One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other. (Author, Chinese Proverb) Continue reading read more »
I was going over my iPhoto library and found some old pictures which I scanned sometime ago. I was actually thinking of Thanksgiving in the US but instead, I found Halloween... a bit too late, though! I just want to share some pictures with the pumpkins...What is a pumpkin?From Wikipedia,Apumpkinis agourd-likesquashof the genusCucurbitaand the familyCucurbitaceae(which also includes gourds).[1]It commonly refers tocultivarsof any one of the speciesCucurbita pepo,Cucurbita mixta,Cucurbita maxima, andC... read more »
It's been so gorgeous in Illinois this fall!Here are a few photo's that I have taken of my yard. This is my tree that is by my porch. Yes, it glows~ ......and here all the leaves that are sadly falling off of my gorgeous tree. Soon it will be bare. This is a picture of our front porch. This is where I sit to observe the changing foliage and where I took these pictures for you. Yes, I have a close up view from here. See here is a different shot of the tree for you with the sun just streaming ... read more »
Eigentlich sollte man wirklich damit aufhören, eine Band, oder was davon übrig ist, ständig an ihrer Vergangenheit zu messen. Bei den Smashing Pumpkins allerdings kommt man nicht drumherum, einen neuen Release mit grossartigen Werken wie Siamese Dream oder Melln Collie And The Infinite Sadness zu vergleichen. Um festzustellen, dass ein Vergleich kaum möglich ist. Genannte Meilensteine und Oceania haben, weiterlesen... ähnliche Themen: Malt Oceania für die Smashing Pumpkins! MALT EUCH OCEANIA. Damit bea... read more »
Nachdem Ende letzten Jahres bereits die beiden grossartigen Werke Gish und Siamese Dream der Smashing Pumpkins Remastered neu aufgelegt -und dabei auch als um etliches Bonusmaterial und schönes Artwork ergänzte Deluxe-Editions erhältlich gemacht- wurden, wird diese Ehre nun auch Pisces Iscariot zuteil, einer B-Seiten Compilation aus dem Jahre 1994, deren 14 Tracks ursprünglich hauptsächlich aus Outtakes der Siamese Dream-Sessions weiterlesen... ähnliche Themen: Malt Oceania für die Smashing Pumpkins! M... read more »
This year my husband surprised me early with a pumpkin. I asked if it would last until Halloween. He told me that he planned on my having 4 or 5 pumpkins to carve this year. WOOHOO!!!! My first attempt this year kind of frustrated me. I just could not seem to get in the groove [...] read more »
Oh my gosh, I have so many great pics to share with you from our annual trip to the Great Pumpkin Patch in Arthur, Illinois.It gets kind of frustrating since I wont post pictures of our kids or some silly family pics I got here, so you'll just have to look at these two goofballs. Our oldest couldn't get the camera to click and, as you can see, I have that "mom look" Can't you tell I am wanting to jump behind the camera and just do it myself-Geesh! Maybe I was getting frustrated because so many str... read more »
Afghan season has arrived and I am so excited to break out some of my afghans that my great grandpa made many moons ago. Whatcha think? I keep them folded neatly on the side of my couch fora quick grab! This time a year, around here, is rummage sale season and I picked up this little buffet for twenty dollars. Can you believe that? Now, I have somewhere to keep my over sized trays holiday dishes. Oooops, I didn't realize I captured my lamp cord until I unloaded my pics and frankly I just a... read more »
I can smell the apple butter, hot cocoa, and a bon fire in my mind just from looking at last years pictures, again. So, obviously, Iwanted to share them with all of you. So, come on pumpkin patch season, hurry on up and get here, already. I am waiting patiently...... An Illinois fall. At the pumpkin patch. I am, anxiously, waiting to return this year. Does it get much better than this? I mean, really? You get to see great artisans do this to plain ol' pumpkins. They created all thes... read more »
I did get my seeds planted on the weekend. I needed to get things going quickly so I spent a bit of time looking for a warm place to keep the seeds until they germinated. Some of the seeds could have been planted a month ago. But I am a master procrastinator if not a master gardener. read more »
