1.  Where is your cell phone?  pocket

2.  Your significant othe?  working

3.  Your hair?  ponytail

4.  Your mother?  home

5.  Your father?  too

6.  Your favorite thing?  laughing

7.  Your dream last night?  none

8.  Your favorite drink?  coffee

9.  Your dream/goal?  happiness

10.  The room you're in?  living

11.  Your hobby?  outside

12.  Your fear?  dark

13.  Where do you want to be in 6 years?  here

14.  What you're not?  standing

15.  Muffins?  blueberry

16.  One of your wish list items?  pool

17.  Where you grew up?  Alaska

18.  The last thing you did?  lunch

19.  What are you wearing?  shorts

20.  Favorite gadget?  Apple

21.  Your pets?  Dogs

22.  Your computer?  laptop

23.  Your mood?  happy

24.  Missing someone?  sometimes

25.  Your car?  big

26.  something you're not wearing?  socks

27.  Favorite store?  online

28.  Like someone?  usually

29.  Favorite color?  periwinkle

30.  When is the last time you laughed?  earlier

31.  Last time you cried?  thursday

I'm tagging Sherry,  Jess, and Esther....  have fun....  :)

The reason behind the poll question....

So this is why the poll question came about....   I was sitting on the couch with the computer on me.  At one point when I stood up I realized that this had happened to my polar fleece....  It has a lightly melted spot (the pinky/ flatter looking area to the left) and of course the REALLY melted spot by the zipper....  the zipper is fine by the way.    BUT, the other thing I did that day was make grill cheese on the griddle...  I never felt any heat from the griddle, and it is on the stove top so you really do have to reach across it to get to the edge of it.... which I can't think of when I even reached across to the back of the stove.....  so I don't know... guess you'll all have to decide for yourselves.  :)   

Camping at South Rolly Lake with friends

Rosalee and her friend Clara.  They used to see each other at school, but Clara goes to a new school now... so when they see each other they have lots of fun....  looks like they've gone crazy here.
This was our rain-all-day sort of day...  had to get out lots of layers, and everyone spent lots of tme by the fire.
Seems wherever I go LAUNDRY finds me!!!!   This was the case of not enough clothes after getting too many outfits wet and dirty....  so off to the lake to wash (rinse) then back to they fire to dry.....   those hot dog sticks have many uses!!!  :)
I was fiddling with my camera and realized it too has fun features.... so this pic had "color accent."  It was really a nice lake.... except for when Elic and I went out in the canoe, the wind picked up, it was starting to rain, we were on the other side of the lake, and it seemed all I could do was spin us in circles......   YES! there was a moment when I thought we would be stranded and a touch of panic set in.   When we finally got back to camp Sabrina said, " oh you guys looked like you were having so much fun, just going back and forth across the lake."   I mentioned that we were just doing whipin' some brodies out there....  
Rosalee was really having way too much fun!
This is my moon pic.  The first night it was like this, the next night it was all covered with clouds.
Elic and Georgea having a nice seat by the fire.
Georgea down by the lake....  oh and Lewis (her mouse) tucked into her neck.
Elic had WAY too much fun down at the sand pit.  He got to go down and wash his hair in the lake.

Garden shows....

The gardens where beautiful....  the bugs loved them too.   Lots of bumble bees and dragonflies, a butterfly here and there too.  
Grandma Kale had a good day.  She was enjoying the flowers and got to talk to lots of  people about gardening too.  
This is my friend Carrie.  This garden was also an art studio... so there was lots of attention paid to how the colors complimented each other, and to the views.  
Debbie found a friend too....  :)  Grandma thought it would make a neat pin.
Complimentary colors..
This plant is only zoned at an 8 or so.... But it seems to be a perennial here (we're a zone 3 or 4)... so hopefully I could find some of it (eryngium russicum, I believe.. if you run across it and need to send it to me :) ) and maybe have it here too.   Les (it's in his garden) thought maybe they hadn't done much trial and just believed it to be zoned higher.
The Himalayan Blue Poppy that has become quite popular in recent years.
The bench in the back is one of many that Les has around the garden.  They are all so nicely made,  I think I should make one for here too......  maybe someday I'll get around to it??
The close up of a blue poppy.
The artists garden was full of toys...  dinosaurs, cars, trucks, tractors, animals, dolls....  all kinds of stuff.  She said that they were for kids to play with and keep busy while there, and if they wanted to they could take them home too....   what a good idea eh???

Garden show weekend!!

Today I ventured to the fair garden show and tomorrow is Coyote Gardens...  it's on hatcher pass road, the Willow side.  It's a garden that has been featured in magazines... so I will have to take some more pics to play with....  

No pics today... well one of a rainbow on the way home but not sure if it is going to work out.

Will have to see when I download tomorrow...  hope everyone is having a great weekend====  We finally got some SUN!!!!!!!  :)

The garden is progressing...

A new lily I got this year..  hope it comes back next year....
Black and white of  the same lily.
It's nice how sometimes things bloom together and compliment each other.. this is a pretty spot that I look out at from the kitchen window.
This iris is kind of interesting... it is so much thinner than the other ones that I have around.
A big red poppy that is a little smashed by rain.   I guess I use iphoto.... not photo shop, but it still seems to work well.
False indigo... this is one that I had to get after I saw it on "Martha"---- she had such pretty clumps of it growing.  Mine has been in the ground a few years, and it finally put out one bloom last year.  This year it has 3 sprays... pretty exciting!
This verbascum is doing well this year....  love the color.
This verbascum I love even more than the last...  I think this is definitely my favorite color (this year anyways!!)

so I found my dream cabin along the Denali Highway...

The kids, my mom, and I took a camping trip across the Denali Highway.  We went for 4 days, camped out and played with mosquitoes.....  Also stopped along the way and took lots of pictures, mostly flowers and kids.  It was rainy and cloudy on the way across, but coming back it cleared up.  On the way out we actually saw mountains... well "THE" mountain and it's surrounding peaks.
This was the last day of camping...  notice the lovely hairdo...  it's called "hide it all"  It actually got pretty warm this day...  at Denali lookout it was at least 70degrees.   I know some of you guys probably think that's almost winter....  :)
This was at Tangle Lakes... the kids and mom fished, I took some pics.
Photo shop is sort of fun....
So here it is.. my dream cabin... yeah it could use a little work I guess, but still think of the possibilities.