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we have kitten-on-the-lap cam!
scroll down the page and look on the right.
update: i had the camera on the desk, but the kitten was so entranced by the velcro strap on the tripod that he couldn't resist batting it around. the camera is now on the floor, wherever he last dragged it.
james brown has lost his mind.
i'm not ready to take photos yet of my office, but i found a tool on benjamin moore's site that lets you decorate a theoretical room with their colors. behold the cheese room!
i've finished painting the woodwork. today i will scrape the windowpanes and do general-purpose cleanup in there. on wednesday we'll put in the floor. onward!
a belated but sincere happy birthday to tim! i thought of you yesterday as i was painting my office the color of...mango? no...canteloupe? no...72 slices of american cheese? BINGO.
hope you had a wonderful day, and that you'll have a brilliant 26th year.
this afternoon i started the spring cleanup in the yard. three wheelbarrows of sticks later, i settled into the front perennial bed for a preliminary evaluation. i am happy to report that spring appears to be on its way.
it is taking its own sweet time.
the lupine has leaves about as big as my thumbnail. it should look like this eventually — but i make no promises.
then we have the dozens of lipstick-red tulips mom planted in the fall. they're barely peeking up through the mulch at the moment. as i cleaned out some debris from around the plants, i was astonished to see that the new shoots push right through any dead leaves that get in their way. note to self: don't mess with a tulip when it means business.
finally, i was happy to see that the daylilies and daffodils under my living room window are pushing up. these plants come courtesy of my neighbor and my grandmother respectively. when the daffodils are finished, the foliage of the daylilies hides their tattered leaves nicely. zero maintenance: my kind of garden.
as excited as i am to see signs of life in my yard, i have to confess that i'm emerald green with envy. mom and betty e-mailed me pictures of their gardens, vivid enough to make me weep — that is, if i weren't already weeping at the mole trails and snowbanks that are the most noticeable feature of my yard these days.
