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Hopalong

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #240 on: May 02, 2011, 11:01:05 PM »
I love it too, CB!
The piano stairs are just wonderful.

And I love it when people share great vidoes, flashmobs, wonderful singers, great animal stories (except ones in zoos)...

xo
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Re: Things I like
« Reply #241 on: May 03, 2011, 10:53:05 AM »
Happy children, all dressed up, with Easter baskets.


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Re: Things I like
« Reply #242 on: May 04, 2011, 12:55:59 AM »
Like this message board because it's a constant. Every time I come here, HERE it is!

I like the dentist.

I like the sound of....birds that fight in the middle of the night.

CLEAN stuff. I like doing laundry and putting my clean clothes into a clean cotton bag rather than a plastic bag.



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Re: Things I like
« Reply #243 on: May 13, 2011, 01:24:32 PM »
I like shade garden planting.

Moss is so nice.

I'm trying my hand at planting blue and raspberries again. 

My little fig bush has grown into a good sized fig tree.

Ahhh, spring: )

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #244 on: May 13, 2011, 09:39:24 PM »




Recipes that call for chunks.  To me that means it's simple to make comfort food.

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #245 on: May 15, 2011, 11:20:26 PM »
Hey

Missed ya all.....  Been busy with the things I like...wrote a whole big list and one wrong move of my wrist and poof....gone (lol)...
So try agaiTn...

I like the damaged tree in the middle that has now become a work of art.  I like that the girl across the street likes to paint also.  She saw me with a paint brush in my hand and before you knew it...two days ...out door creations.  The tree with damage now has a Winnie the Pooh with a honey pot stuck on his head, behive, bee's, even the cartoon balloon (oh bother!) painted in the damged (but healed) tree...The boulder right under this tree has now become a brown bear that looks like he is heading toward my gate (behind it).  The gate/fence is now red.  The sneakers that one of my children hung over the branch is still there.  They were about 7 years old at the time.  This area was Thier Area.  Many games, colors, just chats (sitting in bathing suits, snow suits) so many hours just being thiers.  It's still thier's although they have grown up I still see the older ones when them come back to visit and neighbor's come to talk (don't know how but we wind up at this tree) and my teen son and his friends still wind up at this tree.  So many memories, so much life being lived, so much laughter....that we revived it.....  My D is engaged and I'm sure that she will have little ones that will sit where she and her brothers once sat enjoying this ...Kids special place.  Maybe we'll even find a pair of grand kids shoes in that tree one day.   The pool had sand added to one side (a beach) with lounge chairs, sand chairs, painted rocks (turtles, snails, crabs) even sea shells have been placed, including the surf board against the (red fence) and of course the Lights....The flamingo that was bought for my D on her 17th birthday by her friend had been revived.  It moves.  It's head goes up and down and the wings go in and out.  It's pink again with hot pink lights inside that looks awesome in the dark. Oh yes my D loves flamingo's.  Her 4 ft flamingo that has long eyelashes, ponytail,sunglasses, hat and flip flops has been revived also. If my D was a flamingo this would be her.   They now are at the beach in the yard by the pool.  I'm really enjoying this and the girl across the street has just landed herself some good jobs in the neighborhood.  Neighbors had been wondering what we were doing so intense in the driveway and against tree's (lol) that they came down to look and she can make herself some pretty good money.  She is a single parent and a cancer surviver...She is healthy now and we were meant to be out there and I believe this is her path...She does incredible work and loves it so ...........even the worn out tables look new and are Us...painted brown with owl in the middle, the other, branches with little pink flower's...We on a roll and I love it...Everything is looking great, welcome, nature, memories, magical.......and it is.....Inside out is telling stories of Our lives...and now the neighbors's some of thiers...paintings are showing whom they are...cat's...farm animals and barns painted on an old milk can...The anchor in the yard of the man down the block that spend's his summers on his beloved boat.  I'm loving these nice days (although it's raining now) just took some work inside. 

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #246 on: May 17, 2011, 01:32:26 PM »
Hi Deb ::waving::

I liked reading your list, and have missed you: )

I also like:

baking cookies with children

picking fruit

cleaning little corners, esp corners filled with dust only, and no built up crud balls from cutting corners and adding dirty water to mess to dry and build up  (bleck)

sleeping in

reading

listening to books on tape while cleaning

working out hard when I have the energy, strength and determination.  Once again, it's a blessing to do so: )

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #247 on: May 17, 2011, 07:28:09 PM »
Oh, Deb...
your yard sounds like pure JOY.

I love eccentric yard use...anything that flouts stifling suburban status code. The tyranny of "good taste" (about which, though I love beauty and composition and subtlety) I carry a big chip on my shoulder still.

I keep everything conservative while waiting for the house to sell, but I love the delight you take in your freedom to be creative in any way you like.

People will always remember the magic of your joyful yard, when they think of your home.

And TT... I love lamps too! Would be cool to have a whole room of them networked on a dimmer, magic.

xo
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Re: Things I like
« Reply #248 on: May 17, 2011, 07:39:04 PM »
I just guffawed at the PC TT (not very chic!).

Light is almost all-important. In my tiny downstairs room I have four light sources (not counting candles). It creates s p a c e if I light the ends of the room. Very simple, very effective.

Things I like: I used to like playing 'shop' with my gran. I would get all her cans and dried foods and line them up in the living room, and she would come in and buy stuff from me, having big discussions about what I had and what she might do with it. I think she enjoyed it as much (if not more) than I did. I used to go to jumble sales with her too, we ran a table together. Great fun.

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #249 on: May 18, 2011, 12:07:16 AM »
Guest, I love your Gran!

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #250 on: May 18, 2011, 12:36:48 PM »
Hops  :D
maybe that is why i still get a lot of fun out of 'playing shop'.

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #251 on: May 22, 2011, 11:24:27 AM »
Preparing a lovely roast chicken dinner with care.

Smashing the garlic.

Caramelizing shallots.

Refreshing the chicken with lemon.

Tearing chunks of day old French bread.

Drizzling all with olive oil......

the smell of mingling ingredients coming together perfectly.

MMmmmm.

Serving my children, and listening to them happily chatter on about how much they love this meal (which reminds me also of the good friend who shared her recipe.)

Once I added boiled red potatoes the second half of cooking.... OMGoodness!

So good: )


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Re: Things I like
« Reply #252 on: June 01, 2011, 09:26:51 AM »




I like learning new words especiallly quaint sounding ones like:

anent [əˈnɛnt]

prep Scot

1. lying against; alongside
2. concerning; about

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #253 on: June 06, 2011, 08:21:22 PM »
Lighter's dinner.

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Re: Things I like
« Reply #254 on: June 08, 2011, 10:22:01 AM »
So, I learned why my very fancy blueberry and raspberry bushes died over an extended period of years.

They don't like afternoon sun.

Just morning sun.

So, I planted 6 less fancy bushes in a better spot this weekend, and now await the sound of happy basket bearing children picking summer fruit, and fresh cobblers and pies. 

One of the fig trees I planted years ago is 15 feet tall, and full of little green figs.  I think it's nearly doubling it's yield every year, which is such a pleasure: )

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