This is a tulip magnolia blossom from a tree across the street from my house that I took a picture of on my way to work yesterday. I couldn't resist making an icon of it.

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So here's one of my pet peeves. I hate it when someone takes two or more state names and smooshes them into one word -- it's just so wrong. Examples of offenders: Texarkana, Delmarva, Minnkota and the one that spawned tonight's rant, the newly discovered "Arklahoma." Why do people do this? It really never turns out well. Those are not pretty ( Read more... )

So I took a few pictures of what's currently blooming in my yard today, and it's warm and sunny and lovely and it all makes me very happy. Yay!

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I'm so happy it's finally spring! I walked to/from the metro last night and this morning and didn't even need a jacket! Eeeee! Flowers are coming up, the trees are starting to bloom and I'm a happy woman. I broke out the sandals this morning and painted my toenails bright red in celebration. Wheeee! Only another week or two until the cherry ( Read more... )

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Happy Saturday everyone! Here's a new pic, it's the standing stones at Callanish, the second largest site in Great Britain (after Stonehenge). It's on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides Islands of Scotland. 'Twas very cool. Also, I've posted the answer to the light switch mystery as a comment in my previous post.

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Will winter ever end? It snowed here again today. With my trip to San Diego earlier this week I thought I had just about managed to escape it. I was slightly mollified by the fact that it wasn't a work day, so at least I could go take some pictures of it while it was all fresh and pretty. But just by way of contrast, here's where I was Tuesday ( Read more... )

Woe! Maintenance upgrades on TWoP, no forums for HOURS, how will I survive? *dramatic swoon*

Yeah. Anyway, sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been a bit busy, and I was on vacation for a few days. I took a bunch of pictures, although I haven't sorted through them and uploaded the good ones yet. But since I know fan wants more pictures, ( Read more... )

Yup, it's been really cold for a while now (wind chills down aroun 1 or 2 degrees Fahrenheit), and I still hate cold weather. When we recently had a day that got up into the low 30s, it felt positively balmy by comparison and that is just plain wrong. I live in the South, people, I'm not supposed to have to deal with bone-chilling cold. ( Read more... )

Hmm. Nothing to report really except that I'm tired of being at work and am totally ready for the weekend. That and it is way too cold here today. Brr ( Read more... )