The advice for azalea bushes is to plant them in “sweeps”—longish rows upon rows, so that when they bloom, folks driving by nearly crash their cars for the distraction of the flowers’ colorful beauty.
There was a house on the corner not far from us, when we lived in North Carolina, and their whole front yard [...]
Archive for February, 2008
29 Feb
Azaleas
27 Feb
The Poinsettia Project, Part II
Here we are, the end of February, and my poinsettia finally has some red leaves!
I wimped out on taking proper care of the plant this past fall, so it didn’t end up looking festive in time for Christmas. It was only just in time for Valentine’s Day that it started to show some red. [...]
27 Feb
Wherein I Ramble About My Dual (Catholic/Lutheran) Church Attendance
I determined today that I would upload the pictures from my digital camera onto the computer so I could finally share with you some recent “scenes” from my life—things like the azaleas in bloom, the new red leaves on my poinsettia plant, the pretty blanket I stitched for a friend, and a couple of people [...]
22 Feb
Odd Bits (after a week-long absence)
I’ve been avoiding the computer this week.
Partly, it’s because we’ve had illness in the family: the stomach flu. I had it first, though I didn’t realize that’s what it was. (I assumed the severe stomach pain I was experiencing was the result of taking four ibuprofen—which I did because I felt a [...]
16 Feb
Company for Dinner
On Thursday night, we had company for dinner. Our guest was a colleague of Brian’s. He’s originally from Germany, and Brian first met him in Colorado during one of his research trips to NCAR and NOAA (those are weather-predicting places, to be simple about it). Now he is working in the meteorology [...]
13 Feb
What Type of Mother Hen are You?
What type of Mother Hen Are You?
by Montessorimom.com: Educational Resource
(Thanks to Margaret in Minnesota for sharing this on her blog—that’s how I found out about it.)
If you take the quiz, be sure and post a comment to let me know what kind of mother hen you are!
13 Feb
Reflection Upon the Completion of the First Week of Lent
So here we’ve been in the season of Lent for one week now. As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, this is my first year as a “real” Catholic and my first time actually participating in the Lenten traditions of the Church.
I had thought to attend Mass on Ash Wednesday, but it just didn’t happen. [...]
13 Feb
The Father M- Mystery — Solved!
I made a point of standing in line after Mass on Sunday so I could say hello to Father M- and ask if it had, indeed, been he whom I had greeted last Tuesday on the sidewalk.
It was!
He said, “That was you?”
He must have thought I looked familiar, but just as I was unsure of [...]
5 Feb
“Hey, I know you!…..(I think)”
Have you ever seen someone you know, out of the usual context, and not recognized them at first? Like seeing one of your school teachers at the mall, in jeans instead of his suit and tie; or running into someone in a different town, where you simply don’t expect to see anyone you know.
This [...]
1 Feb
Still Thinking About Lent
I’ve felt a little uneasy since I posted last night about Lent.
I fear what I wrote smacks of pride, and as if I am trying to “manage” and arrange things to my own liking, rather than letting the Lord guide me towards what He would have me do this Lenten time.
It’s not that I think [...]
