Some contrast pics of Rudi
Hey,
I was playing with some of Rudi's pictures so that I can have a slide show as my screensaver. These came out sort of interesting. I especially like the one on the bed.
Ron
The blue paws above are stylish LOL, but the colors on the bed look cool.
his trepidation has more to do with the camera. His is an odd bird.
and one for Spring, Bye for now, Rudi and Ron
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Thanks,
The flowers are in my garden. I use aluminum flashing to create the backdrop.
Ron
too much fun, ....Ron
Ron: Your pictures are great! Rudi looks so cool with the enhanced
colors etc and your flowers are fabulous! You should sell prints. Here
are some Faces of Harlow I did in Canvas and then I made a polyshrink
necklace.
Wow Patty,
That is quite creative. I looked at a website on polyshrink. Seriously, I had never heard of it before; it is very interesting with all the application possibilities. You proved that here with that wonderful Shiba necklace.
Let me ask you though, did you hand draw each face or were they inkjet printed onto the polyshrink paper? Just so creative. Thank you for sharing.
Ron
Here are some orchids a co-worker has in the office (21st floor downtown Mpls). The other office buildings created an interesting backdrop.
"Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time."
- Georgia O'Keeffe
If the news is not National I never catch it. They still do not have our local news on digital yet.
I remember a small snippit last week about some NM fires but I did not catch the location. No smoke here.
There is the typical feedback from the border of Mexico, Juarez to be exact; that coupled with El Paso, Tx we get a smoggy layer that rides along the mountain range. It is thick and slightly discolored. At night it is best not to leave windows open because the cold desert nights causes the pollution layer to lay lower to the ground. Winters are worse because they are burning cardboard for heating and cooking. I am sure the formaldehyde levels get high at times, not to mention the exhaust and normal fireplace mixtures. I can always tell when a distant neighbor uses those chemical logs. Uggh.
As for our weather, we are now into May and the winds were still kicking it on Saturday. Yesterday was not bad at all. So it is time for them to stop and the temps to move up a bit but it has not happened. We are having an extended Spring this year. The winds are so erratic first coming in from the west at about 30 mph, then suddenly shifting from the south. Too weird. This was going on in intervals of 20-30 minutes (on Saturday). I have a few plants that are just now breaking dormancy so the ground temps are still low for this time of year. Some seedlings have to get into the 70s to break ground as well so my seed planting has been extended. I started two very healthy lavender plants. I finally dropped them in the ground but they are not triving because the temps are too low at night I guess. I should have waited.
I really want to encourage you to begin changing your micro-environment. I say micro because now that you have the fencing, coupled with the building, you have little pockets of growing places for plants that normally would not be able to tolerate the open tundra out there. Do you have rabbits? Sorry LOL, your question was about fires.
No, no smoke down here
Ron
We also started putting larger rocks in place to add a visible boundary for where the grass will go and the natural landscape will start (we want to keep 50% natural).
I have been speaking with the local nursery and we plan to get an Elm tree (not a hybrid, per your suggestion), and two Ash trees... the Ash trees will be planted over in the side area and the Elm in front of the "Shiba Area".
We plan to add grass in the side area too, but we will probably wait for a bit to see how the grass in the "Shiba Area" goes... I have the same concerns as you regarding the weather, it has been cold at night so I'm worried we planted to early. Like you said tho, this weekend was nice and the winds have died down a bit... so maybe its perfect timing.
We also added some native flowers to our grass seed (Blue Flax & others)... we just have to be real careful to to abuse the water supply out here.
I'll take some pictures when we have more progress to show. :c)
Thanx for all your help and encouragement!
If you have large areas that you clear you might try to establish a natural grass area. Using Stipa grasses and buffalo grass, coupled with some natural tundra flowers like tickseed, flax, gaillardia you wouldn't have to water as frequently and only have to mow less than once or twice a year. You might even find that the height of the Stipa and buffalo grass is perfect without mowing.
Typically the kind of grass field is the kind used on grazing patures for horses. I betcha the feedstore has a pre-mix for such a natural lawn. Once establish it would virtually be maintenance-free.
Goodluck, I cannot wait to see the years pass and the changes begin to take effect. I am planting with you in Spirit.
Ron