Hi Ilse,
I'm not exactly tiny (5'7")- that's a close-up of Remy. I'm not sure of the zone for Cary (Raleigh). I moved here 3+ yrs ago from the Buffalo, NY area where I had lots of gardens (parterres). I now live in a twnhse so my gardening is limited to the area on & around my deck (hydrangeas, vinca, vinca, mandevilla, hibiscus, tuberous begonias, & new guinea impatiens--love the pastels & blues in summer. That's ok for me...I don't need the acre any longer. It gets pretty hot here in the summer-90s, so I try to keep perennials & drought tolerant plants. I use Peter's fertilizer each week & everything this year seems to be doing well.

Yes, Remy is a 'toy' poodle but small for his type (6.5 lbs)...he's 9 yrs old but still a baby...i guess that's natural for poodles...smart & spoiled!

Red Wiggler worms are best I think.

and wait .... then waite!

see garth

By "circles" we mean of course neutron "orbits." Repulsion happens under a-b = a/b = c and so the seed knoows to grow and divide two ways simultaneously.

Oh yes, in front of her is a penile teapot and an apple with a love letter underneath it. She is wearing faille gloves of orange-red that make her hands look as if they've been dipped in jello ... biafra. There is a tiny heart directly on the tip of her nose and there are hearts everywhere in the painting, left there by the Queen (perhaps) .... or King (the one with the poised sword (perhaps). Let pi + d = pi * d = C. By normal algebra you will find that C = 4.708 or so because both pi^2 / (pi - 1) and d^2 / (d-1) = C and the former gives way to evaluation. Also n(pi + d) = n(pi*d) = nC so it is true for any size or number of circle(s),

Hi Ilse and friends!
I am the painter of the portrait of Ilse. It took 47.5 hours to do. She is wearing a Mad Hatter's hat with large white rabbit ears on each side sticking out. She is sitting in a golden chair that has schizophrenic calligraphy in tiny detail in the crannies and creases and edges in red pen. The painting otherwise was done in acrylics. Behind her is a window with a hummingbird (god/dess). Beside her is a Martin guitar and a foil mirror down the wall with elaborate candelabra etc. "frothing" from it as if grown metal. Her right hand with a cup of tea has moved and is Buddhic in several positions. There are images of the war in her blouse's tummy as if she has digested without ill effect. As a joke, she has what I call a kind of Mussorsgky (sp?) moustache if you look at it one way, as a kind of an in-joke between us politically, as I am a fascist. Just kidding. Not? I do not believe in NOT and am a Possibilitist. a+b = a*b = c is an example of Neutral Operations, my theory of how neutrons started creation, as hydrogen has none in its natural state -- but so? That's for a later painter?

I published a book just a year ago this month. I am not by any means a 'writer' but have been journaling since I was in grade school. In the last ten years I started taking photographs that inspired feelings that I could write about or I had feelings that I could find nature inspired photos to go with. You are welcome to check a couple of sites out.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/01/18/opinions/growing_things/10930276.txt

www.KristinPehl.com

See you on the board.