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| Gardening | ||
I planted the oriental poppies today. I'm afraid I may have damaged one badly, I hope it recovers. The other 5 went in well and I have high hopes for them. I got to use the compost finally. I put it down around the poppies and through some of it around the back yard in places that I'm not going to plant but still hope will become lush with life. I hope everything grows well. | ||
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| Waking Up | ||
It's spring and my life is waking up. Just a few years ago, my life was extremely turbulent and my mind was an unpleasant place to be in. Everything was always in flux, but far from always in a good way. This past year has been calmer, quieter, so stable it has bordered on a bit boring. But, it's been something I needed. Now, things are beginning to pick up again. However, this time it's different. I can feel the motion of before, but things are clearer. This past year gives me a platform from which to launch from. It has been a place of stable mind and thought that has let me ground and center. The loops are still there in the background, but I know how to work them now. I am not afraid. My eyes are opening. I am awake. | ||
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| All that March Winds Bring | ||
March winds bring April showers April showers bring May flowers Poll #1160899 June Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All May flowers bring _____
View Answers June bugs June weddings mulberries pilgrims summer when will they every learn? this seasonal rhyme doesn't apply to where I live. | ||
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| Spring!!! | ||
Spring has arrived. Soon, the plants my sister and brother are sending me for my birthday will start arriving and I'll be able to put the compost to good use. They are sending me 3 butterfly bushes, 3 red latham raspberry bushes, and 6 oriental poppies. I'm very excited about gardening this year. I haven't done any gardening since I rented the house in Columbia, Missouri and grew carrots out back. It was a very small house with a small yard, but it was a house with a yard and it was $185/month. Wow, that price seems great now, I couldn't rent a room for that around here these days. It's a different season here, in more ways than just not being winter anymore. | ||
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| Equinox | ||
Prince Henry's test results came back yesterday, and he got a clean bill of health. He got to fly with everyone else for the first time. Sir Dubbins freaked out and had to go back to his cage, but the budgies didn't seem mind him much. None of the budgies approached him too closely, but it was evident Skye wanted to. We're not going to have Prince Henry and Sir Dubbins out at the same time until they get a little more used to the idea of each other. I went to a equinox dinner yesterday at After leaving the equinox dinner, I went over to | ||
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| Babies Under the Floorboards | ||
The right closet of my bedroom is filled with the squeaking of baby birds. There's a nest under the floorboards, which is where the roof meets the side of the house. The parents must be entering in a hole right above or below the gutter. By the frequency that I see house sparrow out front, most likely that's what's in there. Little birdies growing up right under my feet. It makes me happy, it's spring. | ||
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| Snow | ||
Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow I Love Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow!! | ||
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For each of the following, indicate which one you option you like more (or dislike less) by selecting a number on that side of the scale. The closer to -5 or 5 indicates the degree to which you prefer that option. Poll #867616 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All beer (-5) vs. wine (5)
View Answers Mean: 1.66 Median: 2 Std. Dev 3.04
benevolent monarchy (-5) vs. corrupt democracy (5)
View Answers Mean: -1.08 Median: -1 Std. Dev 2.52
boston red sox (-5) vs. new york yankees (5)
View Answers Mean: -1.31 Median: 0 Std. Dev 3.09
cats (-5) vs. dogs (5)
View Answers Mean: -1.68 Median: -3 Std. Dev 3.21
chocolate (-5) vs. sex (5)
View Answers Mean: 1.20 Median: 2 Std. Dev 2.82
Dick Cheney (-5) vs. Karl Rove (5)
View Answers Mean: 0.00 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.45
France (-5) vs. Italy (5)
View Answers Mean: -0.53 Median: 0 Std. Dev 2.88
Groucho Marx (-5) vs. Karl Marx (5)
View Answers Mean: -0.93 Median: 0 Std. Dev 2.57
Iran (-5) vs. Syria(5)
View Answers Mean: 0.10 Median: 0 Std. Dev 1.51
Jessica Simpson (-5) vs. Maria Cary (5)
View Answers Mean: -0.12 Median: 0 Std. Dev 2.03
mental pain (-5) vs. physical pain (5)
View Answers Mean: 1.00 Median: 2 Std. Dev 2.68
planned (-5) vs. spontaneity (5)
View Answers Mean: 0.32 Median: 0 Std. Dev 2.76
spring (-5) vs. autumn (5)
View Answers Mean: 0.59 Median: 2 Std. Dev 4.11
summer (-5) vs. winter (5)
View Answers Mean: -0.74 Median: -2 Std. Dev 3.82
United Kingdom (-5) vs. United States (5)
View Answers Mean: -0.90 Median: 0 Std. Dev 2.73
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| Yep, It's Spring | ||
Two roaches were found in the upstairs bathroom. I set up traps and a spring cleaning is definitely in order. I wonder if the tradition of spring cleaning originated in response to the returning of the bugs. | ||
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| Prelude to Inundation | ||
Last week, I heard several squirrels screaming their mating calls. This is definitely not their mating season, but this winter has been more spring in many ways and I think that has confused them. We had an actual taste of winter over the weekend, but the springlike weather has returned. With the lack of any prolonged freeze this winter, there will likely be an imbalance this spring and summer. Inevitably, some species who's numbers are normally decimated during the winter will instead survive and multiply into a deluge. What will it be? Slugs? Frogs? Some sort of insect? Who knows? There may even be an boom echo when whatever feeds on the first wave themselves explode in population. Personally, I'm hoping for salamanders. | ||
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| Window World | ||
Ground. Center. Outside the window, Sol is gracing brightly the snowlined streets. Cars speed by splashing in the puddles of icemelt. In a blink of an eye, the brilliance of spring will eclipse the desaturated tones of winter. Nothing is static, change is the order of the day. The future is arriving now; leave behind what was, acknowledge what is, and make what will be. | ||
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| The Rose | ||
That passage reminds me of when i was homeless. I felt hopeless and unlovable. I know now the seeds of my future were there. | ||
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