One of the best yet, I think…
The XX – Intro
Fol Chen – Cable Tv
Keane – Spiralling
The Flaming Lips – Watching the Planets
The Antlers – Bear
Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun
MGMT – Time to Pretend
The Morning Benders – Excuses
The Delta Mirror – He Was Worse Than the Needle He Gave You
The Dead Weather – Die [...]
Heyyy, what happened to February and March??
Pfft, it took 2 1/2 months to compile even one! Slow music year I guess…
Sleigh Bells – Infinity Guitars
LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk is Playing at My House
Le Tigre – Hot Topic
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
The Xx – Crystalised
Cold War Kids – Audience of One
The Heavy – How You Like [...]
Because I can’t *%^%$#% go, I am sending my sister, cub reporter for WFBY news, to the 16th Annual APC/Crisco® National Pie Championships here in a few days.
Four words: Never Ending Pie Buffet
Please anticipate pictures that will make your saliva glands burst with happiness.
(If you want to attend on your own, it is being held [...]
So, to recap, this weekend I have already made 8 half pints of blackberry jam and 4 half pints of strawberry jam. Figuring that wasn’t quite enough abuse on my poor knee joints, today I made 6 half pints of peach jam…
Then used even more peaches for fried peach pies…
These were simply amazing, most amazing [...]
I think it is no secret I have a slight echinacea fetish. How can you not love a flower that looks like it could be used to assassinate you??
This is “Evan Saul” (not quite fully open yet):
Such an unsual coral-y color, such a lovely contrast with the dark green foliage. Cheerfully self-sowing and a [...]
Oh, here’s ANOTHER thing I’m not supposed to be growing successfully down here:
Sure, it’s *another* tall bearded iris (var. Batik), but I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GROWING IT DOWN HERE.
Snort, indeed.
I’ve been in love with pitcher plants since we came across a log-potted growth of them at Bok Tower Gardens a few years ago. I bought two earlier this summer to place on the back patio, partly to see if they’d make a dent in the insect population, but mainly because they’re just gorgeous.
The [...]
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