I've decided that it's not that I can't take decent garden pictures, it's that a) I should get them on disc in stead of hard copies and b) my scanner sucks. So I've put a few pics taken a month ago under the cut of the garden, and one of my kitten, Hope. D'aww.
I mentioned a while back that I watched two front crash and later we had tornadoes in the area? Here are two pics from that night:
The sky was SO BLUE. And then, BAM. Yellowy-green. All the birds went quiet for a bit, which isn't indicative of goodness. We just had minor wind damage from this one.
The first pic was taken from the front of my house, and this one was from the backdoor. By the time I walked through the house to the back, the system had circled the whole area. (That's like... many many miles. Yeeps.)
Rule of thumb for people not from here: if the sky is the color of a bruise, get into the most interior room of your house, preferably a small bathroom or closet. (Structurally the safest.)
And again, the actual photos in my hand are so nice! But my scanner made them all fuzzy and discolored. Bah. Garden!
Blue plants in the foreground are bluebonnets (State flower) and the purple flower is a Spanish lavender.
Here's a closeup. I like how this variety looks like bunny heads. Hee! The silver/grey plant in the back with threaded leaves is that old standby, Powis Castle artemisia. (Wormwood.) One of my most favorite plant smells, too.
And finally, KITTY!
And because I'm procrastinating (we had another major storm roll in last night and blow my climbing rose off the house again, and I need to get a copper pipe trellis installed to keep it from DYING, omg. *cries*) I have a poll under the cut. MP3 A GO GO!!
I mentioned a while back that I watched two front crash and later we had tornadoes in the area? Here are two pics from that night:
The sky was SO BLUE. And then, BAM. Yellowy-green. All the birds went quiet for a bit, which isn't indicative of goodness. We just had minor wind damage from this one.
The first pic was taken from the front of my house, and this one was from the backdoor. By the time I walked through the house to the back, the system had circled the whole area. (That's like... many many miles. Yeeps.)
Rule of thumb for people not from here: if the sky is the color of a bruise, get into the most interior room of your house, preferably a small bathroom or closet. (Structurally the safest.)
And again, the actual photos in my hand are so nice! But my scanner made them all fuzzy and discolored. Bah. Garden!
Blue plants in the foreground are bluebonnets (State flower) and the purple flower is a Spanish lavender.
Here's a closeup. I like how this variety looks like bunny heads. Hee! The silver/grey plant in the back with threaded leaves is that old standby, Powis Castle artemisia. (Wormwood.) One of my most favorite plant smells, too.
And finally, KITTY!
And because I'm procrastinating (we had another major storm roll in last night and blow my climbing rose off the house again, and I need to get a copper pipe trellis installed to keep it from DYING, omg. *cries*) I have a poll under the cut. MP3 A GO GO!!
Every little step I take
(you will be there)
11(44.0%)
(we'll be together)
4(16.0%)
(I want to feel you from the inside)
4(16.0%)
(you bring me closer to god)
3(12.0%)
A list of some of "my" problems would include:
being harassed by the police
2(8.3%)
racial prejudice
1(4.2%)
The Man
5(20.8%)
bitches
4(16.7%)
needing to f&ck you like an animal
3(12.5%)
I thought I was a fool for no one
oh baby I'm a fool for you.
5(20.0%)
you're the queen of the superficial
2(8.0%)
and how long before you tell the truth?
4(16.0%)
because I want to f&ck you like an animal
2(8.0%)
and if there's some free time, perhaps feel you from the inside?
4(16.0%)
The spell we cast with Buffy must have
released some primal evil that's come back
1(4.0%)
seeking I'm not sure what
0(0.0%)
Willow, look through the chronicles
0(0.0%)
for some reference to a warrior beast
0(0.0%)
I've got to warn Buffy
0(0.0%)
there's every chance she could be next
0(0.0%)
in which it will fuck her like an animal
1(4.0%)
or maybe it's benevolent, in which case it will get her closer to god...
1(4.0%)
Xander: help Willow
0(0.0%)
and try not to bleed on my couch I just had it steam cleaned
6(24.0%)
Who's got the look?
I don't know the answer to that question!
4(16.0%)
(If I knew I would tell you.)
12(48.0%)
(Unless it had to do with Trent Reznor, because that's getting old.)
4(16.0%)
What's the look?
LOOK FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
8(32.0%)
Yes, there's one thing, there's one thing that still holds true!
13(52.0%)
What's that?
That's the look, it's the look.
5(20.8%)
(The look of love.)
4(16.7%)
(And how you are like a lioness, and I'm a lion. And I'm in heat. And it's go time.)
1(4.2%)
(translation: animal humpage. My feelings towards it, rather.)
0(0.0%)
If I was a surgeon, and I liked you, and put my hands in your intestines? That.
4(16.7%)
Stoney should:
quit procrastinating
0(0.0%)
get something done
0(0.0%)
make faces at me for checking the top two, because who the hell am I?
1(4.0%)
No seriously. WHO ARE YOU.
0(0.0%)
not have more coffee
1(4.0%)
have ALL the coffee!
1(4.0%)
ooh, wait! A Thai coffee!
1(4.0%)
or a glass of water? Have I had water today?
0(0.0%)
sit on the patio with a book and watch the butterflies.
4(16.0%)
f&ck me like an animal.
1(4.0%)
'Oos dis bint, then?
stoney321- Laura Stone
- Hey, Don't Judge Me
Comments
(Yippy yi, yippy yi ay ay! HOOOOOOO oooo HOOOOOO ooooo!) hahahaha.
(Ooooh, I actually love lightening storms. But yes, that's all foreboding while reading skeery stuffs)
(Have fun this weekend with your girl!)
Be sure to post pics of your garden when it's all established so I can drool over it! :D
Thanks for saying so about the garden. I mean, y'all have utterly stunning gardens up there, so I get incredibly envious of the New England garden scene... Can't wait to see it up close and in person in a month! (I'll email you later today or tomorrow - 'kay?)
SMOOCH
Your garden is pretty!
Lovely garden, no matter what the dumb scanner does.
And there's nothing like a mesocyclone to brighten up your darkening day. (I remember these oh-so-clearly from my Texas childhood. Here comes the hail again!)
HOPE! *snugs her*
Wow, I really hope things are okay with all of you in the storm. So, so sorry to hear that the roses fell further. If I was there, I would help you find the right copper trellis to re-mount them!
I did a lot of pruning this afternoon - it just took away a bunch of the blooms, but it's in good health, so that made me happy. (I think we're going to make one tomorrow. o_0 The Mister seemed determined...)
*snugs YOU!!*
I'm working on a magic map where you can fold it to make two places touch and be that close in RL, however... ;)
2a. You have pretty pretty flowers. And a cute kitty.
2b. Book. Butterflies. Sometimes it's relaxing to just not f&ck anything like an animal for a bit.
1. Cowering, wireless radios, and more cowering
2a. thank you!
2b. unless the animal is a sloth, because I think they're most likely hold their lovers with tenderness. Or possibly just a look. A LOOK OF LOVE.
You're poll is crazy, girl. *mwah!*
And I know people are terrified of tornadoes (and rightly so) but they happen so fast and are over so quickly and make everything so bizarre and wonderful. Not like hurricanes where you have three days to prepare and the storms just sit over you for days.
I was sad when my dad redid their kitchen and boarded up the potato cellar underneath where we used to crouch when I was a kid. Now, the city has developed so much that the center of Dallas is rarely affected directly by twisters. They skirt around the buildings and hit the farms, instead.