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April 24, 2007
Bright new day...
I don't know the story with this kitty, but I found her last night on Etsy and she seems very happy, even tho she's kinda weird looking...if you wanna be a kind-heart, you can donate $1, $5 or $10 to the shelter where she hails from and get a neato pin for your trouble...I think she has a birth defect, I don't think she looks like this due to human intervention...I like weird looking kitties, so I can appreciate her funky little face...I bet she gets around just fine, tho...I gave her $10 just cause I wish I had a kitty who looked like her too...
I feel better already...some Bleak House on PBS last night, some Veronica Mars from Netflix and a good nights sleep...
Its fun to take pics of our yard as it progresses...I ran across some from Christmas when there was nothing but a few decorations in the mud...and now its bursting with color and flying bugs...and its changed even since this pic, Brian mowed the weeds and planted some hummingbbird plants yesterday...i haven't had a chance to get those in the pic yet...things move so fast...and I move so slow...but eventually it all gets done..
We have a new light in the hallway now...it looks great...very old-timey, it even has a beaded tassle hanging down...i like the warm yellow glow the glass lamps give off...makes the house feel warm...once we get some color up on the walls, it won't feel so stark...I think we have lots of hot-weather activities planned for inside the house, like fixing the flooring, painting and all sorts of other stuff we don't know how to do...we are 'outdoor' people, landscape people...but we had to learn that from scratch, so I'm sure we can learn how to paint, or replace carpet (ick, time for it to go), or how to remove that awful popcorn ceiling that I despise...I'd love to put up some faux tin ceiling tiles...this house has great bones, but it needs more personality...we'll get there...we have the front door, that's a good start...
I'm headin' to the torch soon...rock on...
Posted by Donner at April 24, 2007 12:46 AM
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Yard is definitely coming along. I'm so envious. I want to be a gardeny person, but I just can't stick with it. I'll start a plant with the best intentions, and then a few months later I'm sad that I let it die. If only I had a love of cactus or something that could handle that sort of punishment.
Posted by: Tara at April 23, 2007 01:47 PM
you should look into a Xeriscaped yard/garden...you don't have to have any grass (unless you like pampas or purple fountain grasses)...just plant some cactus and succulents, fill the rest of the yard w/ gravel and let it run...there are more details than that, but watering is practically non-existent and you have little maintenance...I didn't say 'none', just minor trimming, cleaning of leaves and such...there's entire books/websites about it...easy to do...
Posted by: donner at April 23, 2007 02:47 PM