3 months ago
Tea Party
I have started a blog with another friend of mine, London Hearts. It's called "Tea Party". We are both working professionals, but want to take a time out from the grind and do something enjoyable. Since we both are too busy to join a book club, we decided to start one ourselves via blog. It's kind of like those online college classes you see adds for in the back of professional journals. We decided that we were going to read at our own pace and blog our reactions to the chapters. So far so good. The first book is "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton. Our second book is going to be "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. When we start this book another blogger is going to join our tea party. The Ultimate Chick saw what we were doing and wants to join us on our second book.
Camera time
Thank you Wikipidia....
Achillea millefolium or Yarrow (other common names Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old Man's Pepper, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's Woundwort, Thousand-leaf, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. Yarrow has seen historical use as a medicine, mainly because of its astringent effects. Decoctions have been used to treat inflammations such as piles (hemorrhoids), and also headaches. Confusingly, it has been said to both stop bleeding and promote it. Infusions of Yarrow, taken either internally or externally, are said to speed recovery from severe bruising. The most medicinally active part of the plant are the flowering tops. They also have a mild stimulant effect, and have been used as a snuff. Today, yarrow is valued mainly for its action in colds and influenza, and also for its effect on the circulatory, digestive, and urinary systems.
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Dragonflies typically eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, and butterflies. They are therefore valued as predators, since they help control populations of harmful insects. Dragonflies are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as "nymphs", are aquatic. Adult dragonflies do not bite or sting humans, though nymphs are capable of delivering a painful (though otherwise harmless) bite.
Dipsacus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Dipsacaceae. The members of this genus are known as teasel or teazel or teazle. The genus includes about 15 species of tall herbaceous biennial plants (rarely short-lived perennial plants) growing to 1-2.5 m tall, native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
CropI love this camera. You can crop the original picture down without loosing the image to pixelated doom.
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Stimulus Package
I finally spent my part of the "stimulus" package. I purchased a Canon Digital Rebel XT EOS 350D. It has been replaced by a newer model so the price was a steal. I did all the research, read all the reviews and this was going to be my upgrade from my S1Is (now there is the S5Is) and my Powershot SD400 Digital Elph. All Canons. SO I read all the instructions, loaded all the software, charged the battery and as the sun set, I took some pictures. Quick, un-calculated photos. Everything was on auto (flash was auto), raw point and shoot, with three twists of the lens. I stood in one place and pressed on the pretty little silver button...
I can't wait to learn all the little features. It also dose a rapid shutter.... the main reason why I did the upgrade.
Catch up in Photos... and clip art
Life travels by so fast sometimes i forget to breath.... then it travels by so fast that I feel like I'm standing still with the everything on pause.
Unpacking the Vegas bags. Mazzy Pants jumped into the bag...almost as if to say "never sleep away again".
I took some time to turn an old broken chair into garden piece. I'm almost done. I have to put in some shading, a butterfly, and movement lines around the faux sign as if it was swinging. I'm going to set it between some roses, lemon grass and rosemary.
I need to finish it this weekend
My mother and I went 4th of July shopping on the 3rd. As we were driving we were talking about my truck and how I have had it since July 4th 2006 and then she asked... how many miles are on it now. I looked down and there it was ... 11111. I pulled over parked the truck and took a quick picture of it... all while my mom was laughing... for the blog. Yes, for the blog. Pearmama wrote a post on how the "blog" is part of our daily life (no pun intended) and we do things, such as take pictures of our odometers just for our blogs. It's true... it was for the blog. July 4th - went to my parents for a BBQ, came home little early because we wanted to be with the dogs. Zora (Queensland Heeler) is 14 years old and hates fire/fireworks/flames. Dingo, the two year old Queensland barked and ran around the yard while the terrier mix sat between my husband and I. We knew our other neighbors would have illegal fireworks and decided to set up in the backyard and calm the dogs and watch for fire. Two days prior, we finished clearing our acre in anticipation of a "illegal fire work gone wild". There were illegal fire works down the street and the ones in the video are across the wall/canal/tracks/wall. Good times.
July 7th there was a strange man standing out side. Looking left, looking right, looking left, looking right... repeat repeat. I took a picture, just in case ... of what who knows... but just in case. Then I looked out the other window... another man standing in my neighbors drive way. then a cop car, then another. I then realized this man was a plain clothes officer making sure no one ran out the side gate of their house. ( side note: they just put up a 6 foot fence up the side and all around their "first" backyard) Three cop cars, two undercover cars and talking to may neighbor later a woman that has been staying with them was handcuffed and put in the cop car and taken away. Weird... I wonder what she did. Three neighbors ago ( I have been on my little ranch for a while) there was a ATF/Police/Helicopter/Fire engine raid. Oh the memories. 
On the 8th my husband and I decide to take a "drive" for dinner. We went to this little restaurant that he is in love with before we met. We went to Perris for Chile Rellenos. It was a fun impromptu adventure.
Then on the 9th we went over to M and M's house. They showed us some beautiful shots of Napa, the Mountains that surround Napa the beach and San Francisco. The "walking" stick was great! I also got the call that a dear person in my life past. He was my little brothers' counselor, my high school friends father, and staple in Colton.
July 10th - I went with a good friend to the Red Earth Spa in Redlands. It was sooooooo relaxing. We talked about this since excursion since May. She received a gift certificate and it was more then she needed, so she invited me along. I, in return, took us out for lunch after. I loved the whole experience. She is such a down to earth person to talk to. I'm so lucky to have so many great girlfriends. I have had a few girlfriends, but it's hard finding women I am compatible with. Women who share similar outlooks on marriage, work, culture, values, and life. They are so different, but I adore them all the same.
Then on the 9th we went over to M and M's house. They showed us some beautiful shots of Napa, the Mountains that surround Napa the beach and San Francisco. The "walking" stick was great! I also got the call that a dear person in my life past. He was my little brothers' counselor, my high school friends father, and staple in Colton.
July 10th - I went with a good friend to the Red Earth Spa in Redlands. It was sooooooo relaxing. We talked about this since excursion since May. She received a gift certificate and it was more then she needed, so she invited me along. I, in return, took us out for lunch after. I loved the whole experience. She is such a down to earth person to talk to. I'm so lucky to have so many great girlfriends. I have had a few girlfriends, but it's hard finding women I am compatible with. Women who share similar outlooks on marriage, work, culture, values, and life. They are so different, but I adore them all the same.
It's always Sunday even when it is Sunday
My Husband and I always say it's Sunday when the day is clam and slow. With that said... next week is packed. Not in an "oh my I'm so overwhelmed" packed, but a it's about time I took some me time. May/June was crazy! I thought I was going to pull a Mariah Carey during her Glitter release. I'm going out to for shushi in Riverside with some friends on Monday, one of them being the "Ultimate Chick" whom blames me for her blogging addiction and then on Tuesday I made time for a massage with a wonderful friend of mine and a small lunch. Wednesday... who knows and Thursday.... shopping for Friday of course. Saturday we have a party to attend in Redlands ... a good old BBQ back yard party. This should be interesting since the conversations are about music, economics, historical wonder from the area, Literature and children... my part in the last topic is as follows. "So when are you going to have a baby?" "Don't you want one". "Is it time yet"?My replay is ... oh look your kid is hungry... ummm you child is crying... you kid is going towards the pool.... what are they eating off the floor.... distract and run. Over all this will be a great week.
We wanted to go to Cabo San Lucas this vacay or down to San Ignacio to see the cave art... however we are opting for a Museum Summer to save money because we have decided to go to New York next year and Merida, Yucatan, Mexico... so less time going out and a little more time blogging, board games and gardening... the "free-er" things in life.
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