Collection of glass eggs, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
This is my collection of glass eggs, mostly bought by my husband who thought I collected them! I may have bought one. I think he is the one who likes them more than me, but these are perfect for Easter. I just found the ‘Snowbaby’ waterglobe at the Goodwill yesterday.
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Here are my framed cross stitched pieces:
Giggles in the Snow
Nora Corbett
Sleeping Kitty
by Ellen Stroh Mayer
Taking some photos with a higher ISO # and I like how they turned out.
Happy Friday the 13th!
Hope to get to my Show & Tell soon!
Here’s the video I made of most of the attractions at the flower show. I have James singing as tomorrow is his 61st birthday. Enjoy!
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The name of this display is called ‘The Feast of St. Joseph’
I found many more photos here.
Succulent container display, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
This really stood out to me and I know Zoey from Perennial Passion likes container gardens. I’ll have to look closer to see what everything is.
Since Sean is home and probably won’t be home again for a month, I have been on vacation myself. : ) Well, I want to spend time with him. We both are still tired from the very full day Sunday. I haven’t uploaded all my flower show photos yet, but will be finished soon.
I woke up with a ‘helium’ head and had to take a nap in the afternoon. Our temps here keep going from the 60s to the 40s to the 60s-not good for me. I really think I need to get outside now, move more and get fresh air. I’ll be going to Longwood Gardens a few times in the next few weeks to see their orchid display and attend their orchid sale.
The guys went over to see Bri’s dad tonight. I worked on a few art card swaps. We were going to get some favorite hoagies for dinner (I take a break from cooking too) and they were all out of rolls! What! So I had to order from another place which isn’t as good.
Sean ran the vacuum around for me earlier which is nice. Guys are good at vacuuming because of their strong arms.
My mom is over my uncle’s house for a few days-with the puppy. My uncle is use to peace and quiet and isn’t enjoying having Kelsey around. Mom went over to food shop and cook for him. His neighbor was sick, so he couldn’t help my uncle out this week.
My cross stitched pieces are framed at JoAnn’s, so we’ll go down there on Thursday to retrieve them-so excited! I just finished ‘Herb Garden’ a small piece by Shepherd’s Bush I did on linen. I figure I started it at least 4 yrs ago. I did the best I could do with the satin stitch:
Let me know if you’d like the chart.
So that’s all I’ve been doing! Hope all is well.
I did join the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society this morning-actually it’s a ‘dual’ one and for a year’s membership, we got two free flower show tickets ($26 each!). We were all dressed and ready to go at 10:30 (the daylight savings messed us up) and Brian couldn’t get a hold of his dad. He tried for an hour and the answering machine kept coming on. So Brian didn’t get to go to the show and Sean and I decided to at least go to my mom’s and wait to see what was going on. Here he was sound asleep in his bed, the phone was in the other room, the tv was blasting downstairs and the stove was left on. Brian had to physically shake him to wake him up! He said he’s always been a sound sleeper, but I’d say the phone must have rang 100s of times and he didn’t hear it! The next room isn’t that far away. We thought he had fallen down.
We took my mom again (she had gone with my brother Don on Thursday) and Sean got the student price. My membership and tickets were waiting for me at the booth in the convention center. I thought for sure I’d have to wait to use them next year as it said I had to give them 24 hours to process. Before we went into the show, we ate lunch in the Reading Terminal Market-such a bustling places with lots of sights and sounds. I will share a few photos, but need to upload over 100 on Flickr during the upcoming week.
Mom and me in front of an awesome exhibit mainly with orchids in test tubes:
This is a neat one:
The show had an Italian theme and there was lots of gorgeous statuary:
I can’t forget Sean!
And this is one of the miniature shadow boxes-all the tiny plants have to be real!:
My brother Don was at my mom’s and he treated us to a nice dinner up in our hometown. It turned out to be an adventurous day for sure!
I made a video too and will edit that sometime this week too-all the water features are on it plus a silly son!
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St Patrick’s Cathedral NYC, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
Back in June, 07 we attended a wedding on a cruise ship on the Hudson River off of NYC. We had time to do sightseeing and went to mass on Sunday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Talk about a step back in time! And this is such a massive structure in the confides of a tight city space. Modernization has crept up around this grand church. It was amazing to go into the church.
Stenciled slates, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
I had the opportunity several years ago to earn a little pocket cash by stenciling ‘Welcome’ signs on slates. We had to base coat them with ecru acrylic paint first. Stenciling is a precise craft. I can see where the hummingbird could have been neater. I ended up doing at least 500 or more of these over the course of almost a year. The end of my stenciling career wasn’t pleasant-I mentioned this before. The lady had a meeting with all her ‘workers’ and nit picked everyone who didn’t copy the stencils perfectly. I added a few touches like foam on waves, which looked nice and made seashells a bit pinker to show up against the ecru. She didn’t like that. My former friend copied perfectly and got lots of praise. Another friend cried. Why I mention this is a few days later, the woman went out of business. Why she had to have that meeting is beyond me when she was going out of business! I thought it was pretty awful.
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Bri still doesn’t have his car. The tow truck guy mentioned that sometimes the alarm system goes fluky and causes the car not to start. Maybe Bri should mention this to the repair guy.
I feel lots better! I made a yummy Rachael Ray chili dish last night and slept well.
Sometime down the road, I’ll get my back checked out. Back in September, the chiropractor thought I didn’t need an x-ray. I have been lifting and moving things since December and I’m not small in the front, so those ‘factors’ can’t be overlooked either. Plus one Tylenol seems to fix me up for a while. That is pretty good. Thanks for your concern and I will definitely take care of myself.
1. This cat- Link– scary or cute? I do like cats and would have to see this guy in person. He’s a bit scary looking though.
2. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reproducing again. Good idea or don’t care?
Don’t really care. I do think Suri is a cutie, though I don’t care for her name.
3. Do you smile at strangers when you make eye contact? Usually.
4. What percentage of your sarcasm isn’t really sarcasm at all? I try not to be sarcastic-a poor personality quality. If someone has done something opposite of what I suggested I may be sarcastic because I feel like my opinion wasn’t valued enough to be considered. Don’t ask my husband if I was sarcastic about his car please. ; )
5. If you were to be a dog breed, which breed would you be?
Definitely a Sheltie
6. Go grab the closest book. Open up to page 27. Whats the 4th sentence?
Which is more dangerous in the aggregate to humans, barracudas or sharks? (Nature quiz book and had to look up aggregate which means mass)
7. When’s the last time someone put one over on you, told you a story that you totally fell for when it wasn’t anywhere near true?
My brother Ken is good at keeping a straight face. What he said, I don’t recall.
8. Ever seen Michael Jackson in person?
No
9. Do you have a gut?
Unfortunately I do and am not happy with it.
10. What is one thing in your kitchen you have too many/too much of?
I have lots of dinner plates.
11. Ever had a colon cleansing?
No, but the way mine acts, it wouldn’t be a bad idea. I heard that the prep for a colonscopy will clean you out well too and I will probably have one sooner or later.
What to play to?
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As I said last night, no car again. The tow truck came to get Bri’s car and it started up. It then started at the station. It must be an electrical problem. I woke up feeling funky about 6 am. I was hungry but felt worse as I was in a sweat. I think it’s my age for sure. Lucky me! My upper back is still sore too. My mom was saying how a sledding accident from when she was a girl showed up in a back x-ray when she was a senior citizen. Well I was in a car accident back in 1981 where my face got smashed again the windshield in a VW bug, and may be having issues. I guess I should get an x-ray sooner or later. I don’t like to talk about my health issues, but if I am MIA ever you will know what the problem is. I don’t want to be MIA, but sometimes I wonder.
We went to pick up Brian’s car last night. Today he took it to work and when he went to go somewhere at around 2 pm it wouldn’t start again. So he needs to have it towed back to the shop. I guess it wasn’t the battery! I think they just put that in as they couldn’t figure out the problem which we are thinking is electrical. Please send us some good vibes.
I’m still getting having aches and pains, tonight it was my upper back. Tylenol seems to help, but I’m not crazy about taking it too often. I’m thinking tension and stress are playing mean tricks on me. I’ll keep you posted.
Oh, I was suppose to go to the Philly Flower Show tomorrow…no car…I’m hoping maybe Sunday. We’ll see. There’s always the orchid show at Longwood Gardens which is a stones’ throw from here and I can go when I want to go. : )
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