Monday, June 15, 2009

Lace and Flowers

I am continuing to have computer operating difficulties..SO shall I try this post again??
I spent some time Puttering about in the Garden today...made some flower arrangements and ,of course, engaged in lace making! I was recently diagnosed with a Vit D deficiency so I spent time out in the sun without sunscreen. It freaked me out more than a little bit! But I know three 15 minute sessions of sunshine a week should take care of the vit D requirement. I sat on the porch and knitted for 15 minutes. Being outside with all the lovely flowers blooming inspired me to take some flowers inside. Here is my arrangement of fresh sage and roses..smells divine!
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Here are some more pics of my garden. This is Farmer Bill's potatoe farm under the hedgerows!
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Last year we had a forgotten bag of taters in the basement that flowered into a shrub within the net bag!! Bill planted 'em and "yard taters" were born! We enjoyed our own potatoes last Fall. YOu got to love city folk!! It is the small things in life that thrill us!!
Here is Farmer Lisa's rasberry thicket..you can't tell in the pic..but they are loaded with green berries!! Jam is around the corner!!! My mouth is watering...just imagining the taste of fresh rasberry jam on some warm brie..MMMhhh!!!
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The peonies have fully burst into bloom.
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The roses have also blossomed and rise up from the hosta bed in a fury of lacy red blooms!!
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And in the herb garden that grows in a low river rock wall..the sage was left to flower into tall purple paintbrushes!
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I must be a computer illiterate

That post did not publish as enterd..?? I am so puzzled..I do not know what I am doing wrong!
The second half of the post was missing!! Here goes again:
Dulcie travelled in style:
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She loves her doggie care seat! It lifts her up high and she can see out the windows!
Despite my limited knitting..Gail is getting bigger. She is really growing up into a beautiful shawl.
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Lace and Flowers

We travelled back from NJ last night..it was overcast and dark ..my feeble eyes couldn't hack any car knitting so I watched Pride and Predjudice for the umpteeth time!! Dulcie travelled in style in her doggie car seat. Here are some car shots:

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Dulcie looks so cute: