Monday, 14 May 2007
sometimes ...
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007
mariachi, flowers, and dye
I am in an amazing mood. One of those post-excercise endorphin-caused good moods. And I must tell you, it's great. The frozen yogurt helped, too.
I danced at a middle school this afternoon, and that was interesting. Middle schoolers + bagpipes = quite the combination! There were quite a few more "punk" or "rocker" kids than I expected. Kids with local band shirts, albeit crappy ones. I ever saw a girl with her septum pierced. Kind of weird for middle school, don'tcha think? There was also an amazing mariachi band. They played a cover of "Livin' La Vida Loca" and the Macarena. They were great! Definitely got a better response than we did, but that's no shock. I didn't take any pictures because I suck. At life.
I'm really happy that it's finally starting to really be spring 'round these parts. I can spend endless hours in the yard gardening and not be cold! I bought some new violas, and I'm stoked about them. They're so cute! I love little, petite flowers. Pansies just aren't as cute, to me.
Everything is blooming and growing! I've started a bunch of seeds, and there have been a few surprises. Let's just say come Halloween, I might be prepared.
I also did a little more dyeing. I found some neon and some black food coloring, and had to test them out. The black always came out brown, but the neons were perfect! Look:
I was planning on buying some dye your own sock yarn, but knitpicks only lets you pay with a credit card. no paypal! so none for me. (unless i'm mistaken, in which case feel free to set me straight.) I am envisioning blue and green striped socks.Something like this maybe, but just the blue and green.
Kind off off-topic, but I saw the Street Dogs last month and they were amazing. I definitely reccomend them if you're into that kind of thing. I was just listening to them, and I remembered.
Okay, in an effort to blog more often I am going to try to not put up massive posts. So here's where this ends! (I should have some real knitting content soon!)
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Tuesday, 21 November 2006
hummers ... and I don't mean blowjobs or the automobiles.
In spring, I bought a peach-colored abutilon and feel in love with it because it was so pretty. I didn't really pay attention to the tag which said hummingbirds love it. Then, this summer I bought a gorgeous yellow one, and have fallen totally in love with these plants. Well, like the tag says, they attract hummingbirds and I have been seeing two hummers regularly feeding on them. My cannas and hibiscuses as well. I decided I had to have a feeder, too, for old times' sake. I already have so many plants in my yard they can feed from (nectar and bugs!) but I figured what the hell. They can sit and eat rather than having to buzz around. And I always see these amazing pictures on flickr that people have taken of hummingbirds on feeders. I doubt that I could do that because I don't have a nice enough camera or a tripod, but it was still inspiring.
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