Super cute new Crocs

I'm sick of lookin' at everybody's Crocs. Even though I live in my Birkenstock Birkis that are similar (but with a much more European, gnome-like flair). But I have to admit that I will be wearing these come spring, if I can ever afford anything new after I get my car fixed...again...

Sticky!

Patrick Dougherty makes art that really works with nature, I mean... I could mkae something grow like that if I had 4,000 years to do it- and I want to live in one of his pieces.

I guess I can go see some of his work right now in Grand Rapids or wait a bit and go to the Morton Arboretum...

That's all I have to say about it.

Reminder.... Angelica gigas!

I have to remember to get me some of this..hubba hubba!

Search ended! Variegated Cyperus alternifolius!

I have a kick ass photo from a book of some variegated Cyperus stalks branching gracefully over a pile of old bowling balls and this photo has just haunted me because I couldn't find the plants anywhere! Which is odd, because we can find anything we want (or don't) these days, right? Well I finally found it at lilyblooms.com and I'll buy a bunch of it when we finally move...

Darth Vader dress!

Ohmigod! This dress from adressaday.com rocks the solar system!

Best garden hat yet

I've really been hard on hats- it's hard to work quickly and function AND answer a cell phone and battle the wind.. but of everything I've tried this lil' $6 beauty from Asianideas.com has really worked for me- and the style actually prevents bad cases of hat hair! If it gets bent out of shape a little I just dump some water on it and put it in the sun to dry... smells like hay too...

they have some other great ones too, like the famous foldable hat...

What? Is that bean talking to me?

Is this ridiculous? A laser imprinted bean? "An organic twist on text messaging, this unique canned plant features beans that have been carefully lasered with "Welcome" on the side. Given as friendship, house-warming, or hostess gifts, your recipient simply pulls off the foil top and bottom and adds a little water to the soil. In about a week or so, the bean will poke through the soil revealing the special message." Does that seem bizarre to you?

The Kneepaddiest!

So, yeah- here are these awesome work pants from Duluth Trading with built in knee pads- and 9 pockets!!

Aren't they bad ass? These pants say, "I can plant that container for you and then later... wanna go roller derby and crush the other garden center in town to pieces?"

They have some other excellent products but it's all a little granola for me... Actually, it reminds me of how Banana Republic used to be back in the day... Remember when there as, like, a Jeep sticking out of the wall and stuff?

What I've been waiting for...

The apex of my hunt for good gardening clothes! Halleleujah!

And how friggin' cute???

Lola's Ranch!

update: seems they are no longer... anyone have a suggestion for something as cool?

Product I need to have

Isn't this sweet? I pulled it out of a catalog some years ago and I couldn't afford it then, well... now it's practically free at WalMart...

And as I am the messiest gardener ever I really do need it...

MMmm, good...

I really get a kick out of this cooking website, Plate Tectonics...

I have the patience to cook the stuff, but not to discuss it later!

Pendarvis Parsnip

A New Agey Moment with Amanda...

Here's my current hokey thought that's been running through my brain...

I've spent the last 2 days at my Mom's house and boy, do I feel better. Now, certainly my Mom and Terry have something to do with that but the word I can best describe my current mood as is "grounded" and I feel like that has something to do with not being in a second floor apartment for a few days. Literally, living closer to the ground. In the summer I garden in my own back yard, and in other people's enough where I don't notice it... but I really notice it now. And now that I've pointed it out to myself I have even less patience about our upcoming move.

Paczi Day is coming!

What's a dieter to do? The paczis are starting to show up in the market by my house and my mom has asked for a package of apricot, Daniel has already polished (get it?) off a box of cream ones... upon my insistence that they not stay in the house long or I will have to eat them.

Nothing is better than paczis...

I'll never have one again after we move to Indiana, right?

Fried Doughs from around the World

Holy Garden Furniture!

Gliders and Bouncers and Chaises, OH MY!


It's like the Mecca of Garden Furniture... RetroPatio.com!


I want it all and sadly, can afford none...


but totally inspiring nonetheless...

Mystery product...

I think they are seed packets...

I don't know, but I love the packaging...

Gliders and other garden benches

I love vintage lawn furntiture!

We are moving to the country. Er, at least it's more rural than Chicago or any of it's suburbs but it's really not all that isolated. Anyway, I am looking for a glider for out new place. I found this awesome website but I think I can probably come across on the old fashioned way... through hardcore garage sale-ing!

Garden benches are tough, I feel as if not many are made with the same thought and style as anything made for indoors. Well, I feel that way about nearly everything having to do with gardening- it's all style-less and made for old people!

If I can't get a glider...

I'll take this fabulous bench...

today's sewing lesson

More garden photos to love...

Garden photos I love

It's snowing again here and it gives me a minute to go through some old photos I found on the net and saved in some random folder...

Keep in mind that very little impresses me...

my idea of a woodland garden...

How much do I love this guy?

My tastes and style runs wildly between classic English borders to this, some of the most grooviest modern stuff ever. Or is it really?

I just love this Patric Blanc and his work!

Ya! Go Vertical Gardening, Go!

Gardening on your Xbox?

Did you know that there is a gardening "game" for Xbox?Viva Pinata . You tend to your garden and then pinata animals come in and live in it.

I didn't think I knew how I felt about it until I rolled this scenario around in my head..."Oh, you're a hardcore gardener? Me too, I play Viva Pinata all the time- and it's way harder than actually digging in dirt!"

That being said, I totally love pinatas...

Paper mache is soooooooooo my medium...

Tokyo Micro Garen- I Want One!

A tiny cell phone charm that can live for 6-8 months with no care or extra exposure to sunlight! OH! Need one!

"The towel slipped off!" Tales of Nude Gardening

This from a British newspaper....

What would OSHA say?