Hey there FAR! I'm clinging to an icy thread, hehe. Being slammed at work and the whole holiday crush (not to mention the recent icy weather -- 2 ice storms in as many weeks!) is proving to be a bit challenging this year. But we're getting into it nonetheless and aren't finished yet! One of those years when fall suddenly vanished and the ice and snow came earlier ... freezing everything in the garden in its tracks, so to speak.
At least it gives the reporters covering the caucuses something else to whine about being in Iowa. Wusses, one and all, I tell ya!
Thanks FM! I know it's been a while but things have been so busy work and otherwise I've just generally been too zapped and uninspired to keep up.
I'm hoping I can get back into the more regular swing soon, but the holidays are going to be busy for the foreseeable ... baking, wrapping and all that. At least I'm about 95% done with the shopping!
The summer blockbuster movie season is now upon us. What big releases you do plan to see this summer? (You can select multiple answers.)
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!
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FIP Radio Paris
This is FIP, the French radio station I listen to all day long, and while writing Urban Oasis. Give it a try ... it's a really eclectic mix of all genres. This link works on both PCs and Macs (I'm told by friends it works on Macs. It basically just needs an MP3 player module.). Great stuff from classic rock, blues, jazz, world music and even some French music! The later at night you listen, the more far out it gets! And of course, I love that!
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Hey there FAR! I'm clinging to an icy thread, hehe. Being slammed at work and the whole holiday crush (not to mention the recent icy weather -- 2 ice storms in as many weeks!) is proving to be a bit challenging this year. But we're getting into it nonetheless and aren't finished yet! One of those years when fall suddenly vanished and the ice and snow came earlier ... freezing everything in the garden in its tracks, so to speak.
At least it gives the reporters covering the caucuses something else to whine about being in Iowa. Wusses, one and all, I tell ya!
Hi IVG.
That's an excellent picture that Ferny took.
I'm like FAR. Glad to see you back.
Thanks FM! I know it's been a while but things have been so busy work and otherwise I've just generally been too zapped and uninspired to keep up.
I'm hoping I can get back into the more regular swing soon, but the holidays are going to be busy for the foreseeable ... baking, wrapping and all that. At least I'm about 95% done with the shopping!
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