"I wanna live!" to quote George Bailey

After 5 and 1/2 years I figured it was time to repot Elvy's violet. It was huge at one time but lately it's not been doing that well. Fresh soil, a good pruning, and a new pot will hopefully cheer it up.

Potato Cupcakes Round 1

Experimented with Potato cupcakes with Assiago Cheese and a lone BlackBerry (because I love them and they look neat).

I Twee You Vere

No wonder your allergies are so bad, you hang out in the trees too much!

She's a real swinger!

All The Kool Kids R Doing It

Back in my day, touques were worn in the winter, and on ALL of the head, not just the last 60% of it. #kidsToday

Purple gardenny goodness

Next garden will have purple allium planted in it.

Not Dust Bunny's

Here's where the coffee cups go...

Bridgehead is clearly the favourite for Glebe-ites.

I've Been Working On The Rail Road

..all the live long day..

This project sure is taking awhile. Seems like it needs more managers...

A friendly warning

Attention Sheldon, take note.

Nemo, Is That You?

..I found Nemo.. It wasn't hard at all..

Why did the turtle cross the road?

This poor guy was stuck in the middle of the Aviation Parkway. How no one ran him over is beyond me. Some nice biker dudes rescued him and took him far away from the road for his own safety.

Day-Sig-You-What?

Lantana

The first time I saw the lantana plant I was drawn to it because of it's vibrant Brady Bunch colour (orange and pink ... so 70s!) flowers. I bought one. I killed it. I tried again the following summer. That one lived through the summer but never flowered. Third time's the charm. Here's how two lantana plants look as of potting on this day. I hope that in a couple of months from now I can have another post here with my success story with a big colourful lantana.

PS. This plant is a perrenial and grows as an obnoxious weed-like plant in warmer climates like Texas.

Mavis Was Here

Mavis the duck was here, I can see her lazy ways all over the love stream. Haven`t seen Henry in awhile. Worried.

Lone Star Louie

Yellow Flower Fun

Rocking Garden

Brand Power

Mavis is old and she remembers when Kentucky Fried Chicken began to brand the abbreviation KFC... (probably to give the illusion it wasn't quite so fried). Now in the US they have a healthier grilled chicken on their menu and the marketing push is on....their cups now sport a KFC and a new KGC.

Whiskers The Friendly Lion

Turtle Trail

Lots of turtles chillaxin' along Petrie Island's Turtle Trail on this overcast day. Appropriately named.

Whiskers The Friendly Lion

Double Duty

This year's Tulip Festival Guide doubles as a handy sunhat.

Whiskers The Friendly Lion

Tulip Time

Purple. Is there any other colour?

The Funeral

Holding Up Midnight

The Wake

Proud Military man.

Overpriced Lunch, Ma'am?

We gotta get more people in the door somehow.. Here, take these trees, make some paper, print a silly message 200 times, tape them up outside the door, then get out of the way. #crowdswarm

Blind Melon

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain. I like watching the puddles gather rain.

Nothing Is Sacred...

Excuse me sir, you seem to have dropped something there... May I pick it up for you? #WarmAndGroadie

In case I don't make it....

....to the Tulip Festival this year I snapped these near my house. #itmayhavetodo

Shopping?

Henry told Mavis that they don't need a cart for this shopping trip, but alas, she was quite stubborn, as you can see..

Dream Car

A 1970 baby blue VW Beetle... my dream car!

Standup, Standup

A standup mower? How uncomfortable.

25th Anniversary

Yeeeee-haw! Giddy on up to the Lone Star every Tuesday in May after 4:30pm for fajitas at 1986 prices! That'd be $11.95 for a 1/2 pound of fajita goodness. (25 years later we're paying $24.95 for the same thing.)

Let Garden Games, Begin!

Excuse me, do you have any dirt?

R.I.P.

Donald Murray Thorne. August 25, 1937 - May 13, 2011

Footbridge Fun

Took a walk with Uncle Mike to the footbridge over by Ottawa U. Was such a nice day..

Achoo!

I love the trees and especially the lilac bushes but they really hate me at this time of the year. Pass the tissues please.

Downtown Filter Fun

Used a coloured pencil filter in Photoshop. Kind of gives it that "painting" effect. Neat.

As featured in the Sears catalogue

As featured on page 326 of the Sears Spring and Summer Catalogue... Sheldon modeling the latest in dog collars and leashes. (Well, no, not really. But I thought this shot looked a bit like a catalogue picture.)

Orchid Lives (Yes, Still)

Bent Lefty

When I saw this, I just had to take a shot. Ol bent lefty there.. What an interesting tree. #ImANaturalist

May Dog Park Fun I

Contortionist Tree

Spotted this interesting tree along the Old Quarry Trail.

Somedays inspiration is lacking, so flowers are always a go-to shot.

Hey Mister, Is That A Tulip?

Ok, so that's three photos, stuck together on one page, repeated four times. Greyscale, grayscale w/ vignetting, sepia and finally, colour.