Katie and the Copy Kim

Once there was a girl named Katie.

Katie had a lot of good ideas. Katie listed many capers Katie's blog, often with links.

One day Copy Kim went to Katies post about a funny caper. Kim clapped her hands and laughed. Kim liked Katie's capers. Kim decided to copy Katie's capers.

Kim took pictures. Then Kim procrastinated a very very long time.

Then Karen (who should maybe get a blog, hmmm, Karen?) reminded Kim to post copies of Kim's Katie Copying Caper. So Kim complied:

April Fool's Day, 2006

Cupcakes for Dinner?

Meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato frosting. (Note to self: Next time frost using the pastry bag with frosting tips) -- (you must imagine Gark's dismay at finding them frosted with mashed potatoes, the poor child. But true to form, the meat he liked)

Chicken Pot Pie for Dessert?

"Chicken Not Pie" contains pudding, dried apples, and a lot of carefully shaped candy under a real pre-baked crust. VERY convincing looking. (Note to self: Next time prepping all the candy the night before would be wise, it will take longer than you think.)

Thank You, Katie, for your excellent holiday traditions, and taking the time to post them - with links - on your blog. And Thank You, Karen, for reminding me I hadn't posted them!

Garden Notes ~ Early April

I'll start with the oldest first.

One week after I posted my Looking for my garden post, I went out and took more pictures:

In my garden 3/28/06

most important to me: my first peek of my squill (Scilla siberica)

more pix of the grape vine twists, playing with the macro (there's more on my flickr pix, some with the sky behind like Kelly suggested, but I'm still having focus troubles with the macro):

daylillies starting to grow ...

In my garden Two Days Later 3/30/06

more squill buds ~ I can't quite capture the vibrant violet these are in the sun. They are deeper "in real life"

The next day those same 3 buds were in full bloom (more at Flickr):

more squill - click the link for larger sizes at flickr, some of these really turned out nice ~ maybe even "get prints to hang on the wall" nice:

And a double rainbow (also linked to the bigger flickr pix):

And a few days after that (Friday April 5th) we got our usual Michigan April Fool's:

and the leeks peeked out:

and last but not least, we found the crocus that hides in our "woods":

As of today, the patches of squill that turn into little blue oceans are filling in, but I think I still have another week before it peaks. I have many more pictures than I've posted, but I'm sure I've already overwhelmed my poor dial-up friends, and I apologize. I'll try to be more timely so that at least I'm only posting one day's worth, rather than more than a week!

The Truth about my Blog

I have taken TONS and TONS of pictures in my garden!

My squill is blooming, despite the snow. I have one crocus and many daffodil buds. I'm taking pictures as they grow. I just haven't managed to get them up HERE yet. But I haven't forgotten! Really I haven't!

So ... stay tuned! Today could be the day!