box of cat

blow dryin' the boot

I was washing out milk cans with a combination of soap and bleach, and splashed some onto a favorite pair of pants I was wearing.  I didn't want to get bleach spots on the pants, so I aimed the hot water hose I was using to wash the cans right onto my pants, to dissipate the bleach.  It worked, however all of the water ran down the leg of my pants and into my boot.  It took an hour of blow drying, but the boot is dry  :-)

do not breathe deeply

horseradish harvest

home made prepared horseradish 

office assistant

flower spikes

6 months ago I attended a workshop about how to cultivate orchids, something I have tried (and failed) to do for many years.  Friends, we have flower spikes!

I have had this orchid for about a year, and it dropped the last of its blooms a few months ago, only to sprout an enormous new, brontosaurus-like flower spike 

But my real pride is in this little fellow, an orchid I have had for several years, but was caring for all wrong.  He too has sprouted a flower spike (the shoot in the middle right at 12:00) I don't even remember what color this orchid flowers, but I am elated that he is healthy again and flowering

WHAT I LEARNED (the secrets)

1. Light is everything

2. You aren't over-watering, you're under-watering

3. The ice cube thing is complete BS

4. Don't take them in the shower, don't put them under running water

5. Fertilize often

5. Have patience

windowbox tenant

dead yet beautiful

thrift treasure - October 8

Marvel Comics motif pajama bottoms $1

single blue pillow sham - $2

hand painted wooden platter made in France - $10

FREE BAG OF PRUNES from thrift store in Mancelona, MI

book sale haul

Traverse Area District Library book sale finds

$1 each

garden etc.

honeycrisp harvest

my first ever Dahlias

thank you Los Angeles

one cat per carry-on

ACE Hotel downtown L.A.

image from 1927 film Metropolis on the bathroom door at hotel

Compartés Chocolates 

vintage posters from Amoeba Music Hollywood

Annenberg Center for Photography

the fanciest

all the molé at Grand Central Market downtown L.A.

lunch with bestie Jen at The Getty Museum

honey blue

Oatmeal blueberry muffins, sweetened with honey

old children's book finds

a very damaged, yet delightful 1911 linen edition of Tom Thumb $2

 

Two Hundred Rabbits, 1968 $1

warmer climate

So this was happening the other night...Rudy is still indifferent to Nina, but I liked seeing this and hope with time they will become closer

ricotta cheesecake

mid-Summer fruit status

raspberries

honeycrisp apples

black currant

Bartett pears

new this year: a fig tree

red grapes

blurry pic of red plum

peaches

red currant

from Russia with love

amazing collection of souvenirs from a friend who visited Russia last month

a literal snake in the grass

Eastern Hognose snake friend at the farm last week

dirty feet

The state of my feet after the 50 mph winds at the Frankfort Farmers Market last weekend

purple climber

clematis in bloom

be Independent!

sky study #163

baby blues

Baby bluebirds in their nest in my forsythia hedge

thank you post office

First ever scratch & sniff postage stamps!  In popsicle motif!

stRAWberry

raw-vegan strawberry pie - tastes like Summer 

low compact chair

Thrift haul from Sunday, June 24: excellent vintage chair in great condition $9.99

Two vintage skirts - the patterned one has a tag that reads "Teddi" and the denim one is by "Time & Place". I can't have enough skirts