The Country of Zirconic

Andrew, my sister's son, established a micronation in his man cave, in 2009. I helped him set up the Facebook page for it. He's done a great job working on it, dutifully holding elections twice a year. Somehow he always wins as Prime Minister. ;-) As the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, I invite you to read the new micronational wikipedia entry on The Country of Zirconic. I love these two items from the Constitution: 8. All citizens are allowed to be of any sexuality. They shall not be judged based on who they are attracted to. 9. All citizens...

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Morning Sun

In a couple of weeks, my fluffle-upagus turns one year old! There shall be a picspam. In the meantime, this is a picture I took this morning...

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My Backyard

I'm sitting in my backyard, with a glass of grape juice. My belly is full of barbecued pork. Tonight was my best barbecue yet. I stacked the pyramid of brickettes, doused them with starter fluid, waited a minute as per the package, them lit them. I set a timer n my iPad, so that I wouldn't be tempted to start grilling too early. I grabbed potato salad from the fridge and ate that. Then I started watering my plants. I'm surrounded by growth. The catnip is blooming with little pink flowers. The white nancy has white flowers. The cherry tomato plant...

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Butter'n'egg it is

I didn't go on a weed killing rampage after discovering I had a noxious weed in my backyard. If it was good enough for my grandmother, it's good enough for me. I did removed some of them, but have decided they can live along the fence. I'm slowly establishing patches of good grass that I seeded myself, to keep the weed population down. I did a lot of yardwork today. I've reached the point of deciding I have enough plants. No, really. See, it hasn't rained for a few days. Without rain ... I have a lot of watering to do! Yesterday I bought a...

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Gardening oops

Back in May, I noticed this plant popping up in my garden. I thought it might be a weed. A few questions here and there, and it was identified in a gardening forum as a wallflower. "Cool!" I thought. "It's not a weed after all, and it will look so pretty when it blooms!" Only it never bloomed. I eventually mowed most of them down. They spread rapidly through the backyard. In the last couple of days, there was a blooming. "Cool!" I thought....

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Two roses!

Two roses!, a photo by angelamermaid on Flic...

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My rose bush has officially bloomed!

My rose bush has officially bloomed!, a photo by angelamermaid on Flickr.Via Flickr:Y...

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Home Ownership

I bought the house knowing that the furnace was 30 years old. That was part of the price - old furnace. The home inspector said he didn't think it had been serviced ever. A Groupon for furnace cleaning and maintenance appeared that week and I bought one. Dude was just here. He confirmed that it's never been serviced. The ducts were "disgustingly filthy" and he couldn't do too much work on the furnace until they're cleaned. The Groupon gives me a 10% discount on duct cleaning so I booked another appointment. He did check the heat exchanger and...

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Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day, a photo by angelamermaid on Flickr.Yes, that's my tatt...

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