The Great Crocus Experiment-Day 1

One of Michelle's Birthday presents was a kit to grow crocuses inside the house! The directions are to fill up the vases with water to just below the narrow part, put the bulb in w/the pointy side up, and put in the refrigerator for 12-16 wks or until the bulb sprouts & is 1.5in tall. Today is day one. We will keep track of the progress weekly until we have blooms!

Flowers & Friends & last day of February

Michelle got these pretty flowers from Gregg for her Birthday. They are very cheerful!

Check it out! The Narcissus (paperwhites) are blooming! Not only are they pretty, but they sure smell good.

It's lovely out today & the Garden Goose felt like hanging out with me for awhile...here we are tip toeing through the herbs.

And my friends the Gnome and Turtle were out enjoying the sun too! The Gnome sure is strong, he's holding me up with one hand!

Happy Birthday to Me! And Michelle too.

For my birthday Michelle got me a new bedding set! Isn't it pretty, I love the pink roses. She also cleaned up & organized my bedroom for me, and painted my bookshelves to match the green leaves on my bedding and put my books & what nots on it! Its' so great to have my books safely on the shelves.

Here's a picture so you can see how great it all looks.

Doug & Riley got me this great little wagon & Michelle get me the little kitty. I'm having a great birthday! Michelle got new bedding too (just a coincidence, Michelle has been wanting new bedding & so got some for me & Gregg got the hint & got Michelle the stuff she'd been wanting), and it's a wonderful chocolate brown sheets and matching comforter. She's quite pleased also. Now if it would just stop raining for a little while so we could play outside it'd be perfect.

Look What's Blooming at Mingus Park

Not quite Spring yet, but there are still some blooms in Mingus park. The pink blooms on this tree are very pretty.

The crocus are still blooming at the park...ours bloomed out already.

Ya gotta love the Magnolia blossums, they are epically pretty.

Close up on the inside of a crocus blossom.

These pretty white flowers are blooming on the pussy willow tree. They almost don't look real.

Check out how this branch is growing. It's all over the place & very interesting.

I just love the Magnolia tree...Riley thinks we need one for our house. It's raining again today, but that's good for the bulbs we planted yesterday, so today we'll just putter around inside. Tomorrow of course is the big day!

A weeding we will go, a weeding we will go...

So that we can plant Daffodils! Aren't the mini ones too cute!

And Narcissus! Doesn't every love Paperwhites?

And more mini daffodils! They were so cute we had to get two batches. Took forever to weed the front planter...I think Grandpa Kirby had it right. If you spit on the ground here it will grow! Took three old 40lb pellet stove bags to clean up the pile of vegatation the wasn't welcome.

And here is Riley at her game on Saturday. Yeah, she's the smallest player on her team, but she's mighty!

My birthday is coming & the weather is beautiful!

The weather is beautiful & we're stuck in an office when we could be out cruising in our car...Michelle insists it's HER car, but come on really???

Or we could be at the beach watching the waves & sealions...

Pretty soon our apple will tree will look like this again!

And we could be out weeding in the garden like my friend Mr Panda...in fact that's the plan for tomorrow afternoon.

And my birthday is on Wednesday! I can't wait! Michelle promises she got me some good presents, but won't even give me a hint what they might be.

New Friends at our House

Michelle has been out hitting the thrift shops & a couple of antique stores. We got a cute little bunny, who has volunteered to be our Easter bunny this year. He's a Barton's Creek Collection by Gund, and his name is Carlie. We got another Eeyore too! This one is dressed in an Easter egg & has a silver foot that is engraved with Easter 2002. And at the last place we went we found this wonderful old teddy bear! He's fully jointed, but no tags or markings, so Michelle has some research to do. We also found this wonderful, vintage, homemade Raggedy Ann that was just too sweet to leave behind.

The weather here has been warm & sunny, but the fog rolled in tonight, so we're not sure what tomorrow's weather will look like. A few more days of this wonderful weather & we'll be able to start working in the garden!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I know this picture is from last year! But, Michelle's computer at home is having issues so we can't upload new pictures at this time. I'm having a good Valentine's Day so far though. Michelle made me a really nice card and I got a boquet of flowers. Gregg got Michelle a cute little bear that makes smoochy noises and some candies and a lovely card, so she's having a good Valentine's Day even though she has to work. We'll get new pictures up as soon as the computer is working, our "computer guy" is going to come look at it today.

Weiner dogs & Crocuses

Michelle got Booger's Dachsund done. Didn't he turn out cute?! He weighs almost 2 lbs & is weighted everywhere. The doll is for Booger's mom Nicole. She needs a little pick me up. Rosie Posie is getting a Raggedy Andy to go with her Raggedy Ann from last time.

And look what's growing in the garden! Crocuses! Michelle is very excited, these are a favorite.

Bears, raindrops, and your moment of Zen

Michelle finished another Mother Bear Project bear...This one is just wearing a sweater, and she's getting better at shaping the head/ears. She's also finished four more blankie bears, but turned over three of them before she took the picture. They were a pink & red one for Valentines day, a light green one, and a light green & pink one...I'm thinking she was ready for spring. This lavender one she used a different type of yarn than she usually uses, but it turned out okay.

Michelle did get a pretty good picture of a raindrop finally. She took like 20 of them yesterday & this was the one she liked best.

And now for your moment of Zen...this is the goldfish pond at Mingus Park. It was drizzly yesterday so this looks really atmospheric doesn't it.

Happy Groundhog's Day!!!

That's right it's one of Michelle's favorite holidays again, it's Groundhog's Day! While out & about looking for Punxsutawney Phil, I ran into some other dapper groundhogs getting ready for their big day.

And here are some more all dressed up for their big day. They certainly go all out don't they. But look how handsome.

And here he is! Punxsutawney Phil himself! So what do you think, did he or didn't he see his shadow? Are we doomed to 6 more weeks of winter or is spring just around the corner? If you'd like to know the answer to this burning question click on this link: www.visitpa.com