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Gotta love standing room tix!

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Headhouse market 5/22

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I'm trying the Hillacres butter for the first time. Can't believe there's strawberries already!

Everything's coming up purple

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Close-ups

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Ah my lovely Miss Kim. Planted her four years ago. She's taking up the whole back raised bed, as I planned, and smells wonderful. Not too overpowering like some varieties can be.

May 10th back garden

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I come home to find my Miss Kim lilac in full bloom. With the back windows open, the lovely scent drifts into the house.

Two cute patterns

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Just got my email newsletter from Spool (sewing shop in Philly) and there are two amazing bag patterns i find smashing: how cute is this? it would make a lovely, stylish diaper bag too. what a cute clutch! and the pattern includes handles.

Seedlings

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They have exploded and now I'm hardening them off. And I'm happy that something grew in each cup. Guess my basement is ideal for sowing seeds indoors.

What Your Baby Can’t Tell You | Janet Lansbury

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What Your Baby Can’t Tell You | Janet LansburyThis is a wonderful article on how to treat your baby, especially a newborn, like a human being, not just a needy, passive lump of flesh. i was graced with my very aware LO (even the midwives were amazed by his awareness at four weeks old, and how he would look you in the eye and really connect with you), so I immediately connected with this article.

Seedlings update

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Here are two zucchini, three green bean and many little carrot sprouts. Guess I have to get the half barrels ready ASAP

April showers...

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Here are the two raised beds. I'm hoping to convert the two half barrels from mini swamps to veggie gardens.

Front yard, another angle

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Front yard, end of July

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Phillies v. Diamondbacks

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FDR Park

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Indoor Composting

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So I've decided to get an indoor composter because I don't have enough room in my backyard for an outdoor one, my raised beds and containers could use the nutrients, and I'm sick of wasting all my kitchen scraps. I recently bought some compost tea at the Big Green Earth Store on South St across from Whole Foods [http://www.biggreenearthstore.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=335] but that

Oriental lillies

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Headhouse market

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health insurance FAIL

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i know this is supposed to be a blog about my gardening adventures, but indulge me in a small tangent-rant.... back in September, i was temporarily laid off from my job, but my health insurance was paid through the end of October, so they kept me on, which was wonderful since i was due at the end of October (the 18th was my due date). In the meantime, i had applied to CHIP (state health

At the ballpark

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The first iris of the season

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photos of the back yard

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one half with Miss Kim lilac, rose of sharon and japanese maple other half with lots of daylillies, some ornamental grass and irises (if they decide to bloom this year) my little violets that survived the winter close up of Miss Kim blooming

Six months old

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His first Phillies game

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Ah it's spring again

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With it being the snowiest winter on record here in Philly, spring could not have come any sooner. Because of all that lovely moisture (snow and rain), everything is bursting with life here including my garden.I was afraid nothing was going to survive since we haven't had a cold winter since I started it but it seems like everything is coming up in full force, except the crocus which might not

blogging about what

2010-04-14T08:17:00.002-05:00

I think I'll start blogging about my garden since I don't have a place to write about it and there's never enough talk about non-edible gardens in Philly.

New socks from SarahG

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New socks from SarahGOriginally uploaded by akaqueenie

Investigating the camera

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Investigating the cameraOriginally uploaded by akaqueenie

Waking up

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Shortstop

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2009 October 1 ::: Thursday

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2009 September 12 ::: Saturday

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2009 September 7 ::: Monday

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2009 august 26 ::: Wednesday

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2009 august 24 ::: Monday

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2009 august 23 ::: Sunday

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2009 august 19 ::: Wednesday

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2009 august 5 ::: Wednesday

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2009 July 23 ::: Thursday

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2009 July 20 ::: Monday

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2009 July 4 ::: Saturday

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2009 June 13 ::: Saturday

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2009 June 11 ::: Thursday

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2009 may 30 ::: Saturday

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2009 may 25 ::: Monday

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FEMA's "Scary Thing"

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from The Smoking GunAgency's web site yanks coloring book depicting 9/11 terror attackAPRIL 29--The Federal Emergency Management Agency has removed a children's coloring book from its web site following criticism over its inclusion of drawings of the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The coloring book, titled "A Scary Thing Happened," is geared towards helping kids "cope

2000 may 1 ::: friday

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2009 April 9 ::: Thursday

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2009 April 4 ::: Saturday

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LET IT DIE: Rushkoff on the economy

2009-03-17T20:49:00.001-05:00

LET IT DIEby Douglas RushkoffMarch 15, 2009With any luck, the economy will never recover.In a perfect world, the stock market would decline another 70 or 80 percent along with the shuttering of about that fraction of our nation’s banks. Yes, unemployment would rise as hundreds of thousands of formerly well-paid brokers and bankers lost their jobs; but at least they would no longer be extracting

2009 march 7 ::: Saturday

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 2009 march 7 ::: Saturday, originally uploaded by akaqueenie. Even the crocus are confused by the weather

2009 march 2 ::: Monday

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2009 February 16 ::: Monday

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2009 February 4 ::: wednesday

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2009 January 13 ::: Tuesday

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2008 in review

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1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?conquered new york city2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?blah-de-blah to resolutions!3. Did anyone close to you give birth?nope - either they are done (see Sis) or ain't havin 'em (see most of my friends)4. Did anyone close to you die?a wonderfully cantankerous woman who did maintenance at the

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2008-12-24T13:08:00.000-05:00

Helping wrap presents

2008 november 20 ::: friday

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This is what i wake up to most mornings

2008 november 18 ::: tuesday

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This is what happens to your pinkie toe when you slam it into a door frame

2008 november 13 ::: thursday

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Dot eyes are funny

chase utley is NSFW

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current mood: chillcurrent noise: the silence following helicopters hovering in the skies for days

two political posts...

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one serious...one funny...and you need to understand that i have a serious obsession/crush on the Phanatic... i have made several attempts to tackle him at the home games. i <3 him. so you know i am one upset broad that mccain/palin tried to use him without permission...[from the Inquirer]No Endorsement from the Phillie Phanatic"Last Thursday, in Downingtown, Chester County, the Phillie

2008 october 21 ::: tuesday

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Thanks boys!

2008 october 16 ::: thursday

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Pandemonium on Broad after the Pennant win

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NL east champs!

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Youth talking to Lisa Nutter

2008 september 11 ::: thursday

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Sea isle city

2008 september 11 ::: thursday

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Sea isle city

2008 september 11 ::: thursday

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Sea isle city

2008 august 29 ::: friday

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2008 august 27 ::: wednesday

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Here's to the mets gettin swept

i knew all that drinking would pay off...

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WRITERS ON THE ROCKSfrom nypost.comMODERN lit just can't hold its liquor. From David Carr to Augusten Burroughs, writers today seem as committed to not drinking as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald once celebrated their alcoholism, both in real life and on the page.So has the literary lush all but dried out?"Hard drinking used to be seen as a badge of respect, whereas now it's seen as a

2008 august 24 ::: sunday

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face your manga

2008 august 20 ::: wednesday

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Comb-over mullet

2008 august 20 ::: wednesday

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vs Nationals

2008 august 20 ::: wednesday

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vs Nationals

is the end in sight?

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do i see a light?something bright at the end of this long tunnel i've been in for two months?is it still strong light but with crisp cool scent?do i hear the ring of a school bell?is it...?could it be?YES!the end of summer camp is in sight!and finally the energy back to devote to my creative pursuitsbut i do have to saythanks to meditationand some good beeri've made it throughwithout a single

2008 august 11 ::: monday

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the amy butler birdie sling i made this weekend (click for bigger image)

2008 august 5 ::: tuesday

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Watchin da Phils suck

blah

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good trip to bflo to see writers and familynow sleepy-sinus sickblah

2008 july 26 ::: saturday

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Oh yeah - myspace pose @ hallwalls

sad sad sad

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it's 8:45pm and i'm going to beddamn 10hr day at summer camp that started at 7amblahcurrent mood: dead dog tiredcurrent noise: nothing

2008 july 07 ::: monday

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Sneak down seats

2008 july 5 ::: saturday

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F the mets :-)

2008 july 4 ::: friday

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The only gladiola bloom from my garden

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The adirondacks

2008 june 26 ::: thursday

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the kids and i @ the center playing with the digital cameras

it begins again...

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summer camp, people...SUMMER CAMPthe fact that it's uppercase should prove to you the seriousness of the situation ;-)now i'm sure when you were a kid and went to summer day camp, you have pleasant memories or friendships and fun and playing outside and maybe even learning something (i never went, but that's not the point)...but for adults that work in summer camp, it's a rough ten weeks of

2008 june 19 ::: thursday

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From a kid at the center - i sewed up her bear

seriously?

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President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted warfrom the Times OnlinePresident Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran.In an exclusive interview, he expressed regret at the bitter divisions

2008 june 11 ::: wednesday

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From my yard

2008 june 04 ::: wednesday

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Vs the reds

jack's book

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"jack's book: an oral biography of jack kerouac" by barry gifford and lawrence leegot this one from the library, and it's not recent, but oh-so-good. interviews with his friends, both literary and childhood. sometimes contradictory, sometimes funny, sometimes so beautifully sad. a good insight into a man who was a great non-academic writer and couldn't handle the fame that hit him."Jack had

2008 may 25 ::: sunday

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It's gone!

2008 may 23 ::: friday

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The start of the long weekend

2008 may 17 ::: saturday

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This is what's wrong with philly

i am a lazy slacker

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which means that i'm too lazy to even slack off ;-)that's all the opposite of the truth. i realized just now that it's been two weeks since my last post, but it's been crazy in my head [for quite some time, as some of you are quick to point out :-P ] so let's see....had a good reading and an even better Starcherone meeting when I was in b-lo a few weeks ago. as per my last post, I'm the "

2008 may 10 ::: saturday

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The hammerstein