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Progress of Annie's Formal Garden and New Arbor - PICS
Comments (7)Thank you so much Christin. If I had the money, I would be going to that junk store every weekday. Not so many people there during the week day, so more to myself. The lady who owns it was so nice. She took the time to show me how easy it was to take that arbor apart and put back together. Then she and I (and her three-year old daughter) put everything into the truck. I also got that arch behind the statue in the garden. The little three year old was so precious and beautiful. Such a sweet child too, and so cute. She followed me everywhere and "helped" me carry things out to the truck, just chattering away. I had to go home to get the truck after making my purchases, and when I came back two hours later, she ran to greet me, her head of blonde curls bouncing with each step and blowing in the breeze. She hugged me and began following again, conversing about anything and everything. I enjoyed her very much. I sure hope the Empress settee is still there on my next visit. Our house was built in 1930. It is a very small Bungalow - too small in fact, and there is now storage - none. The original owner was the village doctor - Doc Davis. There were originally 160 adjoining acres. He didn't farm it, but leased it out to ranchers for grazing and growing wheat, so I've been told. We had the option of also buying the remaining 70 acres. Wish I could have talked "The Heathen " into that. But, we got 3 acres and that is nice enough...for now. Several of the old-timers here have told me so many interesting stories about having their broken arm set here, getting "stitched up", or some such. One man in town lived on the place as a child. His father was the caretaker/maintenance man - he lit the coal furnace for the Misses, and that sort of thing. There was a smaller cottage on the north side of the property where they lived. Just the foundation remains. I am gleaning the old red Iron stones that are loose from the remaining foundation. I had thought of planting spring bulbs inside it. Still would like to do that. It is in heavy shade in summertime, but has enough sun in the spring for flowering bulbs. Would be so pretty. Right now, it is a snake pit - Copperheads. Me no likey that! The house itself is very unique in the sense that it is solid brick, not veneer applied to wood frame. The outside walls are also the inside walls, only coated in plaster. No lath-work underneath, just plaster. And, we have a full basement - not common in Oklahoma on account of the terrible problem with the ground shifting - not safe at all. But this house has stood the years and made it through many tornadoes too. I have visions of it collapsing one day and falling into the basement, especially since we have had some pretty hefty Earthquakes that shook the house and rattled the windows for 15 minutes and longer. Yikes! There was no garden at all when we bought the place. Only a few native trees, and the two woodland areas on the hill above, and a smattering of old daylilies against the northside of the house. Everything else, including trees, I planted. Sometimes when out int the garden working, I think on it, and am amazed at how much I have done to this place. The vines on the house are English Ivy and Virginia Creeper. I planted it the first year in 1996. I love the colorful leaves and blue berries in the fall of the Virginia Creeper, and the English Ivy adds the charm and greenery I love to the cottage. It is not only charming, but it also insulates the house in winter and summer. Birds love to nest in the ivy and creeper, especially the Lesser Flycatcher. Those tiny birds eat thousands of mosquitoes every day and flies as well. The vines and birds lure snakes, but they don't bother us. Our cats and dogs see to that. I did a lot of research to come up with the right type of garden that would look best with the house, and decided upon the Cottage Garden as best choice. I will be keeping a close watch on the junk store - they are struggling to keep it going. So sorry to hear that. Just another family on the brink of failure and ruin in the country. (Grrrrr...) But, if they do end up going out of business, I want to make their closing sale for certain. In the meantime, I am saving my pennies in jars so I can go back to get that settee and the Birdcage gazebo - at least. You ought to see all the lovelies INSIDE their store! ~Annie...See MoreAnnie's Fall FLOWERS and Butterflies
Comments (16)Thank you everyone for your nice comments. "gldno1", this Ageratum is called Tall or Wild Ageratum (Eupatorium coelestium), aka Mistflower, Hardy Ageratum, American Bellflower. My North American Wildlife book says it grows from 1-3 feet tall, but mine grows to about 4 feet tall. It tends to flop a little unless staked, but I let mine flop. I think it looks better "doing its thing". It makes bell-shaped flower heads that have "numerous tubular violet-blue flowers arranged in a dense flat-topped cluster that grows from the stem in a cone-shape" (from the book). All pollinators love it. It has an invasive habit, but cultivates out easily enough in spring if you don't want the "extra" plants. It likes moist soil and grows best in part-sun areas. You will most often find it growing in moist wooded areas and along streams or in ditches, like in roadsides. It is a perennial, so it grows and reproduces the way all perennials do. Doesn't need pampering and can take anything Oklahoma weather can dish out. My kind of plant. And Thank You for naming my mystery plant, "gldno1" - Talinum paniculatum, Jewels of Opar. What a very intriguing name! It is the perfect name for this airy flowering plant with its tiny beads of orange to red jewels balancing on top of many tiny, airy branches that burst open into tiny, five-petaled pink flowers. I just love it! I hope it makes itself at home in my garden! GG, The white lady statue is Aquarius - my Zodiac sign. It is V_E_R_Y heavy. I had it in my old rose/iris garden. I had to have my big, handsome, brute-of-a-son move it for me when he came to visit. It was given to me by a young person, who got it when a neighbor in her apartment complex moved off and left it in the yard. The new occupants said she could have it. I love "previously owned" items. Castaways are real treasures. All the dings and scratches give cast-offs a special charm all their own. My Angel Trumpets have very little fragrance, unfortunately. If they had fragrance, I would be sitting out there for hours everyday. They have bloomed and re-bloomed 5 times now and presently are making yet another go-round of blooms. Wow! What performers! I have one that has not bloomed yet that is making bloom buds. I am hoping it is pink and fragrant too. Lorna, my garden has two best times - May-June and September-October. Oh that I could have the beauty last through the summer like so many gardeners who post on this forum. But, I am glad for what I have. Right now, I am working hard to keep everything going as we haven't had any rain since the little shower we got when Hurricane Ike blew through over in Arkansas, but before that I really can't remember when we last had any measurable rain. It is powder dry and the ground is as hard as a rock. Ugh. "schoolhouse", you are correct. The butterfly in the photo above isn't a sulphur. I think Lisa may be right. It's a Fritillary. A great Spangled Fritillary, I believe. The reference was to a photo of a Sulphur in my photobucket account, which you can access through the link below. Thanks everyone. ~ sweetannie4u Here is a link that might be useful: Fall Flowers and Butterflies...See MoreAnnie, What have you been up to Lately?
Comments (23)Ann T, Cooper is loving having me home more than anyone else, I think, although Makayla and Bud are having a ball playing with me. Elery, well, I'm not so sure, LOL. dcarch, I can't get actually livestock other than the cattle and horses, which can get a week's worth of food and water at a time, until I move out there. We'll get feeder pigs from one of the 4H kids in the spring and slaughter them in the fall, but breeding stock will have to wait until I'm actually living there. I'm kind of leaning toward Mulefoot hogs, as they pasture well, we'll see. I sure want to make some more homemade bacon, though. The Poulet de Bresse rarely makes it out of France, but there is a Canadian variety of the Bresse called Blue Foot. It was nearly eradicated during the Avian flu scare but I understnad remaining stock is in California, so maybe, someday. The flavor is supposed to be far superior to other varieties. Having never eaten it, I can't remark on that. The girls do want to get some laying hens though, all different varieties, LOL. As long as I get good fresh eggs, I guess I don't care, I'd get half a dozen different heirloom varieties but they have to be sturdy enough to withstand Michigan winters without frostbite to their combs, etc. So, big gardens, fresh eggs, farm raised pork, oh yeah, I'm looking forward to eating well. And, of course, Elery is planning an outdoor, wood fired bread/pizza oven. Annie...See MoreUnable to view Photobucket
Comments (13)Photobucket is actually very reliable, have used it for 2 years with never one problem. The problem is many people using it don't understand how it works. Many people only use the free site which gives them limited space and they delete the photos to make room for more, and when you go to look for it, it is gone. Sometimes people post the wrong link because there are 4 or 5 to choose from under each photo in Photobucket. More often, it seems, people make changes to the photo, change the title of it or do something else to change it and this changes the "link" required to access it. The old one no longer works and people can't figure out why. If you want a photo on Photobucket to remain available you have to leave there and not change it. You can try emailing the original poster and ask them to post a new link to the photo. We just can't make people leave them them there untouched so we can access them later, unfortunately. I have also found a large number of photo links on the finished kitchen blog were wiped out when Yahoo closed their photo sharing site and most people have moved on with their lives since the remodel and either aren't aware of it or no longer care to take the time to replace them all with new links. If you try to access a link that no longer exists on Photobucket, you will probably get the home page, the same if they post the wrong type of link. The only part of the address that might still be valid is the part telling your computer that it needs to go to photobucket, the part telling where on photobucket to go is wrong and doesn't work. Sue...See More- 11 years ago
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Well, that's interesting, Sue. Let's give it a whirl with a non-Photobucket image... This is the no knead multigrain bread I made this week. Bingo! I know a lot of tricks, but never suspected that one. I'm in Firefox 34.0.5. Thanks!! BTW, it's not the most photogenic bread, but it tastes really good!
For compactness's sake I'll say it here: The trick is to click the Photo button, but put the URL on the file name line instead of choosing something from your computer.
If your pictures are in a photo host that routinely adds a link to their homepage and other extraneous code to your pictures, make sure you get the "HTML only" or "direct link" or "image address". That's the one that starts "http://";;;; (they're working on automatic link recognition and turned that green but while that looks clickable, it won't take you anywhere) and ends with ".jpg" or whatever file type extension the picture has. You can right click (or whatever the Mac equivalent is) on the picture and choose "copy picture location" or choose an option to "view" the picture, then copy the URL from there.
Thank-you, Sol and Sue!
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Well, I trust you all enjoyed my typos, e.g. "Bare with me?" I mean, it's not that I wouldn't be flattered, but I am married...
Peppi! M'dear, I hope you're keeping warm and safe. I'm ready to be catapulted into spring. If Antarctica doesn't let up, I'm moving back to Cuba.
Thank you Plllog for your kind words. Btw, full credit goes to TJ (Tsugajunkie); I stumbled onto his post about a week ago, but never got around to testing his idea until now. This was his original post on the subject: PB Photos. I haven't tried the multi-grain bread yet, but yours certainly looks delicious!
Annie, I was going to post the instructions, but Chemocurl beat me to the punch. If you have any questions, please, let me know.I'm still not thrilled with the new, sterile-white-hospital format; maybe I'm just getting too old and ornery to embrace change. Oh, did you hear? Whole Foods is coming to East Lansing, nearby MSU.
I will no longer have to drive over an hour to get to WF. And I don't care how expensive it is. I'll be happy to just fondle my way through the produce section.
One more picture, and I'll be moving on. Remember when my guy was this little?
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Sorry, Annie, I was making a general statement of how to do it. Sol, you get credit for passing the word!
Here's the longform answer for Photobucket. First, in your Photobucket library, choose "Share" as you normally would, but instead of the HTML code you used in GW, choose "Direct", shown circled below:
Next, click on the Photo icon below the message writing box, shown circled below. That's the one ordinarily used for uploading a file from your computer.
Finally, paste what you copied from Photobucket, which is the URL of the image (i.e., "Direct"), into the File name field in the File Upload dialog box, and press Enter or click on Open. Yours might look a little different from the below picture depending on your software. It's the box you put your filename in when you upload anything from your computer. (The rock and moss are just for privacy. I thought they were nice and gardeny.)
You can use any URL this way. I'm posting from my own site's images, usually, rather than Photobucket. 
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OK, here goes.....
I got a little thrown off with the "share" thing, as that's not normally how I post from Photobucket, I just choose the picture from the appropriate library and then copy from the choices on the right side, I don't open each individual picture and then share it. So, it didn't work about the first 6 times I did it, but eventually I caught on, LOL. And now you know why I don't twitter, tweet, text, Facebook or even use a cellphone (since there is NO reception out here in the boonies anyway). I haven't yet conquered a touch screen and after 3 years have yet to successful take a picture with Elery's iPod. Technology is NOT my friend, ugh.
Sol, sorry about the pipes, that sucks. We had the Chinese water torture going on here this weekend, ice dam on the roof. It seems that we've broken five or six "cold" records in February, and the Lake Michigan ice has doubled in only one week. I guess it could be worse, we could have last year's snow too.
Funny how kids get to be teenagers, isn't it? I knew that Thumper had become Mr. Manpants, but 16? How is that possible?
Thanks, plllog, for the instruction. I tried to insert my "thank you" at the top, but of course, I couldn't get the cursor to go THERE. (grin) So, it's here.
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