Aurora's Blog

Hunters on the wing...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:44:00 GMT

Last evening while sitting outside, I saw the vanguard flyer of the soon to be squadrons of the large dragonflies that patrol my yard and the neighbors' hunting mosquitos and other small insects. T...

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Today in the Garden 7-08-08

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:43:00 GMT

Yesterday Steve was able to fix the power out back!!!! Apparently whatever caused the GFCI outlet to trip also destroyed it. Thankfully we have a few of those laying around from when we built the a...

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Today in the Garden 7-07-08

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Well, despite our best efforts we still haven't gotten the rear receptacles and shed power working yet. So now the fountain and pool are big mosquito farms in the making.

We had more sto...

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Today in the Garden 7-06-08

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:50:00 GMT

I know we need the rain, but these thunderstorms can stop!

Woke up this morning to having the decorative iron trellisis on the shed having been blown down- damaged a clematis and knocked ...

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Today in the Garden 7-05-08

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th!

I've been really busy the last few days getting ready for the in-laws coming and our 4th of July party. We got the yard looking wonderful, the house ...

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Today in the Garden 7-01-08

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Or should I title this "Cleaning, Cleaning, Cleaning"? LOL! I would most certainly rather be out in the garden!

I watered everything last night with the "Non-odor" fish fertilizer. When ...

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Today in the Garden 6-30-08

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:13:00 GMT

Been doing housework. Have the kichen and dining room cleaned up- still have the living room, guest bedroom, and Megan's room to do. Good thing the in-laws aren't getting here until Wedsneday LOL!...

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Today in the Garden 6-29-08 Part 2

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:35:00 GMT

It's 8:30 pm here, and the temp is still 92 degrees! I took a bunch of flower pictures today- I just have to get them off the camera. I'll hopefully get around to that tomorrow :)

I didn...

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Today in the Garden 6-29-08

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:42:00 GMT

After the rain a couple of evenings ago I went and weeded a little bit. I was also treated to a female hummer visiting every single one of my crocasimia blooms. I stood there watching her for about...

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Today in the Garden 6-27-08

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:15:00 GMT

As I write this, we are finally getting some very much needed rain YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!! For once I won't have to water tonight. My plants are just so happy :)

Yesterday the smoke held off un...

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Today in the Garden 6-26-08

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:57:00 GMT

First I would like to thank everyone who commented on the injured dove. I came to the conclusion to let nature go on. I really don't want to take the responsibility of caring for a wild bird for th...

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So Sad :(

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:45:00 GMT

I believe I had mentioned in one of my other blogs about the dove with the head injury. Well tonight while watering I saw it again. I got a much closer look, it doesn't have any eyes!! It let me stro...

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Today in the Garden 6-25-08

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:13:00 GMT

Gonna be another hot one today. I was planning on doing some more weeding today, but we're getting the smoke from 2 NC wildfires today. Visibility is forecast to be under a quarter mile. This stuff...

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Today in the Garden 6-24-08

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:34:00 GMT

I really wish I could find where Steve put the camera- I have some gorgeous flowers blooming right now I would love to get pics of! Did more beetle picking today- I think I got 40 of them Mu-hahaha...

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Some Disney Video

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:54:00 GMT

Here's the links to some of the videos we took at Disney for whover may want to watch :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuq-zFRD9Nc
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