Yesterday I went out and picked my first tomato from my cherry tomato plant. Not sure how I managed to get it before the squirrels but I have finally harvested a tomato. It’s just a wee one and still needs a bit more red in its cheeks. I was afraid to leave it on the [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Finally, I got a tomato
Posted in gardening on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arrival of autumn
Posted in weather on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last Monday was the first day of autumn. You’d never know that if you went by the local temperatures this week. We’ve had gorgeous late summer sun and temps. But autumn’s arrival is evident when you look at the trees. They are beginning to turn color. I think it’s early for that in this area. [...]
When, why?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A remark on the Life’s A Stitch blog the other day got me to thinking about department stores. It seems to me that they’ve evolved into being mostly a clothing store with small sections for perfumes, purses, china, and linens.
When I graduated from high school, I worked as a secretary at one of our local [...]
I hear music …
Posted in music on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday evening I attended a free concert played by the St. Louis Symphony. It was held in Forest Park. The temporary bandstand was erected next to the Grand Lagoon at the bottom of Art Hill. The audience set in their lawn chairs or on blankets on the hill. Many brought picnic suppers to eat. [...]
Tis the season …
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To get your flu shot! I was reminded of this yesterday when I was at my doctor’s office for a Weight Management appointment. The cost of a flu shot is minimal when compared to the cost of missing days at work because you’re home with chills and fevers and feeling like death is imminent. If [...]
In praise of mitered squares
Posted in Knitting on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m knitting the vest on the cover of the September issue of Creative Knitting which is done in mitered squares. I didn’t realize when I started this vest that mitered squares are as addictive as eating salted peanuts. You start one, you finish it and immediately want to [...]
Orchids are sexual!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today’s seminar topic was orchids. The presenter said they are very sexual. In fact, the word “orchid” is a Greek word which refers to a man’s genitalia and was given to the flowers some hundred of years B.C. because it was thought the plants bore a resemblance to the human. In Victorian England women were not allowed [...]
Ike arrived
Posted in weather on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I guess Ike heard I was asking about him because he came during the night. I woke about 5 a.m. to hard rain beating against my windows and wind bursts slamming into the house. According to the radio, we have received between 3 and 5 inches of rain so far, depending on your location, and [...]
What happened to Ike?
Posted in weather on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to our weather forecasters, we were supposed to get rain (and possibly high winds) from Ike this weekend. It was to start last evening and continue through until Monday. So far, not a drop of rain. It’s in the mid-80s and the sun is shining. There’s a breeze but nothing close to a high [...]
Memory Pegs
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the memory of everyone are events which serve as pegs upon which we hang our lives. It might be the memory of your first pet or your first car, the day you went away to school or the day you met your spouse. But we all have those personal memory pegs.
There are collective memory [...]
