tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25080175296477771682024-03-13T03:17:23.988-06:00Shirley's Personal Weblog(Personal: not like "Go away - this is personal" but like "Personal - not Business")Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-9976594706732730782019-06-19T14:28:00.001-06:002019-06-19T14:28:08.539-06:00Wow! It's Been Awhile. How Time Flies When You're Having Fun!My old blog is still here!! I should write something ... Maybe I will ... Well, not at this exact moment.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-2096974749416530052014-03-03T10:48:00.003-07:002014-03-03T10:48:28.529-07:00I'm Still Alive ...Haven't done anything with this for a long, long, LONG time, but just for the record, I'm still here. Still alive. Still kicking.<br />
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Looks like most of my previous pictures have disappeared. When I get a chance I'll fix that. Not today. Times are hard and I have no time to even go into that.<br />
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So there you have it.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-50429172219973053442011-05-26T11:49:00.001-06:002011-05-26T11:49:43.949-06:00Veronica's Kids<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="1687943587" height="269" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/HGtamcksxduzohdDDdqJmofFItqbfBCdkuFFiAoyhdgFradvrfsrarlGsEyA/1687943587.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="227" /> </div> </p>Ronnie's goats had three little kids -- much to her delight. You may get the impression that she's a girl who likes animals!</div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-31462765260842499302011-02-04T13:14:00.001-07:002011-02-04T13:14:39.277-07:00Guess where I am today<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/vIkmzwrqDonctghDCHDeeprhCykxoihhclicHeqCCBjrgufmCCIkkIltseBu/1380375935.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/vIkmzwrqDonctghDCHDeeprhCykxoihhclicHeqCCBjrgufmCCIkkIltseBu/1380375935.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p>Here's a little hint.<p>Yes, I'm sitting here in my favorite spot watching the cars pass outside the window. Eating food that I didn't cook on dishes I don't have to worry about. True, the meal doesn't quite measure up to my pristine health and environmental standards ... But face it, neither do the majority of the meals I eat at home.</p><p>I just like sitting here wasting time and watching the world roll by.</p></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-19033731338196789612011-02-01T22:33:00.001-07:002011-02-01T22:33:38.648-07:00Me<div class='posterous_autopost'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/lWUd82saLwooiBrNYvYslIyzsKNg2uHSkeYx5dgXPjsxgTwhORmwQNlAclim/IMG_20110201_222923-1.jpg" width="480" height="480"/> </div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-27732873373805040362009-11-07T12:41:00.001-07:002009-11-07T12:41:50.397-07:00One Brave Little Flower Stands Alone
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/TCYLD27PhqjxhjxF1w5wlFV77wbWKt8d9WDduzycvHs7aVqbvXE3hVfGKlnu/SSPX0316.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/NptVpRXujEQo5js46QhuTPI3fjLpb2NSc30SFbe5O7zZjdiNvfT7lADNg66o/SSPX0316.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Last living flower in the old flowerbed. I wanted to say something philosophical or profound. <br />But nothing comes to mind. Oh well, in a week it'll be dead with all the rest.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/one-brave-little-flower-stands-alone">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-17436710927145432482009-10-29T11:37:00.003-06:002009-10-29T12:33:29.141-06:00Mama's Reminiscence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsztEcWoIbuR5gB8Tne51hpwIsMKmoRNAhtZ19_uSuWWvkIKQ_6WJV_bwiHmfOqnc4k7ie6KJo317A_1A6rwjhYP9lO8J4bbRW7YCujisqOi3cbsX6rpinL7w9yZPDsSM7WTaQb19uAeD1/s1600-h/MamaBookkeeping.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsztEcWoIbuR5gB8Tne51hpwIsMKmoRNAhtZ19_uSuWWvkIKQ_6WJV_bwiHmfOqnc4k7ie6KJo317A_1A6rwjhYP9lO8J4bbRW7YCujisqOi3cbsX6rpinL7w9yZPDsSM7WTaQb19uAeD1/s320/MamaBookkeeping.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398091585286437458" /></a><br />Today is Mama's 89th birthday. She was reminiscing about her younger days.<br /><br />About when she was square dancing at age 18 and her partner swung her off the floor and her feet slipped halfway out of her high heels and she didn't know if she could hit the ground a'running or not. (But she did.)<br /><br />And about the day the stock market crashed -- it was on her birthday and she was a freshman in high school. And how, at that time, she and her friend, Evelyn, would buy hamburgers for lunch for 10 cents each. They'd buy a bottle of pop for 5 cents and ask for two glasses.<br /><br />And how, when she and Daddy were married (ages 19 and 21 respectively), they paid their employees 20 cents per hour. (At that time, Daddy was already an established orchard man and fruit packer.)<br /><br />I love to hear her tell those things. It's all so clear in her memory and she makes me feel almost like I can see it.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-11615092441225573782009-10-29T11:05:00.001-06:002009-10-29T22:58:00.418-06:00Still Snowing This Morning<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>(873 KB)<br/> <a style='color: rgb(188, 113, 52);' href='http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/still-snowing-this-morning'>Watch on posterous</a></p><p>Coming right down! A freezing wind makes it downright cold out here. Most of the cats are hiding in the barn, but this guy has to follow me everywhere I go.</p><p style='font-size: 10px;'> <a href='http://posterous.com'>Posted via email</a> from <a href='http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/still-snowing-this-morning'>Shirley's posterous</a> </p><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=f09c8fa0-a352-8c13-9506-e43d913ae0bf' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-53320513642490861372009-10-28T11:19:00.001-06:002009-10-28T11:19:36.285-06:00Uh-oh! Snow!
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/whWQLPAsUXyLXE5sCjTzJRzUGH6ynojsWDelP3L4tmEfjYhuWggJ3u9Hsqjd/SSPX0293.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/yMhsOKbl33ijTk8oqvX1oUDiuVeqzaRgKka4PU7OrHOU2wPoGDQLKZrfhVQv/SSPX0293.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Well, it had to happen ... First snow of the season.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/uh-oh-snow">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-55602077949498067442009-10-22T22:04:00.001-06:002009-10-22T22:04:13.161-06:00Testing Windows Live Writer Portable<div style="margin: 1em; width: 310px; display: block; float: right" class="zemanta-img" jquery1256270442562="661"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Georgetown_folliage.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; display: block; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none" alt="Girl sitting under a tree on Copley Lawn at Ge..." src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Georgetown_folliage.jpg/300px-Georgetown_folliage.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a> <p style="font-size: 0.8em" class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Georgetown_folliage.jpg">Wikipedia</a></p> </div> <p>The system I’m trying to make work involves using Windows Live Writer installed on a flash drive using a specialized addition that’s supposed to make it self-contained and portable.</p> <p> </p> <p>The theory is that I could then start a post on my office computer, then take it on the road with me, sit under a tree in the wilderness and finish it offline, then find somewhere with a connection for my laptop and send the post winging along its way to the blog.</p> <p> </p> <p>However, as we all know, even if theory and practice are the same in theory, they are definitely different in practice. So I wasn’t too surprised to find it wouldn’t work quite like that.</p> <p> </p> <p>For some reason, every time the flash drive is plugged in it loses all the settings. So you have to reconfigure it each time. Bummer! Well, back to the drawing board.</p> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/7a8ef3d6-6126-412d-bebe-9c070c42fbbe/"><img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; float: right; border-left-style: none" class="zemanta-pixie-img" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=7a8ef3d6-6126-412d-bebe-9c070c42fbbe" /></a></div> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-41303337110327312912009-10-20T19:16:00.001-06:002009-10-20T19:16:15.084-06:00Fall Has Fell
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/L6WqOTTVNDtfWyFGFGnisOC2eu3xBiBw9Y60Vfq8xaBWFPYvXpLJmdRCZPWI/SSPX0283.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/bdCSE3tWRPXiu3CB5XdomTbE3dGYtip3wYPDfPLIWtlT4iLWw32Ix7BrAYKE/SSPX0283.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Today the trees are showing more yellow than green. There's an ominous wind rocking my van and whistling through the window.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/fall-has-fell">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-67443321320004161952009-09-30T10:54:00.001-06:002009-09-30T10:54:43.118-06:00My Little Flowerbed - As Of Yesterday
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/2T9ndjhWH0nopXUyhKy7Md6230T4lVbNWswMKZ8VUqlgenvRoGXC1wb4bgW5/SSPX0261.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/xYXsVNnmKqhLeuYF4qo4JrrWx29u0d7OoFCg1XPoCSLLNR4ro9oL7gCHUZJm/SSPX0261.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>It's given me enjoyment this summer. But I fear its days are numbered.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/my-little-flowerbed-as-of-yesterday">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-79795608978353549262009-09-25T13:45:00.001-06:002009-09-25T13:45:08.617-06:00Thinking About the Mountain Men of Old
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/c6DB4brYC1kFZXs5Fj8cub4YEVecyAcbWczNeVI7s3xG5NmiNkb56CqSNJ28/SSPX0258.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/1RcLlzoNJsY8iyXaaQmxS7j4wkgfAdMef7PinqTEF2ucgbW8Vg2slp626XHh/SSPX0258.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Wandering here by the river, I'm imagining the mountain men who once knew this very spot. I see the trapper in his buckskins paddling a canoe heavy with furs down the river to Fort Uncompahgre. As he rounds this last bend before the fort, he paddles a little faster. He's been on the river since early morning and he knows they have public restrooms at the fort...</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/thinking-about-the-mountain-men-of-old">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-16471577662147823692009-09-22T17:50:00.001-06:002009-09-22T17:50:39.924-06:00Container Gardening
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/JBAZGREL6VpDoy6zY8xrOvIMT5xJEFuCvtzJNLzYdnFXAr4jfkdf7AELkFoZ/SSPX0255.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/zh8rX8X3EiF1KQYbpXCImqQAE9ORr3qWXWnSBdfSIVFWVJS5jMgo9UjfCkt1/SSPX0255.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>A freeze was predicted for last night. So Ronnie and I spent the afternoon carrying in April's garden. By putting plants in the office and here upstairs, we were able to get most of it. Container gardening has some advantages! I like having some plants up here.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/container-gardening">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-18759502660036567822009-09-07T13:44:00.001-06:002009-09-07T13:44:45.584-06:00Relaxing By The River
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/EDZJ8t3hsViO0JEmRjdueRknW8Z56GnKZhswJTTLejThqkRXdSEsgfB5W9VL/SSPX0247.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/zbvdWgl3yYE7S0ZPpCazphyilHgm6eLBR5ltXuMbPu9jVNz6PYJ0OOblxPC9/SSPX0247.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>I'm here at my current favorite place to spend my day off. I just spent the last hour talking to some old guy who was "pontificating" about the "intellectual wasteland" of this country today. But that's okay -- I enjoy visiting with people.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/relaxing-by-the-river">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-88798971795451182942009-09-06T19:20:00.001-06:002009-09-06T19:20:21.608-06:00Somewhere Over The Rainbow
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/wZG6b2J8CyA9Vu57Edr4F22QyDxk8erzr8evBUpk1cDrsurwngHIib7x9l55/SSPX0245.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/xsq27LGdkboCFv3OXudgSzFlzPBfhyiXH2UdiUw7HTxAKvF4NGsEB2vPIaw1/SSPX0245.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Pretty rainbow over our neighbor's cornfield. If you look closely, you can see it's a double rainbow.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/somewhere-over-the-rainbow-18">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-30226893914875149892009-08-29T19:38:00.001-06:002009-08-29T19:38:10.041-06:00An Evening Constitutional
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/OZtUH7WTQLeHwibWgWFvjpWeXRHz2sBIiQPCOCy04GFQAlqEp1ocl7qcoFXU/SSPX0239.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/B16i8AlpXXUDcaJFPJFuHZ3PDtcMqgQDpb8vcpicm11nax2CNnWYUU6ogXZD/SSPX0239.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Veronica is teaching her goats to behave on a lead. These goats are tiny, but they're nearly full-grown.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/an-evening-constitutional">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-27004553296100623642009-08-29T18:37:00.001-06:002009-08-29T18:37:49.054-06:00The Old Hippie VW Bus Brings Back Memories
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/152639332/"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/cmcikJqfwnovvFummGhrovFgefzBJpfJfHyygogxaiyaqtFulIItcJFfvwGd/media_httpfarm1staticflickrcom47152639332affd26e17ajpg_FBhDatkxyHvCeax.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="333"/> </a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/152639332/">flickr.com</a></div> <p>Years ago, we had a VW bus of about this vintage. Ours wasn't quite so fancy -- it was just plain purple.</p></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/the-old-hippie-vw-bus-brings-back-memories">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-24995945925524326822009-08-24T11:52:00.001-06:002009-08-24T11:52:31.034-06:00Napping In My Car Again
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/qIXXU6H8xfPhbOhU1qGCSBowe3e6U5JkvPWr8MWcuGpxbUu30kWWjecoPH1i/SSPX0228.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/QGQK6PKwah9342yDxvX0JjlDsy0ay2ePVjeNJVAts9caQUMTUEr6peXKw9gP/SSPX0228.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>You know you're getting old when your idea of recreation is to go to the park and take a nap in your car!</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/napping-in-my-car-again">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-34454010935369808532009-08-21T13:17:00.001-06:002009-08-21T13:17:27.120-06:00Goofing Off Today
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/Gam1KDFoQqO2YD2IC4pPsn5nfdfPOiBq8tl7DTZtAXMYGW9FCGJVcP460qVz/SSPX0227.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/p3WffoAHuxN1KVGmnCIUpVtVDgqY6DiRLt8MNXvem3FWqKcr6NRuvGmz6oej/SSPX0227.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Today I'm celebrating NOT having to do jury duty! The trial was cancelled, so I didn't have to go. Instead, I took the day off to relax in the Delta park. They always have such pretty flowers in Delta! (This picture is not of their prettiest ones -- just the closest.)</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/goofing-off-today">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-36136357636632647762009-08-07T15:10:00.001-06:002009-08-07T15:10:04.629-06:00I Thought I Was An Only Kitten!
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/qfuxSfNUObHjP3CK5gLbMzumawGvHSGdsbWaIG6JbVJU0ASCpmSPcGUIChqs/SSPX0222.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/JhqBiq0HW5UYfLnR065nq6b7txRZx1s6g1D4YP89tQGF9ImMyavVSDbbWJbg/SSPX0222.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Sadie is amazed to find another blue-eyed kitten right in our own office.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/i-thought-i-was-an-only-kitten">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-87814724815152895892009-08-06T12:16:00.002-06:002009-10-22T22:33:38.801-06:00Whitey Likes My Scruffy-Looking Flowerbed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTNcyDo_oAO5p-uQmRvkIIkEdlY7px_ZoDSK3SkKe0mTSaaFXuC71XhbK2EB0l2ibMKaIJsFsJqG4SJ58SOYI6O4m71-YW2DG6g77FVVRudXqBemyWuOjDHYiCYQ_KR3aVj-jHSwy3wEg/s1600-h/SSPX0217.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTNcyDo_oAO5p-uQmRvkIIkEdlY7px_ZoDSK3SkKe0mTSaaFXuC71XhbK2EB0l2ibMKaIJsFsJqG4SJ58SOYI6O4m71-YW2DG6g77FVVRudXqBemyWuOjDHYiCYQ_KR3aVj-jHSwy3wEg/s320/SSPX0217.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395648829546315266" /></a><br />It doesn't look like much, but I worked pretty hard on it this spring. Now I find a certain satisfaction in seeing my untamed flowers (and weeds) happily blooming. Whitey has been chasing the grasshoppers. Great sport!<p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/whitey-likes-my-scruffy-looking-flowerbed">Shirley's posterous</a> </p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-298167456593617542009-06-28T12:08:00.001-06:002009-06-28T12:08:44.482-06:00Overrun With Kittens!
<a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/uYI65TvhaC8l210ProUA3zPoQAneA3z4BQGrhkyDsBAAu552TcmlRwSFqxA6/SSPX0198.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/63tHJ4AzhNgu2qaA7JgpXjQ1emB8w1NJQA4H9CfyO8j4aUhAbUxLjXGt6zNs/SSPX0198.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>They're everywhere you look.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/overrun-with-kittens">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-39749522923549806222009-04-25T20:45:00.001-06:002009-04-25T20:45:57.658-06:00Veronica's Baby Goats<br /><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/XuJsbPf7Y7EAgAoHUaRv22cZ8DgCvfUR72CnIZqOvmdCEgrBrlCYU4zcfTeL/SSPX0176.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/9VFYvxOk4TdsoRbd3YPAKc3EMQIg3El8BLvGOc3HeGWs2pliekmmHp4eLdyX/SSPX0176.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Today Ronnie's little goats arrived. We've spent the last two days fixing up a pen for them. They will be her 4-H project. Cute little devils! They are six-week-old Nigerian Dwarfs.</p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/veronicas-baby-goats">Shirley's posterous</a> </p> Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508017529647777168.post-85299744702586118302009-04-22T13:24:00.002-06:002009-04-26T22:18:03.990-06:00Cherry Trees Dressed Up For Earth DayOn a day something like today around fifty years ago, I helped plant these big old trees. I can still see the barrels of water with little baby trees in them. The trees smelled like the peat moss they were shipped in. I would pull a tree out of the barrel and clip the roots the way Daddy showed me. Then Daddy and my little brother would hold the tree in its new hole while Mama, my sister and I sighted it in so the rows were nice and straight. We'd fill in the dirt, give it a bit of water and go to the next one. We three kids took turns at moving the tractor forward. I remember how I had to concentrate to keep from lurching over the furrows in the orchard which would cause the water to splash out of the barrels. But if that happened, Daddy didn't get mad. He'd just laugh and say, "Careful!" I must have been about eleven.<p></p><p><a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/L7GLSPMH4ReAcJ8MDiuLpHtVLM8DzVujopbrxIai3fr1uM0FPldCwFb9qc6G/SSPX0168.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/5TBp6s8SDkgdKooHBY0HuTRaPbRHELUSCZSDjgVlEkDweaNEs8z716Qf5rOj/SSPX0168.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/hjVXVVP49bLltOAL7Z1DDZiDzbUkBnVTyLwb5maybBEBtaQKyEHaflLOZ1z1/SSPX0169.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/grandma-shirley/pLfzV9BdBy3s2DubTFUQdMhWi4sFvOgrhXBlCqJM4glIIkhXjaMt532kyPI6/SSPX0169.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/cherry-trees-dressed-up-for-earth-day">See the full gallery on posterous</a><p></p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://grandma-shirley.posterous.com/cherry-trees-dressed-up-for-earth-day">Shirley's posterous</a> </p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392790373084397945noreply@blogger.com0