Slow-Burn
I’m having one of those days:
and one of these days:
by Imani Gandy (ABL)| 34 Comments
This post is in: Movies, Open Threads
I’m having one of those days:
and one of these days:
Fuck you, that’s my name!
::ahem::
So… er… Open Thread?
[Click the links below for a list of the movies featured in the clips. And click this link for more of Harry Hanrahan’s genius.][via Pajiba and Pajiba]
[cross-posted]This post is in: Garden Chats, Open Threads
This is my front yard in the afternoon. Looks pretty nice in the months of May & June.
Ahhh… summer. When the comfortable lawn chair becomes an essential part of every good garden!
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We’re now getting berries on our alpine strawberries, which seem to be fool-proof, at least here in New England. Tiny little berries, and only a few at a time, but they are sooo delicious (and will continue to produce all summer & well into fall). The big pots on either side of the front stoop have survived more than ten years of root-rotting-rainy springs, summer droughts, fall freeze-and-thaw cycles and winter road salt while looking good. The flowers are pretty, too, and the foliage almost evergreen. Of course, they don’t runner like commercial strawberries, but that means I don’t have to replace the original plants every spring, either. My gardening “plans” over the last couple decades have relied pretty heavily on “whatever’s available when I finally get around to ordering / visiting the garden center, and which survives the combination of the local microclimate and my talent for neglect”. But if I got a magical time-shifting do-over, just about the first change I’d make would be to skip a ton of less satisfactory groundcover plants and put in a lot more alpine strawberries.
So… how are things looking in everyone’s (real or metaphorical) gardens this morning?
by Imani Gandy (ABL)| 78 Comments
This post is in: Humorous, Open Threads
One wonders how much My Little Pony the creators of this video had to watch to make this little nugget of awesome:
You’re welcome.
Oh, consider this an open thread and stuff.
(H/T Jason Harris!)
by John Cole| 95 Comments
This post is in: Cat Blogging, Open Threads
The girls aren’t the only one enjoying the yard:
Tunch is outside prowling, nose all pink, stealthing (as best he can) around the yard with his tail twitching and letting out a random chirp.
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads
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So, who (among our American-centric readership) has got plans, swimming or otherwise, to start off the holiday weekend?
This post is in: Open Threads
by John Cole| 57 Comments
This post is in: Open Threads
The fence went up yesterday, and I and the dogs love it. Lily still is a little timid to go out the back porch into the yard (I spent two years yelling “NO!” whenever she got near the open door, so now I need to untrain her), but Rosie never listened to me anyway and charges out there on her own.
It is so nice to be able to let the girls into the back yard and potty first thing in the morning, have my cup of tea, then go for a walk. Plus, it is nice just being able to be in the yard without worrying about the dogs. Worth every penny.