tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38153805851165194802024-03-05T14:24:41.761-08:00Living the Tropical LifeThis started as a photo blog for travel pics... now it's a general blog to document our move and our daily life, and a place to post photos that I happen to take. :)Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-86867167687744633542015-05-04T08:36:00.001-07:002015-05-04T08:38:45.005-07:00Working on my garden (very slowly)I must be the slowest gardener on the face of the planet... A few weeks ago Winn Dixie had hibiscus on sale for $12 each, so John bought me two, and I've been getting the side of the driveway ready to plant... this is as far as I've gotten in two weeks, but at least I'm trying! Since we rent, I'm trying to get the garden in as cheaply as possible in case we have to abandon it for some reason, but I'm very excited to finally have some plants of my own. I've been staring at the empty grass all year long and imagining it with hibiscus and other tropical plants making it interesting. If we're still here another few years, it'll be the back garden's turn but for now I'll settle for a properly edged driveway... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day one - Buy shovel, dig hole and plant pink hibiscus... (John dug the hole for me)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day two - root out grass in start of garden bed area...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm very happy with the front of the house now... I got a garden bench with the last of my Christmas money, and a cute wind chime for Easter... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doesn't this look lovely... the gardenia is flowering like crazy this year! (ignore the recyling bin in the foreground, it was trash night) You can smell the perfume from the house when the wind blows in the right direction.</td></tr>
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-13779003622027408722015-05-04T08:23:00.002-07:002015-05-04T08:23:57.929-07:00Cranes in our garden!Last night I saw a pair of sand hill cranes circling in for a landing by the drainage pond, whooping their little hearts out. I thought that was pretty cool, and I rushed outside to take a picture before they walked away. This morning they came back and got up close and personal! John looked out the window and saw a pair
of Sandhill Cranes on our front lawn. What glorious birds they are...
and this pair was soooo tame! Our neighbour spends a lot of time outside
and he's been feeding them snacks, so they expected us to do the same,
and they came right up to us begging for treats. I pulled some bird seed
down from the feeder and put it on the ground for them to peck up, and
they had a snack... but then the male got overly interested in our car
and started pecking at his reflection in the side mirror to scare away
the 'intruder'. Silly bird!<br />
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Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-46351829758106756222015-03-05T08:24:00.001-08:002015-03-05T08:24:25.890-08:00Wildlife in our gardenI love animals and birds, so I bought a bird feeder for our yard... after a month of hanging in the (empty) backyard it was completely ignored so I moved it to the tree out the front, where it only took the critters a week to find it... so far we have a pair of cardinals who visit daily, a woodpecker stopped by this morning ( but didn't stay), and we have squirrel thieves! I think I'm going to have to get a squirrel-proof feeder to make sure the birds still have something to eat too... (oh, and the heron was in our back yard after a big storm that flooded the low part of the yard. The cats were VERY excited to see it wandering around out there...)<br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-44240338558452214612014-12-28T12:36:00.001-08:002014-12-28T18:07:42.342-08:00Craft Room againI've finally got the craftroom kind of like I want it... when we got out new tv for the living room (doesn't it look good?) John mounted it on the wall and I rearranged the furniture to fit.<br />
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He bought me a Roku box for the craftroom and hung the old set up for me so I can watch netflix while I craft (we don't have cable in there, that would cost too much extra)... I hung my shower curtains on a tension rod, put some of my favourite pictures I'd drawn up above the closet, and I found some cute silver butterfly wall stickers at the Dollar Tree to fill in the blank space on the wall and tie the tv into it. They only had two packs left and it took all of them - if I can ever manage to find any more to match, I'll continue the butterflies up over the door (on the left side of the closet).<br />
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I would just love to turn it into a craft closet and get all of my stuff neatly put away so that we can bring a daybed or a guest bed into the room, while the stainless steel storage rack will move out to the laundry with the christmas decorations, cat carriers etc that we don't need regularly. But before I can do that, we have go find a way to fit all of THIS into that closet. Wish us luck...<br />
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Still to be added (if we can find the money, which probably won't be for a long time unless we stumble across some super bargains)<br />
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<li>- white frilly valances above the closet and the window (matching)... to hide the fact that a shower curtain is only 72 inches long while a closet door is 80 tall, and tie the two openings together.</li>
<li>- SHELVES in the closet. Not sure if we'll be able to remove the one fixed shelf that's already there or if we should work around it. </li>
<li>a smaller computer desk. Since I have a whole table to do my crafts on, I don't need such a large desk any more, plus this one is falling apart as I look at it! </li>
<li>Some kind of decorative feature for the corner of the room under the tv. Thinking maybe a white wrought-iron style plant stand. Or we could just put a filing cabinet over there and get the paperwork out of the plastic storage bins I've got it in now... whatever we get, it just has to be white or silver - white or silver looks by far the best with the blue walls... </li>
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-58715380606872283042014-12-20T17:59:00.001-08:002014-12-20T17:59:59.911-08:00Watoto Children's ChoirToday we went to the Jensen Beach Community Church to see the Watoto Children's Choir... it was a lovely performance. And the Watoto community is doing an invaluable service to their community - they care for six thousand children and infants all the way through to adulthood, and women in need, educate them, teach them practical work skills, and help them to become community leaders... they've been operating for twenty years and they've helped ten THOUSAND children. The children's choirs travel the world raising awareness, and funds, and I'm sure it gives the kids a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel. Now for the pics...<br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-84423936527639833942014-12-20T17:43:00.002-08:002014-12-20T17:43:27.982-08:00Singing Christmas TreeI can't believe I haven't posted any pics since July! I'm going to make up for it now... this month we've gone to three concerts and dinner-and-a-movie for our Anniversary, plus one day I went for a lovely walk on the beach with my camera... Firstly, the Hobe Sound Bible Church Singing Christmas Tree... <br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-68609551760383042692014-06-17T15:19:00.001-07:002014-06-17T15:19:14.944-07:00Two big creative projectsI've done two big projects this week... the first was to decoupage the grotty old (scratched, paint-laden) craft table that I've been using ever since we were married (a friend gave it to me for free because it was so beat-up)... I put a plastic tablecloth on it to cover up the marks and called it all good, but it finally occurred to me that I could do something much more permanent (and elegant) with a bottle of mod-podge and my scrapbooking supplies. It took a day to do the initial work, and it's going to take a few more to put the top coats on it but I'm very pleased with it.<br />
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The second project was recovering my three-wheeled walker with some lovely pastel duck tape, and then decorating the basket with ribbon and flowers. It took a full week to get the tape applied because it was a heck of a lot more fiddly and difficult than I'd expected, but I love how it came out. Today I decorated the basket with a vintage ribbon and silk flowers that I assembled with my glue gun. I didn't want to put any glue on the ribbon because it IS vintage (practically antique) and I might want to take it off again, so I sewed the ribbon onto the basket and then I rigged up wire fastenings for the flowers with wire so that I can remove them again by cutting the wires. I tried all sorts of fasteners for the flowers, but what worked in the end were long thin pipe-cleaners - the wire's more flexible than floral wire and far less pokey because it's got the coating on it. Again, it was fiddly but I'm thrilled with how it came out. I like it a lot more than my other walker... at some point I'll probably get more flowers and redo the lavender one too, but not right now! The best thing about both of these projects? I used almost entirely supplies and materials I already had on hand. I only had to buy the mod-podge and the pastel tape. Everything else was in my craft collection waiting to be used. :)<br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-6450754517171611852014-06-06T16:39:00.003-07:002014-06-06T16:39:48.289-07:00Beribboned walker, and mystery plantThe mystery plant in our front garden bed has grown by leaps and bounds... still no idea what it is, but it's obviously very happy in that garden bed, and it's better than the barren wasteland that the yard crew made of the rest of our front yard last week when they came along and 'pruned' everything into non-existence, including chopping all the bananas off at ground level. I know the banana trees will grow back, but it's awfully bare out there right now! Anyway here's the plant...<br />
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And now you've seen the mystery plant, here's something a little more creative... I have to use a walking aid to go any distance, and I just bought myself a lavender walker which had a plain black back rest and basket. The plain black part was just begging to be decorated, so I bought a rainbow of voile ribbon and went to town. <br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-70572327980825733822014-05-23T17:17:00.002-07:002014-05-23T17:17:37.218-07:00Happy birthday to me...It's friday and the cupboards are pretty bare... and it's my birthday. John had to work a long hard day today, but he stopped at Publix on his way home and brought me home a gorgeous birthday cake, a little vase of roses (extra thoughtful because we don't have a vase to put flowers in and these roses came with their own specimen vase), and a roast chicken for dinner. After nine years of marriage he seems to have 'got it' - I am a romantic at heart and flowers and candy or cake from my husband make my heart sing... he also got me a little beanie baby yesterday, so I put it into the photo. I didn't want to sit home all day and he had another long drive with very little work so I went with him, and when we stopped to send his parts back at Fed-Ex, they had these adorable beanie babies by the counter... sorry the photos blurry but my hand is hurting badly today and I couldn't hold the phone still enough, but of course I wanted to take the photo before we cut the cake. :)<br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-38600314057108040602014-04-28T11:37:00.003-07:002014-04-28T12:10:53.147-07:00Craft room beforesI'm going to take these as 'before' shots... the craftroom is less of a mess than it was when we moved in in February, but it's far from organised, or complete. I got the metal shelf from Amazon and it's started the organising process... but I just looked in the Target catalog and the shelves are on sale for $40 each (I paid $75 on Amazon, but it was Christmas money)... I'd like to get another two or three but John says I can have one. Not sure if it'll replace the worn out bakers rack, or the salvaged wooden 'shoeholder'... but I'm sure it'll look better and be more efficient! So without further ado, here are my 'before' shots. And hmmm... one of them refuses to upload. I'll have to take it again.<br />
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The main thing to notice about this is that although it's called the 'craftroom' in its current incarnation there is NOWHERE for me to work, so I've yet to attempt a single crafting project more complicated than glueing some coloured paper onto a box or two... the desks are entirely occupied by computer junk and cats and there's no more level space in the room. Also, the closet door is open, not because I want to show you the mess inside, but because the doors won't stay closed! They 'fixed' them for us but it was totally futile... I figured out a way to fix it for myself though - John's going to take them down and I'll use them to screen the ugly hot water service in the laundry, and then I'll put up a tension rod and a shower curtain in the closet doorway... <br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-30801101410915527912014-04-17T14:51:00.000-07:002014-04-17T14:51:06.974-07:00Sunset, a mystery plant, and a mitzvahHas it really been that long since I posted? Well, I have an assortment for you today...<br />
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Nextly, we have a mystery plant that's just popped up in our empty garden bed. I don't know if it's an actual plant that was dormant when we moved in and now it's woken up for the Spring, or if it's a noxious weed that blew in and took up housekeeping in the otherwise empty bed... I'm more than a little afraid that it might be poison ivy, but since I've never seen the stuff before I really don't know what it looks like! Any and all opinions are welcome... I put a whirly gig next to it for scale so you can see that it's grown more than a foot in a week... it looks like it's looking for something to climb up.<br />
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furry mouths to feed. There won't be any new feline residents in our
household until at least two have gone to the Rainbow Bridge, hopefully
in many years since they're aged 8-10. Plus it takes a special person to bottle feed a litter of five! I'd go insane from sleeplessness inside a week... I made him take a picture for me before he handed them over, but that's as close as I got to seeing them. Praying for them to grow up strong and healthy and to find loving homes... they're totally adorable and I'm sure they'll be extremely adoptable in another four weeks or so when they're old enough to be seperated. The little white one was mountaineering up John's arm all the way to the shelter, so they're not afraid of people, and that's one big plus on their side. If we were Jewish I'd say John definitely did a mitzvah today and I'm very proud of him for taking the time to help when he could have said 'it's not my problem, I'm too busy'... <br />
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John had to run a short call down in Jupiter so he took me with him to see the lighthouse... the weather was GLORIOUS today! We'll go back one day when I've managed to kick my asthma and do the lighthouse tour, but for today I just snapped some pics, then we drove up the beach road and stopped at Hobe Sound for a few more piccies of the beach.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge across the intercoastal waterway at Hobe Sound (sorry you can't see much...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And lastly, a HUGE tree... we had to stop for ages at a light and this tree trunk was right next to my window, so I took some pics. I adore the intricate braiding of the roots...</td></tr>
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-61272416149776811372014-03-12T13:57:00.001-07:002014-03-12T13:57:17.169-07:00Completely gratuitous cat picsThe girls decided on mass cuteness this afternoon... so I give you some cat pics. The only one I haven't seen acting cute is Tess... but I'm sure she'll make up for it later.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scouty thinks that my desk is there solely for her sleeping benefit... and if I'm lucky she'll let me use my keyboard and mouse over on the right-hand corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never mind the perfectly good pillow I put into an empty drawer to make a cosy cat basket - Zho-Zho decided she'd rather sleep in the little one.</td></tr>
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-21113276652865087422014-03-04T12:57:00.003-08:002014-03-04T12:57:50.645-08:00Spring time in FloridaOn the weekend we drove over to Okeechobee... there's not much there, but the 'highway' to get from Stuart to there is GORGEOUS. 'Old Florida' at its best. The speed limit is only 40 or 50 so it takes a long time to drive, but there are so many miles of magnificent Floridian trees lining the road that it didn't seem like a long trip at all. We came back on a more major highway and it was a regular old divided road so the trip was faster, but not nearly as interesting. Glad I could see the forest first!<br />
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Then yesterday John had to run a call in West Palm Beach so I went with him to go to Brandsmart and buy ourselves a chest freezer for the duplex (there's almost no room in the freezer because it has an ice maker taking up more than half of the already tiny space and we like to buy meat in bulk to save money). While he worked in the bank, I walked the short block to the beach and sat under a shady palm tree enjoying the blissful balmy Florida spring afternoon. Ahhhh... sometimes it's really nice to live in Florida!<br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-82556460756017706832014-02-28T09:19:00.000-08:002014-02-28T09:21:57.300-08:00Getting settled bit by bit... Our Living RoomIgnore the mess... as you can see there are boxes EVERYWHERE still! But I'm doing my best. Last night we opened some of the boxes in the craft room and started organising in there. No rush to finish - I had some of this stuff boxed up for a month before we left, I don't need it tomorrow! This first batch of photos is our living room... as you can see there's a TON of space in here, so I put the love seat sideways across the room with the bookshelves and all the stacked boxes behind it... but there's more than enough space for a full-sized sofa bed, so at some point I expect we'll buy one. Then we can actually have overnight guests as long as they like cats! I'm also going to get two more bookshelves to match the two I've got and we'll have a wall-of-books on that back wall, instantly doubling the size of our library space, and making them look less silly against that tall peaked wall. I love the sloped roof, but it's a lot more vertical space to fill than I'm used to! At some point we'll buy a picture hanging kit and get some art on the walls but for now they're big empty tan slabs.<br />
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-65813233679681973202014-02-28T09:09:00.001-08:002014-02-28T09:09:56.723-08:00Moving InThe movers came on Monday Feb 24... it took them ALL DAY to move us, and it's going to take weeks to get all the unpacking done. But after four days here it's starting to feel more like home. There's a TON more room here than I expected - our furniture (which just fit nicely into the old apartment) is dwarfed by this one. I've always had to jam my little bedside table in front of the bedroom door, but there's enough room in this bedroom to easily fit a full bedroom set for the first time ever! And next time we get a new bed, it'll be a king size! Photos of the preliminary unpacking coming next, but first here's a few moving shots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John and I supervised the move from our chairs... the movers left them till last, and brought them off the truck for us first. Good thing too - we were standing in the empty duplex for nearly two hours waiting for them to show up and my back was killing me from not being able to sit down any place!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the furniture goes out the door piece by piece...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to unload... that was a BIG truck and our stuff nearly filled it. They sure earned their money moving us! Loading up took two and a half hours, unloading only took one because there were no stairs...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-36278078896866928652014-02-14T11:28:00.002-08:002014-02-14T11:49:47.178-08:00Our new apartment (pre-move in)Yes, it's a mess... but that's because the landlord hadn't cleaned it up yet, just hauled out the trash. We move in on February 24th and he's promised that the things that need fixing (some broken tiles, marked up walls, broken closet doors and drawers) will be fixed this week.Click to see the 'before' pictures. One day I'll hopefully have 'afters' for you!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room. I like the ceiling fan. Blind needs replacing - I'm thinking full-length curtains hung beside the window to make it seem larger... paint marks are supposed to be cleaned up for us. Glad I have a place to put my faux stained glass on the front door! You can't really see here but the living room has a HIGH ceiling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The craft room. This is going to need repainting in a lighter colour. I like the cottage-style window, even if it doesn't match the others... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View out the craftroom window. I can see this becoming a mini-courtyard with a trellis on the privacy fence and some nice paving/planters... the trashcans have to go out here but there's plenty of room on the far side of the window where you won't see them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bathroom one vanity. Ugh! The broken drawer is supposed to be fixed. I'm seeing the cabinet painted a very dark brown with rustoleum laminex paint. And the walls need to be lighter. Plus it needs a real mirror - looks like this one came from the dollar tree!</td></tr>
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<br />Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-59361639507945604042010-08-02T08:38:00.000-07:002010-08-02T08:38:28.215-07:00My new haircut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLwBtT9ZTr6DLZLMY3XwMWZmprTT8RLTTVK61teLT2NtacVjAZZ6G4APABpBqLnanddxyHjx6A5MfXKQwPC-7xLZtiG-zwUmIq5k5VUR_uOlTjZtH5kzQpTnsS0_Hx4OnAeifKSl8ot4/s1600/haircut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLwBtT9ZTr6DLZLMY3XwMWZmprTT8RLTTVK61teLT2NtacVjAZZ6G4APABpBqLnanddxyHjx6A5MfXKQwPC-7xLZtiG-zwUmIq5k5VUR_uOlTjZtH5kzQpTnsS0_Hx4OnAeifKSl8ot4/s400/haircut.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't had my hair this short since I was in high school... </div>Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-78333653493211524322010-06-27T04:16:00.000-07:002010-06-27T04:16:59.559-07:00Three-part harmonyOur three cats do NOT get along... you'll see the two grey cats next to each other, or the stripy grey cat and the black cat next to each other, but you will NEVER see the marbled grey cat next to the black one unless they're fighting.. Tessie usually sits back on the other side of the room and waits for Scouty to finish eating before she goes over to the kibble dish. But there are exceptions to every rule, and the other day she was too hungry to wait - and Scouty was too hungry to make a fuss, so I snapped this photo! Three-part-harmony, with felines...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT4RlAf1fvf1OqhHHv9AAid8H05sPgkgLxEU9TuH50_KQhC2YwV1sNQi5iKt2Eo8QMWj0-XMwFecHBTA7yTk5pcfZYC5XZliFpihXqOYyv6eNMf3X_1d14bIxX1V2-zzgny4xVizFBTQ/s1600/cameratest+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT4RlAf1fvf1OqhHHv9AAid8H05sPgkgLxEU9TuH50_KQhC2YwV1sNQi5iKt2Eo8QMWj0-XMwFecHBTA7yTk5pcfZYC5XZliFpihXqOYyv6eNMf3X_1d14bIxX1V2-zzgny4xVizFBTQ/s320/cameratest+002.JPG" /></a></div>I adore frangipani... they're such beautifully delicate flowers, and they have a glorious perfume. It's just a shame they don't bloom for very long.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9n9iPa63G51f4kr7wBgMH2GUC2vv79TcPYSa6sgtS5FE162qZd9dMoZ7gW_C19bndn0YHLHjrrq7nfWS_x6p-Sw28Ldyxyo4hGRgMg9mCf3l_vxFzdGKigiiO-LMVJA27BSFSFywKxc/s1600/cameratest+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9n9iPa63G51f4kr7wBgMH2GUC2vv79TcPYSa6sgtS5FE162qZd9dMoZ7gW_C19bndn0YHLHjrrq7nfWS_x6p-Sw28Ldyxyo4hGRgMg9mCf3l_vxFzdGKigiiO-LMVJA27BSFSFywKxc/s320/cameratest+009.JPG" /></a></div>The Canal a block from our apartment. There are three bridges across the canal in our immediate vicinity, and I usually take at least one of them on my walk. I'm a bit jealous of the people who's houses back onto the water - they get to see this beauty every day.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Wyv_zaYTgSgckb_lY9AN1V8fB_KB9no9m1tsmu7z4CzlgBixbQc_goTi8E4xUOYbdBOpasUh3nu01MVLtq_XjXsNnaUTWC9f6k2dw06hfnfpTaFk_9BJHDtpxq8V-Ca7wrBITqhDl9E/s1600/cameratest+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Wyv_zaYTgSgckb_lY9AN1V8fB_KB9no9m1tsmu7z4CzlgBixbQc_goTi8E4xUOYbdBOpasUh3nu01MVLtq_XjXsNnaUTWC9f6k2dw06hfnfpTaFk_9BJHDtpxq8V-Ca7wrBITqhDl9E/s320/cameratest+012.JPG" /></a></div>And lastly, the sun was just setting when I got home. I usually take my walk in the cool of the evening because it's too hot out there to even THINK about doing it in the daytime. I love the evening light - the only bad thing are the mosquitos that eat me alive!Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-18611704257009307772010-06-04T10:06:00.000-07:002010-06-04T10:06:50.899-07:00OrchidsSorry it's been so long! It's been a very busy time for me... I've seen a bunch of things I would have loved to photograph while I was taking my daily walk, but I didn't have a camera with me. John's fixed that - he bought me a new phone (my old one's dying of old age) and it has a camera AND a built-in mp3 player. So when I walk I'll be able to photograph anything I see, at least once I figure out how to use the phone.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdcH3lD9FFVZVBzyJ_5bpzkMG7P0fpP6_IWHH7s-jOPEptakEBUQ9maNPJebhJe-fE-82Z20Qv2Fp-dbxD8zF7RmS3NXKq6HGgL02f_ALcYa9PMGjAVPAg19B_Zg1lFHlNGwbYdIJt8w/s1600/orchids+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdcH3lD9FFVZVBzyJ_5bpzkMG7P0fpP6_IWHH7s-jOPEptakEBUQ9maNPJebhJe-fE-82Z20Qv2Fp-dbxD8zF7RmS3NXKq6HGgL02f_ALcYa9PMGjAVPAg19B_Zg1lFHlNGwbYdIJt8w/s320/orchids+029.jpg" /></a></div>But for now, here's an older photo. I snapped these little beauties in the greenhouse at the Orchid Gardens up in Boca. The gardens are run by the Orchid Society and they almost closed down earlier this year for lack of fundage... but somebody came up with a donation to keep them running.Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-43317676557084986712010-05-28T08:32:00.000-07:002010-05-28T08:38:00.585-07:00RIP Jack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Fc1Vv4fVjxucBLaoR2qEenC1DJYtGd3ABhH_Q471EWA4GkVVE1neYbFrmdoMDNzxmtiNIB5YNYnZEfh9Y8dMJlhk-PqwQ2IJHdrIWrj6KwvC4yPdMSYZy9TpWtkqz9uoRUKT_m7UCh4/s1600/wedding+022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Fc1Vv4fVjxucBLaoR2qEenC1DJYtGd3ABhH_Q471EWA4GkVVE1neYbFrmdoMDNzxmtiNIB5YNYnZEfh9Y8dMJlhk-PqwQ2IJHdrIWrj6KwvC4yPdMSYZy9TpWtkqz9uoRUKT_m7UCh4/s320/wedding+022.jpg" /></a></div>I don't usually post photos of people... but Jack was special. He was John's employer many years ago, and John's friend ever since. The first time I met him was when I came to spend time with John before we were married - we went to dinner with Jack and Rhona so he could vet me as a suitable bride! lol (not really, John wanted me to meet him as a family friend...)<br />
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When we were married there was no question in his mind that he and his wife Rhona would come to our wedding. They were our only guests except for a friend John works with who offered to take photos for us (that was very sweet of him too, and he did a nice job!). Jack's health was never good, and he has been extremely ill for the last three years from the cumulative consequences of many minor strokes. He passed away on Sunday morning, so today I post our wedding photo and remember a good friend I would have liked to have known better.<br />
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Jack was Jewish by birth but an atheist in long practice, so he wouldn't want prayers for his soul - but I'm pretty sure that he's up there at the pearly gates now giving St Peter a good talking to. He always liked a good argument. RIP Jack.Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-90194035873167303442010-05-26T05:50:00.000-07:002010-05-26T05:53:12.132-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcOIJGrujNrHMwCwG26AY6ldmUQTy4ZXiVaSn0jwLweyIogErhc9hRHZmGg5mM8XkKkbMCJ35Pplk0mX9nOSCCDg4jRw6S-W-tBCfKSnG1KsbYbk2eTG0hbnQrbb8QD0Q3uP51S9a-hU/s1600/glen+canyon+dam+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcOIJGrujNrHMwCwG26AY6ldmUQTy4ZXiVaSn0jwLweyIogErhc9hRHZmGg5mM8XkKkbMCJ35Pplk0mX9nOSCCDg4jRw6S-W-tBCfKSnG1KsbYbk2eTG0hbnQrbb8QD0Q3uP51S9a-hU/s320/glen+canyon+dam+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqlCsluBe5-LHAKY7Ob3KEPEIvou_juvauAzFdu-x0oo1-XsW__ufLnOEnCpSlTK4OxdK8vYWzR3kdNTNW1cOzZO9DeXYzO6cl6rIki1dXx6Y8hcB6frZOA5pfFd8cqpdTCWegquIZRo/s1600/glen+canyon+dam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqlCsluBe5-LHAKY7Ob3KEPEIvou_juvauAzFdu-x0oo1-XsW__ufLnOEnCpSlTK4OxdK8vYWzR3kdNTNW1cOzZO9DeXYzO6cl6rIki1dXx6Y8hcB6frZOA5pfFd8cqpdTCWegquIZRo/s320/glen+canyon+dam.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I never got around to doing a second entry yesterday... so today I give you two photos in one go. These are both from our trip around the US, specifically our bus tour of the American South-West. We stayed overnight at Lake Powell and we drove up to the dam for an optional guided tour of the dam workings. The timing of our tour was bad - thanks to anti-terrorist paranoia we weren't permitted to take ANYTHING into the building with us, even our wallets or our jacket (or a camera), plus it was late in the afternoon of a very long day's travelling, so only a couple of people thought it was worth the hassle of going in. When I was a little girl, my parents took us to see a real hydro-electric dam and I remember that it was incredibly noisy, unbelievably HUGE, and I would have loved to see one again as an adult - but not if I couldn't even take photographs! <br />
Next morning we went on a boat tour on the lake and it was fascinating... And on the way out of the area we drove past the dam from the other side and I snapped a photo through the bus window (hence the blur and the black line across the middle of the picture.)<br />
The scariest thing about Lake Powell is how little lake there actually was. All that white stone has been bleached by decades submerged in water, and those huge chunky dam abutments were intended to be well below the surface of the water. But for the last fifteen years the lake level has been steadily dropping until everything's out in the open air. As far as I know, the lake level has continued to drop steadily in the years since our visit... if it continues at this rate, one of these days there won't BE a lake there to see.Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-78045309154343390842010-05-25T07:01:00.000-07:002010-05-25T07:01:53.687-07:00Mmmm! Cookies!I got a strange message when I tried to make a post a minute ago 'Error 503 Service unavailable'? Weird! Sorry I didn't get to post a photo yesterday. I guess that means you get two entries for today instead.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40x_Z_U95SwgWsh8qHPZ0TWTRPa4FLfjsR1M4Xbqjo_Aijr62tVPM0wDZmTVfX-64JwHnz37UWNvyKvo_Zh6RGVPJcWFiG08BbyjPgRvq2JJv6BVvpl6kDRiVTfM3kyILixoJpJk5nOw/s1600/Aug+29+014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40x_Z_U95SwgWsh8qHPZ0TWTRPa4FLfjsR1M4Xbqjo_Aijr62tVPM0wDZmTVfX-64JwHnz37UWNvyKvo_Zh6RGVPJcWFiG08BbyjPgRvq2JJv6BVvpl6kDRiVTfM3kyILixoJpJk5nOw/s320/Aug+29+014.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm on a diet and not eating this stuff... but that doesn't mean I can't think of it! I baked this enormous tub of cookies for a church function last year. </div>Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815380585116519480.post-72313556306774743672010-05-23T20:19:00.000-07:002010-05-23T20:19:40.376-07:00Budlia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6MvGKPoRGCxyMCiHzhfBLXB-otfXNmQQ7SG1LjrIqH8Iau48xBaFp32W6A9_N6-KCKPQgidPHEOTzw9c3Hy-SkMU4bWy26pLSHjBoBeC9mBfOtHfV8a70UYe1Dbzj580T5omfOit4XI/s1600/budlia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6MvGKPoRGCxyMCiHzhfBLXB-otfXNmQQ7SG1LjrIqH8Iau48xBaFp32W6A9_N6-KCKPQgidPHEOTzw9c3Hy-SkMU4bWy26pLSHjBoBeC9mBfOtHfV8a70UYe1Dbzj580T5omfOit4XI/s320/budlia.jpg" /></a></div>Today's photo is a budlea (budlia?) in the Butterfly Garden at the Leu Gardens in Orlando. My parents had a big budlia in their garden and the butterflies used to swarm around it when it was blooming. Ours was one of the light-coloured budleas that looks like a giant lavender bush, but we had a cutting growing in a pot that was this vivid purple colour.Kajikithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599554956982538475noreply@blogger.com0