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Eye Wuv Spwing

Pollen, radical barometric pressure changes, extreme temperature variation, sneezing, sinus drainage, bugs.  Ahh bugs. I have been been attempting to work on a new deck – more like a stoop actually. The wasps seem to be setting up nest in the grill, the carpenter bees in the fence don’t seem to like the wasps and neither seem [...]

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Do you take polls?

I’m testing some poll software.  Hello?  Is this thing on?

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Christmas cactus in February.

I’ve been a gardening slacker, but this is “I suck at gardening.” I have a few more things coming up soon, but for the moment here’s a Christmas cactus cared for by my wife. Fortunately it seems immune to my presence. [click to embiggen]

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Dogs are awesome.

Excerpts from a Dog’s Diary……
8:00 am – Dog food! My favourite thing!
9:30 am – A car ride! My favourite thing!
9:40 am – A walk in the park! My favourite thing!
10:30 am – Got rubbed and petted! My favourite thing!
12:00 pm – Lunch! My favourite thing!
1:00 pm – Played in the yard! My favourite thing!
3:00 pm [...]

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A pale blue dot.

“The Pale Blue Dot” is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1 from a record distance, showing it against the vastness of space. Carl Sagan called the photo of Earth from Voyager ‘a pale blue dot’… “That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, [...]

Why does my tent smell funny?

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I am a lazy bastard.

Why bend over when I can buy a tool to pick up things from the floor?  I bought this handy device to help prevent too much more wear and tear on my back.   I need a holster for it or perhaps a back scabbard? [click to embiggen]
PikStik-Pro Aluminum Reacher, 32

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Grocery Gardening

My sister sent me a copy of her new book.  I plan on getting my head wrapped around it soon and will follow up with a glowing review I’m sure. The copy she sent me appears to be printed upside down but I will figure it out soon. Read more and get a copy here! For comparison purposes [...]

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It did live once.

A quick post – I’ll put a couple more up today.  I wanted to show from the last entry that the little Hibiscus was once alive.

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Not just yet.

I’m looking out of my window at snow. We rarely get any snow around here, but today we have at least 8 inches or so now while it still falls. I was going to write about this little Hibiscus mortius but I don’t know what to say about it. It was pretty? [...]

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