Orchid

This is the second blooming for this orchid this year, which is a first for me! The second pic is just with the sunlight shining through.

Pumpkin walk '08

Here's some fun pictures from this year's pumpkin walk.
















This years theme was: EVERYDAY HEROES


Noah's Ark

The Greatest American Hero (remember that show from the 80's??)













The fearless MAIL-man!

Indiana Jones

Larry Boy from Veggie Tales

Our sports coaches and teammates can be our heroes...

Kung Fu Panda

A very thin Smokey. He must have just woke up from hibernation

All hail King Arthur! Long live the King!

Gotta remember the people who keep our guts from spilling out all over the place...














Some historical heroes: from left to right: Harriet Tubman, M.L. King Jr., George Washington. Bottom: Clara Barton and Thomas Edison.














Mo-Tab














Wouldn't want to meet this pumpkin in a dark alley...















Phelps= half man/ half Shark!















Our armed heroes















Dads are heroes















I don't know what the "FP" means














Making Christmas, la la la...!














And Logan's own Brent Carpenter

Mr T.

Gomer Pile

Andy Griffith














Moses parting the Red sea














Michael "Gourdan"



























Pele














Babe Ruth














Einstein
















Can someone tell me who this one is? Who are the darlings?














The farm animals are always my favorite ! They're so cute!

I got some fun pics of Callie from last Tuesday's visit. She's a girl so she loves to play dress up! Fun wig, huh?

an amazing talent

My wonderful, totally awesome friend Laura made this really, really nice present for me. She's a photographer and she loves what she does. She does an excellent job too, in my opinion!
She sent this to me in as really nice frame from her work. Isn't it beautiful?

Yay!

Here's my laceleaf Japanese maple doing its thing for fall.

The way the light was coming through my window and making my plants' leaves glow was really pretty. This purple one is fascinating in the way the leaves kind of change color based on the direction you look at it. It's called a Rhoeo, oyster plant, Moses in a boat, mostly for the shape of the flowers. This has never flowered and I'm having a hard time finding pictures of it on the internet to show you what the flowers look like.

A few years ago when I was at the school greenhouse, I found a small piece of a stem in the garbage can. I took the segment home, not knowing what it was and it grew into this! This is a leaf from my rubber tree,another one of my first rescues. I found it in a dumpster in my old apartment in Salt Lake with no pot, no soil around the roots, and no leaves on it whatsoever. But I potted up the bare sticks and they grew into a lovely little tree! This one has traveled with me in my moves between Washington and Utah several times. That bright green color is great, eh?

This wandering jew was started from a piece I found on the floor at Lowe's. If you look closely you can see the crystaline texture through out the leaves.

Called the "Heart Leaf" Philodendron(for obvious resons), this photo was inspired by my totally awesome friend Laura. I "heart" it!