Jul 31
2007

Make it Stop!!! More Random Things

Hanna over at This Garden is Illegal made me do it. More random things!!!

This is the new social networking disease (SND)! This time, they are all garden-related and brief. If you want more long-winded random things, visit here and here, where you can also read the rules.

YOU are now officially tagged. (I can see you!) Please add your random things and your link in the comments section at the top of this posting. I am going off to get my shots.

  1. Foo%20Dogs.jpgNumber of rose bushes: 24. Don’t be impressed. My life is not a rose garden. Some are quite small and some are not doing very well.

  2. Number of pairs of garden gloves: 7. My all-purpose favorites are Foxgloves, of which I have three pair—two lavender pairs and one brown pair.
  3. Wintertime garden plans: Topiaries, cultivating my office light garden, more research on Colonial gardens.
  4. Currently reading: Harry Potter. Who isn’t?
  5. Gave up on: Blueberries. I had three varieties and none did well. I tore them out after three years.
  6. Favorite garden art: Foo dogs purchased at the New York Botanical Garden Antique Garden Furniture show.
  7. Always wanted to visit, but never have: White Flower Farm.

 

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February 8th, 2012

Today was Sophie and Sarah’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

They went to the vet to have their teeth cleaned. Sophie came out a few teeth lighter. Both are very tired, hungry, needy and out of sorts.

February is National Pet Dental Health Month, so our vet offers a 15% discount on the cleaning. That’s a big savings. It’s expensive to have a pet’s teeth cleaned because they must be anesthetized. No animal will willingly sit in the dental chair with his/her mouth open!

It must be done though. It’s not just a matter of bad breath—although my little dogs’ breath was plenty bad. Dental problems can lead to more serious health issues.

Well, at least the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day is nearly over. Poor dogs.

Robin

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February 6th, 2012

Another Monday.

Harry and I spent the better part of the weekend painting the master bedroom. We traded off between rolling and detail work and we both made our fair share of messes. For a while Sophie perched on top of a chaise to supervise our work. Sarah was distraught. She does not like change.

Today we get back to normal. I will have to do something about my manicure. Speckled fingernails in Benjamin Moore Light Pewter is not really a good look.

Here’s wishing you a happy, calm and productive week.

Robin

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February 3rd, 2012

If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. We figure it’ll take until Sunday. Harry does most of the rolling—no small chore with high ceilings—and I do all the tedious detail work. You, of course, can pitch in wherever you like.

We’re painting it a dove grey. So if you see some grey in my hair in the next few days, it’s paint. Got it? The grey is paint.

Robin

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February 2nd, 2012

Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate?

We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pull out the photo album of past Groundhog Days and reminisce. We will toast Puxatawny Phil by opening the first bottle of my homemade apfelwein, which I hope is sparkly by now. If it’s any good, you’ll hear more about it.

Cheers!

Robin

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