Greetings and pic spam.

[curiouswombat]

Firstly - to everyone going to WriterCon - have a wonderful time - safe travel there and safe travel home.

For those of you staying at home like me - never mind - there will still be some of us around on LJ!

I hope everyone is coping well with whatever weather you currently have - here it is hot, for us, around 28-29C, 85F ish - although my car's external thermometer got up to 31C (90F) over lunch time, when the sun was shining on it. But we have the tiniest of breezes, which has kept it reasonably pleasant.

I have been out with my jug, watering all my plants at least once a day, because they don't last long without water, being all in pots. So under the cut are some pictures of how my plants are enjoying the weather -



My lilies have opened - they just sat there as buds for about six weeks, and I thought they would never open, but look -



The sweetpeas that I bought as one little tray of seedlings have provided height and colour in four different areas of the yard, and smell wonderful. They remind me of childhood holidays at my aunt and uncle's in a village about six miles from home - I must write about Lily and Nelson sometime - maybe later in the week!





Frog looks happier than he did last time I put a picture of him onto my journal, as he is now surrounded in colour - nasturtiums, cream marigolds, and snapdragons -



And our climate just seems to suit fuchsias - this one is in a tub in a fairly shady spot - the colours of this are really this bright -






Tonight we may well have thunderstorms, and so some of these may not look quite so good tomorrow!

Comments

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

I'm not going either. We could cook up all sorts of trouble over the weekend.

It is supposed to be around 106F this saturday. OI! I have to be outside at a demo with my Medival group.

Have a good rest of the week

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Gosh - that might be a bit hot - although I guess you could skip the normal underwear for a layer of loose cotton and stand over one of those little battery driven fans!

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

We're being threatened with the 105F weather here in Oregon as well, though it has stayed below 90 so far this week.

*crosses fingers*

The bugs are unseasonably earlier, and the frogs that normally eat them are suffering. So we all suffer.

Meanwhile, though, I saw on another post that you got some awards for the last Fang Fetish round. Congratulations!

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

I'm in Oregon. Where abouts are you?

Meanwhile, though, I saw on another post that you got some awards for the last Fang Fetish round. Congratulations!

Is that directed at me? If so where are those located.

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

Is that directed at me? If so where are those located.

I'm so sorry. I'm having problems with my mouse and trying to use the keyboard to navigate. I thought I had replied directly to CuriousWombat.

I live in Fairview—work in downtown Portland. Where are you at?

*Hopes this goes to right thread since I can't figure out how to scroll*

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

That be ok. I didn't really think I had been nominated.


I'm in Newberg.

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

It always comes as a bit of a shock when I find someone online who is so close.

So many on my flist are in Canada, England, Australia, and the eastern part of the States.

Sometimes I've wondered if West Coast people spend any time on LJ!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I do know one person in California - rincaro - and a lot in the North West coastal area - but that would be different I'm guessing.

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

Oregon is on the NorthWest Costal area. (Portland is about an hour and a half by car from the coast)

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

I have several people on my f-list from The West Coast. (Of scourse about six of them I went to college with.) I did find another Buffy fan from the Portland area.

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

You aren't going to the Willamette Writers conference in August by any chance?

It would be so nice knowing I'm not the only fanfic writer there.

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

Nope. When and where is it?

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

http://www.willamettewriters.com/wwc06/

The 2006 Willamette Writers Conference will be August 4-6th at the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel.

Their blurb:
This year's workshops will be so good you will wish you had a clone before it's over. Choose from over 80 workshops conducted by seasoned pros in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, manuscript editing, publishing, pitching, entering writing contests, research and business. Whether you write self-help books, historic fiction, blockbuster Hollywood screenplays, mysteries, romance, magazine articles, sci-fi, plays, children's books, humor, or simply need help marketing yourself as a professional, you'll find helpful guidance and keen insights at the 2006 Willamette Writer's Conference.

It isn't cheap, unfortunately but I decided to go for it, anyway.

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

I think I'm busy. I have to do a farmer's market to sell pottery. Let me know how it goes. I've friended your journal.

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

I've friended you back. I see you also belong to Open On Sunday. I haven't had time to do the weekly drabbles of late, but it's a great community.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I realised I have two more Californians on my FL - evilawyer and her husband elgarthehepcat, and julia_here, her daughter , fenchurche, and zanthinegirl are all in Washington state. So a few Westerners there!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Weird - that post read 'her daughter weirdcowgirl' when I hit send - Julia is not Fen's Mom!

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

I've suspected before that there are gremlins on LJ, who xlip inthere and change rouy wrods .

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I got an award? I didn't know! I must go and try to find it to say a nice thank you!