More pictures

Mystery flower #1
This is a bachelor button that I didn't plant. I love them though so it was welcome in my garden.

Gladiolus close up. They are so beautiful. It got really cold a couple nights ago so I cut them all and put them in a tall vase with some of my delphiniums. It made a very striking arrangement.

Mystery flower #2 I'm not sure what this is and it's definitely not something I planted. It is very pretty though.

I have never seen nastursums like these. The yellow with red streaks is very pretty!

I planted Forget-me-nots--Alaska's state flower--but this is the only one that I saw actually flower.
I planted this yellow rose for my mom. She loves yellow roses. She wanted to come up to visit this year but didn't make it. Maybe next year.
These are the dark red lilies that I thought would be a different color. I don't know what happened to the other colors. They looked very pretty from the road next to my white fence.
One of my delphiniums. I really loved the white one but it didn't last long enough to get a picture.

My garden

I really didn't work very hard to make my garden beautiful this year. I spent nearly all of my time studying so I am really shocked at how pretty it ended up being. I took some pictures last week and then some more this afternoon. Some of the flowers are a bit of a mystery to me since I don't think I planted them. I guess I forgot to take pictures of my tulips that came up. They were very pretty. I also planted a white rose, a yellow rose, two ground cover roses in variegated pink and a wine. I also planted several gladiolus bulbs, poppy, sunflower, and nasturtium seeds. I planted 3 lilies last year which came back up this year but I planted three different colors: dark red, white, and a pale pink. I had three lilies coming up where I planted them about 3 to 4 feet apart but all of them were dark red. So I'm confused as to how that happened. At least they are still pretty and the dark red was stricking against my white rail fence.

My newest hobby

Earlier this year I learned how to knit. I'm not that great at it yet so I've been looking for some nice (small) practice objects. I have this scarf pattern that I got for a dollar at the the little craft store close to my house. I made one for myself in nice rich warm tones of red, orange, purple, and yellow. It turned out very nice but I think I probably goofed up on the pattern in a few places. No one notices but me. Now I haven't knit anything for a few months since I was very busy with classes and work so I'm ready to give it another try. A friend of mine bought some Moda dea ticker tape in blues and pink and so far it is making a very pretty scarf.



Look how long it is! I only worked on it for a couple of hours and that includes the times I ripped it out and started over! Too bad my friend wants it to be 7 feet long!!!!!!!



My rows are a little wavy but if you screw with it a little bit it staightens up.

I'm back.....

Well at least I am today. I'm trying to get my life back to normal again so I figured I better come in here and write something. This page is where I talk about my hobbies and other odd ball things. I got so wrapped up in classes and work that I stopped having fun and therefore, there has not been anything to post here. My garden has been growing without me though and it's actually looking pretty good, considering there was no gardener around.

I planted bulbs last fall and a few of them actually came up this spring/summer. I really enjoyed the beautiful red/white stripped tulips that came up. It was pretty exciting alhtough it's sad if you consider how many I actually planted. Well, maybe they will come up next year. I planted some red gladiolus bulbs early his spring and they are starting to bloom now dispite the constant rain. He had a burst of sunlight today so I ran out and took a couple pictures that I will have to post later. The clouds started to move around though, casting giant shadows across the yard, so it was pretty short lived and I only got a couple of shots.

I also planted a bunch of seeds this summer. I didn't get them started inside like I planned so I just scattered them outside. I planted a bunch a nastursims which look beautiful right now. A lot of them are low growing and all red. Then others were vining and the typical shades of orange and yellow. They look great. I also planted some sun flowers which are nearly as tall as I am but have yet to form a head. I don't know why my sunflowers never bloom. One of them snapped from the weight of the rain on them. I kept running out and shaking them to get the water off and my neighbor said it looked like I was choking the plants.

The kids were able to play outside during that burst of sun. I really thought it was going to dump on them! They are definitely Alaskan kids though. It could be cold, damp, and windy and they would be out there in the ball fields trying to get a makeshift baseball team together.

They are going to miss summertime but I think they miss the winter too. Winter means back to school but it also means they wont be bored anymore. They will be able to catch up with kids they haven't seen all summer and meet knew kids. They enjoy that. Riley's teacher seems like a nice lady. She is very calm....... I don't think she'll yell at the kids like some of the others do. That will be good for a kid who is highly emotional! I'm sure I'll make up for her after he gets home haha

Jared.........oh my..........my son is going into middle school. He'll be 13 in April and I'm NOT READY for that. I don't want my boys to be separated. I don't want Jared to have to walk to school, especially in the winter. I don't want to worry about who he's going to make friends with. When we were walking around that school I saw the girls there that were obviously showing the boys what clothes they woudln't get away with wearing after school starts. This one girl turned around and I wanted to cover my son's eyes. The waist of her pants had been ripped off and I could see her butt crack! Gross. I just looked at him and he gave me a look like "I know mom, don't talk to her." He's a good kid but I'm still scared.