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Deer Like Lilies

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:45:23 -0500

I was very conscientious about only buying plants that were supposedly unattractive to deer. Things like daisies, cone flower, daffodils. But when I got bulbs last fall I bought a Lily bulb too because I really liked the picture on the package. I...

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The Sun and Moon in May

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:53:34 -0500

I took an online photography course this spring and one of the lessons was on using a telephoto lens and photographing the sun and moon. I don't have a real telephoto lens so I practiced with my camera's 3x optical zoom lens. In the area where I ...

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Welcome Garden Update

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:57:48 -0500

As of Monday the wall is finally finished. I have 37 blocks left over which I can return to the landscaping supplies place, ugh, that means more loading blocks into and unloading blocks out of the truck. Next steps include a visit to my chiropr...

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The Welcome Garden - Beginnings

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:28:08 -0500

I started a new landscaping project, a follow-up to last fall's Big Rock Garden. I'm creating a walled border under the windows in the front of our house and another low profile border along the entryway to our front door. For now, I'm calling th...

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Vox Hunt: Earth Day

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:05:44 -0500

It's Earth Day. Show us something you love about our planet.

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Big Rock Garden Update

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:51:23 -0500

Last fall my landscaping project was the Big Rock Garden. This is what it looked like in November. The new plants looked so small and sparse that it seemed there would be nothing left after the winter. I added some bulbs to guarantee that somethi...

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Photographing Nature - Small Animals Assignment

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:23:00 -0500

I'm taking another photography course. This one is all about photographing nature - plants, animals, landscapes, etc. Here are two of the photos I finished for the Small Animals assignment. They were taken in direct sunlight which results in expo...

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March - the Month in Pictures

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:23:13 -0500

March 1 - Got a puppy. Then, for two weeks, was much too busy to take any pictures except when he was sleeping. March 15 - It snowed again. Dogs went outside. I stayed inside and experimented with pictures of fire. March 19 - Went to the beach. ...

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Cupressocyparis leylandii

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:42:25 -0500

It's late March. The local nurseries have all reopened after their winter break and our favourite grocery store's front entrance is crowded with flowering bulbs, pansies, primula and a wide range of other plants deemed not too delicate for March'...

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Topics of Conversation

nobody@vox.com(Roewan) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:22:34 -0500

Carter was nine weeks old yesterday. In the last two weeks since we got him our conversational scope has been reduced to remarks about eating, sleeping, playing and pee'ing and poo'ing. A few variations on these topics are included here just in c...

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