Yard, Comics, Tap and JFK
Here's some photos of our planted stuff:
Dogwood tree https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14012966029/
The new bed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14012978678/
The old bed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14176499136/
We bought our Dogwood Tree from Weston Nurseries out in Hopkington, due to having a $25 credit there for joining MA Horticultural Society last year. The drive out and trying to balance a tired/hot/hungry kid made it perhaps not so worth the cost. Live and learn. It was a great place, but since Hopkington or Chelmsford aren't super convenient to us, I'm not sure how often (or if ever) we would go. Still, nice place and good advice and a cute tree.
The veggie and herb plants came from the Waltham Community Farm plant sale. Brian snapped this picture of Mina while I was shopping for plants https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/14199666474/. It is just gorgeous, and is my current favorite of her.
There are some plants I received for Mother's Day that are going into our front yard. I'm still trying to fill that space in, gradually. I want to get some kind of bunny figures to put around our dogwood as a memorial for Batty and Praline (they are buried under there now, their ashes mixed in with our soil and compost). I want to plant some sunflowers somewhere in memory of gram. I have a couple of azalea bushes to plant in her memory too (bought online from White Flower Farm to use the $25 credit I had to there via MA Horticultural). The bed of wildflowers I planted aren't doing anything. The seeds were old and I was iffy about our success there. I want to get some more seeds to throw down and see what happens.
I'd also like to get a zen temple statue (we have a Buddha and rock stack). Maybe some of those glass garden balls. Some solar glow lights. I am having a blast making this yard our own finally, and playing with Mina in it. This weekend we replace some broken/old fencing. We were going to have our old stump ground out, but there is one chunk of it positioned perfectly to be a little seat. We may end up keeping it and turning it into a fairy garden for Mina. Fun fun!
I bought this book for her at Dancer's Image Newton recently and she is loving it, quoting it https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14013006060/. Hearing a 2 year old say "Bojangles, Bojangles" or "Rap a tap tap, think of that" is adorable.
Free Comic Book Day pictures:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/14013163327/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/14013089959/
I hate to say that it took me almost 39 years to get myself to the Kennedy Library, even though I spent 3 years in Grad School at Umass Boston and could have gone for free. I took our recent houseguests from CA. Here are the pics that I took there https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/sets/72157644288095238/. I had no clue about the JFK/Superman comic, or that there was a piece of the Berlin Wall there (there is another in Boston outdoors somewhere near the Museum of Science that you can see if you do a Duck Tour). I also love his direct nature in the space race memo.
Dogwood tree https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14012966029/
The new bed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14012978678/
The old bed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14176499136/
We bought our Dogwood Tree from Weston Nurseries out in Hopkington, due to having a $25 credit there for joining MA Horticultural Society last year. The drive out and trying to balance a tired/hot/hungry kid made it perhaps not so worth the cost. Live and learn. It was a great place, but since Hopkington or Chelmsford aren't super convenient to us, I'm not sure how often (or if ever) we would go. Still, nice place and good advice and a cute tree.
The veggie and herb plants came from the Waltham Community Farm plant sale. Brian snapped this picture of Mina while I was shopping for plants https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/14199666474/. It is just gorgeous, and is my current favorite of her.
There are some plants I received for Mother's Day that are going into our front yard. I'm still trying to fill that space in, gradually. I want to get some kind of bunny figures to put around our dogwood as a memorial for Batty and Praline (they are buried under there now, their ashes mixed in with our soil and compost). I want to plant some sunflowers somewhere in memory of gram. I have a couple of azalea bushes to plant in her memory too (bought online from White Flower Farm to use the $25 credit I had to there via MA Horticultural). The bed of wildflowers I planted aren't doing anything. The seeds were old and I was iffy about our success there. I want to get some more seeds to throw down and see what happens.
I'd also like to get a zen temple statue (we have a Buddha and rock stack). Maybe some of those glass garden balls. Some solar glow lights. I am having a blast making this yard our own finally, and playing with Mina in it. This weekend we replace some broken/old fencing. We were going to have our old stump ground out, but there is one chunk of it positioned perfectly to be a little seat. We may end up keeping it and turning it into a fairy garden for Mina. Fun fun!
I bought this book for her at Dancer's Image Newton recently and she is loving it, quoting it https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk7602/14013006060/. Hearing a 2 year old say "Bojangles, Bojangles" or "Rap a tap tap, think of that" is adorable.
Free Comic Book Day pictures:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/14013163327/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/14013089959/
I hate to say that it took me almost 39 years to get myself to the Kennedy Library, even though I spent 3 years in Grad School at Umass Boston and could have gone for free. I took our recent houseguests from CA. Here are the pics that I took there https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancerjodi/sets/72157644288095238/. I had no clue about the JFK/Superman comic, or that there was a piece of the Berlin Wall there (there is another in Boston outdoors somewhere near the Museum of Science that you can see if you do a Duck Tour). I also love his direct nature in the space race memo.