Monday, June 20, 2011
I got a roll of film developed, it's always a nice surprise since I'd forgotten what was on some of the film. I'm in great danger of not being able to fit in my wedding dress, but we had fried chicken and mash potatoes anyway last night, why? Because tomorrow my fiance and I are going to China for our wedding, we are going to have nothing but Chinese food for two weeks!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
I'm bad with names but I know it's a drought resistant perennial. I am terribly attracted to this type of plants and planted a bunch of them myself in the front yard.
Yesterday my gardener did some back breaking hard work and planted in six more roses around the front and back of the house, three fruit trees, and more tomato plants and herbs in the vegetable garden. He also re-potted my maple tree, loosened up the soil around the roses, mixed in mulch and got ride of a ginormous weed looking bush in the front yard left over by the previous owner.
The little mocking birds are doing well!
Yesterday my gardener did some back breaking hard work and planted in six more roses around the front and back of the house, three fruit trees, and more tomato plants and herbs in the vegetable garden. He also re-potted my maple tree, loosened up the soil around the roses, mixed in mulch and got ride of a ginormous weed looking bush in the front yard left over by the previous owner.
The little mocking birds are doing well!
Friday, June 17, 2011
It's the season for peonies again. I always buy some whenever I see them in store. I have been cutting and trimming roses, planting little flowers here and there, loosening up the soil and mixing in mulch, spraying oil on infected plants, feeding plant food, and during the process discovered a pair of mocking birds living in a climbing rose bush in my backyard. They were high up but screamed when I pulled some fern off the rose bush, that's when I looked inside the bush and discovered a little nest! This morning I had my fiance stuffed some cotton balls around the rose tree, hopefully the birds will use them for their home. I always hoped for some birds to nest in my backyard and it happened!
Also, sailor is here!
Also, sailor is here!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
I had only learned today that Dr. Vitaly Margulis had passed away on May 29th. It is a great loss of the music world, for those of us who had studied with him, we shall always treasure the memories! Rest in peace Dr. Margulis!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
I tried my hands at planting some flowers in the front yard today. Luckily my gardener was here to help me loosen up the soil before I started, otherwise it would have taken me hours to dig up the dirt. I like the result! Now I hope they will live and won't start dying on me.
I have a raised bed garden at the back of my house, it's the perfect place for a vegetable garden. I bought baby plants for watermelon, green pepper, squash, and tomatoes and asked my gardener to plant them in today. I'm really getting hooked on gardening, my favorite time of day has been the mornings watering my plants and trimming the roses. I am really lucky to have this little outdoor space!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Since I moved to our new house, I became the person with a lot of time to scavenge for household furniture while my fiance worked and worked and worked. I was very proud to find this folding shelve from Pier 1, it was the perfect size for the little bit of wall space between window in the family room and the kitchen. It holds part of my cook book collection and a vintage jaguar drawing. In my opinion, a home is not a home without a massive library, I still haven't figure out just where I could fit in such a thing, in the meanwhile, it's nice to at least have a handy little book shelve and cookbooks near by the kitchen.
Jeff decided that Bobby's full name should be Bobinsky, like the crazy blue man in Coraline, I think that's an excellent idea!
Friday, June 3, 2011
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