What the? – Look at that picture! Do you see something…umm…weird? Maybe even gross? The electrical cords run through a piece of tubing for protection gave the appearance that my pond has a penis. How did that happen? There was a circumcision performed shortly after this photo was taken.
Old peeps – I got to the garden center as it was opening. It’s the time of the year when people are buying plants and vegetables for gardens. When I drove in there were three of us in the parking lot. When I left twenty minutes later the lot was full (maybe 40 cars). Where did everyone come from? It was 9 a.m. on a Friday morning! Looking around I saw that the older folks had come out in full force to get their geraniums. I wondered if they said the same thing about me.
White space – I like short paragraphs. Having lots of white space is good for my eyes. I also don’t get overwhelmed by the visual effect of so many words. A blogger I follow did any interesting post on paragraphs. No Elyse you are not alone on this.
Getting overwhelmed — This week has been busy. I got behind on blogging in several aspects. I didn’t have the posts tanked up and ready to go as I usually do. My blog visits were sporadic too. I’ve been slowly catching up. I really missed commenting. I get to say things on other blogs that I wouldn’t put here. Thank you bloggers who inspire me.
School is out – This week I will wrap up my training gig. It’s been a very fast six weeks. The students were great. I will miss them. I was surprised that such a short stint could result in the same feelings that you get when you end something that is longer, like a career or a semester. Perhaps it’s a variation of the empty nest.
Happy 58th wedding anniversary to my brother and his lovely wife!
So how was your week?
Geraniums here grow best in winter/fall. I have a couple by the front that fade and manage to hide during the hot summer. There are very cheerful and I’m always grateful they make it through the baking season – both doing well right now with all the rain and cloudy weather holding temps down.
I agree about short paragrpahs and white space. I’m constantly rewriting and slicing posts ( hard to tell that, HA HA). You seem to have it figured out….but then again , you manage a pond.
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Geraniums are good here until the high heat of August. Then they stop blooming and get leggy. My mother always planted them everywhere. I do just a few because I don’t like to change out in August. Replacement plants in the garden centers by then are often mums and I get tired of those fast. You do very short paragraphs, often only a line. Your posts make me think as I fill in the unwritten part of your message. Always makes me smile.
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That’s a very nice photo of your brother and sister-in-law! Fifty-eight years together–that really is a celebration! Occasionally I have those same sudden realizations when I’m thinking that I’m in the company of a much older crowd and then it dawns on me that I’m one of them! LOL! I do understand being overwhelmed…it just happens sometimes! A new week and fresh energies!
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Every once in a while it slaps me on the face that I am the among the elders in the family. Scary.
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I have been behind for so long I will never be caught up. I miss just browsing through my favorite space neighborhoods.
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Sometimes I do that too.
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Happy Anniversary to your brother and his lovely wife!
Oh, yes, the garden centers (and farmer’s markets) this time of year are so much fun! This weekend I picked up some impatiens to complete a little hosta garden we planted. I’m so ready for summer!
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Me too!
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Love the look of your pond even though you removed the obvious. I need a pond on H’s to-do list! After all, when he retires what else will he have to do? 😂 ~Elle
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He will find things he enjoys doing. Ponds are fun but there is some work to them.
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I found your blog when several ‘someone’s’ said it was raunchy and about penises. 🙂 Seriously, nice to stop by here and ‘listen’ to your post. I feel as if you’re in the room with me, and we’re both discussing our gardens and blogs and paragraphs and empty nests. xo
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Aww thanks! I didn’t use penis as a tag because I didn’t want to get the wrong readers who would be very disappointed. Sundays are all about easy discussions.
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Happy Anniversary to the happy couple. That’s something they should be proud of.
As for what you see In the pond, well, I think that requires 45 minutes with a professional holding a pad and pen asking several questions…:)
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A professional would be good. Or maybe scary.
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So sweet to see marriage last long as old as I am. What is their secret?
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I don’t know their secret. They are very different but it’s worked.
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Happy Anniversary to your brother and his wife! I have trouble keeping my paragraphs short. I will hit your link. I am person with a mind that easily goes to the gutter and it didn’t happen with your pond picture. I think because I have seen so much of that black tubing. We use it on our trees in the winter to keep the deer from taking off the bark. Our week was busy and a very nice week… 🙂
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Not that I am blogging, but I think that I should change my background on the blog to white… 🙂
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I just checked. You have a white background. Or did you already change it?
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Came right back and changed it… 😀
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Happy Anniversary to the happy couple! So you gave the pond a circumcision or is the pond now a eunuch? Because I’m sure that is truly what was needed. OK, Kate, I would never have seen a penis there. That is all in your smudged mind, I’m afraid ;).
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Perhaps if it had gone all the way in the pond, it wouldn’t have been so striking (to me). Just hanging there……
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Once you start looking for penises, they are everywhere. Especially in animated Disney films.
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I’ve heard that but I’ve never seen them.
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Thanks for the shout out! And I agree that Pond Penis sounds like a great name for a rock band. Can I play the washboard?
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I’ll put you down for the washboard!
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I think when you consider all that frog sex going on, your pond may definitely sport a penis. I mean come on Kate, do the math. 😉
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This year it’s the fish. No frog eggs yet but the fish are frolicking!
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It’s that penis…must be so inspiring.
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Well, it’s gone and they are still canoodling (love that word! It’s so Susannah!)
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It always sounds like legitimate mischief, when one canoodles.
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Happy Anniversary to your brother and his wife. Fifty-eight years is definitely something to celebrate.
Congratulations on wrapping up your teaching gig. I’ll be happy when school comes to a close here…the morning commute is always better.
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I remember those days. No school buses! For a while I lived a block off of a college campus. I would have empty nest syndrome when classes ended. It was so quiet.
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I loved Elyse’s blog post about short paragraphs and white space too. I find myself skimming – or not even bothering to read – posts that are too long or too full of dense blocks of type. I just don’t have enough time in my day (and, frankly, many are just not interesting enough to slog my way through them).
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I feel the way you do. I don’t have a long attention span unless the topic is intriguing.
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I agree, and it’s a regular struggle of mine since I tend to write long commentaries anyway. I took a look at my earliest posts recently and couldn’t believe how dense they were with huge blocks of paragraphs. Keeping writing concise is a worthy goal.
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It’s a goal we all have to keep working at. I find I often include details that aren’t a part of the story. My first posts were short and insipid. I was so glad to retire it was like a kid when school is out.
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I love seeing more pictures of your garden. I would even love to see the controversial circumcising of the pond. Did you even ASK if it wanted to be snipped? hehehee.
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We had a ceremonial bris complete with a brisket dinner. Unfortunately the pond is shy and while displaying it’s private parts for all to see, it didn’t want the surgery filmed.
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Perfectly understandable. 🙂
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Aww, happy birthday to your brother and his wife! No, you’re not alone on lots of white space. That’s what experts recommend. People are daunted by long blocks of text, especially if the font is small. That’s why most business websites have tons of white space.
Stephanie
http://stephie5741.blogspot.com
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It’s actually a wedding anniversary rather than a birthday but still a time for celebration!
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What a sweet picture. And 58 years – wow!
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I know! It’s amazing. They are so different too. Perhaps opposites do attract.
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“When I drove in there were three of us in the parking lot. When I left twenty minutes later the lot was full (maybe 40 cars). Where did everyone come from?”
IHOP.
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Early bird specials!
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I’m new at being old, so I bought only three geranium plants this week. One is on the deck I see from my computer, and it’s waving at me on this windy morning. It’s a little more stiff than the other plants. That’s appropriate for an old person’s plant, right?
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They are beautiful and are bred to be more hardy than they used to be. Locally they go dormant (or leggy) in hot August but by then it’s time for something new anyway.
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Oh, I didn’t know geraniums were for old people. Guess I’m old. I decided weeks ago that I’d plant about four pots for outside. Those geraniums beckoned and I brought home 36 of them plus petunias and a few other things. And all those pots in the back yard give lovely pops of color amidst all the lush perennials. Flowers and quilting….two expensive hobbies. My favorite machine quilter did the quilting for the quilt top I made for my grandson. Now I have to find time to bind it. He might get it a month late. Fortunately he’s only going to be 1 so he won’t notice.
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They are not just for old people. I have them too. They were my mother’s favorite and if you go to our family cemetery, it’s the flower of choice to plant by the grave. In our area they take a hit in August if the weather gets super hot. When I first moved here all the vegetation was new (and small) I had 10 pots on my front porch just to give color and lushness. Slowly as everything has grown I’ve cut back considerably so I don’t have the watering chores. One of my favs at my house is our window box filled with…you guessed it…geraniums! Quilting! That’s something I have never had patience for. You grandson will love it.
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Pond Penis would be an awesome name for a band.
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An all girls band? I’m in! I can play the spoons.
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I’m on the tambourine!
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I wonder what your next adventure will be. My week was full of family birthdays (3) and a sleepover with my darling granddaughter (her brother’s sleepover took over their house).
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That sounds wonderful. We have a lot of birthdays in November and some in early spring. You are required to celebrate for the entire month!
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