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Close up of rain drops on a window.

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Rain drops on a window, different angle with a view of the neighborhood.

I couldn’t decide which photo I like better so I decided to post both. I took this photos on a rain December afternoon. It was raining quite hard and our upstairs bedroom window was just covered with big rain droplets. The first photo is a macro shot of the rain drops, while the second is just a view from a slightly different angle. You can see my neighbors houses across the street in the second photo.

I can’t say that I’ve taken many photos in the last few months, but now that spring is here I’m sure I’ll be getting outside with my camera to take lots of interesting pictures.

I’ve experimented with our photos this week. A few weeks ago I asked Jean from Orchids and Violets what filter she’s been using on her lovely photos and she was kind enough to tell me that she’s been using the photoshop Nagel Series 1 Borders actions on her photos. So I downloaded the software last night and ta da! The photos that I put up on this site and Tricia’s Musings this week are using the new borders.

Please don’t forget to visit my other site to see the lovely water fall that I posted. My husband has another photo of a lake that I took on his site too. Check them both out please.






Groundcover for sun and shade

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I’ve been asked what kind of perennial flowering plants would grow well on a slope, and at the base of the slope in an area shaded by trees.
Groundcovers work well on slopes. If the slope is in a full sun area you could try planting St. John’s Wort (Hypericum), Vinca minor, Ajuga, Verbena, and Wintercreeper. In shady areas you might try Vinca, Ajuga, Wintercreeper, Cornus canadensis (Bunch Berry), Bergenia, and Lamium maculatum.

Prepare the planting area well by removing weeds and amending the soil with organic matter. The organic matter will help hold soil moisture, and act as a natural fertilizer for the plants too. You can also add organic mulch around the plants to keep the weeds down until the plants start to grow and spread.

Kaenon Polarized Sunglasses

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As gardeners we spend a lot of times outdoors in the bright sunlight. Do you wear sunglasses to protect your eyes when you are working in the garden? I hope you do since the suns rays that are so beneficial to our plants can be damaging to our eyes.

ADS Sports eyewear is an optician owned and run online company that specializes in the sale of eyewear. They carry quite a variety of polarized sunglasses, sports sunglasses, motorcycle glasses, prescription sunglasses, ski goggles and protective sports eyewear.

The lens that they use in many of their polarized sunglasses are Kaenon SR-91 polarized copper -12 lens. These lens cut glare more effectively than any other polarized lens material. It’s also a very durable material that is virtually indestructible. Think about it. These kinds of lens might come in handy not just to protect your eyes from the sun, but also to protect your eyes when some nasty thorny rose branches snap back at you.

Sports professionals are beginning to use Kaenon polarized lens. NY Mets Tom Glavin is pictured above wearing the Kaenon Kore sunglasses.

You can purchase Kaenon polarized sunglasses as well as prescription sunglasses using the SR-91 lens from ADS Sports Eyewear. You’ll get a free hard case for your sunglasses with every pair of Kaenons that you purchase.

ADS Sports Eyewear carries a wide range of sunglasses from the Kaenon sunglasses that I’ve discussed to Serengeti and other well known brand names. Visit the site and get some new sunglasses.

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