Urban Oasis: Proof that Halloween never dies ...

Friday, December 15, 2006

Proof that Halloween never dies ...

At least at our house, it doesn't ,,, and this is one of the odder finds I've made in the past few years, one which C fell instantly in love with, though he didn't want to spring for the price of this one ... Another Polish made glass ornament. They do them well in Poland, I have to admit, and this is one that rarely gets put away, and finds a place elsewhere in the house during the rest of the year. Say what you will, but we think she's pretty fetching as she flies by the blue moon at the top of the tree, which is where you can see her now ...

This should suffice for one night, but I'll be posting more in the following days, if for no other reason than to catalogue the eclectitude of our tree!

3 comments:

Larry Kollar said...: Hooray, you're back in action, and it looks like I'm the first to find out! (Sheesh, am I the only one who uses RSS to watch for new blog posts?)

I love that seahorse ornament. The other ones are pretty cool too... looking forward to seeing more pix.

I have a six-pack ornament that Mrs. Fetched and Daughter Dearest somehow manage to miss putting up... every single year. And it has happy feet, too... I put it on the tree and it finds its way back to the box.; 12/15/2006 08:38:00 AM
Iowa Victory Gardener said...: Hi there Far! Glad you stopped by, and yeah, it's been a while ...
Talking about that six pack reminds me that I have a pyramid of champagne glasses and bottle that I've not put up yet, so will have to do that tonight. Funny how those ornaments others don't appreciate seem to "move" or "hide" huh?

Though I vowed not to buy new ones this year, I couldn't resist on a few and got a new hummingbird one last night while we were at World Market and he'll show up here soon along with the other birds ...

Thanks again for stopping in and do come back to see the rest of the ones I'll be posting soon.; 12/15/2006 09:09:00 AM
olivia said...: Oooh ... can't wait to see the hummingbird!; 12/16/2006 05:38:00 PM

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Transforming one urban corner, one season at a time

Welcome to our little corner of the Plant Universe!

I started Urban Oasis almost three years ago with the intent of both chronicling the seasonal changes of our gardens, as well as to serve as a kind of "rough draft" for a gardening book I've been wanting to write for about six years now. Well, the book remains unwritten, but readers will still find in these pages, the seeds of what it may eventually become when I'm gifted with adequate time and resources to really apply myself to writing it....

When we moved into our house in 1998, (affectionately dubbed Casa IVG), it was a practically barren garden canvas just waiting to be reborn. Our urban transformation project began in earnest in Spring 1999, and continues to this day, with some major changes occurring along the way (such as the boulder beds in 2003) ... and the evolution continues to this day.

Urban Oasis itself has evolved too, from its original exclusive focus on the plants to postings on some of my other more personal interests, such as Politics, International and Independent Cinema, and one of the enduring passions of my life: our dogs. 2008 was a year of many transitions for us, the saddest of which was the loss of our beloved Pepa and Rolly in December.

But, as in any garden worth its petals, we are now experiencing a joyous renewal with the recent adoption of our new pup, Hanna, who will be appearing regularly here as the seasons progress. She'll never truly replace Pepa as the official "mascot" of the blog, but she's an eager "intern" who will go far in filling the enormous paw prints left behind by her predecessor ... and fill them well, she will!