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This is a Carolina Blue sky, with a little help from a polarizing filter of course.
My Ginkgo tree is turning yellow, the fan like leaf shapes are absolutely beautiful this time of the year.
Lee has her own sense of fashion style, you won’t find this outfit anywhere, I made part of it myself last year, not something that I’m proud of. It’s funny how she puts her outfit together, kind of amuse to watch her dressed sometimes. I asked her what she wants to be when she grow up? She went from wanting to be a painter to a hat maker, and when she saw the new sewing machine that my oldest sister lent us, she now wants to be a fashion designer. She wants to learn how to sew, I think she is ready, I started out a bit older than her, might be around 10 or 11 years old.
Almost a month and a half later, Bo’s front lawn is coming along slowly just like he had promised, he told me back then that “don’t be alarmed, it’s going to look worse before it looks better because Zenith Zoysiagrass is a slow-growing grass. And last night the front lawn took a lot of abuse from the many tricker treaters that we had.
He planted his grass 2 times, almost 2 weeks apart since he didn’t have enough seeds the first round.
The second seeding came along slower, I think the cold weather also stunt the growth because I’ve seen these the size of a rice grain for several weeks now.
He used a different types of seed for the side-yard next to the driveway, he called this the smart seed.
I’m surprised that I still have many Gardenia in blooms, these two big bushes are next to my driveway.
Not that I’ve a Global Positioning System (GPS), it would be nice to have a navigation and precise-positioning tool built in, but I’m still backward when it comes to this, still getting my directions from MapQuest. When I heard about a Lincoln corn maze in Oregon, this sounds like a fun place to explore, especially for Lee, but Oregon would be too far for us.
Then one of my co-workers told me about the one that we have here in our area, the Foothills Corn Maze and she suggested that it’d be fun for us to go together, Lee would have a blast having a friend her age to hang out with, so we just have to set a date.
This maze is made uniquely each year. They use GPS technology to map out their maze and to help them cut it. It also contains mailboxes along the route that will provide the visitors with clues and assistance as they work their way through. Also, visitors will find a rest area along the route where they can take a moment to enjoy a cold drink and to rest up. This sounds promising already.
Their first year was in 2007, see photo below, it was a simple design.
Then 2008, they got more creative with their maze design.
I heard that this year is even more difficult. They managed to weave secret designs into the pattern if anyone does see the maze from the sky, but the owner is keeping those details a secret. There are other secrets too such as pumpkin bowling, a scavenger hunt and trivia that if answered correctly leads travelers down the correct path. They also have maps of the maze that are made available for those who want to cheat their way through or those who just need a hint once in awhile. But we won’t be needing that, I hope.
- Antonio Vivaldi – Four Seasons- Autumn- Allegro
The last time I visited PaNoy’s garden was in late July and he is nice enough to send me an updated photos of his garden, thank you for sharing this with us.
His mom and his little helper, don’t underestimate this little guy’s ability, he planted some of the vegetables in this garden.
I certainly didn’t expect his papaya tree to bear fruits. It’s too cold in his area to leave it outside during the winter months. It’s either bringing it inside or building a shelter for it, and I think he plans to build a shelter for it this winter.
Updated 9/29/2009: PaNoy emailed me 2 more photos of his Tum Mak Houng (spicy papaya salad), looks real good, and he is a great cook by the way.
Watermelon from his garden.
- The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!(To Everything There is a Season)
Seeing this car still amazed me that she walked away with a dislocated foot, not even broken. I saw my co-worker today and her daughter is home resting. I told her that her daughter is very lucky, but my co-worker said that she feels that she is the lucky one, in a sense she is right, in fact the whole family are very lucky. I found out earlier that she was the only one in the car.
I also feel lucky today, felt like I hit the jackpot! I can’t wait to give this a try.
This made me think of Laos, this is used by the locals to separate the rice grains from the shells
Just like back home, spreading out the rice crops or coffee crops to dry in the sun.
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