Hah! 
Finally got to the end of this meme!
It's only taken me 5+ months to post 30 items...

This is the flower on one of my most recently bought cacti.
I've been growing them off-and-on since I was in my teens, but I've never had a bicolour flower (or a deep red one) until now.


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 It's been a while since I posted.  Meme time again!

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Adventures in Container Gardening

This spring, I've been helping my apartment-dwelling sister create a functional garden on her deck.  She'd found some over-the-railing deck planters and was hoping to use them (along with an assortment of smaller pots) to grow veggies, herbs, and flowers.

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Further adventures in gluten-free eating.

• beef stroganoff, made from scratch with no recipe

• wraps with baked chicken, brie, and cranberries
  I need to add tart apples to this one next time, but was too lazy to slice one.

• chicken curry pizza with smoked mozzarella and cheddar cheeses


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My parents have been cleaning my sister's college possessions out of the house.  She moved away 15 years ago and left behind all of her things from university.

Among the items I have appropriated:

• 120 Prismacolor pencils

• complete set of sculpting tools

• an awesome pair of embroidery scissors

five things about me:

• I've been an Earth-person since birth

• love the colour green

• go barefoot whenever possible

• dislike washing dishes

• have an inexplicable fondness for poppy-patterned articles of clothing

Scene from our house at 2am:

I stepped outside to tuck in the lettuce plants, whose cover had blown off.
      *noticed how warm it was outside*
      *also noticed a certain noise*

Me (to Stormy): Step outside and tell me if you hear what I hear...

stormsongk stepped outside and closed the door.
Broke into a huge grin and started jumping up and down.
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Life was quiet this weekend.
We got some snow on Monday morning, so I stayed in bed, working on my needlepoint.  The sunlight helped tell the difference between two colours of cream on the pattern.
Hobbes insisted that he was being neglected.


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