This is about all of those great pictures that I haven’t taken. Because now I can! This is for all of the times I would have liked to brighten a picture. Because now I can! And about all of those times I wanted clear and crisp detail. Because now I can! And I can select . . . → Read More: I’ve Got A New Old Camera – What Fun!
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It’s time to start sharing secrets. If you’ve seen the size of our gardens, you probably wonder how we do it. After all, this is a half-acre lot and Mike and I have full-time jobs and a life. I started leaning towards low maintenance gardening several years back. Many parts of our yard are low . . . → Read More: Low Maintenance – Spring Blooms Is it the vernal equinox? Is it Mike? Is it me? I’ve got this picture of eggs standing up on my kitchen counter all by themselves. It’s not a fake or me pulling a fast one on you. Mike came in the kitchen this morning, took eggs out of the refrigerator and in just a . . . → Read More: Eggs and the Vernal Equinox She says: “Oh Max. Here comes Carol Cichorski and her ever present camera. What makes her so special that she is taking our picture at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show before it even opens?” He says: “Don’t worry Snookems. Everyone from the Garden Writers Association can do that today.” Snookems: “And I suppose they . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Max And Snookems At The Chicago Flower & Garden Show Ah! Best Laundry Detergent got your attention. It got mine too. Best Laundry Detergent is one of the categories you can vote for at the About.com – 2012 Readers Choice Awards. Maybe I should be interested in something more esoteric, but I am going back on March 30th to see what the Best Laundry Detergent . . . → Read More: Best Laundry Detergent I welcome you to the debut of ‘Zone 5 Favorites on the 5th’. I’m going to post on the 5th of every month, redirecting visitors to a favorite posting relative to zone 5. It could be mine It could be another bloggers It could be old It . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – Tomato Tasting One look at the picture and Feeding Frenzy is what you are likely to call this event. Chicago Botanic Gardens called it a Seed Swap, but Feeding Frenzy feels right to me. I was among those vying to get our mitts on those seeds. Over 300 people had attended Diane Ott Whealy’s kick-off lecture . . . → Read More: Seed Swap Or Feeding Frenzy – You Decide My blog is in the running for an award! So of course, I’d love for you to go there every day till March 21st to vote. It’s even ok if you check out my competition. As I look at About.com 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards, I see this is about more than me (darn). Here are . . . → Read More: About.com Readers Choice Awards I love to ski, or should I say ‘I loved to ski’. It has probably been 10 years since I’ve been on the slopes, so I’ll go with ‘I loved to ski’. I never seemed to mind the cold – being properly dressed does make a huge difference. As you can see by the picture, . . . → Read More: Morton Arboretum – Perfect For A Scenic Snowy Breakfast Mike and I are both speaking at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. I don’t know how exciting that is for you, but it is certainly exciting for us. The show is at Navy Pier, running from March 10th through 18th. My dear hubby is vice president of the Central States Dahlia Society. He grows . . . → Read More: Chicago Flower & Garden Show – Mike and I Are Speaking!! |
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