Why I Oughta...

Sounds like all it takes is a bit of aluminum and we might be able to turn our pink hydrangeas over to the much-prized blue ones.  See the little bee hidden in the flower there?

I've tried multiple times - and even with these heavy-duty anchors, but our child-proofing gate keeps pulling out of the way.  The holes keep getting bigger and bigger.  The only option I see is to put up a piece of wood that connects with the stud (8 inches away - of course) that we paint to match our trim.  Then this clip gets screwed right into that wood block.  Does anyone have any other ideas on wall anchors?

Nat's wedding bouquet was lifted by some turd at our wedding, so as a surprise, her mom re-created the bouquet for her as a gift.  One of the flowers in the original bouquet was an Anemone - but for some reason the florist needed to have Nat's mom secure non-cut versions of the plants.  I think she lopped off the blooms/buds and then was left with a few plants without buds.  So...we took one home and planted it - thinking that there was no way it would come back.  Didn't even give it much thought. But then this summer...guess what?  It started going nuts.  It is really quite pretty and has grown very big and strong.  This one should be around for many years to come.

The birds are getting to it, though.   Looks like - if things keep going - we'll have a few dozen ears of corn come September.

They sure do love their Ben Franklin in this town.  (and..so does the Babe!) Here she is at Ben's grave.

I'm going to fertilize the heck out of these so they get to be 'competition' size. 

I come down squarely on the side of Pat's in the Geno's/Pat's debate.  Isn't even close.

If it were really *only* that easy.    And besides...why pick on punters?  A well hit punt is the MOST beautiful play in all of football.

Well, well, well.  Look what we have here:  some of my cauliflower plants are starting to bud the white crown.  It is pretty small right now (just bigger than a golf ball) but growing everyday.  Pretty exciting to see another of the rotation picks (things that I wasn't sure if they'd grow, but wanted to rotate the crops) doing really well.  Too bad we don't eat a heckuva lot of cauliflower, though.  Maybe this one will end up down the street at my sister's place.

I ordered a quesadilla with chorizo from Pepe's last night and when the container arrived, it was marked like this: That's kind of how my dad says it.