These photos were taken late yesterday. Most of the day today I wasn’t feeling too great. The first photo is of my moonflower vines grown from seeds. You can see the very tall cardinal flower peeking in there. No moonflowers yet. Next are the pretty plants I bought at Walmart last week-the multi-colored nicotiana and the grass and coleus. They are sitting under a chestnut tree neat the road. I felt like it needed some color there.The final picture is again of our butterfly bush which has been my pride and joy this year. As you can see, the swallowtails love it! I’ve seen a dozen or so on at one time. They don’t seem to mind the heat. I love watching my private butterfly show of these gorgeous creatures through the window there.

Thanks for the thumbs up on this one Zoey!
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5 Persian Blue Allium
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8 Scarlet Majesty Tulip
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I had to try the allium. ‘Blue‘ flowers are my 2nd favorite next to yellow. The tulips were so big and red I had to get them too!

I think this is a list teenagers made up (got from Sean’s blog), but I have seen quite a few of them!

If you’ve seen 80 or more, you are a movie whore. Copy, paste, fill out, and post.

( X) Blue Lagoon
(X) Passion Of The Christ
( X Rocky Horror Picture show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Boondock Saints
()The Mexican
() Fight Club
(X) Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
(X) Airplane
(X) The Princess Bride
(X) Young Frankenstien
(X) Anchor Man: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
(X) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Saw
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
() Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
() Jason X
() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( )American Wedding
(X) Harry Potter
( ) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
( ) Resident Evil I
( ) Resident Evil 2
( ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(X) The Village
( ) Donnie Darko
( ) Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
(X) Finding Neverland
( )13 Ghosts
(X) Signs
(X) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(X) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) Thirteen going on 30
(X) I, Robot
( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Cinderella Story
(X) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( )Passport to Paris
( ) Dumb & Dumber
( )Dumb & Dumberer
() Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
(X) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
(X)Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
(X) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
(X) Secret Window
(X)I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
(X) The Day After Tomorrow
( )Child’s Play
( )Bride of Chucky
()10 Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(X)Nightmare on Elm Street
(X)Sixteen Candles
() Coach Carter
( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( )Joy Ride
( ) Seven
( )Oceans Eleven
( ) Oceans Twelve
( ) Identity
( ) Lone Star
(X) Bedazzled
() Predator I
() Predator II
(X) Independence Day
(X) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(X) Christine
(x) ET
( )Children of the Corn
( )My boss’ daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
() Frailty
( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( )She’s All That
(X Calendar Girls
(X) Sideways
() Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever after
(X) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) X-men
( ) X-2: X-Men United
( )Jeepers Creppers
( )Jeepers Creepers 2
(X)Catch Me If You Can
(X The Others
( )the original Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) The Hot Chick
( ) Swimfan
(X) Miracle
( ) Old School
(X) Ray
(X) The Notebook
(X) K-Pax
(X) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(X) A Walk to Remember
( ) Boogeyman
(X) Hitch
() The Fifth Element
(X) Star Wars episode I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars episode II Attack of The Clones
( ) Star Wars episode III Revenge of The Sith
( ) Star Wars episode IV A New Hope
(X) Star Wars episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(X) Star Wars episode VI Return of The Jedi…
(X) Troop Beverly Hills
( ) Swimming with Sharks
(x) Air Force One
() For Richer or Poorer
( ) Trainspotting
() People Under the Stairs
( ) Blue Velvet
(X) Sound of music
(X) Parent Trap 1
( ) Parent Trap 2
(X The Burbs
(X)The Terminator
( ) Empire Records
( ) SLC Punk
(X) Meet Joe Black
( ) Wild Girls
( ) A Clockwork Orange
( ) The Order
(X)Spiderman
(X) Spiderman 2
() Amelie
(X) Mean Girls
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
(X) The Incredibles
( )Collateral
( )The Fast & The Furious
() 2 Fast 2 Furious
(X) Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow
(X Closer
(x) Titanic
( ) Saved
( ) Bowling For Columbine
(X) Farenheit 9/11
(X) The Sixth Sense
(X) AI: Artificial intelligence
(X) Love Actually
( ) Shutter
( ) Ella Enchanted
( ) Princess Diaries
( ) Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(X) Constantine
(X) Million Dollar Baby
( )Envy
( ) Eurotrip
() Malibu’s Most Wanted
( ) Big Daddy
( ) Black Sheep
(x) The Breakfast Club
(X) West Side Story
(x) A Christmas Story
(X ) Spanglish
() Pulp Fiction
( ) Sleepover
( ) The Evil Dead
( ) Killer Klowns From Outer Space
( ) Seed of Chucky
(X) Vanilla Sky
(x) The Nightmare Before Christmas
(X) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
(X)Interview With a Vampire
() The Crow
(X) Purple Rain
() Reservoir Dogs
(x) Wayne’s World
(X) Wayne’s World 2
( ) 21 Grams
( ) Honey
( ) Save the Last Dance
( ) Blow
(X) Edward Scissorhands
( ) Clerks
( ) Guess Who
( ) Monster In-Law
( ) Elf
(X) Stuart Little
( ) Stuart Little 2
( ) Mall Rats
( ) Chasing Amy
() Dogma
(x)Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(70s)
() Friday
() Next Friday
() Friday After Next
() Jay and Silent Bob Strike BacK
(X) Beetlejuice
(X) Last Samurai
(X) The Aviator
( ) Romeo and Juliet ( William Shakespeare’s Modern version!)
( ) Beautyshop
(x) Legally Blonde
(X) Legally Blonde2
(X) The Forgotten
( ) Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
(x) Grudge
( ) Wimbledon
( ) Bring It On
( ) Bring It On Again
() Flight of the Phoenix
( ) Johnson’s Family Vacation
(X) National Lampoon’s Vacation
( ) National Lampoons Vegas Vacation
(X ) 2001: A Space Odyssey
( ) Dr. Strangelove Or How I Came To Love the Bomb
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
(X ) Animal House
( ) Happy Gilmore
(X) Monty python and the holy grail
(X) Monty Python’s The Life of Brian
(X ) CaddyShack
( ) CaddyShack2
(X) Casablanca
(X ) Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery
(X) Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me
(X) Austin Powers, Goldmember
( ) from Justin to Kelly
( ) Thirteen
(X) School of Rock
( ) Along Came Polly
() Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
(X) The Goonies
( ) State of Grace
( ) Clueless
( ) House of Sand and Fog
( ) Liberty Heights
( ) Brown Sugar
( ) Love & Basketball
( ) Tombstone
( ) Mystic River
(X) Dead Man Walking
(X) Major League
() American History X
(X) Garden State
( ) The Rookie
(X) My Girl
( ) My Girl 2
( ) Less than Zero
( ) The Barber Shop
( ) Serendipity
( ) Audition
( ) The Sandlot
(X) The Bad News Bears(70s ver)
(X) Harold and Maude
(X) Roxanne
( ) Fantastic Four
( ) Can’t Hardly Wait
( ) Drop Dead Fred
(X) Pretty in Pink
() Natural Born Killers
( ) Rules of Attraction
(X) Thelma and Louise
(X) The Longest Yard(70s ver)
( ) Airheads
( ) Cool Runnings
(X) A League of Their Own
(X) Stand By Me
(X) Encino Man
() Underworld
() Super Troopers
( ) Spy Hard
() Black Hawk Down
( ) Formula 51
( ) Gone In 60 Seconds
( )Batman begins
(X)Ghostbusters
(X) Ghostbusters II
(X) Hook
(X) Peter Pan (old disney version)
(X) Peter Pan (new version)(Robin Williams ver)
( ) Wedding Crashers
( ) Say Anything
( ) Lords of Dogtown
(x) Alice in Wonderland
() Night at the Roxbury
( )Tortilla Soup
(x )Super Size Me
() The Professional

War isn’t hell for nothing

I rented the ‘Fat Actress’ DVD as we don’t have Showtime. Kirstie Alley is pretty funny. It’s like a parody of her. John Travolta played himself, but his wife Kelly Preston played an obnoxious weight loss consultant. Lots of ‘f’ words are flying around this one! I like seeing her mansion (I guess it’s really her place) and her squeezing into her ‘fat pants’. She did have a big tush! I still have to watch 2 episodes from the DVD. Having always been overweight, I can relate.
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Now Kathy Griffin is like a little, fiery red headed sailor. She’s got a new show on Bravo. I know her best from the ‘Suddenly Susan’ show. Either she made a ton of money from that or her husband has money-she lives in a huge mansion! Her voice gets to me and how she is trying to get all the free goodie bags at the different functions she attends. Her parents are at her house a lot and she is just like them. She also pals around a lot with gay guys-go figure…
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And speaking of gays, I still can’t miss ‘Queer Eye’ on Tuesday nights. I found out a few weeks ago that the only blonde, Carson Kressley, graduated magna cum laude from Gettysburg College and he is from Allentown, Pa. Ha!
I think they do such nice things for the men they chose. The last episode featured a basketball couch who took every player under his wing and they displayed excellent team work. The couch had Thom crying like a baby. I could easily have a few gay guy friends for ‘girl friends’. I grew up with 3 brothers who teased me mercilessly and a guy friend in college was gay (I didn’t know at the time). I would say I get along pretty well with guys my age and under. Senior guys who dominated women in their hey day bug me to no end.

You know I just realized that my blog is the best journal ever for keeping track of what I am doing in the yard this year! I do have a ‘hard copy’ journal in the form of a Mary Englebreit hardback book that’s divided into months and has a ribbon divider. I can easily fill up those pages in no time. I did use it to write down the names and colors of the 10 new daylilies I just purchased. I am trying to figure out what to do with them all. I have 10 for mom (as mentioned earlier) plus a few Asian lilies for her. I can’t garden in this kind of weather. I was pulling weeds under the shade of my blue spruce earlier and I was wilting fast.
I am having so much fun reading other gardening blogs. Zoey (Perennial Passion on sidebar) had a ‘guess the plant’ question yesterday. From her description, it was a plant I had here for years that I thought was lamb’s ear. The plant Zoey was referring to was called ‘Rose Campion’.
You learn something new everyday!

I am working mainly on finishing up a charity square of little bluebird babies in a nest which are surrounded by apple blossoms. I swear it looked easier than it is. And I snuck that wildflower piece in there for Allie (see sidebar). I’ll get it done. I have a stitch-along to complete. Actually started the Prairie Santa piece ages ago. I’m trying to get my tribe.net stitching group (I head a group of over 60 stitchers) to do one by Sept. 1.
Some of the stitching bloggers questions off the top of my head:
No, I don’t dye my own fabric for stitching. I use white most of the time for Love Quilts. I have heard you can use jello to dye fabrics. For the heck of it, I may just try that sometime on a small piece of fabric. I’d love to have a deep pink.
And I believe this week’s question dealt with whether or not I have a rotation of my stitched wall pieces-LOL Well, I have a few things that I have stitched on display-one is a Prairie Schooler garden sampler (made into a banner) hanging on a twig in the family room.

There’s a Just Nan-Big bee-Little Bee (I think) right behind me on my Martha Washington sewing cabinet.

And in the living room is Judy Garland as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz sitting with the other Oz collectibles. I am getting tired of looking at that for over 2 yrs and it will probably be changed and Dorothy may go in the box with everything else.

That’s about it I think.
This post is in memory of Kyle B. who I made a collie dog head (it’s on the right in the photo there)for a LQ we made for him last year. He almost made it to his 16th birthday.

…right at the beginning of our 5th heat wave. Darn-it! I hoped it would stay in the 80s so I can get my 10 daylilies planted and Mom’s 10 planted at her house. I got these from an eBay seller in Utah and she didn’t send planting directions. I googled ‘when do you plant bare-root daylilies’ and found an answer-within 2 weeks. So I have some time. They said if you can’t get them in the ground to keep them in a cool, moist place. I have them in the living room near the air vent-lol
I was out digging up around where I wanted mine to do. Bare roots look so much easier to plant then getting a big pot from the nursery. I sure hope they make it ok as they were expensive! And I can’t wait to get my mom’s planted for her.

Zoey wanted to know the titles that I purchased at the various stores yesterday. I’ll post the books that I have gotten in the last few months. I have some serious reading to do this winter.

1. Ortho’s All About Creating Natural Landscaping ($4.25) Like a little lesson on what plants go well in different locations like humid or arid. I like that it has lots of photos and lists of plants with both their Latin and common names. We really need to learn those Latin names don’t we! ; )
2. Mix and Match Gardening by Lindsay Thomas ($6.00) Published in London. I am wondering if their seasons are similar to the Pacific west coast? If you know off hand, let me know. Ms. Thomas uses all the Latin names. I like how the pages are divided so you can study plant details and garden plans at the same time. It’s like the little gardening plans that Better Homes & Gardens uses for like ideas for a ‘white garden’, etc.
3. The Gardening Year of Color by Lance Hattatt ($4.00 with 20% off) another English dude but a nice compact book that will help you know when to plant what. I like to have something blooming from as early as possible to as late as possible. The flower photography is beautiful.
4. Place the Plant by Frances Welland ($4.00) Now I have trouble with some plants. I pretty much know which ones like the shade and sun. It also talks about soil conditions. And yes, another English author.
5. American Garden Writing-an Anthology edited by Bonnie Marranca ($7.00) I think I look forward to reading this one the most of all. From the one selection I learned quite a bit about Queen Anne’s Lace. There are more than 50 selections from travel journals, letters, personal essays, natural history and seed catalogs. I can’t wait to see what Thomas Jefferson wrote.
6. The New Guide to Remedies ($2.99) I little book I picked up at Michael’s Crafts. The print is so small I almost think I need reading glasses. I like to try natural remedies. I learned this from finding out the hidden value of milk thistle. If only my mom would see the light.
7. Tong Sing-The Chinese Book of Wisdom ($6.98) The Chinese views on astrology, health foods, herbal remedies and recipes.
8. Cassell’s Garden Directories Foliage Gardens by Richard Bird ($3.98) I guess I bought this with my mom’s yard in mind. About half of it is shady and this book helps you chose the right plants for yards like this. Nice photos too.
9. Better Homes & Gardens Garden Decorating ($5.98) Fun book! Lots to make for the garden. Just like the magazine (which I get too).

I did great with the prices. I guess I am lucky to have so many places around here where I can buy books. I just need a few more bookcases for them all.