Author: Angela Pea

Wife. Mother. Engineer. Cancer Survivor. Knitter of Marvelous Things. Rider of Multiple Bikes. Fabulous Cook. Reader of All the Books. Eternal Optimist. Perpetually Happy.
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Achilles heel: Ice Cream

Battle cry: Bring It On.
Casket size: None — I plan to donate my body to science and then be cremated.
Deformity: one ear is significantly lower than the other.  To the point that when I make dangly earrings, one has an extra link in it.
Embarrassing nickname: Grace.  Because I’m not.  Graceful, that is.
Fish I’d most like to be if I were somehow, for some reason, forced to be turned into a fish: Mudskipper, because they show some inititive
Getaway route: Any path that will take me by a Carribean beach where I can become blissfully distracted
Hillbilly name (click here): Betty Rose Clementine
Inanimate object I most resemble: An hourglass
“Jack”, Favorite blogger named: That would be Jack Sh*t!, of course
Knot I have most trouble untying: Sheepshank.
Last lesson learned: Do not try to blend an entire blenderful of hot soup. 
Middle letter of middle name: A
Nearest Chinese restaurant: P.F. Chang
Oldest person I know: My MIL — She’s actually older than my Grandma
Pancakes, Favorite topping for: pecans and maple syrup.  The real stuff.
Quality I wish I had more of: patience
Rap artist I’d most like to chillax with: Usher.  Is he a rap artist?
Salad dressing I despise most: Catalina
TV show I wish would disappear forever: All reality TV programs
Underwear, Favorite kind/color: Clean, nude
Vice that I wish I could do away with: talking too loudly
Website that I check first every day: blogger
Xerox, Funniest thing I’ve copied on: a fern frond
“Yes,” Dumbest thing to which I’ve answered: “Can you help with the Cookie Sale?”
Zombie, Favorite “brain” dish if I ever became a: scrambled
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20{4}40 – Gardening

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 Lenten Challenge Following Ann, counting my blessings. 

181. Shovels
182. Compost bin
183. Large trash bag that are impervious to sharp things
184. Pruning shears
185. Bypass pruners
186. Anvil blade branch cutters
187. The little tiny foldable saw that is just mine
188. Leather work gloves
This is a dibbler!  Used for planting.
189. Dibbler
190. Elephant Garlic sets
191. Shallot sets
192. Baby tomato plants
193. Fennell
194. Sunflowers that volunteer every year
195. Asparagus
196. Asters that come back time and again
197. Tiller
198. Mulcher
199. Free mulch from leaves and yard debris
200. Tractor for mowing

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20{4}40 – Spring

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Tete-a-Tete Daffodils
I know that spring is officially here when these babies show up in the back garden.  They are miniature daffodils, each delicate blossom about as big as a quarter. The bulbs were shared with me many, many years ago by a very dear friend who is now gone.  I think of her every spring when mine poke their yellow heads up out of the ground.  In memory of Jean…today I am thankful for



 
 
 
 
161. Green grass arriving in the spring, reassuring us that the cycle continues
162. Robins
163. Geese flying over in huge V’s, yes my friends to the north, spring is coming!
164. Ferns that always surprise me with their curled sprouts
165. Boston ivy covering the back wall
166. Kites, especially the dragon
167. Remote control airplanes
168. Rockets
169. Recovering rockets, even after launching them with a charge that is a little too large
170. The wisteria that shades the back patio
171. Holly ferns
172. The sweet house wrens that build a nest every year in the hanging baskets on the patio, which means that every year, I don’t put new plants in them until the babies fly away.
173. The cardinal that nests in the holly tree
174. Warm breezes
175. Pulling the cover off the grill, cleaning her up and putting her back in service
176. Hamburgers with drippy cheese
177. Eating outside again
178. Fire pit on the deck for the chilly spring nights
179. Roasting marshmallows over the fire pit
180. Spring

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