Snowtime!

"How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said."

Victor Hugo

TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOM

• PHOTOBOMBING
• GARDEN UPDATE
• GARDEN GIGGLE
• FEEDBACK

GARDEN UPDATE
Lovely late Winter storm brought us some snow the past few days. Thought you might enjoy seeing our garden under its cold blanket!

PHOTOBOMBING

   

GARDEN GIGGLE

·I changed my iPod name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

·I tried to catch some fog. I mist.

·When chemists die, they barium.

·Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

·A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

·I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop anytime.

·How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.

·I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

·This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.

·I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.

·I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words .

·They told me I had type A blood, but it was a type-O.

·A dyslexic man walks into a bra .

·PMS jokes aren't funny, period.

·Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.

·Class trip to the Coca-Cola factory-- I hope there's no pop quiz.

·The Energizer bunny arrested and charged with battery.

·I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

·Did you hear about the cross eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?

·When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

·What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds.

·I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me!

·Broken pencils are pointless.

·What do you call a dinosaur with a extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

·England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool .

·I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.

·I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.

·All the toilets in New York 's police stations have been stolen. Police have nothing to go on.

·I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.

·Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

·Velcro - what a rip off!

·Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy.

·Venison for dinner? Oh deer!

·Earthquake in Washington obviously government's fault.

·I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

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Recycled Art Project: The Love Bee

"Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life."
Leo Buscaglia

TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOM

• AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
• GARDEN UPDATE
• FAUNA
• GARDEN GIGGLE
• GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECYCLED ART PROJECT #0014: THE LOVE BEE  
• FEEDBACK

 

AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY

GARDEN UPDATE
Had some snow a few days ago...pretty stuff, swirling in flurries gently down to the earth. Lately it has been BBBBRRRRRRRRR. Doing some garden clean up, love to see the new stuff hiding underneath!

GARDEN GIGGLE

FAUNA

GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECYCLED ART PROJECT #0014 THE LOVE BEE

Make this adorable garden bee as a welcome to the neighborhood or hostess gift, teacher gift, etc. Super easy and oh-so-bee-youtiful!

You will need:

• Acrylic Paints – Baby Pink, Black, White and Red (Editor's Note: You could do a yellow and black version of this project also)
• Clay Pots, (1) 4"Clay Pot, (1)2"Clay Pot and (1) Clay Saucer
• Pipe Cleaners – White, Black and Green
• Pencil
• Paintbrushes 
• red cardstock
• Lace
• 4"Ribbon
• Low Heat Glue Gun
• Marker, Extra Fine – Black

Instructions:

  Base coat both pots with Baby Pink. Base coat the saucer and inside the larger pot with Black. Allow to dry. Add Red stripes to smaller pot.

 Add White eyes using a pencil eraser. Use a stencil brush or cottonball and Red to lightly paint cheeks. Use paintbrush and black to paint the mouth. Add black dots to the centers of the white eyes with the end of the paintbrush.

Glue the pots together, and then glue the body to the black saucer.

Tie a lace bow for the wings and glue to the back.

 Glue a black pipe cleaner to the back of the bee for the arms and roll up ends.

Glue two black pipe cleaners to the saucer for legs. Roll up the ends and bend at knee.

Fold a green pipe cleaner in half and roll up the ends. Cut a heart from the red cardstock. Write your love message with extra fine marker. Glue heart to the green pipe cleaner. Place in one bee hand.

Fold white pipe cleaner in half and roll up ends for the antennas. Glue to the inside of front of pot.

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Scratch Off Cards

"February knows his fortune well,

Even in the bitterness of dawn

Breaking in the coldest hour of hell,

Revealing but the worst that must be borne.

Underneath the ice the passions sleep

Ablaze with all the beauty of their burning,

Rendering a richness that will keep

Yet warm within the cavern of his yearning."

 Nicholas Gordon  

TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOM

• PHOTOBOMBING
• AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
• GARDEN UPDATE
• FAUNA
• GARDEN GIGGLE
• GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN CRAFT RECIPE #0125 SCRATCH OFF CARDS 
• FEEDBACK

 GARDEN UPDATE
Supposed to be rainy and some snow in a few days. Poor outside plants...still recovering from the night it was NINE degrees! Seeing some beautiful little flowers popping up with the cold nights. Hubby and I have both had the flu from hell now for almost 2 weeks. I personally am on Day 4 of having no voice. :(

AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY 

PHOTOBOMBING

   

GARDEN GIGGLE

Where do horses live?

In the neigh-borhood

Why did the bacon laugh?

Because the egg cracked a yolk!

Where are chicks born?

Chick-cago

What do squirrels give for Valentine's Day?

Forget-me-nuts.

Why did the pig give his girlfriend a box of candy?

It was Valenswine's Day

What did the caveman give his wife on Valentine's Day?

Ughs and kisses.

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

FAUNA

GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN CRAFT RECIPE #0125 SCRATCH OFF CARDS

Trace four hearts onto a piece of folded cardstock. Write romantic words inside each heart...such as I LOVE U, BE MINE, LET'S KISS, UR MINE, CALL ME, LOVER, etc. You can get inspirations from candy hearts. Copy the card onto plain paper to get the heart template; cut out. Cut a strip of clear contact paper long enough to make four hearts. Trace around the heart template on the paper side of the contact paper.

To make the scratch-off solution, mix 2 parts metallic acrylic paint with 1 part dishwashing liquid. Using a small, flat paintbrush, apply a thin coat of the scratch-off solution onto the front side of the contact paper and let dry for an hour. Repeat with a second coat; add a third coat if your paint looks streaky.

Cut out the hearts (following the traced outline), peel off the backing, and stick to your traced hearts on the front of your card. Attach a brand new penny to the front, with the words ARE YOU LUCKY IN LOVE? Cute as can be!

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Christmas Cactus Debunked

TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOM

• GARDEN UPDATE
• CHRISTMAS CACTUS DEBUNKED
• FAUNA
• GARDEN GIGGLE
• FEEDBACK

    

GARDEN UPDATE
Rainy today but at least it is not NINE degrees!! We are hovering around the low 50s and plenty of gray clouds skittering across the skies.
CHRISTMAS CACTUS DEBUNKED
We have many Christmas cacti and find them to be beautiful and exotic when they bloom. I have heard horror advice from my MIL on how you torture them to get them to bloom...not me.

Came across this fantastic article by Jack Christensen that gives you step by step, month by month advice. This is one to save and print out. Enjoy.

Christmas cactus plants are really quite stunning in bloom, aren't they? They grow naturally in tropical climates, so they require specialized care in our locations, and they can sometimes be a bit finicky. They also do not make good houseplants, because the main factors that help them to keep growing and blooming rarely exist indoors.

To initiate flowering, these plants require cool night temperatures- generally in the range of 50-55 degrees F- as well as a minimum of 12-14 hours of darkness per day. If you bring the plant indoors, perhaps this requirement is best achieved by placing it in an unused bathroom each night while in bloom. There is also one more requirement. These plants need some water on a regular basis so the growing medium remains slightly moist on a consistent basis. Oddly, although the Christmas cactus will not tolerate any degree of drying out, they also will not survive if the soil mix remains soggy. Under these conditions each flower may last several days and the whole plant could be in bloom for a couple of months.

By the calendar, here is a general schedule for growing a Christmas cactus. Keep in mind that during daylight hours all year long it should receive bright but no direct sunlight-never the direct rays of the sun.
JANUARY-flowering; Keep soil mix slightly damp but not wet. Feed once during the month at half the recommended rate. Keep in a place where the temperatures stay above 50 degrees at night. Reduce watering when flowering stops.
FEBRUARY- resting; 55 degrees; light, infrequent watering-just enough so that the soil mix does not dry out; feed once during the month at half the recommended rate.
MARCH, APRIL, MAY- water thoroughly whenever potting mix first begins to dry out; feed monthly with a liquid formula recommended for flowering plants- at the normally recommended rate.
JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER- keep the plant outdoors in a spot away from direct sunlight but not in deep shade; water thoroughly whenever potting mix first begins to dry out; feed monthly; protect from snails and slugs.
OCTOBER- stop feeding; water less often; keep in a cool place (50-55degreesF); let the plant have 12-14 hours of complete darkness each night so it will prepare to flower.
NOVEMBER, DECEMBER- flowering; plant may remain outside or be gently moved to a bright spot indoors; water normally; feed monthly at half strength; keep temperatures between 50-55F degrees, at least at night; if indoors, move plant each evening to a dark room overnight to prolong the flowering period.

Whether they are members of the genus Schlumbergera or Zygocactus, Christmas cacti may be cut back at any time between winter and spring. You may remove enough stems to even out the plant and give it a balanced appearance. Do not get too carried away, however. Just bring it back under control.

Thicker stems may be cut with clippers at the points where the two segments connect, but in general, it is better to twist off younger segments instead of cutting them. By the way, if you want, you can place the trimmings into a light, fluffy soil mix and they will usually root and grow into new plants that will bloom next year.

GARDEN GIGGLE

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Snow!

"Whenever she turned her steep focus to me, I felt the warmth that flowers must feel when they bloom through the snow, under the first concentrated rays of the sun.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOM

• GARDEN UPDATE
• FEEDBACK

GARDEN UPDATE

Big storm is here with wind, rain, sleet, snow and lots of BRRRR. Thought you would enjoy some pictures. It's going to be rather epic this weekend as they are predicting 13 degrees!!!! That's 20 degrees below freezing!!

Elvis has left the building and wished he hadn't!

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