Monday Miscellany 9-15-14

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The glorious and extra fabulous Eddie Izzard!

Awesome:
♦Troll on a bridge. What a fun idea. She is adorable!
♦What happen when one woman refused to sell her house to developers.
♦Take a peek into the bags of creative people

Books
♦On an odd note; The Devils Bible AKA: The Codex Gigas

Beauty:
♦Natural acne friendly face-wash.
 
DIY:
♦Creative ways to use feathers
♦10 creative crafts that use old sweaters


Family:
♦We lost my husband's gramma Honey this year, so Jenny Lawson's story about Meemaw really resonated with me. A loving tribute.

Gardening:
♦Homemade organic antifungal spray   (Great timing, my poor garden needs this ASAP!)

Feminism:
♦Spinster, not what everyone thinks it is...
♦New hashtag about abuse: #WhyIStayed
♦Lululemon founder blames women thighs, instead of their crappy thin material... Gross, what a jerk!
♦Amazing photos of women factory workers during WW2.
♦"As a father of daughters, I think we should treat all women like my daughters" [Satire] Trust me its amusing!

LOL:

Jimmie Kimmel asks Fashion Week attendees what they think of made-up designers. 

(Ex: Chandler Bing, Betsy Ross...)

Noms:
♦Fall inspired floats YUM!

WTF:
♦The most shallow reasons to break up with someone...
♦Gross food and beverages from the 90's (Shudder-Orbit soda was like a drinkable lava lamp.)

Hat tip to Don't Get Rabies!

Which of course...made me think of this song:

I Should Be Allowed To Think ~ They Might Be Giants

Have a great week folks!

Ps. An extra special Congratulations to my younger sister! She got married this week! Wish you and you husband the best!!!!

Monday Miscellany 8-25-14

Image from Post Secret

Art:
♦Incredible tiny embroidery of cute animals!

Awesome:
♦The Nostalgia Machine...cues up songs from a chosen year.

Beauty:
♦Alexis Krauss (singer for the Sleigh Bells) talks about natural beauty. [Her hair is so beautiful and glossy!]

DIY:
♦This is an ambitious project, but sooo cool!

Fashion:
♦American's Next Top Model has a gorgeous model (Chantelle Brown) with Vitaliago. The show can get kind of gimmicky...but I am glad that in a small way they are educating people on vitaliago. More info on vitaliago.
♦I am catching up on older seasons of Project Runway. I am on season 9 right now. So far Anya is my favorite designer. She makes beautiful clothes full of color and vibrant prints. I also loooove her hair!

Anya Ayoung-Chee

Source: People Magazine (spoiler warning @ People)

Feminism:
♦A brilliant response to rape jokes

Gardening:
♦Menstrual blood as garden fertilizer?! Not sure I could do this myself..but it is interesting. [I wouldn't recommend this for consumable plants. After-all they don't recommend human waste for fertilizer on crops...just a thought.]

LGBT:
♦ The gorgeous model Andreja Pejic came out as a transgender woman. She is other-worldly beautiful. I wish her continued success in her career. :) Bonus she was in a David Bowie music video with Tilda Swinton!

 Noms:
♦  Blueberry marshmallows, this is not a drill go make these now!
♦Speaking of berries...Raspi and I have been enjoying a Dutch Baby  with blueberries  or breakfast on the weekends. (Think part pop-over, part custard, sort of a pancake...I know it sounds weird...just go check it out!)

WTF:
♦She is being swallowed by her belt!
♦Some Zoos use electrified plants to keep the animals in check... So disturbing!
♦What is REALLY in pumpkin spice lattes???

Better late than never!

Have a great week!!

Putting The Garden To Bed, Monday

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Art:
♦Beautiful, dark and mysterious feather sculptures
♦Banksy is back with what is being called "An offensively cute" statement about the meat industry

Awesome:
♦Amazing fall inspired cakes
♦The real life inspiration for Jessica Rabbit
♦Must...be...PUNKROCK! (comic)

Book-Love:
♦Books End???? So true!


Cuteness:
♦Adorable puppy pillows
♦I normally don't like rats...but this little one is soooo cute!

Creepy:
♦Horrifying: Vintage photos of clowns
♦Snake-proof baby crib???

DIY:
♦Essential oil diffuser pendant

Fashion:
♦Discovered yet another amazing fashion blog. Demi Lauren is a fabulous vintage glamour girl. ♦Demi's Tumblr is cool too.[NSFW- nudity, sexual images, and course language]


Feminism:
♦A woman declines writing for free, and gets called a "Whore" GRRRRR!
♦Creepy things said to women cosplayers. What is wrong with people?!
♦Awesome artist Colleen Clark, draws body positive comics.
♦This is exactly how I feel about Pink-washing, and breast cancer "Awareness"
♦A Ducati (Motorcycle) dealership did a photo shoot with male pin-ups. Fantastic! I have to say that I am jealous of those guys, they have great legs!

Halloween:
♦Creepy eyeball cookies
♦Spooky crystal ball candle-sticks Such an easy and awesome idea!

Lol:
♦Terrible realty photos. There are so many hilarious photos! Domestic horse anyone? or Roomies with Mr. Bean

Noms:
♦A squash-tastic post, highlighting the different types of squash, and recipes
♦Double stuffed home-made Oreos, with pumpkin filling!


Have a great week!

Fall Photo Round-up (Update)

 

 

 

We found this odd plant growing at the base of one of our apple trees.

Does anyone know what this is? Is it poisonous?

I have been notified that this is Pokeweed, and that it is very poisonous. I will be getting rid of it shortly!
 

Hope you enjoyed the photos!

Mid-Summer Update (Photo heavy post)

My Rue playing in his new "cat fort"

 

Some gorgeous lilies from my mom's garden! (Thanks mom!) 

 

 My kiddos by new herb garden. This was a spring bulb/rose garden. I managed to kill all of the roses. Boo! So this year I ripped almost everything out and planted herbs. This garden is right by the kitchen, perfect spot to plant herbs. The smell is awesome too!

 

(Fun tip: use the wine bottles to keep the delicate plants hydrated. Instead of buying water-globes) Although I do get teased for having an alcoholic garden. Ha ha ha!

 

 I trained the morning glories to grow over my alligator.

 

 I feel lucky, I never planted these they just show up every year. (I think these may have be a result of bird droppings. Yay for re-seeding plants!)

I had planted two varieties of clematis back in spring. Unfortunately they didn't survive. (Bugs, heat and rabbits.)

 

 I have been really busy! I dug this entire garden out. It was full of over grown hostas and half-dead irises. I split all of the annuals...which left me with tons of plants. I decided to add some more colorful  and fun textured foliage.

 

 These didn't get as tall as I had hoped. They will be moved up front next year.

 

 I loooove the colors! They also have such fun frilly edges.

 

 

 I fell in love with this vine flower the first time I saw them. The dark center makes me think of a black-hole. (Yeah...I'm a bit odd. Ha!)

 

I ended up planting two of these.

 

My first kohlrabi of the season. Yum! (Notice the Buddy bum on the left. Cute!)

 

 My sweet little gardening girl! She always stays close and wants to investigate the garden.

 

 The cabbage patch. (Please ignore all of the weeds. Its been too damned hot to be weeding.)

 

Cucumber vines.

 

 Zucchinis or butternut squash-to-be. (I forgot which...they look the same.)

 

 Green pepper blossoms. Yessss! This is the first year they have survived. The animals have always eaten them. Boo!

 

Garden tip: For repelling animals pests, I use a three prong approach: Liquid fence, smelly compost and cat litter. Yes, you read that right.

I put soiled cat litter into plastic bags and place them around the garden.(Double and triple bag it to prevent contaminate your soil/veggies.) When they don't stink anymore I throw them away.

This have been the most effective pest repellent for me.

 

 A funky bug on a volunteer sunflower. (Another gift from the birds)

 

 Pumpkin blossom. I thought it would be fun to try mini-pumpkins.

 

 Tomatoes. YUM!
 

 

 Thank you for pollinating my tomatoes little bee/bug thing!

 

 Nature's jewels: rain drops. (Brussels sprouts)

 

 Lovely purple cabbage.

 

 The cabbage head is beginning to form. Yay!

 

 Ha! Cabbage head made me think of the Kids In The Hall skit... (Cabbage head is such a creep!)

 

 Bud guarding the raspberries.

 

 Boy, the birds were good to me this year! They gave blackberries this year too! We ended up with 7 volunteer black berry canes. Awesome!

 

Raspberries. They are big this year!

 

 

 Blossoms form the mock-orange tree.

 

 

 A cool cucumber tendril.

 

I hope you enjoyed the tour through my gardens.

 

Summer Vacation...

I will be going on a blogging hiatus for the foreseeable future.

I would like to focus on my flowers and my vegetable garden. Raspi and I have plans to build raised beds, double the size of our veggie garden, make compost bins, and possibly add an herb garden.

To accomplish my goals for this summer...I need to be online a lot less. So I may not post often. It doesn't mean that I have forgotten you, or that I won't miss reading your blogs.

I wish you all the best, and hope you have a fantastic spring/summer.

 

XOXO Finnley

Como Foliage

I have clue what most of the plants are! Your guess is as good as mine. If you do know, let me know and I will update the post. : )

Water Plants:

 

Cool duck chilling in the outdoor ponds.

The patterns are beautiful.

 

Tropical Plants:

We called this one the "Baked Potato Plant"

 

I love the texture on this.

 

 Caladium
 

 Might be a variegated rubber plant

 

Como Flower Post