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• Baby Dendrobium

  

  Baby Dendromium Orchid, basking in the afternoon sun. (She's hanging in a wooden pot.)So, how's everybody coming on those New Year's Resolutions? Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesdays: New Year's Visitor

  

  He shows up every winter. Hangs out in the meadow behind my house. Scares my dog half to death. And, sometimes me, too! :) For more Wordless Wednesday... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Hidden Objects!

  

  Look close.... Can you spot 'em? I can count at least 12 people in this photo. Dozens more... lounging in the chairs!That should keep you busy on this super... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Old Bitty Orchid

  

  Taken on my iPhone. I'm quite enamored with her velvety purple color. It's so hard to capture but her leaves sparkle in the setting sun. This is the very first... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Insta-Blog 2: The Full Cold Moon

  

  Last night was the last full moon of 2012. Called the Cold Moon because it's the time of year when all we have to celebrate is the long, dark of an icy winter. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Insta-Blog: Who Could It Be...?

  

  This little fella was spying on me as I was gathering up all the junk, overflowing from my rural mailbox. What is he? Who is he? Do you goof around with... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Holiday Wrap Up! And, a Question for the Ages

  

  As of this afternoon, I'm wondering if I should celebrate Epiphany. Not because I'm deeply religious or anything. Mostly because it doesn't happen until... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• This Most Wonderful Time...?

  

  When the phone rang this morning, I refused to answer. I've heard enough complaints for one week.Too busy sorting through recipes. I'm baking Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday: Sky on Fire

  

  Nope ~ I did not photoshop these. It didn't last very long but it was a remarkable sunset. :) For more Wordless Wednesday participants click here! Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Blogger's Bloom Day ~ December, 2012

  Couldn't sleep. Up until the wee hours trolling through my garden photos. Because that's what I do when I'm sad and confused. I hide. Physically in my garden, o... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Irresponsible Vs. 'Sponsible

  

  Christmas lights a' twinkling on my walk last night. Truth be told, I'd choose irresponsible, over 'sponsible any day of the week. {Though that is hardly ever... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesdays: Thriving in My Sunny Window

  

  Christmas CactusFreesiaKalanchoes + Rescued GeraniumsAfrican VioletsPoinsettiaMore KalanchoesThe big sunny window...... keeps this gardener sane on a cold... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday: The Shanghai Cricket

  

  Shanghai Cricket Cool sightings @ the Orchid Show.For more Wordless Wednesday participants click here! Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Praise the Lard

  

  Our bird looked nothing like this, but we still had a whole lotta fun. At 11 a.m., on Thanksgiving morning, I received an email from our hostess saying they wer... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2012 FOOD & DRINK, HOME

• The Oxygen Garden

  

  Favorite annuals are dragged indoors to populate the [indoor] Oxygen Garden. Temperatures have warmed. First snows are a distant memory. I spent a muddy... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day ~ November 2012

  

  Heaps of snow, outdoors Plumeria Buds, indoors. I'm coming up empty on this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. The outdoor gardens are buried under a chilly drift... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday ~ In Case You're Wondering...

  

  Just in case you're wondering... what I must have, truly need, desperately desire for Christmas!For more Wordless Wednesday participants click here! Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• 7th Heaven

  

  They're forecasting 500 inches of snow.Oh... did that make you do a double take? 500 inches of snow for the whole winter, not for today. (And, that's normal thi... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Reflections

  

  CamassiaCan you hear all that backstabbing and name calling?Those incessant warnings of the next apocalypse...? Yeah, me neither.Hey! The election the must be... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday: Real True Goblins!

  

  The Sentries @ Goblin Valley State Park In honor of Halloween and Wordless Wednesday, here's a virtual tour of my favorite destination in southern Utah. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 GARDENING, HOME