June 24, 2010

From the Grand Am - Daytona Prototypes

Going into a long stretch of racing photography. 9 straight weeks, traveling from Nelson Ledges, to Mid Ohio to Schenley Park in Pittsburgh. Alot of miles on the car, the camera and me. Add starting a new job on July 12th and my life is a tad busy right now. No stitching has been done and I do not see a time in the near future when I can sit and stitch. Right now I am 2 races behind on getting the photos on Zenfolio and this weekend's race is the Vintage event at Mid Ohio, so I know I will go crazy goofy with snapping photos. Some of these cars are rare and just a few models still exist. Why they chance it and put them on the track is beyond my realm of thinking.

The bunny destroyed the bean patch so it is now replanted and chicken wired fenced off. Adding a chicken wire fence to the carrot patch and the peppers patch. The raspberry and blackberry bushes are covered in bridal netting so keep the bugs, birds, squirrels and bunnies away from the fruit.

 The lavender is blooming and needs to be harvested and hung up to dry. ALL my plants survived and it is a bumper crop this year!

The Fairy - 7 Sisters Rose Bush

Back in the day, this was known as 7 sisters rose bush. Now it is called The Fairy. There is another bush growing to the right and together they span 12 feet! Mom and I are growing this bush in memory of her mother who had one when Mom was a little girl.

Dad's Memory Garden

This is the beginning of the memory garden for my Dad. A NAVY man until the day he died, I planted a true blue Larkspur and Snowdrops. To the right of the anchor is 1 plant a 'Blue Angels' Salvia. Blue Lobelia is in the foreground. The top of the wind chime is a Blue Angel (not the plane). To the left of this garden is the red rose bush 'Chrysler Imperial' and to the right is Dad's favorite Rose, 'Angel Face'. I hope to expand this garden in the coming years to highlight blue and yellow, the colors of NAVY.

Have a great weekend!

What a day!

After 586 days, I GOT A JOB!!!!!

It is in my field of 30 years, Cytology. I will be helping in the reorganization of the department.

I start July 12 and my benefits begin August 1st.

Words cannot express the relief I feel.

Weather headache kind of a day

I was supposed to be at an autocross event today, but woke up with a HUGE headache. Weather is supposed to get very nasty after 12 noon today. Just going to spend the day sitting in my chair watching the 24 Hours of Lemans, World Cup match of USA vs England, qualifying from the Canadian Grand Prix, some baseball and maybe even some NASCAR. I m ay even stitch a bit today.

Have a great day
Joanne

It's an Advil kind of a weekend

Sitting here at the computer instead of being out working in the yard because, dog gone it, I am tired. Most every muscle in my body is sore and I just need to break from getting filthy dirty and soaked with sweat (high humidity here). Had a bed dug out for my irises that went crazy with growth this year and while digging a hole in what feels like solid clay, I hit these.

Yep, flagstones. These were the first five, but since this photo was taken I have found 12 more. How you say? By shoving the shovel in the dirt and hitting rock. The jarring that my shoulder has taken is not even funny. We figure these stones were placed by the original owner 46 years ago. They were buried 4 inches down, in clay! The irises have all been transplanted. Ten (10) 40 pound bags of top soil has been added and Ten (10) 2 cubic foot bags of black mulch has to be added. Once that is done I am going to use the flagstones as paths between the irises so that dogs can walk on the stones and not my irises. I have no race this weekend, so the mulch will be laid between rainstorms. Oh goodie, more humidity (heavy sigh). The kind of humidity we are having is just like in Florida right after one of those daily afternoon 5 minute rain showers. UGH!!! I am doing all this work myself because Mom is 80 and she does not need 1- to get hurt and 2- to drop from heat stroke. I still have to find room for 2 hollyhock plants that I bought at the local garden club's annual fundraiser and 3 yellow snowdrop plants (new to me, have to read online about them).

Iris construction area.

Ok, enough of the complaining, Advil is calling my name.

Have a great weekend;
Joanne