May 12, 2012: Rob Injures Himself

Rob was opening a window and slammed his finger between the opening frame and the crossbar in the middle of the top frame.  He slammed it so hard that he cracked the window...

 and turned his fingernail purple.  Now he has a stylish finger splint to wear.

May 11, 2012

 We didn't even know this iris existed.  All of a sudden there it was.  It's so pretty.

 Our bearded irises are also blooming.

 This ant worked so hard to move this little piece of a chip to his home.  That blade of grass confused him for a while, but he finally got over it.

 The kitty loves this time of year, because she gets to sit on the porch.

May 10, 2012: Our Tomato Plants

We bought 8 tomato plants, lots of different varieties.  We haven't planted them yet.  The weather forecast still has some cold night temperatures coming our way.

 So, they live in the garden during the day and safe on the porch at night.

Goodnight tomatoes :)  I can't wait to eat the yummy tomatoes you will (hopefully) produce.

May 9, 2012

 Our asparagus is growing.  This is the second time that we have attempted to grow asparagus, and it looks as though it is going to work better this time.  Next year will be the big test.  Will it come back?

Also we have a mystery plant growing.  We don't remember planting any seeds, yet there are seedlings.  We think it may be the seeds from our Hallowe'en pumpkin sprouting.  I sure hope so.  I love growing pumpkins.

May 8, 2012

A to Z Reflection

During April, we completed the A to Z blog challenge and we had a lot of fun.  We had completed a similar challenge during February a few years ago and had a difficult time.  We found that this time it was much easier to make it through the whole alphabet.

One part of this challenge that I really enjoyed was visiting all the blogs that were signed up.  I didn't make it through every blog, but I visited a lot.  I loved meeting new people, gaining new followers, and finding blogs that I enjoy and want to follow.  We gained almost twenty new followers during this challenge.  Welcome to you all.  I hope you enjoy following our adventures :)

I am already looking forward to next year's challenge.

May 7, 2012: I Can See Your Halo

We saw this halo cloud on the drive home from work today.

May 6, 2012

May 5, 2012: Super Moon Saturday

This morning we went to the farmer's market.  We bought a fig tree and some cut flowers.

 Later I went back to the market to see if they had squash plants, and there was a marimba band playing.

 We went to the park to play Frisbee, and Rob took some pictures of the trees silhouetted against the sky.

 When it got dark, we went outside to see the super moon.

 We were a little unimpressed.

 It just wasn't very super.

 So we added some green laser action.

 That is pretty super :)

While we were outside, we saw a firetruck, ambulance and police cars.  We assumed it was a 911 call, a heart attack or something.  Then we heard from a neighbor:  they found an explosive!  Apparently it was a WWII bomb that was found in the bushes.  The police took it to a local park, buried, and detonated it.  Crazy!

May 4, 2012

May 3, 2012: Our Grapes have Leaves

May 2, 2012: Kindle Fire

This is my super awesome Kindle Fire.  I think I love this thing!!  Thanks, Rob, for giving me the final push I needed to finally buy one of these :)

May 1, 2012: A Game of Thrones

I am currently reading this book.  I keep going back and forth on whether I like it or not.  Right now, I like it.  We'll see how I feel by the end.  We may just have to check out the HBO show.

April 30, 2012: Zipper

April 29, 2012

Our pretty trees are blooming.  Hummingbirds were visiting them today.

 Our cherry tree is producing cherries.  Yay!

 The strawberry plants are blooming.  I wonder if we will get a lot of strawberries this year.

 Our purple lilac is blooming up front...

 ...and the white lilac is blooming out back.  They smell so amazing.

April 28, 2012: Young

Sorry these last two posts have been a little late.  We were on a little vacation.  We went to the Oregon Garden, which we learned is a very young botanical garden, for a Brewfest.  We spent the night at the Oregon Garden Resort.  Our room had a little patio.

 The bed was very comfortable, and the room was comfortable.

 We didn't use the fireplace, but it was cool to have the option.  The hotel is even younger than the botanical garden :)

 We spent the day acting young and wild and free at the Brewfest.  A very fun mini-vacation.

April 27, 2012: X

There's an x on the side of my knitting bag.  I love this bag!

April 26, 2012: Weird Weather

The weather has been very weird here recently.  Just this past weekend, the temperature got into the 80s.  

Today, we saw sun, rain, and hail.  You can never predict the weather during the spring in Oregon.  We just want summer to get here.  And fast :)

April 25, 2012: Vase

We bought this large vase today.  Rob found it on Craigslist.  I don't think it has found its permanent place in our yard yet; we need to play around with it a little.  I think it might be nice to paint it with a really funky pattern, but we'll see.  At least it's not heavy, so it's easy for us to move it around :)

April 24, 2012: Under the Bed

Kia was grumpy tonight, so I forced her to play with her catnip mouse.  It always makes her feel better.  After getting over the initial annoyance of me shoving a stuffed mouse in her face, she actually started enjoying herself and got really playful.  Every time I stood up, she thought I was going to chase her or annoy her in some other way, so she ran under the bed.  She wore herself out very quickly and crashed on the living room rug.  Catnip:  Kitty mood changer :)