Blowing Wild

An Add-On Poem by Kit & Johnnny

Title: Blowing Wild
Date Written: April 1, 2010
(Line 1: Kit, Line 2: Johnnny, etc.)
Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved.

Blowing Wild

A windy gust set my mind blowing wild
Ideas were flying into brainstorms high-styled
It was like Lady Gaga had hijacked the air
Take over control of the whole affair
Expecting to influence the whys and the whats
Inspecting in sequence all the opens and shuts
Quite suddenly I knew I was about to slip
Big waves knocked us to the back of the ship
Where a laughing deckhand offered a strange brew
Now we're well-grounded, all is straight and true
Eyes to the horizon behind rose-colored glasses
Time spent with you seems to flow like molasses
A velvety compound we knead into dough
We need to know how big will it grow.

An Add-On Poem by Kit & Johnnny

Title: Blowing Wild
Date Written: April 1, 2010
(Line 1: Kit, Line 2: Johnnny, etc.)
Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved.

Plant Plans

Johnnny: Plan your plants and plant your plans.

Kitz: Plant your work and work your plants.

Johnnny: Love your work and work your love.

Dehydrated Water

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If things are too dry in your area
consider buying some dehydrated water.
If things are too wet in your area
consider using dehydrated water.
Either way, it's a good idea!
buy dehydrated water

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Congratulations

Congratulations!

Today you're the oldest you've ever been,

and the youngest you will ever be.

Clink & Drink.

Honda Headlight

Honda Haiku:
This is how the world
looked, reflecting through the eye
of our CR-V.

Color Coordination

Apparently the new fad is having matching flowers and nails. Actually, while photographing some new shade pots under our deck stairs, my wife's foot jumped into the frame. Serendipitously, her new painted toenails were similar in colorization to our coleus and impatiens that we snapped up at the closing-for-the-year sale. It's always sad when the days start getting shorter. It seems like people start getting shorter too.

Legal Alien

This legal alien was found on our driveway. He put on his glasses so he could really check out our place. We will file this under the category of Temporary Art. After a rainstorm passed thru the area, he was gone. Chalk up another sighting of Legal Aliens.

Wealth For Yourself

An Add-On Poem by Kit & Johnnny
Title: Wealth For Yourself
Date Written: July 1, 2010
(Line 1: Johnnny, Line 2: Kit, etc.)
Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved.

Wealth For Yourself

What if we did win the big lottery
Our world would explode like an aspen tree
We'd buy a few things but-cha can't buy love
Can't keep it in savings, it hovers above
Buy the Dollar Store and a Wendys too
Investing in futures of me and you
Don't rock the houseboat in Amsterdam
The waves seem real but could be a scam
Trust ye not strangers whom ye know not
Eat only the fishes which you yourself caught
Wealth for yourself can come in numerous ways
No doubt you're a king through another man's gaze
Whether or not Lady Luck taps your shoulder
What matters most is in the eye of the beholder.

An Add-On Poem by Kit & Johnnny
Title: Wealth For Yourself
Date Written: July 1, 2010
(Line 1: Johnnny, Line 2: Kit, etc.)
Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved.

Pianophile

Just as a blogophile loves blogs and blogging, I would consider myself a pianophile. Any time a pianophile walks by a piano, it is hard not to hear what it sounds like and how it plays. My piano motto for a long time has been: I Like To Play. Seeing the inside of a piano (especially while playing it) is always fun, not to mention the increased sound from having opened up an upright piano. This is when it's nice to have some music memorized. You can watch the hammers hit the strings while listening to the giant surround sound of something that doesn't even need to be plugged in. It is never too late to start playing piano, and you can do it for the rest of your life.

Cats and Dogs

About ten days ago, just a small localized area where we live got four inches of rain in a very short period of time. Our avenue temporarily turned into a river.

In the wake of this early summer storm, we also ended up with a temporary lake in our back yard. Four quick inches of rain is all it took to give us some prime lake-front property.

We never knew that when we were putting in our rock gardens, the rocks would someday be a rampart between land and water.

Needless to say, after it rained Cat & Dogs, we didn't have to do much watering any time soon.

New Vegarden

This is one of two new vegetable gardens we've built in our backyard this Spring. At this point, all that was left to do on this one was to fill it with dirt, plant the vegetables, and put a fence around it to keep out the rabbits.

To get to this point, we pulled back the sod, put the lower layer of cedar 4x4 deck posts together on a flat surface (in the garage), carried it out, put it in place, and finally attached the second level of deck posts to the lower level with six inch screws.

Kit already has this garden planted, along with the other one which is on the opposite side of our backyard. Both will get full sun all day long (unless it's cloudy). The shorter end pieces are 4 feet and the longer sides are 10 feet. The actual outside length of the ends is 4 feet plus 3.5 inches (the width of the posts). The sides are 10 feet plus 3.5 inches. If you look at the corner, you can see we have the two levels put together differently so that the seams would not line up. (Click on the picture to see it closer up.)

Making gardens using 4x4 cedar deck posts was such a quick and easy way to add vegardens to our yard. We got the cedar at 55% off of its normal price since they said it was a bit old and weathered, which was perfect for building gardens!

Sky Blue Haiku

Why is the sky blue?

What if it changed to purple?

Let's leave the clouds white.

Final Performances

2010 May 25/26 Final Shows!

Lee or Crystal

Crystal or Lee

American Idol

Who will it be?

Born Out Of Wenlock

Meet the two new most famous British Blobs: Wenlock and Mandeville. These are your official mascots for the 2012 London Olympics. Wenlock is the mascot for the Olympics and is obviously named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock where, in the mid-19th century, the Wenlock Games became the inspiration for the modern Olympic movement. Mandeville is the Paralympics mascot and derived its name from Stoke Mandeville, in Buckinghamshire, home to Stoke Mandeville Hospital. I think these blob-like creatures look like a cross between Gumby and a Cyclops.

American Idol Top 3

The Final Three performed last night and all seemed worthy (to be in the Top 3). I hope the Final Two will either be Crystal/Casey or Crystal/Lee. It seemed like Lee was over-rated and praised by the Judges. A Crystal/Casey finale would be wonderful. Crystal is always so good. After she sings a song, I usually want to hear it again. Casey is good enough, as long as he sings songs suited for his voice. Lee seems quite raspy and a bit yelly lately and is starting to remind me of Joe Cocker. I hope Lee goes home, leaving a Crystal/Casey Finale.