Today, after a heavy rain the previous day, I put the first wavy petunias in the planter and window box. Spring Break has officially begun!
Stay tuned for the Clothesline Challenge 2011 beginning May 1st (my dryer truly needs a rest).
On a very unrelated note... Any Friday Night Lights fans out there? For those of you without pay television, the fifth and final season has at last begun on NBC. I've already gone ahead and watched Season Five on DVD (don't worry...no spoilers here) and the final episode is just as sweet as southern tea.
Showing posts with label Clothesline Challenge 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clothesline Challenge 2011. Show all posts
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Green Chit Chat
A big thank you so much to the three of you who have already signed up for this year's Clothesline Challenge!
Robin from Simple.Green.Organic.Happy, my very forgiving penpal from Australia, and Willo from Green Gracious jumped right on board within hours of my posting. And the official challenge doesn't even start until May 1st!
This year I promise not to be as lazy and offer some more green giveaways. I'm teaming up with a blogger-soon-to-be-revealed who is quite fabric-crafty and who will no doubt have some clothesline-related doo-dads up her sleeve(s).
As we get closer to spring, I always like to peruse the latest edition of Kids Garden News from kidsgardening.org. Two items stood out:
If you are in the Grand Rapids/East Lansing area of the country, the 19th Annual Children & Youth Gardening Symposium will be held there towards the end of July. Many moons ago Green Husband presented at this conference and I tagged along. If they are offering garden tours this year, be sure to take advantage of this very inspiring opportunity.
Are you a teacher? In the mood for a lot of slaw? Know a third grade class who would like to raise some cabbages? Then check out Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Program. I mean, really, is there anything more that can be said about this...?
And finally I leave you with a fitting and timely excerpt from a poem by Jane Kenyon, one of my favorite poets.
Robin from Simple.Green.Organic.Happy, my very forgiving penpal from Australia, and Willo from Green Gracious jumped right on board within hours of my posting. And the official challenge doesn't even start until May 1st!
This year I promise not to be as lazy and offer some more green giveaways. I'm teaming up with a blogger-soon-to-be-revealed who is quite fabric-crafty and who will no doubt have some clothesline-related doo-dads up her sleeve(s).
As we get closer to spring, I always like to peruse the latest edition of Kids Garden News from kidsgardening.org. Two items stood out:
If you are in the Grand Rapids/East Lansing area of the country, the 19th Annual Children & Youth Gardening Symposium will be held there towards the end of July. Many moons ago Green Husband presented at this conference and I tagged along. If they are offering garden tours this year, be sure to take advantage of this very inspiring opportunity.
Are you a teacher? In the mood for a lot of slaw? Know a third grade class who would like to raise some cabbages? Then check out Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Program. I mean, really, is there anything more that can be said about this...?
And finally I leave you with a fitting and timely excerpt from a poem by Jane Kenyon, one of my favorite poets.
The shadow of smoke rising from the chimneyfrom "Bright Sun after Heavy Snow" by Jane Kenyon, from The Boat of Quiet Hours. © Graywolf Press, 1986.
moves abruptly over the yard.
The clothesline rises in the wind. One
wooden pin is left, solitary as a finger;
it, too, rises and falls.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Clothesline Challenge 2011!!!
Yes, Virginia, there will be a Clothesline Challenge 2011.
Veterans, dust off your clothespins and find those lines buried under the snow.
Gift of Green's Clothesline Challenge 2011 begins May 1st.
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