Waking up to Smells, Rampaging Roses, More Seeds, and the Not Rocks

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Sasha, Winter, animals, blue, brown, leaves, rocks, roses, seeds, spring, summer, veggies on 2008-03-08, 11:20:00

25*, feels like 15*, 45% humidity, NW 10 mph wind, partly cloudy, FLOOD WARNING Spring is close. I know it now. This morning I woke to that change in the air, that indescribable smell that wakes me every year when the spring switch is thrown. And though the day is most certainly NOT spring like, there was that smell. It's close. It's coming! Speaking of smells, I also got a whiff of summer as

The Thousand Dollar Dog is in Trouble With Me, The New Job, And The Lions Of March

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Posted by admin to Dirt, LOVE, Mr. Hyper, Sasha, animals, daylily, ferns, ghetto, grass, herbs, holidays, houseplants, pets, snow, weather, weekend, work, yellow on 2008-03-04, 07:02:00

28*, feels like 18*, 63% humidity, NE 12 mph wind, cloudy, FLOOD WARNING The thousand dollar dog is in big trouble. Mr. Hyper blamed the cats on getting into my ghetto grow light stand, knocking it down, eating my ferns, unpotting them, and eating most of the catnip plants soil and all. But I knew better. I was angry. I had been babying these plants, tenderly administering my love to them. I had

Pupdate and a Plant CATastrophe=Screaming Plants

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Sasha, cheapskate finds, crappy stuff, daylily, grass, herbs, houseplants, leaves, pets, screaming plants, snow, veggies on 2008-03-01, 05:57:00

20*, 73% humidity, W 6 mph wind, fair Sasha yesterday was not feeling good at all. She had the dry heaves, trying her best to throw up. I'm blaming the pain meds, I know they do the same thing to me. So I have not given her any today to see how she does though this morning she seems to be feeling better and ate with the appetite of a puppy. Yesterday, she was doing her hardest to get to some

Warning…GRAFFIC! Pupdate

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Posted by admin to Sasha, crappy stuff, photos on 2008-02-27, 16:45:00

Sasha is back from the vet....doesn't she look so sad? Here are two of the incisions. one is on her side, the other at the base of her tail. There is a third small one on her chest but I didn't want to disturb her.

Pet and Plant Updates

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Posted by admin to Buttons, Little Osa, Pink, Sasha, Winter, blue, chores, daylily, garden, herbs, hostas, pets, photos, roses, shrubs, spring, veggies, video, yellow on 2008-02-27, 09:32:00

Since I don't have much in the way of winter interest in my garden yet other then this dwarf arctic blue willow..... I'm going to stay focused on the inside today. My old gal Sasha is in for surgery today, so while the dog is away, I've been doing a bit of spring cleaning. getting rid of a godawful amount of dog hair from the couches and all that. Just seemed like a good idea to do it now while

Legumes Line Up

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Posted by admin to Sasha, covercrop, family, food, purple, rabbits, seeds, veggies on 2008-02-24, 06:20:00

20*, feels like 12*, 86% humidity, SSW 6 mph wind, fog, FLOOD WARNING Whats a garden without legumes? Pea--An OP heirloom pea I've been growing for years, got it from my great grand mother. I nearly lost it but managed to get a good crop of seeds from the few plants I had last year. Purple bi color flowers, big flat edible pods, knee high plants.Bean- Jacob's Cattle--an OP kind that i got in

The WOES of Cat Ownership, Sasha pupdate, and TOO MANY SEEDLINGS!

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Posted by admin to Freya, Little Osa, Sasha, cactus, daylily, garden, ghetto, herbs, hostas, houseplants, pets, photos, roses, seeds, succulants on 2008-02-16, 08:04:00

31*, feels like 23*, 54% humidity, SSE 8 mph wind, fair, FLOOD WATCH Sasha Pupdate: Sasha is now schedualed for surgery on Wedensday-- They are going to remove the growths and flush her kidneys too. Too Many Seedlings! Remember those Rosa seeds I ordered from Angel Grove Tree seed? Well I had no idea every seed would decide to sprout. I have over 80 rose seedlings, and I haven't even begun to

Sasha’s Test Results

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Posted by admin to Sasha, crappy stuff, pets on 2008-02-15, 19:05:00

16*, 65% humidity, Calm wind, fair, FLOOD WATCH This is what we have so far- Tumors---not cancer but still NEED to be removed if she is healthy enough. Bloodwork--- came back ok, nothing serious. We already know about the roundworms and are in the middle of treating that. Urine---The vet has to talk to us tomorrow about this. Its NOT FINE. The receptionist on the phone message said there were

Don’t ya just love these stamps?

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Sasha, crafts, crappy stuff, pets, photos on 2008-02-12, 11:51:00

Trying to think cheerful thoughts, and these flowers certainly are cheerful. Has a bad day at the vet today. Just want to hold Sasha an cry a bit, my poor baby. :(Hoping the tests come back better then the vet thinks they will.I'm really sad now so I'm going to go paint, do something to keep my mind off this mess.

Help me name Freya’s underling!

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Posted by admin to Little Osa, Mr. Hyper, Sasha, family, pets, photos on 2007-12-20, 04:23:00

Help me name our newest foster kid! (Peeking out of hiding) Kitten doesn't give a rats behind about the ferret, but the dog on the other hand, "What is that horrid smelly monster?" Still keepin' her eyes peeled on the big fuzzy lump. Moseying on to the next hiding spot. This kid came to us last night---she had been living under Mr. Hyper's aunt's house. She's somewhat used to people but