No new pics today...

So into the archives I go!

This past summer, Mr. Fleuron and I put in a new pond.  I sited it, did the sketches.  He completely built the pond.  I did the landscaping work around it.  The landscaping is barely started.  This summer my whole garden budget is going into perennials for this border, the front yard, and the hill.

And here we go...

Before we started digging everything up, in late June.

First we sited it out, then put a soaker hose around it so Mr. Fleuron could dig.  The ground was pretty hard and dry in July.  That is Hanna the Fabulous Rottweiler checking it out.

And the digging commences...



1st layer completed

Penny the Wonder Dog Supervising

Laying in the liner.  Luey helping Dad.  Once again, Penny the Wonder Dog making sure things get done just right.

Cut the liner, put in the final blocks, fill and switch fish to new pond.  A little bit of landscaping started.

At the end of the summer you have...

Happy Fishies



And Happy Wildlife!

I can hardly wait until what it looks like by next August!  Even through the winter, it has been lovely.  A little bit of icing over, some snow on that.  Fishes are hibernating at the bottom of the pond.  The winter birdies have been sipping from it, and one even took a very brisk bath!



Pajama Day!

Last Sunday before the return from Winter Break, so I just hang out in my pajamas all day.

I was sitting on the sofa surfing, and Pumpkin joined me.  The camera was sitting on the end table, so I snapped some pics of her.

This is where Big Old Dogs nap when the whole sofa is occupied by other furry creatures.

This picture was taken the other day by Mr. Fleuron.  The ice on the pond is intriguing.  The water is clear all the way to the bottom, so we can see the fish laying there hibernating.  One of them was really active the other day when it got up to the 30's.  Seeing a fish swimming around our little pond in January is not a common thing.

New Look!

I decided to name this something I was likely to actually write about.  I'm pleased with the banner I made.

It is very cold here today.  Like the picture below, but frozen solid.

Hanna got a Christmas present because I joined a Secret Santa on My Smart Puppy.  Here she is enjoying one of the presents.

Tonight I'm going to go see "Tangled."  Supposedly, it has a really good villian.

Hello to a new year!

A few things always happen to me at the beginning of the year:

I have a better attitude.
I start seeds.
I clean house more often.
I actually make a post to my blog.

I really need to change that header to reflect what I'll actually write about.

Today, I started Chamomile and Sweet Peppers, Kaliedescope mix.  Put potting mix in a flat to start a lettuce mix, but I didn't have seeds!

To the left is some cuttings from a Pinapple Sage plant that I started in water.

Cuttings I've been keeping in water, but they were looking a little peaked, so I transplanted them to potting soil today.

Basil

Geranium

Tried fabric felt pens...

They did OK, but not great.  Pink ribbed tank top.  The green is kind of washed out looking.  The pink and purple turned out OK though.

I have a few shirts that have oil spots that I cannot get out, so I'm coloring them with these pens.  I'm working on some scrolls and whatnot to put on them.  For the tank top, I put on a standard vine doodle of mine.

I'll put a pic of it up later.

Last post, I spoke to soon...

Because it has been stinkin' raining EVER since.

Good part of that is the plants really like it.  My snow peas are very tall and are blooming.  The warm weather transplants are doing great because they haven't had any hard sun, and they have received PLENTY of water.  I haven't had to turn on a hose yet.

The bad part is that my town is about to flood, and I've been stuck inside not being able to putter in my gardens.

School officially ended.  I am going to a self-imposed summer school for a few reasons.

Last year I didn't really enjoy my time off because I kept thinking about all the things I had to do, but I didn't DO them.  So I'm going to stay at school for a week with one student volunteer (bless that teenager's heart), then go to a one week conference where I am going to actually get something out of it.  I'll be Adobe Certified when I walk out.  Then back to school for another week.  I'll be able to complete the Spring Supplement, finish writing the district Perkins application, and clean up my room.

So it will be very productive, and I'll be able to take a REAL break with no deadlines looming over my head.

Now if we could just get some sunshine with a 85 degree max, I'd be in heaven.

Spring is passing by quickly, summer is approaching.

I've been doing a lot of gardening lately, and it has been wonderful.  Have all sorts of things planted, and am ready to head out taking hummingbird pictures.  The feeder is out and I have one regular customer already.  A small grayish one with a white breast.

So far I have a bumper crop of lettuce, and am sharing it with a friend.  Spinach and snow peas are just starting to come to harvest time.  Planted basil, brandywine, early girl, and sungold tomatoes.  Out front I just put in four different kinds of thyme, hens and chicks, and some alyssum.

School is coming to a close, and I don't feel like I've been able to do everything I wanted to.  Never do.