Rose

Rose, originally uploaded by Ambrosia_apples.

I'm trying out the blogger option within flickr, to see how it looks and works.

Water Lily got this rose for her birthday. I have a picture of it when it was fresh in flickr somewhere.

Anyways, it was left too long in the vase and dried up. But there was still water in it, and the rose has grown leaves. There aren't any roots though.

Water Lily is really excited to try and plant it in the spring. I went out and got some fresh spring willow branches, because I had read somewhere that they contain a natural growth hormone. I may have to google that and see. I think I squish them and add them to the water. We'll see.

Kboy is cute. He thinks that this should be a tradition, that Water Lily could plant this rose, and then give a cutting to her daughter, and that daughter could give a cutting to her daughter, and so on. What a sweet idea.

We'll see what happens, and if it will root. I know that in our time zone, cuttings shoud be fine. But if there is a big cold snap, the rose may succumb, because it hasn't been grafted onto hardier stock.

I'm just enjoying my children's interest in this rose.

Snow

The past couple weeks have been very interesting. It snowed several times, and if it hadn't melted each time, it would have amounted to maybe 9 inches. It would snow one day, melt the next, snow the next, etc. It was incredible to wake up to fresh snow in the morning. I very much enjoyed the last minute winter hurrah.

Working on it

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted last. I haven't been feeling very well lately, and since it's winter, there hasn't been as much to report. But I had planned to catch up on other stuff and mention certain weather stuff as it happens but just haven't felt up to it.

I've been working on my pictures in flickr. I have sets for my inside kitties, and my outside kitties. I still have a few more pictures to put in, but I have quite a bit in there. Kitties inside Kitties outside

We've started on some house renovations. Our first job is fixing a leak in the bathroom, which basically adds up to a total makeover of the bathroom and main entrance to the house. It's a very scary process. I'm taking pictures as it progresses, and am continually updating the flickr set. Remodel

I want to work on a picture set of our veggie garden, and our backyard. I'll post links to them later.

My pictures have family/kid shots that I've set as private. If you know me personally and want to see them, just send me an email and I'll give you an invite or set you as family if you already have a flickr account. Thanks.