Living Wall - Earth-friendly Friday

I love to garden – who doesn’t like to spend their weekends knee deep in dirt?

I look forward to the flowers and the fun. I scan seed catalogs starting in January, then I plan my planting, picking and then preparing some yummy homemade meals. There's no better way to cook than to go outside and grab some goodies right out of my front yard garden to whip up some homegrown goodness.

I use my front parking strip to plant flowers and veggies in raised beds and I’ve been doing it for over 20 years. But I never thought of creating a living wall. If you want to see more photos click on the "living wall" and scroll down to take a look. If you live in Portland, take a trip downtown to Modera and check it out for yourself.

I think this will be my next project-or maybe my husband's.

How about you? Any innovative ideas about gardening you’d like to share?

Answer to Riddle for Thursday

Answer: God doesn't think he's a Federal Court Judge.

RIDDLE for Thursday

QUESTION: What's the difference between God and a Federal Court Judge?

Come back at 3:00 to see the answer.

Answer to Word for Wednesday

Answer: favorable

If you'd like to see more, check it out here.

Word for Wednesday - a game for Writers

Word: Unpropitious

Take a guess - please add your guess to "comments" and then come back around 3:00 to see if you were right.

Tip for Tuesday - For Writers

A great writing resource is The Elements of Style by William Struck Jr. and E.B. White.

It's a short little book packed full with helpful tips, hints, and examples.

Here is one example of the types of advice listed in the book:

"Exclamations: Do not attempt to emphasize simple statements by using a mark of exclamation.

The exclamation mark is to be reserved for use after true exclamations or commands.

What a wonderful show!
Halt!

Margins: Keep right-hand and left-hand margins roughly the same width."


Have you found any great writing resources - please share them in the comments section. Thanks.

MONDAY, MONDAY - I HATE THAT DAY

"Monday Monday"

Mondays are never easy. I thought they were only supposed to be hard when I was young. NOT.

It's never easy to get up out of a warm cozy bed and get going.

Have you found any tricks to make Mondays easy-er?