tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58979452012-01-30T10:09:33.236-05:00The process of creating my mosaic art pieces.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comBlogger28921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-67297540216905280562012-01-30T10:07:00.001-05:002012-01-30T10:09:33.239-05:00

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, “

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-86975615530645516652011-12-31T17:31:00.003-05:002011-12-31T17:40:56.604-05:00

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

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-54938688790103274362011-12-10T16:48:00.001-05:002011-12-10T16:50:06.915-05:00

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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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Today is the 8th year for this blog. Blah blah blahAnyway, starting into year nine! Mighty Fine.Running errands today before the driveway gets dug up tomorrow as the plumbers replace the main water line in to the house. Sigh!

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You know it's going to be a bad day when...At 3:30 AM your hot water heater boils over and the roaring noise wakes you up and Plant Daddy yells, "Turn the breaker off before it catches fire!" And there's water from a leak under the sink and the pump is running and running But you're not sure if it's the hot water heater itselfAnd Plant Daddy crawls under the house and doesn't see anything water

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Today I cut and fit the very last tiles needed to finish the orange. Tomorrow I will grout and...Hip Hip Hurray...I can take the scaffold down tomorrow.

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Garden DisasterOn Wednesday, we sprayed everything in the garden for pickle worm caterpillars. We sprayed BT on the zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers and while we had a sprayer full, we sprayed the beans for leaf rollers and we saw some chewing on the broccoli and the sweet potatoes, so we sprayed those too.Everything we sprayed with BT is now dead. We are stunned. We do not know if …1. There

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Here is a photo of me at the FNATS nursery trade show checking out the new Mahindra Tractor.Mahindra is the largest supplier of tractors in China and India.I thought that would make the company a first rate stock investment, so I looked it up. It used to be on the NYSE but it was delisted due to ...uh oh...accounting irregularities! Oops.But at the trade show I had a chance to check out the

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Yesterday I installed 2 new leaves just to the right of the orange. I was going to add the light purple color there, but I found I had completely used up all the purple tiles. So I made some leaves instead.My goal today is to grout everything north of the snake nose, then move the scaffold to the left to finish the top of the orange. Mosaics get exciting when you get near the end and you can

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I got a good chunk of grout applied in the upper right corner today.The Bluebird of Happiness came out just fine.But more important, I really like the way the purple tile is performing so I am going to use it over by the snake. Today I also sprayed for roaches in the house, did 2 loads of wash, paid the cable bill and the internet bill and cooked mac n cheeze. I am tired now. Will be glad to

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Sweet Potato Casserole Step 1…Go to your backyard and harvest 4 medium sized Sweet Potatoes fresh from the garden…or buy some at Publix. Step 2. Bake them and clean enough to yield about 3 cups of cooked sweet potato in a large bowl.Next couple of steps…Add…1/3 cup of milk½ cup of butter1 cup white sugar2 eggs (which you might have to temper if your potatoes are too hot yet)1 Tablespoon

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Do Not Adjust your sets…I’ve just been a bad blogger lately. Life picked me up and took me for a ride and I am just now having a moment to catch you up!On Thursday I finished all but this much of the upper deck portion of the mosaic wall.To reach this, I put a step ladder on the scaffold and stretched. When Plant Daddy found out I had done this Cirque de Soliel acrobat movement, he immediately

Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217210268899443792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897945.post-85400981467383461232011-09-20T20:06:00.000-04:002011-09-20T20:07:18.703-04:00

This morning I gathered my coupons and I collected my gift cards and drove to Target…only to turn right around and drive home! They are not going to start selling fresh foods until October 9th. Grrr. Couldn’t the flyer have said that?(It probably did, but greedy me just clipped the coupons and assumed…)After I got home, I did laundry and cooked chili and harvested a giant cucumber. No mosaics

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Yesterday, I changed the color of the beak and added leaves to the nesting materials the Bluebird of Happiness is carrying.I think it looks great!I worked all the background around the bird and on the other side of the wall, I finished the Orange. Now all I have is to finish the background around the snake and I can grout everything above the black line! Yay!

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Q: Why is my High Speed Internet Provider just like the U.S.Post Office?A: The rates are going up and the service is going down.I didn't have internet service all morning. Grrr. What if I really needed to pay a bill on line or check the stock reports? As it was, I could not research an article I want to write, so I went back to work on mosaics. Sigh.

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I’ve been up the ladder finishing the top right flower. I think the point of view went a little kilter, but what the hey.I made a lot of progress on the bluebird of happiness, but I still have about 5 tiles to take off and re-fit.That re-do probably won't happen today. It's damn hot. It'll hit 92 again. I think it will be a pool day not a mosaic wall day.

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While I finish some tedious cutwork on the upper right side of the wall…I amuse myself with the first of the grout application on the lower left side…

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Today in the fall garden, I planted one row of yellow Granex onions and one row of purple red granex. Tomorrow I will get a variety called "Candy" planted. It will be a new one for us to try.Also planted 6 broccoli plants. Found some seedling zinnias popping up so I transplanted them over to the south fence. Plant Daddy and the Kitty helped.Tomorrow I have to set the irrigation on the sweet

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Here's a shot of my coleus this summer.They have really done well; almost 6 ft tall. I planted 2 yellow squash and 2 more Zucchinni transplants today. I can taste the roasted veggies now. Yum! Mail service on this route is ridiculous. Sometimes it comes at 10:00AM. Sometimes it comes at 4:00PM. As a business person, I find this totally maddening. I have to drive important documents to the post

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Don't ya love it as a Mom when your kid comes home and says, "Look what I made in school today!"?

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I am a Robert Olen Butler fan. His book about how to write fiction arrived via UPS about 6:ooPM last night. I was up half the night digging in.This book was written as Janet Barroway sat in on Bulter's graduate level lectures up there at FSU and tape recorded and took notes. This is going to be one amazing text book.

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Here are the first two fall zucchini.You will note the Herculean efforts to keep the bunnies back.Over the summer, the bunny population has increased. We now count 5 bunnies daily. The killer cat chased one out of the greenhouse 2 nights ago, but couldn't catch it. So fences are our best strategy in the bunny wars. Tonight we are going to rototill the south garden. Yay! Broccoli time.

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