Snap, Crackle, Crunch [pop]

I walked outside today and heard the snapping and crackling under my feet this OLD Commercial popped [hee hee] into my mind.

Snap-crackle-pop---old-rice-krispies-commercial

So beautiful outside

LEAF it to me

Off on a New Adventure

Look out Los Angeles here I come

Ha ha Leafing on a JET Plane… John Denver

Oh, kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that youll wait for me

Hold me like youll never let me go

cause Im leavin on a jet plane

Dont know when Ill be back again

Oh babe, I hate to go

Or The 5th Dimension and

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon

We could float among the stars together, you and I

For we can fly we can fly

Up, up and away

My beautiful, my beautiful balloon

Closer and CLOSER

Recalling the picture from Friday, October 10, 2008

Have a SUPER Weekend…

I take a closer LOOK

Reminded me of one of our Cats Tails, although our cats have Fuller tails…

Still the light from the sun played wonders with this grass

What the HAY?

Hay is grass or legumes that has been cut, dried, stored, and used for animal feed, particularly for grazing animals like cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. Small pets such as guinea pigs and rabbits also enjoy hay, though they only consume very small quantities. Pigs may be fed hay, but they do not digest hay very efficiently. Hay is fed when or where there is not enough pasture or rangeland on which to graze an animal, when grazing is unavailable due to weather - such as during the winter, or when lush pasture by itself is too rich for easy digestion by the animal. It is also fed during times when an animal is unable to access pasture, such as when animals are kept in a stable or barn.

Yesterday I played in the DIRT

Yup, it was just warm enough, for about 2 hours, I was able to begin cutting the tops off our Ornamental Grasses.

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Trimming Ornamental Grasses It is necessary to trim ornamental grasses in late winter to remove old blades and seed heads before the next growing season. If you have ever struggled with trimming an ornamental grass with hand trimmers, here is a better way to trim ornamental grass with a chain saw or trimmer:

1. Separate your ornamental grass plant into several bunches.

2. Tie each bunch tightly with a strong piece of string.

3. Cut off the bunches below the string and as close to the ground as you can.

4. Use the string to pull the bunch of blades and seed heads to your disposal area.

5. Untie the string and repeat.

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How to do the Clean up

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Although that was not on the DO LIST… it was something that needed to be done…

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Do you all have DO LISTS?

It seems to help us focus…

Then there is the neat part about crossing THINGS off.

Quite a sense of accomplishment!

Ummmm sometimes, it is a self-imposed race to see who gets the most accomplished, which is not really fair, but the thought has entered my minds from time to time… ~~~~~~~~~

The other NEAT thing that happened this weekend was finding the first Duck Egg. Oh yes that is a biggie here.

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My Sweetie in his ventures on the DO LIST located the first goose nest with ONE egg, so far…that was not touched…

That particular nesting site has been a proven winner.

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Ummmmmmmm paradox would be a pair of DUCKS?

Visions of soufflés dance in my head, or waffles, pancakes heck even a CHOCOLATE Cake…everyone knows Soufflés are Heaven scent ;)

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Did I ever mention I like to cook? ;)

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Check this out http://www.cooking.com/recipes/static/recipe5441.htm

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Pear Soufflé yummmmmmmmmm mmmmieeeeeeeeeeeee

Three degrees BUT

After taking pictures of the Lunar eclipse last evening at a mere 15 degrees…

My assistant, George and I took a BRIEF walk about! "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" said the Rooster

"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" said the Buddha

"My paws are getting cold," said George.

This morning was a RUDE awakening

This a.m. @ 8 when I took these pictures

A Cat Walk ~~~ Part Two

A Cat Walk~~Part One

The other evening after planting the bulbs, Castor, one of our cats came along for a photo OP!

~~~~~~~~~~ Three of our cats like to “assist” me in the garden, Castor and his brother Pollux and Mufasa.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [The name "Mufasa" means "King" in the Manazoto language. from the movie The Lion King]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Castor and his brother Pollux indeed were littermates. They, all three I have spoken about, are pet rescues.

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[In Greek mythology the Dioskouroi (Διόσκουροι), Kastor and Polydeuces (Κάστωρ και Πολυδεύκης), in Roman mythology the Gemini (Latin, "twins") or Castores, Castor and Pollux are the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. According to Liddell and Scott's Lexicon, kastor is Greek for "he who excels", and poludeukeis means "very sweet".]

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We do tend to name our animals non traditional names, for the most part. Seems to have been a trend even when I first dated my Sweetie. That cats name was GOOSE…ya I know, but as a college student what fun to call for it in the neighbourhood.

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Hope you enjoy! I of course HAD to put in a few pictures of BLUE AND GOLD cause WVU plays this Saturday. Gooooooooo Mountaineers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) West Virginia [(5-1)] v Mississippi St. [(4-3)] at 3:30pm ET