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A thumb is better than a sharp stick in the eye but not much
Roy was reaching out, fingers outspread, to the right, while I was leaning toward the left.
Thumb, meet eye socket.
If I have another bloody eyeball, I will want to remember that I earned this one. -
For poliphilo
Apropos a conversation about redundant C of E churches which our hypothetical Father Brown could have snagged to become RC, here are two photos I found of a currently-on-offer redundant church, St. Giles, Darlton:
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Asiatic lilies from leaf cuttings
Who knew? Certainly not me. I don't grow Asiatic lilies, but I might change my mind. Imagine buying one and getting half a dozen new plants or so each year. I am trying to remember whether idahoswede grows Asiatics, as I think this would appeal to her.
Instructions here: gardening(Untitled)
Happy birthday, halfmoon_mollie! I searched the internets to find you this picture:
( Read more... )All done with the Flower Show
I finally abandoned all hope of finding the time to edit and caption the 2018 Flower Show photos properly, so I just uploaded the whole mess to Flicker -- all 1,082 photos. I didn't upload the exhibit labels, though.
Here they are, in all their glory. Click the image to reach the other bazillion.
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They're predicting a hellacious storm to hit Philly Tuesday evening / Wednesday morning.
Roy is flying back from Jacksonville Tuesday afternoon and the most heavily-booked day for Flower Show early morning tours is Wednesday. Also, our Pew grant is due on Wednesday.
Gaaaaaa....Nicola Paone advertising jingle
We heard this a bazillion times on WQXR in the 80s and 90s and had a wonderful meal at Nicola Paone's restaurant in the late 90s ( Read more... )Aquatic aerobics
It was actually kind of fun. Too bad they only have it at 8 am once a week. On the other hand, I found out that mask, fins, and snorkel are all permitted in the lap lanes at any time that the pool is open so yay! Roy may rejoin the Y ( Read more... )
