floral pic spam.
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curiouswombatToday has been sunny, although not terribly warm – I think we may just have made 16C 61F – but I spent some time out in the back yard. It is still definitely spring, not summer out there – here be pictures -
The plants in the yard which are currently in flower are tending into the blues now – the first things out were the daffodils, and so the early theme was yellow – but the bulbs in bloom now are mostly blue. Although some of the marigold types are just starting to flower, and the narcissi are still flowering beautifully, and so there are still touches of yellow.
Actually Statler and Waldorf's corner is still very yellow.
Here are some of my narcissi – still looking lovely, where they have usually faded by May.
I have some fritillaries in pots which are rather nice – look.
Finally you can tell it’s sunny around here when the cat takes up residence on the garden table –
In other news, we now have our little baby car – I just haven’t taken any pictures yet. It also has a name – but I will tell you that when I put a picture of it up – so that you can see how apt it is!
The plants in the yard which are currently in flower are tending into the blues now – the first things out were the daffodils, and so the early theme was yellow – but the bulbs in bloom now are mostly blue. Although some of the marigold types are just starting to flower, and the narcissi are still flowering beautifully, and so there are still touches of yellow.
Actually Statler and Waldorf's corner is still very yellow.
Here are some of my narcissi – still looking lovely, where they have usually faded by May.
I have some fritillaries in pots which are rather nice – look.
Finally you can tell it’s sunny around here when the cat takes up residence on the garden table –
In other news, we now have our little baby car – I just haven’t taken any pictures yet. It also has a name – but I will tell you that when I put a picture of it up – so that you can see how apt it is!
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Date: 06/05/2006 07:46 pm (UTC)And I love your smiley plant-pot!
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Date: 06/05/2006 08:02 pm (UTC)Your pictures remind me of the time I had my first apartment. I was on the corner where a lot of sand had wound up during construction. It was pretty barren and ugly so I worked in some soil and cow manure. Then I put in some annuals so I would have some flowers right away but before that I planted some bulbs to have something nice just emerge.
The next year the landlord raised the rent forty dollars a month cause he said that I had such a nice garden and it cost a lot to maintain it.
The moment I pointed out that it was all my own work I received an apology, but no reduction in the rent.
I took all the bulbs out, gave them to a friend, and sowed the garden with salt.
Then I moved out.
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Date: 06/05/2006 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 06/05/2006 08:54 pm (UTC)By the way I was just re-reading 'Ten Years After' and I had a thought. If Dawn had not noticed her apparent immortality and therefore never brought it up, how would this have affected the perception of those around her?
For example, would Buffy have 'remembered' her first as a much younger sibling, then a daughter and onto grandchild? And what if Dawn had encountered Spike later, much later and he did perceive the truth. Would anyone believe him.
Especially if he figured prominently in Buffy's memories of Dawn's conception.
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Date: 06/05/2006 09:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 07/05/2006 07:37 pm (UTC)I keep seeing a mid-nineties style sitcom set about fourteen years after NFA where Spike is called back into Buffy's life cause she can't deal with their rebellious teenage daughter.
The trouble is that Spike remembers the truth about Dawn and can't convince anyone otherwise. His protestations are taken for attempts to avoid his 'responsibilities' to his offspring.
I think it would have to revolve around something that S2C is flirting with in his epic. Does he try to restore altered memories with the possibility of making things worse or does he try to adapt and change to the new matrix.
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Date: 07/05/2006 05:23 am (UTC)Have you started plotting it yet? :->
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Date: 06/05/2006 08:07 pm (UTC)I envy you Statler and Waldorf, as does Miss Perfect.
We are on the verge of getting out the door to the Farmers Market and the Free Comics Day at Danger Room.
Julia, likely picspam on return.
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Date: 06/05/2006 08:13 pm (UTC)Nice to think we have matching pots at the moment.
We've had Statler and Waldorf for a couple of years - they came from the local big D.I.Y. store (B&Q) - and they always make me smile.
Free comics sound good.
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Date: 06/05/2006 09:28 pm (UTC)thank you for sharing!
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Date: 06/05/2006 10:47 pm (UTC)I saw that icon on offer a couple of days ago and thought it was funny - is it Groucho Marx? I'm glad one of my friends picked it up!
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Date: 07/05/2006 05:21 am (UTC)The two old guys on the balcony can probably list groucho in their lineage!
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Date: 06/05/2006 11:13 pm (UTC)Beautiful pot garden. I have some lovely silk plants! ;p
And you kitty? The little black dog has taken to laying about the deck in the very same position. I swear he's part feline.
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:13 am (UTC)My gardening in pots requires me to stick bulbs in, and some bedding plants, at regular intervals, and water regulalry - if it needs much more than that it probably won't survive!
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Date: 06/05/2006 11:57 pm (UTC)Gorgeous catpic too. Thanks for sharing.
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:15 am (UTC)I must do myself a garden icon.
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:19 am (UTC)The baby car is nothing as racy as a mini - it is a Citroen C3, which is little and curvy and of most importance, does very well in crash tests, and has a very low insurance class, becuase it is for my daughter to share when she passes her driving test.
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Date: 07/05/2006 01:06 pm (UTC)Since I got a digital camera I've been taking a lot of pictures of flowers. In NYC, the tulips are almost finished. The cherry and crabapple trees are finished. In front of some of the apartment houses there are impatiens, pansies, etc. in planters or under trees.
Two weeks from tomorrow we will be heading to Colorado for the summer. I have a garden there. As always I am anxious to see how my garden survived the winter.
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Date: 07/05/2006 07:05 pm (UTC)I hope your garden has overwintered well.