Park City, Utah
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While I Was Napping... by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening I hope you're not weary of my indoor roses.It's all I've got growing right now! I suppose this was bound to happen at some point. Not so much an 'if' as a 'when.'As in... when ... Read on »
A Deal with Myself by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Early Birds: Edna, my Christmas Cactus, is jumping the gun. Chaotic weather patterns continue. First bitter cold and heaps of snow. I busied myself baking bread and grumbling ... Read on »
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day ~ November by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening "Any flower counts!" So sayeth, Carol from May Dreams Gardens, inventor of Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.Indoor Micro Mini Roses I wanted to participate in the monthly ... Read on »
Cowgirl Up! by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening My friend, Janet, competing with her appaloosa, Phantom.Yup - she's pointing a pistol at that innocent little balloon. It's called mounted shooting. I don't really get it but ... Read on »
Tuna Haters To Die For Tuna Marinade by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Hazel's Zinnias On Tuesdays, we round up the usual suspects and cook a special dinner. It's not easy. There's the 2 teenagers who prefer every meal be mac 'n cheese. There's a ... Read on »
XXL Micro Minis! by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening These great, big photos celebrate the tiniest flowers blooming in my sunny window: That sweet little bud I discovered on Saturday has blossomed into a perfect micro-mini rose. ... Read on »
Radiating Happiness by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening New bud on my indoor micro-mini roses. When fully opened, her flowers are about the size of a quarter. I'm blessed (and a little bit cursed) with a very sunny house. So sunny ... Read on »
Bell's 1 Up On Me by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening If you wonder why I only show parts of Bella it's because she's gigantic and I don't quite know how to photograph her... I committed to NaBloPoMo (blogging every day during th ... Read on »
Blue Skies and Good Lessons by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening I lovethe brilliant blue of our Wasatch Mountain skies. The pesky snow I whined about last week has all but melted away. Trees have donned their party dresses and we find our ... Read on »
NaBloPoMo and the Project Horse by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening If I knew what she was feeling, this would take no time at all. Took a quick jaunt over to visit OmegaMom yesterday. She's heading into the long dark of an Alaskan winter and ... Read on »
Post Office Presents by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening I don't often visit the post office because there's never anything good in that P.O. box of mine. Just bills and an astonishing amount of junk mail. However! On this particula ... Read on »
Kindred Spirits by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening And the costume winner is... Kelly's horse! Bond.James Bond.A couple of tricks... a few too many treats... and Halloween's fun festivities are over for another year. Wish 10/ ... Read on »
Have a Hideous Halloween by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening If you've landed on this blog for the first time, fear not. We'll be back to normal on Monday morning.* Edward Gorey was a brilliantly talented American artist-illustrator who ... Read on »
Buyer Beware by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening They all look the same, lounging in the field. But, they were bred for different purposes, so buyer beware...Jack O’Lanterns were hybridized to ward off evil spirits and ... Read on »
Hell's Half Acre by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Yes, it's snowing.Yes, that's early.Yes, I'm none too thrilled. Was trying to be kind to a California Gardener this a.m. asking about high altitude gardening. Perhaps I should ... Read on »
Pink Tuesday by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Doubtful I could endure winter without the happy blooms of Alstroemeria. Or, pink Cyclamen gracing my indoor garden. Yeah, yeah. I know it's still October but the weather ne ... Read on »
iCameras and My Discomfort Zone by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening If I'd had my wits about me, we would have hiked in lower elevations to enjoy the last of the lovely weather. Enough with the music already. Isn't it about time Apple invented ... Read on »
The Hobgoblin of Little Budgets by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Seems a tad ridiculous that I'd be planning ( planting?) for the holidays when I haven't even figured out my scary Halloween costume... But I couldn't resist when I spotted Am ... Read on »
Leaf Peeping in City Creek Canyon by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Last week's Friday Afternoon [Hiking] Club took us along a civilized route, down in the Salt Lake City valley. Few trees have shed their leaves in my neck of the woods. But, ... Read on »
Death of the Garden by Kate M. Healthy Living ProfessionalPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening The last of the Pincushion Flowers, blooming late October Cushion Spurge: Not sure what I love more about this gal ~ pretty spring blossoms or colorful fall foliage. A for E ... Read on »