Meet Buddy and Luke. This happens every time the door is opened. Luke is the one that's airborne. I love this photo. via
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
DIY Cement Planters from Food Containers
Aren't these planters lovely? They are molded from used food packaging containers. Instead of throwing away your ice cream cartons and yogurt containers you can make a few troughs for your succulents. You will need:
- Cement (it's the glue that binds the other ingredients)
- Vermiculite (you can use sand instead, but the planters become very heavy)
- Peat moss, pearlite, gravel or rock (add for fun!)
Full tutorial with step-by-step photo illustrations HERE.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Webster Admiring his Yard from Attic Window
While I paid bills upstairs at the desktop computer today Webster looked out on the newly mown back property. I only mowed the left half. You can't see much of the uncut right half. I didn't mow way back either. It doesn't really need it yet. I have sections that I do---front, back, middle, and way back. I almost never cut it all at once. We had rain overnight and this morning. It's starting to shape up and we are having fun doing it. We just got back from our last walk of the day and now it's time to watch a little TV in bed. Goodnight. See you tomorrow.
DragonFly, Up Close and Personal
I took this photo with my Nikon D40 several years ago in 2009 and haven't gotten a better one since.
Our Lady of The Cow Parsley
Don't you love the name of this gorgeous painting by Elisabeth Sonrel, French artist 1874 - 1953? 'Our Lady of The Cow Parsley'. She is a vision of spring and summer for sure. This wildflower grows wild all over the UK. via sofi01 on Flickr
Monday, April 30, 2012
Tucking in Now
Webster and I are both tuckered out from all of our hard work outside. See you tomorrow. Sleep tight.
Webster Helps with The Yardwork
Webster thinks as long as he's outside with me, he's helping. It does make a beautiful lawn ornament, doesn't he? I got out the electric weed whacker that I never mastered yesterday and I finally learned how to use it. My front lawn was way out of control with uneven tufts of tall grass all over the place. Now I'm almost ready for my first mowing. Little trees have started sprouting everywhere too. The only way to have a lawn or a meadow is to keep mowing over them. My poor arms had the shakes after I finished. Now I have to do the back. I'm somewhat encouraged about having to take care of the great outdoors for another season. How about you?
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