BUT THIS YEAR, at least my little spruce on the corner will glow with holiday light. Need to get 2 more strings and finish it up...hope today. Right now it looks purty sad. haw.
12/17/2011
12/11/2011
11/24/2011
fallen leaves
MORE TREE CARNAGE done by the winds. I was gifted with a great leaf blower from my friend Ethan, so can make quick work of this. The other benefit of the cold nights is of course, the gorgeous foliage colors made by the stressed trees. One of the most ravishing sites in the natural world.
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4:31 PM
11/13/2011
violent changes
THE WIND BLASTING through my trees tonite has stripped away all the leaves and rattled the roof. It looks nothing like the pictures in my last post. Pictures tomorrow will show the path of the powerful gusts from tonight.
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Lore Shattuck
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7:48 PM
11/07/2011
more decay
COLD-STRESSED PLANTS are one of nature' pearls. In their distress to adjust to cold, wind and wet, show their most beautiful colors as they decay toward dormancy.
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Lore Shattuck
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9:38 AM
autumn beacon
MY JAPANESE MAPLE, little Osakazuki, (literally "sake cup shaped leaf") is one of my great joys. It's a sturdy little tree, still in its half-barrel container because after years of half-assed pruning experiments, it has remained small, and sadly misshapen. Nevertheless, even in this blurry photo, you can observe why it's one of the all-time faves of acer palmatum collectors.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
9:25 AM
10/31/2011
goblin-y greetings!
HAPPY HOWLOWEEN! Who can forget my favorite holiday? Not Ophee or me!! She had a little matching Cat-in-the-Hat hat, but I didn't get a decent picture. poo. BOO!
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Lore Shattuck
time:
3:09 PM
beautiful decay
FORGET ABOUT SUNNY daffodils, or neon tulips. Although I enjoy them, the rusty colors of autumn are what make me swoon. Here's my little sugarskull with drying hydrangea heads. I love them together because they are the same colors.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
2:52 PM
10/05/2011
fall harvest
JUST ONE BATCH of gorgeous veggies from Ken and Yvette's garden. They got me started this year, and I harvested my first tomatoes, "Chocolate Cherry" tomatoes, truly taste like candy.

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Lore Shattuck
time:
7:32 AM
9/23/2011
9/14/2011
now it's hot
ALMOST TO OCT and we're having the 90s more typical of june and july. My shady back area— I've had an inspiration. The soil on either side of path is GREAT. I need to get some plantings in, and paint the back wall, and enjoy a shady path to the BirdGarden™. Thanks to my talented sissy and landscape designer, at r o o s t™.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
9:51 AM
lazy grasshopper
I'M A GOOD FER nuthin' blogger. I have too many started, and don't stay current with them. I love BeeBook, so I'll keep it going, and I have a couple art-related ones started in WordPress, too, and I may delete one. Here it is almost 2 mos since last post. Sigh. The upside is I've been out there enjoying the bees instead of sitting inside. More pix of the farmlet and new developments upcoming. :B
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Lore Shattuck
time:
9:48 AM
7/17/2011
7/12/2011
ophee is good

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Lore Shattuck
time:
12:19 PM
lilies are coming


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Lore Shattuck
time:
12:12 PM
7/03/2011
clemmy came back

DAD'S LITTLE CLEMATIS out on back of the turret has come back in full force. It just needed a little TLC. I hope Dad gets to enjoy it. I like to think of his spirit wandering around the yard from time to time. He is so missed by both Ter and me.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
11:01 AM
catchup info!

IT'S HARDER TO post in the summer, when there's so much going on: planting, pruning, etc etc. I'm also cleaning out the Foundry, and Terrie helped me start this darling little patio, in the Bird Garden. It will be finished in the next week or so. Gonna be very nice out there.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
10:49 AM
5/14/2011
baby birds due

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Lore Shattuck
time:
6:39 PM
5/11/2011
don't hate me...

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Lore Shattuck
time:
8:53 AM
4/14/2011
my poor ophanutz.



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Lore Shattuck
time:
5:26 PM
4/10/2011
4/05/2011
spring forward slowly
I GOT ALL ZANY about the approaching gorgeous weather, which has been nice, but still a bit cold. Jumped the gun a little. General news bits about me in no order:
• I'm an official Lunch Lady™ now, at Columbia Elementary, handing out cookies and ketchup
• On our walk, Ophee and I found a little owl (dead)
• My Bothell transplanted shrubs have survived.
• I've pruned back the lilacs, roses, forsythia--anything I want to give a new start
• I have actually started and finished a painting, which is a sort of miracle if you know me.
• I made 88 dollars this month making and selling gift and scrap papers. (my little bug below)
• I'm working at 3 jobs.
• I survived the winter, in spite of the stupid ER episode which turned out to be pneumonia.
• There was a skunk in my tiny barnlet, which I am cleaning.
• My auntie turned 90, and I went over Apr 1 to see her.
• I cut my hair very short, and lots of grey popped up!
OK, there's more, and I will grab some photos.
• I'm an official Lunch Lady™ now, at Columbia Elementary, handing out cookies and ketchup
• On our walk, Ophee and I found a little owl (dead)
• My Bothell transplanted shrubs have survived.
• I've pruned back the lilacs, roses, forsythia--anything I want to give a new start
• I have actually started and finished a painting, which is a sort of miracle if you know me.
• I made 88 dollars this month making and selling gift and scrap papers. (my little bug below)
• I'm working at 3 jobs.
• I survived the winter, in spite of the stupid ER episode which turned out to be pneumonia.
• There was a skunk in my tiny barnlet, which I am cleaning.
• My auntie turned 90, and I went over Apr 1 to see her.
• I cut my hair very short, and lots of grey popped up!
OK, there's more, and I will grab some photos.

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Lore Shattuck
time:
3:54 PM
3/12/2011
spring forward!

The winter has been a bit boring, so not much to post, not much to report from staying inside, watching the snow, watching nothing grow. Although it's lovely, and better than the current constant grey in Seattle.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
11:55 AM
1/23/2011
sun piggy

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Lore Shattuck
time:
9:59 AM
1/17/2011
1/12/2011
he's baaaaack.
MR. GREAT HORNED OWL is out there tonight. I took Ophee out, and he's just intimidating enough to make me nervous. I'm fairly certain s/he wouldn't mess with Oph, but on the other hand, they are formidable and stealthy hunters with dangerous talons. I realized that tonight, as last time, there is a lot of white on the ground from last night's snowfall. They probably enjoy hunting against the snow, since it's so easy for them with their night vision. They probably see dinner walking around everywhere in the form of rodents, varmints and any other nocturnal creatures.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
6:56 PM
1/10/2011
chillybeauty


So much to do indoors anyway.
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Lore Shattuck
time:
5:56 PM
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