughing*
Shampoo, huh? ;-)
Yep. We bought him the hand puppet. Prolly still have it around somewhere.
Sea World has such a beautiful set-up. The Miami Seaquarium is really cheesy compared to it.
But the cheesiness of the place is its main attraction. :-P
Just realizing that was ~fifteen years~ ago. Sheesh!
Mmm...yeah, along the path would look nice...and define it a bit.
As for the panels...well, I get paid today, and I'm vey tempted to just get 'em, or at least some for near the door. The better it looks out there, the more I feel like I'm actually *home*, ya know? Like I can have family over and all.
I agree. There's a few things too, like taking some tools over and refastening all that skirting around the bottom that's loose, that would really help it look better.
Time flies when you're having fun...er, never mind. ;-)
ooops...did I say that outloud?
No angel graphic for you today :~D
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