February 15, 2007

view with new camera

This is another photo with my new camera. I think it gives me a slightly wider view than my old camera. Today is a very snowy day and we have a couple inches of fresh snow. Its taking me a while to get used to my new camera (Olympus Stylus 720 SW). I have trouble with the lens cover, which closes every time I turn the camera off. If there’s any moisture on the lens, it then smears when I turn the camera on and doesn’t focus well. I think…

February 14, 2007

Happy Valentines Day

Most of these roses grew in my garden last summer. Especially Othello, First Kiss and Dorothy Perkins. A couple are store-bought roses that I photographed in a vase on our table.

February 13, 2007

more seeds

Seeds are on display in stores now and its hard to resist buying a few extra packets. I picked up some arugla and a hot pepper mix. I’ll have to start the peppers indoors soon. I haven’t done this in years because its alot of work, but I thought I’d start just one type of seed this year – around March 15 for peppers in our area. S&PCapsicum

February 9, 2007

long shadows

Here’s one of my first photos with my new little camera. It’ll take me some time to get used to it. The first thing I notice is the colors don’t seem as nice as my old camera, but I’ll need to try it in different lighting and subjects to really compare. This photo is unedited, except for a little cropping.

February 9, 2007

new camera

Well, my old camera finally bit the dust. After 10,000 photos and 2 1/2 years, I dropped it (a Pentax Optio WP) yesterday (about the 5th time I’ve dropped it) and it seems like the shutter won’t open. The camera store said $150 at minimum to fix it, so I bought a brand new camera! Very exciting. I got an Olympus Stylus 720 SW. Its shockproof (!) to 5 ft, waterproof to 10 ft, digital image stabilization, 7.1 Mp and a nice little body that fits in my pocket (or…

January 29, 2007

countdown code

I spent so much time making that little line in my sidebar that counts down the number of days until planting time that I wanted to make the code available to anyone else who wants to use it. It can be modified to other plant hardiness zones or your birthday or whatever. My husband says I spent an hour and a half (!) getting this to look good on my site. (Also 2 glasses of wine). Anyway…. the code is here. I don’t know if it works on every blog…

January 28, 2007

old planting journal

I was looking through boxes in my basement and came across a gardening journal I started in 1998. I only entered about 4 or 5 pages. To tedious to handwrite it, I guess. And no one was leaving me any comments! In 1998 and 1999, I was gardening in a different location, but in 1990 I first turned over my current garden. The area was a weedy lawn before I started planting. We put up a post and rail fence around the garden in the same location of the 4…

January 28, 2007

more seeds

The rest of my seed order arrived today. I can begin planting them on April 15th, if the weather is like its been in most previous years. Two and a half months away. That’s 77 days – but who’s counting? Actually I am. I just added a countdown clock to my sidebar so I don’t miss planting day. S&P

January 26, 2007

SEEDS!!!

The seeds I ordered from Johnny’s Selected Seeds arrived today! So exciting. These are the first of my three orders from three different seed companies. S&P

January 24, 2007

tag

I was tagged in the 5 things game. This has been circulating among bloggers for a while and bifurcated carrots tagged me last week. So, here is my list of five previously unrevealed things about me (but maybe you suspected these already): 1. Since I turned over my garden last May, I have taken 7,368 photos with my pocket-sized Pentax Optio camera (a great little 5Mp waterproof camera). That’s 921 pictures a month, 205 pictures a week, and 30 pictures every day. (I’m just glad its not film! Remember those…

weeks and counting until my last spring frost

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