Dog blogs .....

worth reading...... Dogster For The Love of Dogs is one of them... terrific reading, information, a lot of links to other dog blogs and generally well formatted for easy reading... gets my 'slurp' of approval...

so i suppose whats good for the dog is good for the cat??? and here it is... Catster, Here Kitty Kitty ... its a different format but just as informative....

sometime today i need to get into the shed of horrors... several years of neglect and heapings of dead boxes....... ack... i KNOW there are monsters in there... i shall wear protective clothing.. well a good set of gloves anyways... never know who's lurking in the corner!!!

Two days........

in a row!!!! Sunny, warm and springlike... must be an illusion!! i see new buds opening on some of the berry bushes... lots of wee song birds singing their 'love' songs to each other...

mmm 2 p.m. and raining... LOL.. i knew the sun wasn't going to last.. blink and it's something else... ah well... such is paradise...

took a drive with puppies of course.... went to George's old house... a sad state of affairs...it's beginning to look haunted, as old abandoned homes do... the life was sucked out when he had to depart... i suppose its a bit of karma for the family that ousted him... i hope bisbee does him well :D ... i think we need George to come back and trim a hedge or two.. give a hug or two and even a grumble or two .....
no tresspassing.. a reversal from the welcoming garden of old
the dragon peeks out from the ivy, still guarding the gateway to a memory...

movie review time: Hairspray (1988) vs Hairspray (2007)
just finished watching Hairspray (1988) version... was too funny... and different from the 2007 version (which i watched several days ago).... both were good, 2007 was more of a musical than the 1988 version... (1988) was fun to see some of actors who i'd not seen for a long time... check it out... makes for a fun popcorn musical night :D

Trees....... are cool.... 10 famous trees... well i think there are more than that on the link... i dunno, i didn't count them... but they are pretty cool...

Yummy Monday....

and what a day... sun out, warm and thoroughly invigorating.... i dub this as a 'yummy day'...
am off to the big city.... Newport... should be fun... a day in the sun, who knows what trouble i can find....
mmmm we found trouble.. in the form of delicious Chinese Food... mmmm good... unfortunately i don't know the name of the restaurant but i will find out and post it... it's one of the best i've eaten at for awhile, and yay no MSG problems... i loveeee msg, it does all the things to my body that shouldn't happen... like, nausea, swelling and other assorted lovely things... so it's rare that i eat Chinese food, but couldn't resist...
then we wandered down to Canyon Bookstore..... the store of fantasy, dreams and hopes... great music, food, trinkets and a great childrens section.. it looked a bit dog eared today... are the great bookstores falling like worn soldiers?.... the internet has been hard on books and cds....perhaps the wave of the future isn't quite as bright as it should be... fond memories of reading and libraries seem to be just that... 'memories'... the grandchildren's memories won't be of being curled up in front of the fireplace or sitting a comfy chair thats perched in a sunny window.. hot chocolate and favorite cookies.. and a thrilling mystery or romantic love story... sigh... just the thought of those memories makes me warm and fuzzy...
i don't feel the same warm and fuzzy.. curled up in front of my monitor!!
tonight was warm fuzzy of a different kind... out and about in the neighbourhood, chatting with neighbours who were outside... yay a hint of spring and us hermits come out to bask in the sun...

just a note... RARE EARTH GALLERY is the pagan gallery i went to on saturday....the shopkeeper's website has lots to look at, so check it out :D

Saturday adventures...

are sometimes just impromptu wanderings... like yesterday... since it was a sunny day, figured that i and the 'brats' needed to get out and have a bit of adventure... so i made a picnic lunch... gathered my cameras, backpack and 2 very eager puppies and off we went.. into the wild green yonder ;) .... without a thought of 'where' i'd go or end up.... wasn't even sure if it was north or south.... but my car turned south... you know how that goes... just end up going a certain direction.... it was apparent that a lot of other people were on some sort of adventure too.... the road south is wonderfully windy, surf at my right, hills at my left... was very pleasant.. i got to Florence and decided that perhaps i should follow the river inland... made it to Mapleton and went to the little bookstore/snack bar and bought a book on Amphibians... after all, since i love them i should be able to identify their cute selves...
on the way home i stopped in at a small Pagan gallery, checked out some of his wares, and bought an interesting CD "Songs of the Cauldron" it's a celebration of Celtic, Druidism, Witches
i like it a lot... it's fun with thought...

went to the Landmark last night... what an adventure... as it usually is... it's most interesting to sit in a corner and 'watch'... interesting interactions, hugging, kissing and generally friendly behaviours, but sometimes testy, some real, some fakery... as i was watching people dancing i remembered a particularly interesting avi (video) that i'd seen a number of years ago... was of a dancing skeleton, female, with hair, and clothing... was mesmerizing... i tried to find it to post it, but no luck yet... anyways.. i 'imagined' people as skeletons... it made me think of art again... a fleeting moment i'm sure... the art thoughts just seem to come and go...unfortunately more go than come....

sunday mornings come all too soon... but a new day, a new adventure... visiting day... met with my friend's daughter and her new hubby... a new adventure for them is coming... farming of a sort.. i wish them well and hope they enjoy it as much as i love the land... and i'm sure they will be special additions to our small community...
had dinner and a movie at her house... mmm tasty shrimp salad and "Hairspray"....
life is good...

The Garden....

is waiting for spring... well i am anyways.. another dreary wet couple of days... getting to be a bore... but i suppose when i'm sweltering in my house, cause its a hundred plus... dreary will seem refreshing...

i took some cute pics of Bonnie Jean's garden.. well i liked them anyways... leftover winter garden things...

that maybe so, but i think it's more likely that worms do :D

and maybe one very cute mermaid... i'm guessing that she doesn't mind the rain at all.. but i've never figured out why mermaids are found in gardens, u'd think they'd get all dried out... being fishy and all...

The Green Jackfruit....

mmmm yummy things.... The Green Jackfruit is a blog for Indian Food lovers... mmmmmmm is all i gotta say... not only great recipes from her, but also a LOT of blog links to other exotic food lovers...

The Tattoo....

that was done... was cool....

TADA!!!! a few things to be added later...

i got to see it this afternoon... looks great!!!