Budding Plant with Ants Identified

I did a bit more searching to find out what the plant in the below picture is as I have a couple of them in the front planter. According to the info I could find they are called Peonies and the ants just like the sugar and stuff that comes off the buds. I’m not […]
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Tags: ants, flowers, planter, Planting Beds
Memorial Day Weekend and Another Weekend Update

I hope everyone in the US is having or had a good Memorial Day weekend. So far I’ve been doing yard work and flying, and tomorrow will probably be grilling as well. I’ve been a bit slow this week in uploading photos and updates on the new patch I put on the lawn on Monday, […]
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Tags: ants, BBQ, flowers, Helicopter, Lawn
Yardwork Helpers – Auto Winding Hose Reel

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and was getting tired of winding the 100 foot hose back into a pile. We went to Lowe’s a while back and I was looking for a hose reel while Bryn was looking for herb seeds and such. I saw this thing and decided to spend the 75 bucks on it. […]
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Tags: arhtritis, RA, rheumatoid arthritis
Time Delayed Exposures / Slow Shutter, Light Art (I lied this is post 2 of 3 for today, not 2 of 2)

I came across this really cool link of a video on Gizmodo which you can find here under ‘Light as Performance Art’ . I’m not sure if I like the music or the art better (sorry, weird musical tastes, I like space-out stuff) Anyways I decided to try some extended exposures with my Sony […]
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Tags: Light Art, Long Exposure
Lawn Watch 2009 *tense music* (1 of 2 posts today)

Okay, I bought some more Scott’s QuickPatch for part of the left side lawn I leveled off with topsoil and applied it tonight. I put the soil down a week or so ago and we had a major rainstorm which I helped level it out and make it part of the yard. I put weed […]
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Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, Weeds