Okay, so I'm up--still. It is 3:16 p.m. Pop has awakened and gotten out of bed 4 times tonight, which--is unusual--and really fine when I look at the big picture. a) it is my job b) he was really amenable to going back to bed within 5 minutes of awakening each time. However, I suffer from an inability to go straight back to sleep after being awakened. (AAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh for those days of childhood when your parents would awaken you as they got you out of the car, and then--two seconds later--you were back asleep on their shoulder and didn't even notice when they laid you down in your own bed, yeah?)
Anyway, so here I am, unable to sleep, and awake and on the computer. I guess I should be studying my Italian, but I'm on my blogspot, pressing "Next Blog." Not necessarily the best thing to do. I'm finding a huge amount of disturbing things after pressing "Next Blog." I'm thinking that I'll quit that for the night when I'm done talking to y'all.
Here are some of the really weird things I've seen in the last hour:
1. On someone's photo blog: A hairy naked man taking a strategically placed cookie sheet--filled with cookies--out of the oven. Two things on this photo: a) y'all will NEVER find anything even close to that photo on MY picture blog. and b) Their concept was cool. It is what made me keep going and--sadly and eventually--find the naked cookie picture. So, their concept: Take a picture sometime on every Saturday to document their lives. They had a large group of friends who often contributed. They had some really interesting photos--naked cookie photo excepted, of course.
2. A black man who is obviously very well educated and well-spoken and well-traveled, but who still falls prey to racial ignorance and has two lists of followers: Those who are "of color" (aka Fly Brothers and Fly Sisters) and those who are NOT of color (aka Fly Others) Even in the opening remarks about his blog, he makes it ALL about color. I've always heard "let's not make it about color" but seems like almost everyone "of" color makes everything " ALL about" color. I'm going to pull a Juan Williams here and say THAT BOTHERS ME.
3. Blogspot put me through a a series of "Next Blogs" in a row which were all about flying airplanes! weird, cos--basically--that isn't something which interests me at all. hmmmmmmmmm. I wonder. and strangely enough whey they finally realized--through ESP--that I was repeating the words "Enough, Already" over and over again, they sent me to a page which is basically the author writing a children's book-which DOES interest me. so, they saved themselves a little on that one. :)
and, ya know--on that positive note--I think I'll try to go back to sleep.
Sweet Dreams, y'all!
or as my Papa J.T. used to say:
"Good Night.
Sleep Tight.
All through the night.
To wake up in the morning
And do what is right
WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
Good Night.
Sleep Tight.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Things that are cool about Pop, # 18
Pop and I had just eaten a meal. I was doing the dishes and he was sitting and sipping the last bit of his water. It was a lazy, relaxed sort of moment (excepting the fact that I was doing dishes).
ME: Pop, I'll tell ya what: I think I might need a nap. I am one tired puppy gal. What about you, Pop?
POP, giving me a stare: Well, I reckon I'm more like one tired puppy BOY!
ME: Pop, I'll tell ya what: I think I might need a nap. I am one tired puppy gal. What about you, Pop?
POP, giving me a stare: Well, I reckon I'm more like one tired puppy BOY!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Mushroom Provolone Sandwich at Books A Million
I ate one for lunch today while I was catching up on letters I need to write. As a matter of fact, the sandwich was pretty tasty. I recommend it! However, if you have any tendency toward acid reflux or heartburn, I would stay away from it.
Either way--Heartburney or not--just imagine eating a delicious Pizza Sandwich! Yum!
Yellow Flowers and Lizards
So, today was a busy day. My "chores" list was long and the day felt like it was packed from start to finish. When I saw these yellow flowers in someone's side yard, I had already accomplished five errands. Bank, post office, Brookshire Brother's for money orders, the VA hospital, and the recycle place in Beaumont. I had just dropped off the recycling at that place with the 6 or 7 big garbage bins full of different re-cycle-able product. Since Buna isn't incorporated, they don't have recycling--prolly cos they have no money to pay for it. Anyway, every few months, I haul our recycling up to Beaumont and sort it into the various bins.
So, I had left there and was heading to fill up the gasoline tank and buy some rectangular planting pots for my new lettuce, spinach, and Brussels Sprouts. I turned left on one particular street because I was coming too close to the freeway. I really like these old neighborhoods. They have neat houses and pretty trees and sometimes I can see things that make me happy. Then, I'll take pictures of them and share them online and hope to make other people happy, too. There is a blog online which I follow. Just yesterday, I was reading how The Green Greek had begun (I think just recently) a photo challenge wherein she would be taking and/or posting pictures with large amounts of yellow in them every Monday. So, I found the yellow flowers, and--of course--I had to stop.
First, I just liked the yellow flowers and I wanted to capture THEM. As I got closer; however, I noticed a couple of butterflies flitting around the tree. I circled the tree, trying to find the best shot. I had just tiptoed to the perfect location to photograph the butterflies when I saw a rapid movement to their left and off the two pretty flyers flew. I was shocked at first. What had happened? Then I looked over to where the rapid movement had occurred. In the exact located which the two butterflies had previously been filling, was a medium-sized perfectly-lizard-green perfect lizard. He turned toward me and gave me the eye. I almost wondered if he was angry with me for a minute. Did he blame me for his loss of lunch? Hmmmmmmm. I looked after the fleeing butterflies for just a moment. When I returned my gaze to the perfect green lizard, he was gone.
I decided it was time to get on my way to the gas station. I hopped back in my car and had an adventure without even knowing it. I turned right onto Laurel (or is it Lauren?) and--unbeknownst to me--I was going the wrong way on a one way street! Yikes! I'm glad I didn't die! Then I wouldn't have been able to do the remaining 7 chores I had to do today! WHEW!!
Monday, October 18, 2010
full circle
I realize this must seem like an odd blog. But this subject has intrigued me from the moment I first started noticing that the "flowers" that were growing in the pot didn't seem too much like flowers. The buds had bloomed and looked like little tiny yellow pepper plants. I was in awe as to how in the world that bunch of flower seeds I planted a month ago could produce a pepper plant. As time wore on, I realized that the tiny little peppers weren't really growing very much. Some suggested--and I decided that they were right--that the peppers were ornamental instead of edible. I was a little less than stoked upon hearing that bit of news. None of the rest of my very first full, real garden were actually producing anything to harvest--excepting, of course, the herbs. I just accepted it and moved on.
More time passed and I noticed that the tiny yellow peppers were turning to tiny darker yellow peppers. And then they turned into tiny orange peppers and finally tiny red peppers. As they are now, the tiny peppers are a beautiful, deep, Autumn red and I love passing them on my way to the faucet to water the plants.
What is also interesting to me is that--at one time--two much smaller plants were growing right beside the larger plant. I extricated them from the larger plant and put them in their own pots. The plants have stayed small--pretty much the same size as they were when they were growing alongside the larger and already red-fruited plant. Throughout the time which has passed since I transplanted the smaller plants, they have just stayed as they were, small and pretty green plants. Now, however, one has actually started to grow some even tinier yellow peppers! I noticed the other day that the other transplant had some teeny tiny flowers on it, and today, I saw the teeniniest little yellow peppers. I can't wait to see them grow and I can't wait to watch them turn darker yellow, orange and deep red. It feels like this journey has made some odd sort of "full circle." And what is pretty cool is that--Now--I get to watch the circle go around again. :)
More time passed and I noticed that the tiny yellow peppers were turning to tiny darker yellow peppers. And then they turned into tiny orange peppers and finally tiny red peppers. As they are now, the tiny peppers are a beautiful, deep, Autumn red and I love passing them on my way to the faucet to water the plants.
What is also interesting to me is that--at one time--two much smaller plants were growing right beside the larger plant. I extricated them from the larger plant and put them in their own pots. The plants have stayed small--pretty much the same size as they were when they were growing alongside the larger and already red-fruited plant. Throughout the time which has passed since I transplanted the smaller plants, they have just stayed as they were, small and pretty green plants. Now, however, one has actually started to grow some even tinier yellow peppers! I noticed the other day that the other transplant had some teeny tiny flowers on it, and today, I saw the teeniniest little yellow peppers. I can't wait to see them grow and I can't wait to watch them turn darker yellow, orange and deep red. It feels like this journey has made some odd sort of "full circle." And what is pretty cool is that--Now--I get to watch the circle go around again. :)
Garden and Weather and Catching up
I was innocently walking through the garden section at Walmart last Tuesday. It was just the easiest way into the store in order to get things done in an efficient and timely manner. However, I noticed an area in the above-mentioned section which contained vegetable starters! Sigh. I mean, what do they expect of me? I'm only human! So, I wandered over to check things out. They didn't have any pepper plants or anything like that, but they did have something which interested me: Lettuce and spinach and Brussels sprouts (Oh, my!) I had to have them, of course. Though it took me a few days--I think it was Thursday before I actually transplanted them--I finally managed to get a few of them transplanted.
Only I didn't get them all transplanted. I was shopping at the local Ace Hardware (Ritter here in Buna)and noticed that I didn't have enough money to buy the dirt and planters needed for ALL the lettuce and spinach and Brussels Sprouts (Oh, my!) I was a little disheartened, but the garden lady there at the Ace told me that--since I had 18 starter lettuces and 18 starter spinaches and 9 starter Brussels Sprouts--I could plant them a few at a time over the course of several weeks. If I did it this way--she said--my harvest period would be longer because when the ones which were planted first started to die out, the others would still be harvest-able. Of course, I HAD to follow her idea seeing as I had not enough moolah. (Here y'all get to see the really weird part of me--"had not enough moolah"? where in the odd place that is my brain did THAT come from?) So, I re-potted three bibb lettuces, three spinaches, and four Brussels Sprouts. I also transplanted a Swiss Chard that I bought at the same time as the other veggies.
I have a ton more transplanting to do. I'm not sure how long they'll all last in those little starter pots though. Surely, they'll get tired of being so cramped fairly soon, yeah?
I also happened to have found a little aloe plant out under a tree near the sheds. I picked it up and decided it needed a little TLC. Aloe is good for a ton o' stuff, ya know?
I also included some pictures of the beautiful sky and Tipper and a few updates at the bottom of the other pictures. I'll you about them later. :)
In order--for now, anyway. sometimes, once I press "post" the order changes. So if things look weird, just kinda use some contest clues to see to which picture I am referring. :)
1. The three Bibb lettuces I transplanted.
2. Pop helping.
3. The Swiss Chard.
4. The Spinach.
5. The Brussels Sprouts
6. All of them in their little planters, including the Greek Oregano I planted a few weeks ago.
7. These are the "waiters." They're waiting on me to have a. the money b. the right time to plant. I keep them watered and in the sun, too. Can't wait 'til it is time to put them in their containers. We'll see how the salad eating goes this Autumn, yeah?
8 and 9. Tipper! She loves to lick all of us. If there is any exposed skin on my leg--if she is near--it is getting licked. Actually, it is pretty ticklish. She makes me laugh a lot. Once she gets used to ya, she is pretty playful. If I lay down in the grass (purposely far away from her), the MINUTE she sees me lying down, she starts running toward me at full speed, slowing down only at the last minute so she doesn't stomp me. When she reaches me, she starts licking me for all it is worth and if she isn't doing that, she is rolling around on her back, making friendly growling noises. I decided I wanted to try to get a picture of her running toward me and there it is: down there on pictures 8 and 9.
10 and 11. The sun was hiding behind the clouds out there over the shed. It just looked so coolio that I couldn't pass up the opportunity!
12 and 13. I just wanted y'all to see how much things are growing--well, at least the things that ARE growing. The hanging tomatoes were so tiny for the longest time. And just here lately (oh, epiphany! I've been feeding them fertilizer during the last month! aha!) they've been growing like weeds. I doubt I'll have tomatoes this year, though. I think they're still too small.
And the other picture is the one of the flower pot which holds seeds from Sam's wedding. Remember I told you that she gave us all flower seeds in a small burlap bag? Everyone at the wedding got one of those bags. I planted them the next week and they're all growing steadily. Maybe I'll see some flowers next Spring. But anyway, the seeds in the burlap bag were all different varieties, which I think you can tell by the picture. Most of the flowers are much smaller than the one which just happened to grow near the center. How cool is that? Anyway, I put my hand in the picture so you can have a gauge of how much taller it is than the rest of the little flowers in the pot. Pretty cool, yeah? So, anyway, here is what I have for today:
Only I didn't get them all transplanted. I was shopping at the local Ace Hardware (Ritter here in Buna)and noticed that I didn't have enough money to buy the dirt and planters needed for ALL the lettuce and spinach and Brussels Sprouts (Oh, my!) I was a little disheartened, but the garden lady there at the Ace told me that--since I had 18 starter lettuces and 18 starter spinaches and 9 starter Brussels Sprouts--I could plant them a few at a time over the course of several weeks. If I did it this way--she said--my harvest period would be longer because when the ones which were planted first started to die out, the others would still be harvest-able. Of course, I HAD to follow her idea seeing as I had not enough moolah. (Here y'all get to see the really weird part of me--"had not enough moolah"? where in the odd place that is my brain did THAT come from?) So, I re-potted three bibb lettuces, three spinaches, and four Brussels Sprouts. I also transplanted a Swiss Chard that I bought at the same time as the other veggies.
I have a ton more transplanting to do. I'm not sure how long they'll all last in those little starter pots though. Surely, they'll get tired of being so cramped fairly soon, yeah?
I also happened to have found a little aloe plant out under a tree near the sheds. I picked it up and decided it needed a little TLC. Aloe is good for a ton o' stuff, ya know?
I also included some pictures of the beautiful sky and Tipper and a few updates at the bottom of the other pictures. I'll you about them later. :)
In order--for now, anyway. sometimes, once I press "post" the order changes. So if things look weird, just kinda use some contest clues to see to which picture I am referring. :)
1. The three Bibb lettuces I transplanted.
2. Pop helping.
3. The Swiss Chard.
4. The Spinach.
5. The Brussels Sprouts
6. All of them in their little planters, including the Greek Oregano I planted a few weeks ago.
7. These are the "waiters." They're waiting on me to have a. the money b. the right time to plant. I keep them watered and in the sun, too. Can't wait 'til it is time to put them in their containers. We'll see how the salad eating goes this Autumn, yeah?
8 and 9. Tipper! She loves to lick all of us. If there is any exposed skin on my leg--if she is near--it is getting licked. Actually, it is pretty ticklish. She makes me laugh a lot. Once she gets used to ya, she is pretty playful. If I lay down in the grass (purposely far away from her), the MINUTE she sees me lying down, she starts running toward me at full speed, slowing down only at the last minute so she doesn't stomp me. When she reaches me, she starts licking me for all it is worth and if she isn't doing that, she is rolling around on her back, making friendly growling noises. I decided I wanted to try to get a picture of her running toward me and there it is: down there on pictures 8 and 9.
10 and 11. The sun was hiding behind the clouds out there over the shed. It just looked so coolio that I couldn't pass up the opportunity!
12 and 13. I just wanted y'all to see how much things are growing--well, at least the things that ARE growing. The hanging tomatoes were so tiny for the longest time. And just here lately (oh, epiphany! I've been feeding them fertilizer during the last month! aha!) they've been growing like weeds. I doubt I'll have tomatoes this year, though. I think they're still too small.
And the other picture is the one of the flower pot which holds seeds from Sam's wedding. Remember I told you that she gave us all flower seeds in a small burlap bag? Everyone at the wedding got one of those bags. I planted them the next week and they're all growing steadily. Maybe I'll see some flowers next Spring. But anyway, the seeds in the burlap bag were all different varieties, which I think you can tell by the picture. Most of the flowers are much smaller than the one which just happened to grow near the center. How cool is that? Anyway, I put my hand in the picture so you can have a gauge of how much taller it is than the rest of the little flowers in the pot. Pretty cool, yeah? So, anyway, here is what I have for today:
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