A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
I've never planted the milkweed - it just grows naturally although I didn't have any this year.
Some gardeners I met on a now defunct gardening forum cultivated butterflies - they used jars to place milkweed or parsley, attract the butterflies, then they took care of the caterpillars until they morphed. I think I have the directions on my old computer.
Mullein is also known as verbascum. It's a wildflower, grows naturally when conditions are right. I guess they were this year because I had about 3 dozen volunteers. But they had trouble blooming; they'd get started, then stop, start again, then stop. Must have had something to do with the weather.
The stalks have the best posture of any wildflower I've seen! The leaves are pretty, kind of fuzzy like the lambs' ear plants, but I've read that they're miserable to the skin if touched when dried. So they need to be cut back and/or composted before the leaves become dried as the season ends.
This is what they look like:
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Mine look like the one in the first photo on the left in the first line. They're beautiful when the tall seed stalk blooms, but mine never had more than a few blooms. Still, the butterflies enjoyed them. And they were stately in the garden. Some only grew a few feet but at least a few of them are probably close to 8 feet tall. Next year I think I'll interplant them with sunflowers - they're both tall plants.
So you're a butterfly lover too?
Glad and Massach, thank for the Martha jokes. I laugh everytime I read them.
And isn't it just typical that she'd turn a GPS device into jewelry!
Mina, you touch on so many of the natural things that are comforting. I love watching fireflies in their nightly dances, have never but would love to see a whale, and of course follow the butterflies as they flit from one pollinator plant to another in the garden.
This year I let the mulleins grow freely and had more butterflies, including a new one I've never seen. I still haven't identified it.
When she was in jail, she told all the inmates that "Stripes are in this year"! Hope these will bring a little chuckle to all of you. Have a great, safe Labor Day weekend.
"Martha Stewart published her recipe for disaster -- mix one part arrogance with two parts incompetence, simmer in the juices and then serve hot in the can." —Jay Leno
"Tough times for Martha Stewart. Yesterday, Martha Stewart reported to her parole officer and had to take a mandatory urine test for cocaine and marijuana. Martha was found to be drug-free and her urine was found to be a lovely yellow saffron." —Conan O'Brien
"Martha Stewart was convicted of four counts of lying and obstruction of justice and could serve up to 20 years in Congress." —Craig Kilborn
"Martha Stewart was found guilty on all charges. You know what that means, stripes are in this year." —Jay Leno
Folding napkins like swans is one of the reasons why some of her ideas are so unrealistic. Imagine having all that time to sit and make cloth origami figures after doing the laundry.
Any more Martha jokes to share? I'd enjoy reading them.
There's the tell-tale sign of lemon slices in the dog's water bowl; all the towels are folded like swans! Those are just a couple of jokes my son told me a few years ago; there are more, but these are the ones that really stuck in my mind!
BUTTERFLIES....Mom's lovely ALF has the most incredible butterfly garden (GA you would love it).....huge, beautiful wind chimes, each w/a different tone (I always walk around and chime them for Mom....and me!). Beautiful large and small sculptures of birds and animals, and of course, lovely flowering plants that attract a ton of beautiful butterflies. Last time I was there w/Mom there were butterflies everywhere....BUT....Mom never saw one of them! She was starting to get irritated because every time I pointed one out to her, by the time she turned her head, it had flitted off....gone....she missed it. So, of course, I pull the iphone out and try to capture a pic....well, by now you know how that went....no butterfly pics....luckily Mom has a great sense of humor still. She said to me, "Well, let's go to the lake (right around the corner from the garden). At least I know I can still actually see the ducklings there!" LOL....
FIREFLIES .... for a couple of weeks this past August the yard was just filled w/them right after sunset as it got darker and darker.....so cool, brought me right back to childhood and running around w/a Mason jar....of course, I whipped out my iphone and tried to snap a pic of the yard lit up by fireflies....what did I get? Just dark skies and a garishly lit lawn....lol....
WHALES....Years ago (10+) I was in Hawaii and went out on a boat whale watching. They were everywhere....such huge, magnificent creatures...they would rise up out of the ocean for split seconds, then disappear again below the surface. Of course, I kept trying to get a photo. This being before cell phones w/cameras, I had to have the film developed. Literally, picked up the photos and raced home because I'd invited friends over....no time to look
Two beers a day - naw - I want to spend my money on garden plants and equipment!
Just received my fall Wayside catalogue today and the dollars are going to be adding up as I go through it....where can I find a sugar daddy really quickly??? I wouldn't mind having one who does all the cooking and cleaning as well.
Even the chairwoman of the Fed with her admirable economic qualifications will never make as much money as Martha.
But it’s okay, Windy. We now know that you have a hankering for older women or should I say older women who like to make money?
In the meantime, care to share any of those delicious delicacies that you're learning to make while watching the Great Martha? Has your wife decided to let you do all the cooking and baking yet?
Funny, some of these insider trading folks managed to survive despite their crimes. I recall Mike Milken was eventually involved in some cancer support group; Ivan Boesky was the inspiration for Gekko in Wall Street with Michael Douglas playing the pompous Gekko, and Charlie Sheen his gullible protegee. I'm sure Boesky negotiated some fat profits from the movie rights based on his life.
But if you tell me you watch her cooking shows I'll be devastated forever!
Remember the topless Martha skit on Sat Nt Live? Just precious.......
Seriously, she's so "over the top" that it's almost laughable.
A lot of the ideas I get are just from trying to be in tune with seasonal rhythms, and are espoused by many gardeners, who I've always felt have a bond with the land and don't see it as something to be "managed", manipulated and/or controlled.
Mother Earth News years ago used to be one of the few magazines that provided information on this lifestyle. I still have the magazines I bought, probably including the article on how to build a cider press - something I used to want to do.
I guess that means I'm a magazine hoarder?
Time to start cleaning up the garden after harvesting all but the crops still growing...
Time to start planning for next year's garden...
Time to think about getting painting projects done before it's too cold to paint...or maybe putting off painting projects because it'll be too chilly soon - then the task is put off for until next year...
Time to go to fabric stores and check out the new Christmas fabrics, even if I'm not sewing much any more. Just the beauty of the designs is inspiring and a mental uplift.
Time to think about the harvest... the fresh apples from Michigan, freshly pressed cider - there's nothing like the fragrance and taste of fresh cider!
Time to think about holiday activities...visiting a cider mill, picking apples from an orchard, planning a hayride, planning Halloween decorations, carving pumpkins...
Time to start checking the grapevines for hardness that makes them more sturdy for wreaths, and time to start planning the Fall, Christmas and Winter wreath designs...
I've already seen Halloween magazines and one Christmas decoration magazine in the stores. That always inspires projects to plan.
Anyone else feel that sense of anticipation? One last summer/fall holiday then it's drifting into Fall.