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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
update: chairs and avocados and bridal showers
chairs!
andrew continues to work hard on our vintage patio chairs! we are several layers of primer into our first chair, and will be ready to add the color soon. the chairs sat in the backyard over night one night last week, and we woke up to a couple wet and dirty chair pieces. before we could paint the next coat of primer, we had to clean them. i set the pieces in the shower with the intention of getting to them later in the day.. but looks like a couple of other goobers got to them first.
avocados!
less than thrilling news. it is still a brown pit on two toothpicks in a yellow glass. however, i must admit we had a slight mishap. let's just say the present pit is not the same pit as the one i photographed several weeks ago. a less than perfect tooth-picking job, mixed with a high-cat-traffic area, caused the pit to fall and sit submerged in the water for a while. the pit eventually split, and so i went on the search for a new pit. we found one, and it's doing quite fine so far. no roots. will photograph as soon as some excitement hapens.
bridal shower!
it's happening this saturday. it will not be outside in the backyard. awful mosquitoes (what is a cheap way to get rid of those jerks?!), deconstructed metal chairs with gray primer, HOT, mosquitoes, and a landscape-work-in-progress. however, the inside of the house is shaping up nicely, so i'm looking forward to having people over. we'll have some quesadillas, spinach and artichoke dip, chips and salsa, cupcakes, sangria and more. i am pretty pumped, but busy getting it all together. i'll post some pictures after it all goes down.
oh, and once again, SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW! my backpack is packed, my clothes are picked out, and the coffee maker is ready to go. let's gooooooo.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
bob: garden groundskeeper.
it's sinking in: i am no longer a full-time, 9-to-5, computer-and-desk job employee. it's also sinking in that i will no longer be receiving a regular paycheck. yikes.
in an attempt not to dwell on the scarier aspects of what lie ahead, i've just come back from a wonderful vacation with my friends at the beach, and i've got some cool things to share. my friend eleanor's parents live in wilmington, on the intercoastal waterway, in a beautiful house with a possibly even more beautiful yard. i had the pleasure of staying there this past weekend and spend just about every afternoon on wrightsville beach swimming and reading. it was the jam.
in addition to the lush garden right outside the back door, we also visited the hanover county aboretum and airlie gardens. i am grateful for eleanor's patience while we visited these places: i took over 250 photos! every two feet there was something else to document, and i was so glad to have the opportunity to see everything.
today i've got some photos of the amazing retreat that is the yard of eleanor's house. seriously. i could live on the backporch with bob, the cat, who patrols the grounds. bob showed up a few years ago and, in return for some food, assists in yard maintenance and upkeep. he has the endearing habit of following you around the yard, and he finds great pleasure in bulldozing your face with his nose.
behold bob's kingdom:
and finally, bob:
tomorrow: the hanover county aboretum! complete with koi pond!
in an attempt not to dwell on the scarier aspects of what lie ahead, i've just come back from a wonderful vacation with my friends at the beach, and i've got some cool things to share. my friend eleanor's parents live in wilmington, on the intercoastal waterway, in a beautiful house with a possibly even more beautiful yard. i had the pleasure of staying there this past weekend and spend just about every afternoon on wrightsville beach swimming and reading. it was the jam.
in addition to the lush garden right outside the back door, we also visited the hanover county aboretum and airlie gardens. i am grateful for eleanor's patience while we visited these places: i took over 250 photos! every two feet there was something else to document, and i was so glad to have the opportunity to see everything.
today i've got some photos of the amazing retreat that is the yard of eleanor's house. seriously. i could live on the backporch with bob, the cat, who patrols the grounds. bob showed up a few years ago and, in return for some food, assists in yard maintenance and upkeep. he has the endearing habit of following you around the yard, and he finds great pleasure in bulldozing your face with his nose.
behold bob's kingdom:
| view from the back porch. |
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| after a beach rain shower. |
and finally, bob:
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| bob lurking. |
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| bob stare-down. |
tomorrow: the hanover county aboretum! complete with koi pond!
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