tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75980076908759880202024-03-05T20:52:57.114-05:00Allyson @RandomAn Adventure in Living - a journal of personal thoughts, ideas & observationsAllysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-86146703061789295682011-08-02T20:30:00.000-04:002011-08-02T20:30:47.305-04:00Letting Go...<style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Fp_3EdUgsnsY4GNZ_7WVZ38IFAVmkTuLiX6D9S0MYd44pGnOORphmjL67ckHbsvQ7zfnHhvy3EjEn-Re_KKd_pqRodBbgPz7iGlciKaEnySFxWBAc2vxIwgvYke9GkdHWNpIE-B3-FPr/s1600/Janson+Wedding+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Fp_3EdUgsnsY4GNZ_7WVZ38IFAVmkTuLiX6D9S0MYd44pGnOORphmjL67ckHbsvQ7zfnHhvy3EjEn-Re_KKd_pqRodBbgPz7iGlciKaEnySFxWBAc2vxIwgvYke9GkdHWNpIE-B3-FPr/s320/Janson+Wedding+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The month of July was a month of transitions, changes and letting go...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">On a Tuesday afternoon in July, the day after his 90<sup>th</sup> Birthday, my Dad passed away. So, how does one articulate what it feels like to no longer have any living parents?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We find by losing</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We hold fast by letting go</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We become something new by ceasing to be something old</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Out of nothing He creates something</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Out of the end He creates the beginning</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">All's lost – All's found</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I know no more now than I ever did about the far side of death as the last letting go of all, but I begin to know that I do not need to know and that I do not need to be afraid of not knowing. God knows and that’s all that matters.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">What marvels will He bring to pass next? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps;">(Frederick Buechner)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“…No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps;">1 Corinthians 2:9 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8pt; font-variant: small-caps;">NLT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">With great love there is much grief. Love and sorrow are the two sides of the same coin, and my heart is pulled and torn between peace and pain – I miss you!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-27489376595763280382011-06-13T20:34:00.001-04:002011-06-13T21:12:54.315-04:00No Ordinary People<div style="text-align: center;"><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14pt;">“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations – these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit… Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans";">– from The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14pt;">Over the last several weeks I’ve been spending time each day with my Dad, who is recovering from kidney failure and is in a rehab to build his strength back up. Many rehabs are located in skilled nursing facilities, and that is true for the one my father is in. This means that short-term patients share the facility with some folks who are there for the long-term. At first I wasn’t sure how I as going to handle spending so much time there…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14pt;">but I’m finding that while it can be exhausting and challenging at times, there are so many patients (short and long term) who I have become very fond of, and I’m seeing that, in-deed, there are no ordinary people. I have met some of the most wonderful and fascinating people, and I'm learning that each life has an extraordinary story to tell. I just need to take the time to listen!</span></div>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-49764957595634490282011-06-03T10:35:00.000-04:002011-06-03T10:35:24.271-04:00Brunch<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdY-wzcRKqcAmr3_KVX7TL24RMip4MUqJdvo9_peyCK6H5-DEf5dAZplkDO4RRP_hbcoFVmcFbGE5Tl0OUqRBa8Drefzhjz5-B_RNIQBSEuHNJAR8hs4R-n6yqpwIkY1WPYYFzmCQb6ur/s1600/P7150246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdY-wzcRKqcAmr3_KVX7TL24RMip4MUqJdvo9_peyCK6H5-DEf5dAZplkDO4RRP_hbcoFVmcFbGE5Tl0OUqRBa8Drefzhjz5-B_RNIQBSEuHNJAR8hs4R-n6yqpwIkY1WPYYFzmCQb6ur/s200/P7150246.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14pt;">So this past Sunday after church at The Free Church of St. John (in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia) we stopped at the <b style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://memphistaproom.com/" style="color: #660000;">Memphis Taproom</a> </b>for brunch. And what a treat it was! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5cClGpQhgnkDMRqvcjoCqnecRd0P8Oo6UQYbsqT9plPN4oSWiXz-eC4aEgOVRy69Ee7EgxtFPEe5tFla6nmnLacauo35dPsKfQNso5qUo6iSbY-Sy3mrBDXhYVxbbYSrhgs3YDI_FxMx/s1600/IMG00710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5cClGpQhgnkDMRqvcjoCqnecRd0P8Oo6UQYbsqT9plPN4oSWiXz-eC4aEgOVRy69Ee7EgxtFPEe5tFla6nmnLacauo35dPsKfQNso5qUo6iSbY-Sy3mrBDXhYVxbbYSrhgs3YDI_FxMx/s200/IMG00710.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14pt;">We had driven by the Memphis Taproom many times on our way home from St. Johns, and often commented that “<i>we need to stop there sometime.” </i>Our curiosity for the place grew after we had seen it featured in a segment of <a href="http://dinersdrive-insanddives.blogspot.com/2010/12/from-pork-to-tofu-dv1101h.html" style="color: #073763;"><b>Diners, Drive-ins and Dives</b></a>. Sooooooo, finally after driving past it for a few years we stopped in to give it a try.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14pt;">The boys ordered burgers, and I had the VEGAN ROOSTER (Tofu scramble with vegan blood sausage, smoked coconut, roasted new potatoes and toast). The boys each looked at me like I had lost my mind… but this vegan delight was amazing. The smoked coconut was delicious and tasted a lot like bacon, the vegan blood sausage was made from lentils and was very tasty, and the tofu scramble more than satisfied my need for eggs. The boys said their burgers were very good. We are already looking forward to our next visit to the Memphis Taproom.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6Hfgrk7hgX9BNIVu-6RSDjKAnPB7yev2fR5RD7VYqU39Y6SpppH_xNybVTIXM-TnponJ2HZfDN72EPtCEM97gqs7W1wi2Jr57pdck_Ow22cmrkljv_3L0rDEpHIt-OV6E_4Xw0VirMxS/s1600/P5290848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6Hfgrk7hgX9BNIVu-6RSDjKAnPB7yev2fR5RD7VYqU39Y6SpppH_xNybVTIXM-TnponJ2HZfDN72EPtCEM97gqs7W1wi2Jr57pdck_Ow22cmrkljv_3L0rDEpHIt-OV6E_4Xw0VirMxS/s200/P5290848.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14pt;"> And lastly we picked-up two pounds of rhubarb for a friend who has found some pretty intriguing uses for rhubarb… how does Rhubarb Vodka sound??? </span><br />
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</span>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-47183329817769176322011-05-30T15:42:00.000-04:002011-05-30T15:42:24.046-04:00Memorial Day<style>
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;">We cherish too, the Poppy red</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;">That grows on fields where valor led,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;">It seems to signal to the skies</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;">That blood of heroes never dies<i>.</i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps;"><span> </span>~ Moina Michael</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Begun as a ritual of remembrance and reconciliation after the Civil War, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Officially proclaimed on May 5th, 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on May 30th, 1868.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">…Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains, and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledge to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon the Nation's gratitude—the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan…</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8f5MpBVHzZMf32STGjWqbvLhfdnFNYAcWju5ARzyUJxCx2bkKnAW1elIJaYXK481Q0GtekRQ3r2zypjPUxhaL1Q7VLsWu6SHJERq2Oy2rCyWVmHHemoQ87zl8spzRgvIUBwZUN6C5I7v/s1600/P7020218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8f5MpBVHzZMf32STGjWqbvLhfdnFNYAcWju5ARzyUJxCx2bkKnAW1elIJaYXK481Q0GtekRQ3r2zypjPUxhaL1Q7VLsWu6SHJERq2Oy2rCyWVmHHemoQ87zl8spzRgvIUBwZUN6C5I7v/s320/P7020218.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">At that first celebration of Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetary, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">After the First World War, and over time, it was extended to honor and remember all Americans who have died in our nation’s service.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps;"></span>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-84428798560014055702011-05-20T15:27:00.001-04:002011-05-20T15:28:38.705-04:00Playing with Food<style>
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14pt;">Hope is the thing with feathers <br />
That perches in the soul, <br />
And sings the tune--without the words, <br />
And never stops at all,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14pt;">And sweetest in the gale is heard; <br />
And sore must be the storm <br />
That could abash the little bird <br />
That kept so many warm.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14pt;">I've heard it in the chillest land, <br />
And on the strangest sea; <br />
Yet, never, in extremity, <br />
It asked a crumb of me.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans";">Emily Dickinson<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-39504633113877687302011-04-13T15:53:00.001-04:002011-04-13T15:56:01.094-04:00First Visit of the Year to Chanticleer Garden<div style="text-align: left;"><style>
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</style> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQowEU8qICxS1oNhGIftz0DtU7BKp_Mqr-fit2vz03_QwIrEjo564QLu1muvdIJuV_LNQ6ABT3UG1BJGUENrkjpNtpavpybxF7W1yqzVcjWFsVsb4dkCpcRENNiekbtrpBclXLwcuq1DAq/s1600/P4030348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQowEU8qICxS1oNhGIftz0DtU7BKp_Mqr-fit2vz03_QwIrEjo564QLu1muvdIJuV_LNQ6ABT3UG1BJGUENrkjpNtpavpybxF7W1yqzVcjWFsVsb4dkCpcRENNiekbtrpBclXLwcuq1DAq/s320/P4030348.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">The delightful weather of early April has allowed me to visit several gardens in the Philadelphia area…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/index.shtml" style="color: #274e13;">Morris Arboretum</a><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;">i</span></span><span style="color: black;">n Chestnut Hill,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://www.jenkinsarboretum.org/" style="color: #274e13;">Jenkins Arboretum & Garden</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">in Devon,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">and my all time favorite Garden…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://www.chanticleergarden.org/index.html" style="color: #274e13;">Chanticleer</a> in Wayne! </span></div><div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">I have a Community Bible Study friend, Suzanne, to thank for introducing me to Chanticleer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IvYNzad_DcSOWjbgzyK0COVQEUxP-DVXjJM6spqohZn1O7HVNOSfi3WAlYiF4xtCuNPfHzWfs6oq1wTXAO8NcalX0s07_DbfqhkEnJYafGwtjABxL64BMOWOQGAMRQC5j9YFRmKEcaoI/s1600/P4030367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IvYNzad_DcSOWjbgzyK0COVQEUxP-DVXjJM6spqohZn1O7HVNOSfi3WAlYiF4xtCuNPfHzWfs6oq1wTXAO8NcalX0s07_DbfqhkEnJYafGwtjABxL64BMOWOQGAMRQC5j9YFRmKEcaoI/s400/P4030367.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">As our small group leader, Suzanne thought an outing might be fun for our little group and that some social time would allow us get to know one another a little better.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">Thank You Suzanne for organizing that visit to Chanticleer. I can't begin to express how grateful I am for your sharing this jewel of a garden with me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5wUJfOhM79D9s2LRW_bwUEV3J9I18KrPzvPU0533pdgRj-1_tOoE5nnyIdBa3b-D7vaAs_Grq9tw0S62V4V5ZN0uZhCOrqh67jZXQUO3QGg0UGqyYineS72fFyVZxDpUJck8FonkFnj4/s1600/P4030364.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5wUJfOhM79D9s2LRW_bwUEV3J9I18KrPzvPU0533pdgRj-1_tOoE5nnyIdBa3b-D7vaAs_Grq9tw0S62V4V5ZN0uZhCOrqh67jZXQUO3QGg0UGqyYineS72fFyVZxDpUJck8FonkFnj4/s400/P4030364.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">So, last Sunday, with camera in tow, my daughter and I met up with a friend and we took in the delights of this incredible pleasure garden.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_yC9z4qLdwkTFnjj_PgY-kRv1TF65fuIynXahHAzyxoKttHHA4Bicgelea2z_jiJouljiXVHY4IdmKQTZ00xpSZThbhZP6TnD1EecXI4COCBwJ1lhLOL2NNdkBddSw-qpecOB5WCVJS8/s1600/P4030379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_yC9z4qLdwkTFnjj_PgY-kRv1TF65fuIynXahHAzyxoKttHHA4Bicgelea2z_jiJouljiXVHY4IdmKQTZ00xpSZThbhZP6TnD1EecXI4COCBwJ1lhLOL2NNdkBddSw-qpecOB5WCVJS8/s400/P4030379.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9W6kyHwiOLAKD6u42IKMRl1nU2u1ddG6DZD-CMKKsQG6ZmvMggdicaryZ34lauGWTLmpJDyoITCEHvJXLSmZBl1XlGcve8ugvX3hSOG4aKT2eijtaqhJKgfWbzz29zG4hLe6pM4i9GPe/s1600/P4030383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9W6kyHwiOLAKD6u42IKMRl1nU2u1ddG6DZD-CMKKsQG6ZmvMggdicaryZ34lauGWTLmpJDyoITCEHvJXLSmZBl1XlGcve8ugvX3hSOG4aKT2eijtaqhJKgfWbzz29zG4hLe6pM4i9GPe/s400/P4030383.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">I don’t know how others experience their visit<span style="font-size: small;">(s) </span>to Chanticleer, but for me it’s the colors, texture and spaces. A walk through this pleasure garden always leaves me refreshed and restored. Even my family notices its effect on me… Now, they even tell me when I need to go visit Chanticleer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BnlbiErnYMFzD7eSd4dBg4Lx5wePU7ctz0K79Kc8IeaolXfGNZfpeRYZq42a5a_SWGAusuUWbbOw90XgGwe0GUcHm0yNUuh1GvGYh8WsAUCDlO2LkL0pMRsLNDPp4ya380fsbCSKaTH7/s1600/P4030368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BnlbiErnYMFzD7eSd4dBg4Lx5wePU7ctz0K79Kc8IeaolXfGNZfpeRYZq42a5a_SWGAusuUWbbOw90XgGwe0GUcHm0yNUuh1GvGYh8WsAUCDlO2LkL0pMRsLNDPp4ya380fsbCSKaTH7/s320/P4030368.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">On this first visit of the 2011 season, I learned that a new book has been published about the garden…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><u><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><u><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><u><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><u><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><u><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><u><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14859.html%20"><span style="color: #274e13;">Chanticleer; A Pleasure Garden</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">Adrian Higgins. Photographs by Rob Cardillo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande";">176 pages | 10 x 7 | 92 color, 2 b/w illus. <br />
Cloth Apr 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4274-4 | $29.95 </span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">The photographs and text in this book take you through the different seasons, and moods of the garden. Can I just say… Mothers Day is coming-up!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="woj" style="font-size: large;">“</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NLT-23277">19</sup> </span><i><span class="woj" style="font-size: large;">Don’t store up treasures here on earth,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="woj" style="font-size: large;">where moths eat them and rust destroys them,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="woj" style="font-size: large;">and where thieves break in and steal.</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NLT-23278">20</sup> </span><i><span class="woj" style="font-size: large;">Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="woj" style="font-size: large;">do not break in and steal.</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i><sup class="versenum" id="en-NLT-23279">21</sup> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="woj">Wherever your treasure is,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="woj">there the desires of your heart will also be." </span></i><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Matthew 6:19-21 <span style="font-size: xx-small;">NLT</span></span></span><i><span class="woj"><br />
</span></i></span></div>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-35668279033056055872011-04-07T17:35:00.000-04:002011-04-07T17:35:10.263-04:00In Search of Cherry Blossoms & Spring<style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring Bulbs in the Rose Garden</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">This past Saturday my husband and I had a "Date Day", and we visited <b><a href="http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/index.shtml" style="color: #274e13;">Morris Arboretum</a><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b>in Chestnut Hill, PA. We went in search of spring... fresh air... warmer weather... cherry blossoms... and some special time together. We found all that we were seeking, except the cherry blossoms - it was still a bit to early and they hadn't yet burst out from their winter slumber.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lydia's Seat - in 1910 garden steps, a wall & seat were built into the hillside at the north end of what would become the Rose Garden</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The seat & stairs were a favorite garden approach from the Compton Mansion to what was the mixed flower & herb garden, today the seat provides a special & a bit more secret view of the Rose Garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stone wall the around the Rose Garden built in 1924 & made from Wissahickon schist</td></tr>
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</div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">In the early 20th century, John and Lydia Morris (founders of the Morris Arboretum) established one of the finest collections of Japanese plants and gardens in the region at their home, <i>Compton</i>, which would later become the Morris Arboretum. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">The Morrises vision was to promote an understanding of the relationship between plants, people and place. The Morrises recognized that plants and people depend on each other for survival.</span></span> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">“The progress of the world is so rapid and the hurry of life so great that we are apt not to stop and consider the interest which old landmarks may have for future generations and old buildings are allowed to be destroyed until little remains in our city to show the difference between the past and the present ant to mark the changes that take place even in a single lifetime.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-variant: small-caps;">-Excerpt from the will of John Morris</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania is a historic public garden and educational institution. Morris Arboretum is the official Arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Witchhazel near the Mercury Loggia (built in 1913)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Witchhazel near the Mercury Loggia - this shrub is around 100 years old!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring Flowers near the Log Cabin - Lydia Morrises private retreat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of spring flowers near the Log Cabin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lenten Rose - Hellebore Orientalis </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bleeding Heart emerging near one of the Japanese Gardens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of Lenten Rose near the Spring House Garden</td></tr>
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">If you live near Philadelphia, you can still catch the <b style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abbaYcNxBbk&feature=player_embedded" style="color: magenta;">Japanese Cherry Blossom Celebration</a> </b>at Morris Arboretum this coming weekend – April 9<sup>th</sup>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPfOGOTGvfK6uhEupqq72t26RlXAHi588yIpOSaHYmkTJYXnYxeciy1hWnR2k7U2splBsR1edRZpvEgzHkHhzlWjeB26UljMYVFkpUlh_Uqi_wgdfOjNjbF1VBIsjXRYUfnc66URXpeZk/s1600/P4030351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPfOGOTGvfK6uhEupqq72t26RlXAHi588yIpOSaHYmkTJYXnYxeciy1hWnR2k7U2splBsR1edRZpvEgzHkHhzlWjeB26UljMYVFkpUlh_Uqi_wgdfOjNjbF1VBIsjXRYUfnc66URXpeZk/s320/P4030351.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">And...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Why I Love Spring!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bordeaux Roman Bold LET"; font-size: 24pt;">Is anything really happening?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPyiC7NLVI0R9fFn08N9d8oXdHio1wHoo8bNTKrwIbTT_7F7ztUEWMJ5yJjTzcRcq7KZ0dWf45qF90GY3Pz8nrr0BvkdTfvHDgR-KHDgezsT_-66ZaAPXPkB5_KhSc30uu9Mz8v-mNBjJ/s1600/P4221331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPyiC7NLVI0R9fFn08N9d8oXdHio1wHoo8bNTKrwIbTT_7F7ztUEWMJ5yJjTzcRcq7KZ0dWf45qF90GY3Pz8nrr0BvkdTfvHDgR-KHDgezsT_-66ZaAPXPkB5_KhSc30uu9Mz8v-mNBjJ/s200/P4221331.JPG" width="150" /></a><b><span style="font-family: "Bordeaux Roman Bold LET"; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: normal;">A gnawing sense of being unfulfilled </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The beginning of a Spiritual life</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Handwriting - Dakota"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Handwriting - Dakota"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">A gift</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Handwriting - Dakota"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">given</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Handwriting - Dakota"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> A new</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Handwriting - Dakota"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">focus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Handwriting - Dakota"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Handwriting - Dakota"; font-size: 14pt;">Made New - Renewed!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Flower Show Life is A Bed of Roses!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Perfect" Setting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even "The Cake Boss" didn't want to miss out on the Flower Show</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQgCE9eHIPDjdZwoLgPWNWZYUH4TYfTZWAF-DJRJpWMwypTGdAjDDg2W1ZPuBZqanMei3PcQxTjqY_0Uc28dnSew5N4E2k3pOFpBc4j-nlZvvCU176EQha0GGVcNpHRj6CNM7MT1821Qk/s1600/P3210209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQgCE9eHIPDjdZwoLgPWNWZYUH4TYfTZWAF-DJRJpWMwypTGdAjDDg2W1ZPuBZqanMei3PcQxTjqY_0Uc28dnSew5N4E2k3pOFpBc4j-nlZvvCU176EQha0GGVcNpHRj6CNM7MT1821Qk/s400/P3210209.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">The first surprise came early this week. On Sunday I received a beautiful pair of hand-knit socks, delivered to me by none other than the Sock Fairy herself. I can't even begin to express how this gift has really touched me. I feel so honored to be given this hand-crafted gift!</span> <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Just think...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How often are we given a gift that was created specifically for us?</b></span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Those kind of gifts take time and thought. The giver has to know us well enough to know what colors or style to select. And then, they have to be willing to invest their time in creating this gift - a unique creation made just for us. How special it is to be the owner of a one-of-a-kind pair of socks that were made just for me. Wow, I feel so honored, loved and cared for. A huge thank you my dear friend Cinnie!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another reason this gift from my friend is so special, is it's unexpectedness... And in truth isn't that the essence of a gift... that we had nothing to do with earning or deserving it. It's only by grace that we've been blessed. And that reminds me of my sister Karen, and how we used to give gifts to each other for no other reason than we wanted to share it with each other. Karen and I called those unexpected and unearned gifts <i>"Grace Gifts",</i> because they were given just because we loved each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would like to say that Karen and I always had this wonderfully fantastic close sisterly bond. But, the truth is, it was not until she was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer in her early thirties that our relationship finally matured, and we reached a place where "Love always Wins", in the end, to love and be loved is all that really matters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Karen's love, strength, courage, kindness and grace during her five year battle with that awful and cruel disease has forever changed me, and I've learned...</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Every day is a gift, not to be taken for granted.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Real relationships require time, lots of forgiveness, even more love and are totally worth whatever we feel we are sacrificing.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">People are more important than theology, and that God does work in strange, unusual and miraculous ways.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Losses never truly go away, you just find a way to go on living with them.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We regret more those things we did not do, than any mistake we've ever made. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hugs are often more helpful than words. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQVTsRmq2VQ5oH2kfZKHYyGMnPM13aQKR-DjHhc8sD2cdzq1zL2JVLcH5Cpdqzq-IP8DOGoqllbK7aIov_IXZMzqwdiMKm1Zj4ZTgGGFFrq57A1mVAOxmA11ND8uSLZHY444jWEXDdSFw/s1600/P3240256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQVTsRmq2VQ5oH2kfZKHYyGMnPM13aQKR-DjHhc8sD2cdzq1zL2JVLcH5Cpdqzq-IP8DOGoqllbK7aIov_IXZMzqwdiMKm1Zj4ZTgGGFFrq57A1mVAOxmA11ND8uSLZHY444jWEXDdSFw/s400/P3240256.JPG" width="300" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">The second surprise came early Thursday morning, in the form of snow-flakes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winter's reminder that even though spring is in-deed "officially" here, the natural world is not controlled by dates on a calendar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While I am so ready for spring, there is always something magical about a spring snow...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think perhaps it is the contradiction of seeing snow and flowers simultaneously.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-81958563329779908692011-03-24T06:45:00.004-04:002011-03-24T06:45:01.496-04:00Childhood Delights at the Flower Show<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 22pt;">A Carousel of Animals…</span><span style="font-family: Optima;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Optima;">a Peacock, a Butterfly, a Unicorn, a Dolphin, a Lion, a Camel, an Ostrich, a Bunny, a Snail & a Bee!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the Carousel in the background & the Lion in the foreground</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Optima;">As I entered the Flower Show, I was greeted not only by the Eiffel Tower, but by these delightfully whimsical carousel animals. The Peacock and Butterfly bid me welcome, inviting me to go back in time and experience the show through a child’s eyes… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Optima;">so sit back and let these beautiful floral creations return to your childhood when our imaginations allowed us to believe anything is possible!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Butterfly with a glimpse of The Ostrich in the background</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Optima;">The Paris Underground Display at the Philadelphia flower show was one of my favorites… Yes, it was a bit avant-garde, and maybe my interest had been peaked by a recent issue of National Geographic magazine on the Paris underground. In any case I found many of the displays fascinating once you get over all the skulls and bones.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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The City of Lights sits atop one of the world's largest mazes — home to mysterious vagabonds, renegade artists, and entire chambers filled with human bones. </span></span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 12pt;">The miles of tunnels and catacombs underlying Paris are essentially former quarries, dating from Roman times, from which much of the stone was dug to build the city. <span class="featuresmainsubhdr"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="featuresmainsubhdr"><span style="font-family: Optima;"> </span></span> <span class="featuresmainsubhdr"><span style="font-family: Optima;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0kp1QxGs8kdjXe4_OKl45PfiE9g-gxaBIHxXtUzLvo9PQCIHkOH-rA6XjVyDxJOFnQ13Q2L1AMLFGDCZrlj5GsTepsnk1n8qiqX_a9uDMpXDGkw96CAzG9PK-vERl1zCK2QZcMNf8Ooy/s1600/P3100077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0kp1QxGs8kdjXe4_OKl45PfiE9g-gxaBIHxXtUzLvo9PQCIHkOH-rA6XjVyDxJOFnQ13Q2L1AMLFGDCZrlj5GsTepsnk1n8qiqX_a9uDMpXDGkw96CAzG9PK-vERl1zCK2QZcMNf8Ooy/s200/P3100077.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yQqJHFh8IFcbVLQeqsZPx-qmIl6VSO29lOhdF_llV_nLGfPN9LaAGGJOMuROkwHymG2Z8Nb3Xjn309A1k_anAXI_HbxrG7MzeYKfWHQxEUaghZzGpYEnKqnLPkeoH6u3stO0sxXt4PFs/s1600/P3100076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yQqJHFh8IFcbVLQeqsZPx-qmIl6VSO29lOhdF_llV_nLGfPN9LaAGGJOMuROkwHymG2Z8Nb3Xjn309A1k_anAXI_HbxrG7MzeYKfWHQxEUaghZzGpYEnKqnLPkeoH6u3stO0sxXt4PFs/s200/P3100076.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Optima;">There are more than 177 miles of man-made tunnels and disused quarries under the streets of Paris. These subterranean spaces have become a focus for urban culture and creativity, resulting in a private treasure-house of art, music and writing. The illicit visitors who produce art in the Paris quarries are known as Cataphiles</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="featuresmainsubhdr"><span style="font-family: Optima;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzUdcs2t17Dk03QWfhaadO6uPNao83rQl2kDhNv6-E1KxU7zg4rnC_W41ydOS7au4RcjGQ9uPXFfMLIuiSklJnpSc6yOBicoP2D4xMJXkQztf8Psn3MKMEmilapUa8k1q0FYXiZYTfrFc/s1600/P3100082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzUdcs2t17Dk03QWfhaadO6uPNao83rQl2kDhNv6-E1KxU7zg4rnC_W41ydOS7au4RcjGQ9uPXFfMLIuiSklJnpSc6yOBicoP2D4xMJXkQztf8Psn3MKMEmilapUa8k1q0FYXiZYTfrFc/s320/P3100082.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWU0SnmdTguX7PAuxS_L9bkfiDQHqEYXG_92cuuGnuweyw1FJP-wQRqATWoVLqv7mORg0zJ7JoGJWPHK3dWa6BCPD43p8up20ITjsp3moWu_Y9wrEoEv9CO8An_E_PYew2KrMDMH2gc-Y/s1600/P3100084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWU0SnmdTguX7PAuxS_L9bkfiDQHqEYXG_92cuuGnuweyw1FJP-wQRqATWoVLqv7mORg0zJ7JoGJWPHK3dWa6BCPD43p8up20ITjsp3moWu_Y9wrEoEv9CO8An_E_PYew2KrMDMH2gc-Y/s320/P3100084.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 12pt;">Underground Paris is a place unchanged for centuries, a place where the dead outnumber the living on the surface three-fold. It is a historical imprint that cannot be bulldozed or knocked down, as any change to this labyrinth could result in catastrophic cave-ins and buildings to collapse on the surface. The walls and ceilings of the caverns and tunnels reflect this history, with graffiti and engravings — some centuries old — reflecting the thoughts and actions of the cross-section of those people underground. The tunnels tell the stories of everyone from sewer workers and diggers, to revolutionaries and French resistance. </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgylWqUexiCDrIDBWiTP1znQ_TYe7Ukq06m-pmxJ4l4ArwJ0sLd_LEteagDKgZnmj3JaVm-t15f7WOf1vDEJ_DvQN9YDnHJL7dwmLezstp2BiKx68s6hopFVhPC3h3k56L9tkBn_I_jo1/s1600/P3100133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgylWqUexiCDrIDBWiTP1znQ_TYe7Ukq06m-pmxJ4l4ArwJ0sLd_LEteagDKgZnmj3JaVm-t15f7WOf1vDEJ_DvQN9YDnHJL7dwmLezstp2BiKx68s6hopFVhPC3h3k56L9tkBn_I_jo1/s200/P3100133.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUe4Fzt3EE1xnUx01eb5NNRzxKYoo84Jig02pcG7bjCKLNDJWoYbpDKSMT8-qOGGUaOAljvyrl61oiEouNmrxeqY6R4fd4DPCuddpP5ciQfrEe8XzW1LS2ImYyW2lF-a-TBY4LtvU_8HS/s1600/P3100135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUe4Fzt3EE1xnUx01eb5NNRzxKYoo84Jig02pcG7bjCKLNDJWoYbpDKSMT8-qOGGUaOAljvyrl61oiEouNmrxeqY6R4fd4DPCuddpP5ciQfrEe8XzW1LS2ImYyW2lF-a-TBY4LtvU_8HS/s200/P3100135.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 12pt;">Today, visitors can take “official” guided tours around a tightly restricted section, </span><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 18pt;">Les Catacombes,</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 12pt;"> where the remains of up to six million Parisians were transferred from overcrowded cemeteries in the late 1700s.</span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 12pt;">To learn more about the secrets beneath the streets of Paris, check out National Geographics – <span style="color: blue; font-variant: small-caps;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFC6VmncWaE&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">CATAPHILA FROM YOUR COUCH</span></a> </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 14pt;">It feels like forever since I’ve written… this flu bug really knocked me for a loop and I almost didn’t make it to the 2011 Philadelphia Flower Show – </span><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 18pt;">Springtime in Paris</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 14pt;">. We had to cancel plans to meet friends for dinner before the show on Monday, and I was really afraid that I was going to have to completely scrap my plans to see the show… but thankfully, Steven and I were able to find a small window of opportunity to still get into see the show. And let me tell you, the show was AMAZING!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Speaking of three... Steven was the third one to come down with the flu quickly followed by my sister-in-law. And now Aliina has flu symptoms.<br />
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Being sick at the same time as your spouse is an interesting experience, which oddly that has never happened before. While I was resting and trying to recover in bed, Steven decided to be a bit like Goldi-locks with flu... trying-out every other bed, sofa or otherwise sleepable surface. This resulted in Aliina and Roberto following him around with a can of Lysol. <br />
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If there were a <b>Toughness Award </b>for battling the flu, my sister-in-law would win it. With a 102 fever, she loaded up on Advil and went to the Lady Gaga concert! I however would probably win the <b>Wimpy Award</b>, postponing my plans to go to the flower show.<br />
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In the midst of all this the refrigerator decided to develop a split personality, the freezer entered into deep-freeze mode, diving to temperatures of minus 14, while the refrigerator went into tropical-mode, climbing to a temperature of 69+, not exactly the best way to keep food fresh and safe to eat. I have learned that shopping for appliances when you are sick with the flu does speed up the process, you find what you need, pay for it, and then hurry home to get back into bed.<br />
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Oh, and did I mention that on Monday, Vinnie our Golden Retriever had to go to the vets because his GI tract was acting up.<br />
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New refrigerator has been delivered, sick husband well enough to go back to work, a happy golden and another script for Tamiflu filled and picked-up - this one for Aliina... Whew, now I just have to survive today's epic rain and I think we'll be on the up-swing.Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-54647231189547994882011-03-03T16:04:00.001-05:002011-03-03T16:05:30.065-05:00Limahuli Garden<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://ntbg.org/gardens/limahuli.php" style="color: #274e13;">Limahuli Garden</a><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b>is a National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) in Ha‘ena, Kaua‘i. The garden walk is organized around various themes: Canoe Garden, Plantations Era Garden, Native Forest Walk, and Invasive Forest Walk. The guidebook you receive with your admission ticket is a real jewel of a resource, not only does it give you all sorts of botanical information, it provides a wealth of historical and cultural information as well. As one travel guidebook said… <i>“The Limahuli Garden booklet alone is worth the price of admission.”</i> All the information about the plants I saw on my visit to Limahuli Garden is gleaned from the visitor’s booklet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You begin your walk at the <i>‘Ula</i> or Breadfruit Tree (<i>Artocarpus altilis</i>). I had never seen breadfruit before and had only vaguely heard of it. I’ve learned that <i>‘ula</i> is a staple food in much of the Polynesian world. It arrived on Hawaii in the canoes of early explorers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Breadfruit can be eaten at all stages of ripeness; however, it is more nutritious when it is unripe. Its flavor and sweetness varies depending upon its ripeness. Today it is often used as a substitute for potatoes and can be steamed, baked or fried. <i>‘Ula</i> is considered to have enormous potential as a nutritious food. The NTBG is working with the <b><a href="http://www.ntbg.org/breadfruit/" style="color: #274e13;">Breadfruit Institute</a></b> in hopes of using this easy to grow plant to end much of the worlds hunger.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The whole <i>‘ula</i> tree was useful in many ways to the early Hawaiians. The gummy sap served as canoe calk, the leaves and leaf sheaths served as fine sandpaper. <i>‘Ula </i>wood was carved into musical instruments, surfboards and small canoes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The terraced rock walls are part of an important archaeological site at the garden. Recent carbon dating confirms that these walls are about 700 years old. Known in Hawaiian as <i>lo‘i kalo, </i>these terraces are part of an agricultural system developed by the Hawaiians to grow <i>Kalo</i> or Taro (<i>Colocasia esculenta</i>) their most important crop.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every part of the <i>kalo </i>plant is edible when cooked. Cooked <i>kalo </i>corms can be eaten like potatoes, or pounded and mixed with water to make <i>poi.</i> The leaves are known as <i>Lu‘au</i> and have a taste similar to spinach. It is believed that there are approximately 300 distinct varieties of <i>kalo.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hala</i> or Screwpine (<i>Pandanus tectorius</i>). In prehistoric times, plants like the screwpine were widely distributed. Fossils have been found in Siberia, Madagascar, Australia, and even England. Because the screwpine family is so widespread, botanists have long wondered whether the <i>Hala </i>was a Hawaiian native or a Polynesian import. This question was answered in 1993 when a huge basaltic rock fell from a cliff near Hanalei Bay and split in half, revealing a preserved <i>hala </i>branch dating back 1.4 million years, definitely before human contact. This native plant’s leaves were used to weave mats, pillows, baskets, canoe sails, interior walls, and flooring.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Makana is a mountain that towers above the Limahuli Valley. It is frequently referred to as Bai Hai, a name popularized by the movie <i>South Pacific</i>. Makana in Hawaiian means gift, this provides some insight as to the importance of this mountain to the ancient Hawaiians.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Makana is famous for <i>‘oahi </i>(which means projection fire)<i>,</i> a fire throwing ceremony that was performed there in ancient times. The <i>‘oahi</i> was a celebration of very special occasions: the graduation of students from the famous hula schools at <i>Ke‘e</i> or the visit of an <i>ali‘i,</i> or king. On the day of the ceremony skilled fire throwers would climb the steep cliffs to the very top of Makana with light, dry logs of <i>papala</i> or <i>hau</i>. When night fell, they set the logs afire and hurled them out over the ocean. Updrafts created by the trade wind hitting the sheer cliff of the mountain, keep the firebrands aloft, soaring as far as a mile out to sea. I can only imagine the show that would be... a night sky filled with sparks and fiery torches tracing arcs of light from Makana to the sea.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Yipeeeeeeeeeee! </span></span></div>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-85774131634048738362011-02-24T14:43:00.000-05:002011-02-24T14:43:46.353-05:00Goodies from Vermont<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My husband has returned home safe and sound from visiting with his Mom. He and my nephew Jon got a few things checked off her "to-do" list. Wood split and stacked, and </span><span style="font-size: large;">taxes filed. Some things will just have to wait for warmer weather, like the ice pond at the end of her driveway and repairing the carport.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">While they were there they squeezed in a couple of ice hockey games... a college mens game and a high school girls game. They also went to one of my favorite stores, <b><a href="http://www.vermontgear.com/vtstore.html" style="color: #274e13;">Farm-Way</a></b> in Bradford VT. I may not have had the opportunity to browse around Farm-Way, but Steven was sweet enough to bring back a few goodies!!! A pair of up-cycled fingerless mittens from <b><a href="http://www.baabaazuzu.com/" style="color: purple;">Baabaazuzu</a>,</b> which work very well at keeping ones hands warm while typing on the computer. And two pairs of <b><a href="https://www.smartwool.com/default.cfm" style="color: #073763;">SmartWool</a></b> socks, my favorite washable wool socks. They are the only wool socks that don't itch me. Steven likes Vermont's very own <b><a href="http://www.darntough.com/" style="color: #444444;">Darn Tough</a><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b>socks best, and he did treat himself to a new pair (sorry no picture, they are on his feet).</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>But I'm... THINKING SPRING ! ! !</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvuCh9W93vxt_DKr4JM2t-0N0ZT0DvW_tQMqReoCjL8zCAmWAaDEpH7gadaJBq79X3kAGaaiwX_M8vxWv86BUb4Un063ZQhDHim25JtqAZD9hLRXRyZK2huxNj7MqiAJJOqmaKEcfdMQH/s1600/P2220902_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvuCh9W93vxt_DKr4JM2t-0N0ZT0DvW_tQMqReoCjL8zCAmWAaDEpH7gadaJBq79X3kAGaaiwX_M8vxWv86BUb4Un063ZQhDHim25JtqAZD9hLRXRyZK2huxNj7MqiAJJOqmaKEcfdMQH/s400/P2220902_2.JPG" width="396" /></a></div>Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598007690875988020.post-84677706818897894392011-02-21T17:49:00.001-05:002011-02-21T19:21:17.709-05:00Signs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I'm looking for signs of spring... I've hit the mid-winter doldrums. Right now all I'm seeing is snirt (dirty snow) and all sorts of shades of brown and gray.<br />
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March is coming up quickly, and while a precursor to spring, it's my least favorite month. March is neither winter or spring. It's so dull and damp and cold. I do have to admit, it does provide the perfect backdrop for those early spring flowers, a time of rebirth!<br />
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March does bring <b><a href="http://www.theflowershow.com/home/index.html" style="color: #38761d;">The Philadelphia International Flower Show</a></b>. The theme this year is <b><i>Springtime in Paris</i></b>. Oh-lalala, how I would love to be in Paris for the springtime... alas, I will need to settle for this years flower show instead.<br />
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My husband has been in New Hampshire visiting his mother and helping to do her taxes - ahhhh... taxes, now that's a sure sign of spring. He's also stacking wood for her, a reminder that winter still has its grip on us.<br />
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While up in the north country he loves to get in the car and just drive, and he's seen some of the maple trees are already tapped. He took this picture on one of those drives.<br />
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I do find it a bit ironic that the bucket collecting the sap is very clearly labeled "Not Eddible for Humans". Hummmmmmmm.<br />
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He also took this picture in Meredith, NH. You can see some open water peeking through the ice, but the bob-houses are still out on the lake.<br />
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I often wonder how many of those bob-houses end up on the bottom of the lake once the ice really breaks???<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Witch Hazels in bloom at Kew - February 2009</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Last night I was even searching the web for gardening blogs... I especially love English Gardens. I don't know why, but I just love the very carefully planned chaos of an English cottage garden. I'm also envious of the English, their winters tend to me milder, and springtime comes earlier. I really miss seeing the waves of yellow primrose (aka: cowslip) among the brilliant bright green of the new grass... primrose just does not naturalize like that in my part of Pennsylvania.<br />
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Right now I have visions of <b><a href="http://www.kew.org/" style="color: #674ea7;">Kew Gardens</a></b> dancing in my head, and wishing I could find a way to sneak a quick trip to the UK... at least I have these pictures taken in February of 2009 to remind me that spring really is on its way, at least at Kew.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowdrops at Kew - February 2009</td></tr>
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Thankfully Puxatony Phil has predicted an early spring, and soon my little garden and all my favorite local gardens will be in bloom once again. In the mean time, the seed catalogs, flower show and blogs will have to tide me over until I can get my hands into the earth once again.Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255330493156396836noreply@blogger.com2