Monthly Archives: July 2008
By GW on 07/30/2008
I’ve uploaded some new dog photos to Flickr, both in the Misc Dog Shots and B&W Dog Shots sets. They’re the last ones listed in each set. I’m very happy with the Tamron lens I bought last week! Off to work I go, though I’d rather play with the camera and edit photos. See y’all [...]
Posted in Domestic stuff, Pets, Photography Tagged alpha, b&w dog pictures, bw, canine, digital photos, dogs, garden, konica, minolta, outdoors, patio, portraits, sony dslr-a300, tamron
By GW on 07/29/2008
Dave’s Garden people are the best! Howie and I have known this for a long time, since 2001 as a matter of fact. When Howie had his life-changing back surgery at Johns Hopkins in 2006, it was DG people who buoyed our spirits in the forums during the months leading up to his surgery and [...]
Posted in All things media, Faith, Family, Gardening, People I admire Tagged community, dave whitinger, daves garden, daylily, DG, Gardening, gardenweb, GW, support, texas, tracy pruitt, transplant
By GW on 07/26/2008
Yesterday afternoon, Emma managed to yank the handle of the Flexi-leash right out of my hand. She realized immediately she was free and took off like a racehorse from the starting gate, dashing between our neighbor’s house and garage and out in front of the houses. I ran after her bellowing in a most unladylike [...]
Posted in Domestic stuff, Pets, Photography Tagged adopt, dog racing, fast dog, fences, greyhound, loose, mix, running, safety, yard
By GW on 07/22/2008
As both a gardener and a fan of Christopher Walken, this Saturday Night Live skit makes me laugh. Though it was pretty obvious during the whole episode that he was reading from teleprompters, it’s still pretty funny. “Ferns don’t have pricklers like cactuses, but what if they all ganged up on you, tried to choke [...]
Posted in Local folks, People I admire, Photography, Solemnity, Uncategorized Tagged carnivorous plants, christopher walken, fat boy slim, Gardening, google eyes, googly eyes, Humor, plants, plastic eyes, saturday night live, scary, skit, SNL
By GW on 07/19/2008
I am resolved to posting more often, even if it’s brief posts with links to other content. I had it in my head that I had to write the great American novel for each post; okay, maybe not the great American novel, but at least posts that mean something. Well, forget that! I will post [...]
Posted in All things media, Humor, People I admire Tagged bedtime stories, childrens literature, christopher walken, faerie, fairy tales, fat boy slim, reading aloud, video
By GW on 07/18/2008
I was taking pictures of the various flowers in our birdfeeder bed when I looked down and noticed this crab spider had caught herself a nice dinner.Crab spiders, in the family Thomisidae, are fascinating creatures. They secret themselves away in the shadows and jump out to catch their prey.They can change colors to match their [...]
Posted in Domestic stuff, Gardening, Photography Tagged Chasmanthium latifolium, crab spider, dangerous garden, Echinacea purpurea, echinops ritro, Echinops ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue', Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum', Gardening, Lysimachia punctata, predatory
By GW on 07/18/2008
Since it is going to be in the 90′s and very humid for several days running this week, we finally broke down and put the AC on in the house Wednesday morning. I don’t know if it is related, but Wednesday night I developed a migraine and sinus headache and spent a restless night alternating [...]
Posted in Domestic stuff, Gardening Tagged acclimation, air conditioning, central air, climate, cold, electricity costs, Gardening, headaches, patio, saving energy, staying cool, sweating
