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Picture a Day #150- About Cicadas
Yesterday morning was perfect for doing some gardening! The wind that has been relentlessly blowing subsided (until the afternoon at least), it was overcast and cool, and I enjoyed myself immensely! I did some cleanup, thinning, transplanting, and replanting. I … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #149 – Holiday Bread
Today I decided to try something new for the Memorial Day Holiday. This recipe is dedicated to all those who have served their country and given their lives. Banana Mango Macadamia Nut Bread Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, banana, food, hobbies, holiday treats, home, macadamia, mango, postaday, recipe
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Picture a Day #148 – My Hand-crafted Bag
As May draws to a close and the summer rapidly approaches, it’s time once again for me to take stock of all my projects. Before I come up with any more hair-brained ideas (some of them work!), I need to tie … Continue reading
Picture a Day #145 – Radishious!
Here I am, just me and my radishes. Something in one of the wine half-barrels that I call a container garden is nibbling on the larger ones, so I have to harvest before they get too big. While I’m at … Continue reading
Picture a Day #143 – Experimenting With Color
It was so much fun drawing this still life fruit from a previous post with Prismacolor pencils using opposite colors, that I decided to try a watercolor painting using opposites. Here are five D’Anjou pears, drawn using Tuscan Red Prismacolor pencil. Next I added … Continue reading
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Tagged art, D'Anjou pears, drawing, fruit, hobbies, opposite colors, painting, postaday, Prismacolor pencils, watercolor
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Picture a Day #142 – Solar Eclipse!
Sunday evening, beginning at around 6pm California time, we experienced an annular solar eclipse. This is apparently rare, and occurs when the moon is farthest from Earth in its orbit and also between the sun and Earth, producing a brilliant … Continue reading
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Tagged California, inspiration, nature, postaday, sky, solar eclipse
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Picture a Day #141 – Fresh Early Veggies
It takes patience and faith to tend an organic garden with late-maturing vegetables. This year I planted corn and green beans, along with the usual squash and tomatoes. I crowded a number of other veggies into my container garden as well. … Continue reading
Picture a Day #140 – Pod Invasion
This year a bumper crop of maple seed pods has landed in our yard. We have no maple trees ourselves, although I am definitely a fan of many different types of trees. I believe the pods are blowing into our yard … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, hobbies, home, inspiration, maple, nature, postaday, seed pods
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Picture a Day #139 – My Veggie Garden, Week Four
It has been four weeks today since I planted my container garden, and a few days less since I planted my raised bed garden. My results have been fairly good so far. This week I tasted the radishes and baby … Continue reading
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Tagged cilantro, corn, food, gardening, hobbies, home, nature, pole beans, postaday, snails ans slugs
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Picture a Day #134 – Happy Mother’s Day!
To me, Mother’s Day is a part of celebrating spring. Motherhood is about nurturing life, and in the springtime it’s hard to miss all of the living creatures bursting forth around us, no matter where we live. My mother loved … Continue reading
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Tagged carpenter bee, family, gardening, hobbies, home, iris, life, mother's day, nature, postaday
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