well, a lot going on in the garden right now.... First, all the daffodils are trying to outdo each other -- Ice Follies and Fortune competing a week later with Rijnveld's Early Sensation, just outside our bathroom door. And now, a hundred Christmas Dream tulips have just bloomed in their midst. On the side yard, Grape Muscari and Hyacinth have repeated from last year, joined by a half dozen Formosa azaleas in front of some Duc de Rohan azaleas and Redbird azaleas.
And then, four new climbing roses, for the lattice arch we brought from New Hampshire -- a Climbing Sombreiul, Eden, Full Moon Rising, and Climbing Colette. Two pinks and two 'whites'
Should be nice, to go with the 1,200 bedding plants so far this spring....
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Olympic time
Cindy and Charlie got to go to Vancouver, NBC put them up at the Four Seasons and got them great tickets (front row) for (GET AHOLD OF THIS):
a. Ohno's 1000 meter Short track race (he took 2nd)
b. Lysacek's long program for gold in men's figure skating
c. Lindsay Vonn's gold in the Downhill skiing
d. Shawn Lewis' silver in the 1000 m speed skating
e. the Swedish ice hockey victory on Friday (with brother Warren)
f. the Finnish ice hockey victory on Friday (also w Warren)
Why?
Well, Charlie's company, MobiTV, just happened to produce the great App for the i-Phone called NBC, available via AT*T. 1.4 million downloads the first day.... It is a WAY COOL app, you've probably seen it on TV with the skater on the Samsung phone while the guy walks around the plaza
Monday, February 15, 2010
where has the time gone?
My gosh, the last post was at Christmas time, and now Valentine's Day has come and gone.
And a hectic time it has been! Punctuated by some wonderful happenings, a few of which might be worth mention.
First, IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH -- we celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary on February 4, which sets an all-time record for each of us, even more so because we are (a) still together, and (b) still in love with each other.
We celebrated by going to the Stanford women's basketball game (where they won, in an awesome display), and then the next night trying Marche, a highly touted French restaurant in Menlo Park (the touts were right!).
We celebrated Valentine's Day two ways -- (a) with tickets for Michael Buble, pronounced B00-blay or something like that, in April; and (b) with a party for a 15 year old beagle Todd, owned by Ian Gilchrist, one of our crazy neighbors from the old Woodside environs (Preston Road...).
I called my 'big sister' Sharon last evening to get caught up on all their goings-on; the big event in their life is that they are anticipating a little boy in April -- their first great-grandchild. WOW!
Quick note, doesn't begin to convey how frenetic things feel. But for now, peace and love!
And a hectic time it has been! Punctuated by some wonderful happenings, a few of which might be worth mention.
First, IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH -- we celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary on February 4, which sets an all-time record for each of us, even more so because we are (a) still together, and (b) still in love with each other.
We celebrated by going to the Stanford women's basketball game (where they won, in an awesome display), and then the next night trying Marche, a highly touted French restaurant in Menlo Park (the touts were right!).
We celebrated Valentine's Day two ways -- (a) with tickets for Michael Buble, pronounced B00-blay or something like that, in April; and (b) with a party for a 15 year old beagle Todd, owned by Ian Gilchrist, one of our crazy neighbors from the old Woodside environs (Preston Road...).
I called my 'big sister' Sharon last evening to get caught up on all their goings-on; the big event in their life is that they are anticipating a little boy in April -- their first great-grandchild. WOW!
Quick note, doesn't begin to convey how frenetic things feel. But for now, peace and love!
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