Jun 24, 2012
Or, as I call it with my Minnesotan accent, “N’Orleeeens.”
This past week I’ve been infatuated with the Big Easy. I’m working on a short story idea that came to me a few months ago. And Megan introduced me to Oak Alley Plantation online. The photos are so… mesmerizing. Transforming. Enticing. Haunting.
So guess what. This Girl is now fantasizing about a trip down south. Not that it could happen any time soon (unless I win the lotto, which hasn’t happened yet). But still, it’s fun to plan.
I can taste the Mint Juleps. Smell the tobacco fields. Hear the jazz beats and slow drawls. Feel the humidity. And see the characters.
I even created a new Pinterest board last night: “N’Orleans“. Have I mentioned that I love Pinterest? It makes virtual travel so much more fun. Within five minutes, I had nearly fifty pins: buildings, streets, music, people, Mardi Gras, food… so much inspiration.
Indeed, I think I may make a new career for myself: the Pinterest Travel Guide. Tell me where you want to go, and I’ll pin so many ideas and create some wonderful itineraries for you and your travel guests. Yup. That’s my new calling. I’m almost sure of it.
And now if you’ll excuse me, I have some pinning writing to do.
And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
Jun 24, 2012
I’m starting a new weekly feature here at Frankly, My Dear… a run-down of the previous week’s posts, all in one neat little packaged post!
So if you’ve missed any readings, just click on the link and you’ll be caught up in no time.
Happy reading!
And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
My Favorite Christmas Movie: Why I don’t always wait for the holidays to watch it.
Lessons Learned: The Creepy Movie Edition: ‘Nuff said.
I Got Nothin’: When I didn’t feel like writing, I wrote anyway.
“What’s the Word?” Wednesday Blog Hop [June 20, 2012]. Check this out; great contributions from several bloggers this week!
Worthy Words: I’m falling in love with Photobucket.
Mojo Book Review (and a Giveaway!): The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour. Click here to enter to win!
My (Sometimes Not-So-) Great Outdoors: My greenthumb isn’t always.
Jun 23, 2012 |
The desert.
That wonderfully dry, sunny place where plants come and go in the strangest of conditions…
My yard.
That place where this not-so-green-thumbed-person tries to manipulate the elements. Sometimes successfully. Sometimes not.
This blog.
A public, digital record of where the two meet.
The most recent photos of my gardening and greenery attempts:
I neglected to take photos of my Green Pepper Plant. It’s terribly wilted and I can’t seem to revive it. It’s still very green, just wilted. So maybe I didn’t forget to photograph it, so much as I don’t want evidence of my being a plant killer blackthumb.
There are only two tiny flowers blooming in the front window garden. Next year, I’ll remember to lay down some soil first and rake in the seeds. Even when the container says it’s okay to scatter upon dry ground. ‘Cuz that’s obviously not too true.
Are you a greenthumb? What’s your favorite plant?
And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
