Garden work

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Originally uploaded by whitedoyle

There are some other yard shots in the flickr badge with more description.

Not much blooming here yet. Things are pretty small still. Some of Dad’s first shipment of daylillies are in this area. All of them have greened up nicely and put out some new leaves. There is creeping phlox, ‘Blue Rug’ juniper, drawf crimson barberry, portulaca, sedum, and coral bells in this shot. You can see the peas and brassicas in the background.

G’s Zoolander shot

G’s Zoolander shot

Originally uploaded by whitedoyle

Finally a new post. Gordy’s ninth grade formal was last week. I think he had a great time. The gal he went with was “just a friend”. Look in the flickr badge and there are more shots of them. The group shots were taken at one of the girls houses and posted on Facebook somewhere. Emily forund them and downloaded them.

If you havn’t seen Zoolander you just won’t understand the face.

AFI’s top 100 movies of all time

AFI top 100 movies

legend:
black=seen
red = never seen

 

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Raging Bull (1980)
5. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
6. Gone With The Wind (1939)
7. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
8. Schindler’s List (1993)
9. Vertigo (195
10. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
11. City Lights (1931)
12. The Searchers (1956)
13. Star Wars (1977)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
17. The Graduate (1967)
18. The General (1927)
19. On The Waterfront (1954)
20. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
21. Chinatown (1974)
22. Some Like It Hot (1959)
23. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
24. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
25. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
26. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
27. High Noon (1952)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. Double Indemnity (1944)
30. Apocalypse Now (1979)
31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
34. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
35. Annie Hall (1977)
36. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
37. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
38. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (194
39. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
40. The Sound Of Music (1965)
41. King Kong (1933)
42. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. Shane (1953)
46. It Happened One Night (1934)
47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
48. Rear Window (1954)
49. Intolerance (1916)
50. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
51. West Side Story (1961)
52. Taxi Driver (1976)
53. The Deer Hunter (197
54. M*A*S*H (1970)
55. North By Northwest (1959)
56. Jaws (1975)
57. Rocky (1976)
58. The Gold Rush (1925)
59. Nashville (1975)
60. Duck Soup (1933)
61. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
62. American Graffiti (1973)
63. Cabaret (1972)
64. Network (1976)
65. The African Queen (1951)
66. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
67. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
68. Unforgiven (1992)
69. Tootsie (1982)
70. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71. Saving Private Ryan (199
72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
73. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
74. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
75. In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
76. Forrest Gump (1994)
77. All The President’s Men (1976)
78. Modern Times (1936)
79. The Wild Bunch (1969)
80. The Apartment (1960)
81. Spartacus (1960)
82. Sunrise (1927)
83. Titanic (1997)
84. Easy Rider (1969)
85. A Night At The Opera (1935)
86. Platoon (1986)
87. 12 Angry Men (1957)
88. Bringing Up Baby (193
89. The Sixth Sense (1999)
90. Swing Time (1936)
91. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
92. Goodfellas (1990)
93. The French Connection (1971)
94. Pulp Fiction (1994)
95. The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. Do The Right Thing (1989)
97. Blade Runner (1982)
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
99. Toy Story (1995)
100. Ben-Hur (1959)

 

 

Just more ideas for the netflix list.  I am not sure which will last longer the yarn supply or the movie list!

 

 

Art Show

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Originally uploaded by whitedoyle

We attended two art shows in the last week. Erin’s preschool had their annual exhibition yesterday. Erin is standing near her untitled work–the larger one with the yellow paper in back.

Kevin and I attend the art auction on Saturday night and bought a watercolor by Hobart Jackson. Kevin took a class his freshman year at KU from Jackson. We haven’t decided where to hang it yet, but it will probably be in the dining room.

Note to Mom–you would really like it! She’s your type.

First mowing of the spring

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Originally uploaded by whitedoyle

Kevin made sure the tractor and push mower were good to go last weekend and took the tractor out for a spin on Sunday. Jack sat with him most of the time and even took a little nap while riding.

As you can see everything is greening up. I planted seeds a few weeks ago and noticed the little pea shoots making their way above ground yesterday. The beds I worked on were much easier to get plantable this year. We are not going to till at all this year in the garden. We will just add compost to the top and work it in as we go. There are still several beds that need alot of work soon. Hopefully I can get Kevin out again this weekend to help with some heavy lifting.

Are food prices scaring anyone else? Nothing but bad news out there. I know it is causing all sorts of problems with the food service industry.

FO socks

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Originally uploaded by whitedoyle

Erin and I are modeling our newly finished socks. Erin’s are made from the leftovers from her Easter dress. I have enought left over to make two more pairs of kids socks.

Mine are from Mountian colors–Mountain Goat, Burgundy colorway. These fit the best of all the socks I have done for myself. I will probably frog the last two singles I made and reknit them.

Surprise Visitor

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Originally uploaded by whitedoyle

The Tooth Fairy made a visit to our house Tuesday night. I wasn’t expecting her for a year or two.

We were eating corn on the cob at dinner and I noticed she was trying to eat it with side of her mouth. I told her to try with her front teeth it would work better. She took a big bite and had a very strange look on her face after that. She knew something had not gone quite right.

The Fairy brought her a dollar which she spent on bubblegum.

God Bless Mario!

What a game!!  Great season, great team, great tournament! 

I pulled these photos from the Lawrence Journal World website.  The top photo is at 9th and Massachusetts the lower is from the Eldrige Hotel across from Free State sort of. 

Kevin took Gordy and a few of his pals downtown to join in the fun.  I saw him on the local tv stations broadcast waving our Jayhawk flag.  Emily went downtown with her boyfriend.  Crazy night.  I bet the City worked their tails off cleaning all that up because it was shiny clean this morning.

 

The Five Pack

The Five Pack

Originally uploaded by Elinor Brown

This is the before shot!

Elinor, Gini, Shannon, Liz and I ran the Brew to Brew Relay on Sunday. Our start time wa at 6:30 in the morning. This meant we left Lawrence at 5:15. I haven’t been anywhere at 5:15 in a very long time. I think we finished, well Gini finished, about 2:30 give or take. The idea is that each member runs 2 legs. Gini is training for a marathon and needed a long run so she took the last 5 which was fine by me as I am not in good running shape.  Thanks to Elinor for getting us all together and posting these pics!

Jayhawk Prayer

This was sent to me in an e-mail:

 Our Father, who art in Lawrence ,
Hallowed be thy Game.
Thy tourney come,
Thy championship will be done,
In San Antonio as it is in Allen Field House.
Give us this day our deserved victories.
And forgive us our turnovers,
As we forgive Roy who double-crossed against us.
And lead us not into defeat,
But deliver us from East Coast bias,
For Kansas is the basketball kingdom,
And the tradition,
And the glory,
 For ever and ever.
 Amen.
BEAK ‘EM HAWKS!!!!

I might add–Rock Chalk Jayhawk Go KU!!!