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Orange County Choppers Set
Orange County Choppers Set
Wizard of Oz Set
Wizard of Oz Set
Snow White PEZ Set
Snow White Set
Matchbox & Hot Wheels
A new addition to the Collections room, I have some of my cars which are still in package hung here. The first column has Matchbox Vipers. The Second column is Hot Wheels Vipers. The Third column is various Matchbox cars. The Fourth column is the new Camaro Concept. The last column is various Hot Wheels cars.
Beanie Babies
Who could resist these plushy animals? They were gonna put your kids through college right? Yeah.
I was caught up as well. Now I still collect the bears when I see them, yard sales are wonderful for this.
Beanie Baby Bears
Hippity, Hoppity & Floppity
Batch
Other Batch
The first time Izzy and Rainbow were released, the color palates were switched. I got them both ways.
Action Figures
I think one of the first action figures I ever owned was a Star Trek figure. I'm not sure which one was the first, but I remember liking Worf and LaForge alot, you might be able to tell that. I am hoping to supplant this picture if I can find the cardboard backs to the figures, I'll match the figures with their accessories.
When the Star Wars movies were being re-released I was able to go buy some new figures. I have mixed my collection with the one I inherited from my brother. Please note, I do not care about any percieved lack of continuity in regards to styles of weapon that may or may not be held by a character.
Spring Again
It’s that time of year again. In North Carolina Spring has come pretty early. This year I am expanding my backyard garden space. Doubling in fact. I purchased 6 more 8’ timbers and am adding a section immediately next to the existing garden.
You may recall that when I did the original section I turned over the top foot of soil, tilled and added a garden mix from my local supplier and tilled again. I also had a week off from work which I don’t have this year. This time I cut the grass as low as my mower goes and am covering with a couple layers of newspaper. After I get the timbers cut and in place I will get another load of garden mix.
I’m ditching the metal fencing this time around. I can admit it was pretty ugly, and didn’t do that great a job. It was something nice for plants to grow up though, so it’ll be missed in that regard. I found a nice white picket fence that’s not too expensive, something like this fence.
Catching Up
The lettuce is coming in, but the celery did not. The carrots are coming in, but the spinach is not. The Sugar Snaps are doing great but neither the tomato nor the pepper plant came up. The lettuce came in really well so I thinned by transplanting a dozen or so to where I had planted the celery. I bought a few tomato and pepper plants a week ago and planted them. They are doing well and I look forward to eating them. The watermelons have sprouted.
I weeded my gardens today. It's so much easier to do when the dirt has never been stepped on.
While weeding I found this egg. It was inside the fence and near the edge.
I have taken to a strange practice with my rain barrel. I grow catnip in it. Maybe none of the reasons I do it are any good but here they are anyway. First, because I can. Catnip grows very easily and quickly puts out roots in water. Secondly, I have found the water, if left to it's self, will start to smell bad. With a plant growing in it that usually goes away. I suspect that the catnip feeds off bird droppings and other dead plant life such as algae that sometimes grows.. Thirdly, I found that catnip is a pretty good deterrent to ants. If I can water with a natural ant deterrent then I will. I'll never forget the nightmare of stepping onto the walkway of my garden to find that it woke up the colony. I've since planted some catnip in that spot and I haven't had trouble since, but spreading the love around is OK with me.
Maybe I'm just crazy but I feel like this helps.
Hop Rhizomes
I purchased some hop rhizomes from my local brewing shop. I got Cascade and Magnum. Which are supposed to be two varieties that are both hardy and popular for beer recipes. For once the layout of my yard is really working to my advantage. I have a side of the house that faces south without anything else going on over there. I followed their instructions for planting and they should be ready to grow up some twine to my roof line.