Following the crowd

A lot of the blogs I frequent have been having some Flickr fun, so I've decided to have some of my own. If you are interested in creating your own Flickr Mosaic, here’s the scoop.

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker

1. What is your first name? (this is by an artist named Stacy Alexander - you have no idea how many "almost" naked "stacys" popped up on this search. evidently I am a slut.lol)
2. What is your favorite food? (it was really hard to decide which pic to use, all the chocolates looked so good but this pic just made me laugh)
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush? (honestly, i had the HARDEST time deciding who this would be. there are so many. but in the end - I had to go with JDM. I mean have you SEEN PS I Love you? if not, you are missing one gorgeous bottom. sigh)
6. Favorite drink? (how cute is that. I know, my drink is boring)
7. Dream vacation? (this thing is harder than I thought it'd be. so many places I want to see...)
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

So let's see what we get...

1. Butterfly by Stacy Alexander, 2. Chocolate Bar, 3. The Lone Star State, 4. rojo sobre negro (mosaico) / red on black (mosaic), 5. jeffrey_dean_morgan_99, 6. Gilligan the sink pirate, 7. AUSTRALIA IS BEAUTIFUL, 8. belated happy birthday miss V!, 9. velon-fin, 10. Lovers, 11. to my friends, 12. Naked pour on Cyncra

cool. that was fun. let me know if you decide to do it too.

More later...

How does your garden grow?

Location: Sister/Brother-in-law's garden

Time: Arrived later in the morning than planned. DANG HOT and humid

Purpose of visit: Gathering delicious home-grown produce, of which it has just been learned that potatoes are the only things ready to be "picked" and all onions have been pulled. *sigh*

And scene...

City girl, hands on hips and already sweating, surveys the alternating rows of leafy green and ugly dirt brown. picks up the phone and dials...

Sister J. picks up the phone - "hello"

Me - "uhm, which ones are the potatoes?"

J. - explosion of laughter which lasts a good 5 minutes.

end scene.

My Cherokee and farming ancestors would be appalled.lol But hey, I've never had a garden. I had NO IDEA what potato plants looked like. I can identify tomato and squash but other than that - I am hopeless. My father just shakes his head and says "city girl."

hehe however, now I know. AND I know how to harvest potatoes. Can I just say - OUCH! gardening sure does remind you of muscles you did not even know you had. I have found I'm more of a "sit in the dirt and dig" gardener rather than a "bend over and make your legs scream in pain" kind of gardener. lol

But..BUT look what I have to look forward to... can you see it? Barely peaking through are TOMATOES! WOOHOO I wish I had taken a better picture but it was so sunny it was hard to see what I was shooting.lol They have planted a ton of tomatoes, mostly heirloom and I could not be more excited. Can you believe I used to hate tomatoes? This is what happens when you only taste those mealy yucky ones from the grocery store.

I also can look forward to some lovely squash - yellow and zucchini. I have already instructed J. not to get rid of the squash flowers as I am going to try filling them with cheese/ricotta and fry those puppies up. It's something they frequently do in Italy, but I haven't ever had the chance to try them. this time - OH YEAH.

I am already combing the internet for the perfect recipe. I'll let you know how they turn out.

So sorry the posts have been far and few between of late. Life is at it's normal mundane pace and pretty boring in Tx Espresso land. I will try to do better for those of you still checking in. hehe you never know, things could get more interesting soon! =)

More later...