Bird of Paradise
Shelley called up this week and told me I should stop by the house she is selling on Salem Street and check out some plants with blooms shaped like someone making an obscene gesture with their middle finger.
Of course, that sounded like a fine diversion, and certainly some vital research to share with readers.
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One day this week I had a tough time getting out of bed. I was having a delightful dream that I was being snuggled by Matthew McConaughey. Tommy got up and went into the kitchen to make some coffee.
You know that moment in a dream when you wake up briefly and you know if you just dont let your brain switch that awake button? you can drift back into the dream.
I had to laugh at myself half an hour later and wonder what Bossman would say if I told him, “Sorry I was late this morning. I couldnt get out of bed because I was dreaming about snuggling with Matthew McConaughey.
Somehow I justified it to myself, thinking, um, Im doing “research” for my column.
Tommy even thought that was mildly amusing, or so he said.
(to see a picture of Matthew McConaughey, click below).
I was in the lunch room at work recently gossiping with a coworker. Were supposed to use the lunch room for gossiping because invariably when we begin to cackle and wave our arms wildly, it disrupts other reporters ability to concentrate.
I was talking to Annie and sort of sheepishly admitted that I was totally hooked on one of those stupid reality shows, Rock Star, Supernova.?
The first time we watched it at home Tommy was in a crabby mood and complained do you have to have it turned on so loud.?
Its rock music,? I yelled over the blaring television.
Im really excited to have a blog to supplement the fun writing Im lucky to do with Sow There! on the garden page.
My thought is to increase the dialogue I already have with many of you sharing garden tidbits, snail-smashing techniques and crafts one can do with Altoids tins.
The possibilities are endless.
I tend to receive about three or four e-mails a week after Sow There! is printed on Fridays. I love that interaction with people who share passions for gardening and the Chico community.
The newspaper only has so much space for all the opinions and ideas writers want to express. But the Internet is infinite. Im hoping I can share more of the advice and reflection from readers with the Internet community, and maybe even generate more dialogue.
As I get more Internet savvy Im hoping to be able to include more photos of the fantabulous gardens I get to explore and links to cool information that doesnt always make it into print.
My idea at this point is to use the blog to generate ideas for my Friday column. Maybe Ill figure out which inane chatter about my personal life readers think is interesting, and which things are just mindless drivel. By the end of the week Ill take the best of what evolved and use it in the printed version. In the meantime, some or all of you, can be collaborators on what makes it into ink.
Im excited, a little bit nervous, hopeful and curious about how all this will work out. I hope you enjoy the ride with me.
Heather
For whatever reasons, this area attracts and retains incredibly talented people who choose to stay here and churn out their creative passion. For the most part, theyre not the sort of people lured by the hope of earning a three-figure salary or moving up in the corporate world. They stay here.
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My friend and former co-worker sent an e-mail recently with the happy news that he is the new father to two guinea pigs. Well, technically, hes not the father. Yet, most of us know how attached we become to pets and think of them as our children, especially if you are childless.
Theres been a short, yet spirited conversation amongst our group about how our friend should get the growing family of guinea pigs spayed and neutered.
The happy guinea pig owner sounds like hes doing well to make them comfortable. The animals are happiest when they are paired up with a companion. However, its probably best to have two of the same sex.
Weve been joking that if he doesnt do something soon, by next summer his house could look like that Star Trek? episode when the U.S.S. Enterprise gets taken over by tribbles.
(William Shatner and his crew, all decked out in spiffy, form-fitting uniforms, look over Ted Danson’s discarded collection of hair pieces).
Odd-looking veggies may be hard on the stomach
As detailed a couple of weeks ago, strange things have popped up in my garden.
I planted three squash plants that I was expecting to be spaghetti squash. However, the three vegetables on the broad, leafy vines look like one acorn squash, one spaghetti squash and one green Nerf-football-shaped thing with skin like a zucchini.
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