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August 22, 2010
August 06, 2010
another animal relaxing
This is the second in an unlimited photo series of animals relaxing
around our house. (The carpenter's dog Iggy asleep on our couch was
the first.) What is this squirrel thinking, that it's part cat or
something?
Speaking of cats, there is a cat who likes to sleep on our table in
the back yard. I'll try to get a picture for the series :)
August 02, 2010
Morrow Plot
One interesting thing I saw at UIUC was the Morrow Plot. This plot of
corn has been continuously studied for over 100 years, and is right on
campus. A few years ago when they wanted to build a new undergraduate
library next door to the plot, they couldn't because the building
would cast a shadow over the corn. So they built the entire library
UNDERGROUND! So now it's the underground undergraduate library!
aerial view of garden
Here's a view of the garden at the end of July. See the little flashes
of red on the left side? I thought those were weeds and pulled some
out earlier this summer, which I now regret because they're really
nice. I'll know next year!
July 25, 2010
Back by popular demand! For some reason our basement picture disappeared, here it is back again
Happy Birthday Liam
Liam had a chill birthday weekend, will plays, sleepovers, and a move with a friend. We ended it up with a lovely evening out in the backyard playing his gift from Miles (Heist) and his gift from us (Pandemic)
July 16, 2010
Last time I was seen in a bikini
This photo was taken by Dad in the mid-1970s on Dauphin Island,
Alabama. We went to the Gulf of Mexico every summer I can remember,
except for the summer we went to South Dakota. Based on Mom's comments
on her blog, I think that in this photo I was about to turn and run
into the water, and Debbie was looking at her feet thinking she'd like
to dig in the sand.
Mom posted this in May but I've been behind on blog reading, and
anyway thought it was worth re-posting today, since the cap on the oil
leak has been holding for about a day now. Yay! Fingers crossed it
continues to hold.
July 12, 2010
lots of photos of a small garden
This is a lot of photos of a small garden but then again I'm sure you all want to see every corner so I took photos from different angles!
Putting live plants in the window box under the tree didn't work out so well seeing as there is no light or water under there and I'm not great at maintaining that kind of neediness. So for our little party Saturday night I bought a bouquet of flowers and put them in "vases" in there. I think Martha Stewart would like this.
Longer shot
yay, tomatoes are growing!
The healthy stuff growing in the front is cilantro and parsley. There are tomato plants, chili pepper plants and some basil seedlings in here too.
Side view of the jungle like south side. One of our guests said the garden was like a walled cottage garden and I said "yes! that's what I'm going for!"
Another view of the jungle side.
i photos
Debbie was in town this weekend and on Sunday morning we went downtown to catch some of the filming of Transformers 3. We decided to detour to SEE the new sculpture of a giant eyeball. It was quite a SIGHT.
Debbie confronting her ambivalence about eyeballs.
Someone unknown, Miles, me and Debbie at the eyeball
It's just really cool!
Back of the eye from the el platform
July 11, 2010
Sunny Cahir and Cork
We had a picnic lunch on the grounds of Cahir Castle on the way to Cork
Then went for a post-lunch tour of the castle.
You can climb on the walls
and see great views of the town
Cool portcullis!
same portcullis, different photographer
Check out the blue sky!!!
Then we went along to Cork and stopped to visit Nan, Veronica, Patrick and Katie, then went to Anne and Brian's house. Paddy, Nan and Kathleen are here at Anne and Brian's house
John catches up on the news
Al fresco dining in Cork. Yum! We had fish and ostrich steaks!
Not a great photo but the view is fantastic. Anne and Brian's sitting room windows frame the surrounding countryside just beautifully. I would say it's totally a contender for Grand Design (home design TV show).
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