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Some color on a winter day

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I think I’ve got an “I hate snow” theme going on my blogs today. Yep, I’ve decided that I’ve had enough of the cold fluffy white stuff and I need some color in my life.

What better than a bright pink Cosmo flower then?

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Aw … that’s better. Aren’t Cosmo’s pretty?

I grow this flower in my backyard garden and in the front boulevard during the summer. Everyone seems to love them.

Do you grow Cosmos? Oh and are you getting tired of all the snow lately too?

BTW if you want to see some bright summer color take a look at this cheery daylily!





Tired of winter already

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Is it sad that I’m tired of winter already and it’s only just started? Probably eh?

Later this evening we’re going to get some snow and then during the night there will be a mix of freezing rain, ice pellets and snow, with more snow to follow during the day on Wednesday. No wonder I’m tired of winter – we’ve already had several major snow storms.

What happened to our winters here in Toronto that were pretty much snowless? For years we had barely any snow during the winter and then once every ten years or so we’d have a really snowy winter, but last year and this year seem to be snow filled.

I wonder if spring plungers are some magical objects that instantly propel people like me who are tired of winter into spring? Ha … wouldn’t that be nice!

Are you starting to get tired of the snow too, or are you making the best of it and taking the kids out tobogganing, skiing or perhaps skating?

Ornamental pepper isn’t happy indoors

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My ornamental peppers aren’t looking too good these days. I seem to go through this every year.

I keep my ornamental peppers outside in the summer and when it begins to get cool outdoors (October or so) I bring the Ornamental peppers indoors along with several tropical plants and vines to spend winter indoors.

I think my ornamental pepper is still alive, but barely. They should look like this:

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I took that photo two years ago during the summer when I had the plant outside.

Oh well … if the pepper dies I can always plant some of the seeds from the dried peppers that I save. I’ve done that before and it always works to create a new plant. Cheating, I know!

Do you grow Ornamental peppers? If they are indoors how do you keep them alive during the winter? I think our problem is that our house faces north and I have so many plants to put in the south facing windows that the pepper might still not get enough light.

I can’t wait for my Lab to calm down

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I think my dog, Midnight, believes our living room is her private playground. All she wants to do is play and the living room is where most of her play takes place.

She’ll run back and forth dropping her chewed up Nylabone and pushing it around with her feet – making her own game of it. Or she’ll drop it at her feet in the hopes that we’ll pick it up and throw it for her or kick it along the hardwood floor. I call that one Dog Hockey. She does make a good goalie.

Unfortunately with all this play our furniture is taking a beating! Our leather couches don’t look so nice anymore and she’s always banging into the tv stand and accidentally turning on the CD player. Lucky for her our home entertainment system isn’t working or else she’d probably be blasted by the music whenever she turns on the cd player!

When we have some extra money maybe we’ll look at different styles of tv stands, perhaps getting one with doors to hide all the electrical equiptment behind will help.

Actually I can’t wait until Midnight settles down. She’s only 17 months old so she’s really still just a big puppy. I’m told Labs start to calm down when they are three or so. I like the playfulness, but I think we (and our furniture) could do with a little less of it.

If you have a dog or cat do they have one room that they seem to think of as “their” playroom?

I forgot how good Subs were

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The other day Chris and I were busy running around, I think it was Christmas Eve, so we decided to get some takeout food for dinner as it was beginning to get late.

Can you believe the only place we could find open was a Subway? Even McDonald’s was closed. We got our subs and ate them at home. I hadn’t had a sub for ages and even though I’m not a big fan of eating a “sandwich” for dinner I thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe instead of starting a jewelery business (15 years ago) I should have put my money into a Subway franchise. The business is certainly going strong!

What kind of take out food do you get when you decide you want something quick and easy? Hamburgers? Chicken? A sub?

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