Showing posts with label Just for fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Just for fun. Show all posts

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Green thumb? We'll see. . .

Every year I try my hand at a little vegetable garden. . . on my porch. Since we're in a condo, it's not very easy for me to go out a create a true garden bed, as much as I'd like to. So. . .each spring I lug various veggie plants and ginormous bags of organic potting soil through the house to my second-story deck and make myself a little veggie and herb container garden. Despite my efforts, my plants are never as fruitful as I'd like (I guess it doesn't help when your two little Jack Russells like to gobble up the baby tomatoes and cucumbers as soon as they appear -- it's cute, what can I say. . . :-) 
Anyway, I was at the store today and saw this little "table" tomato plant. We'll see how it holds up, it's already a little top-heavy but it is just laden with little green tomatoes and promises to be easy to grow. I just loooove the smell of tomatoes on the vine, so if this little beauty holds up I may just have found a solution to my tomato problems.
Now, lets just hope my thumb becomes a little greener this year and I can keep it alive. . .
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And just for fun, here's a shot I grabbed today of my little cucumber snitching Maui girl. . .
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

They're back!

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The Starbucks red cup. Why is it so much better than the traditional one? Because they stand for cozy holiday goodness and something about that deep red color makes your favorite drink inside taste extra special. Today I went out on a limb and tried the incredibly indulgent Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate. Whew! check out the caloric content in those babies. Needless to say, my itsy-bitsy SHORT beverage was absolutely delicious and just the boost I needed from a slow (!?) morning at work. Go ahead, go to Starbucks and get your first red cup of the season. I promise you won't be sorry. . .