Vanessence: October 2015

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Happy Halloween!

Time for Trick or Treat! Are you ready?

Have fun and stay safe!

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Ummm, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that other 35% is pretty critical, because 65% just doesn’t cut it. I’m not creative at all. At. All. Not in a conventional sense or otherwise. I am the accountant, and I can’t even get creative with numbers.

You Are 65% Creative

You are beyond creative. You are a true artist – even if it’s not in the conventional sense of the word.
You love creating for its own sake, and you find yourself quite inspired at times.

How Creative Are You?

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

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Quiz

Friday, October 30, 2015

Halloween WWII Style

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Now those are some pumpkins! Happy Halloween!

Originally posted on Pacific Paratrooper:

This story is condensed from: EVERY VETERAN HAS A STORY_______

The other morning I woke up and looked out the window and saw pumpkins smashed and some decorations strewn. “Ah, good,” I said to my daughters, “someone has done their research on the history of Halloween!”

They rolled their eyes and kept reading the comics over their bowls of cereal. After 13 years of fatherhood, I’d lost the ability to shock them…or they were hoping by their indifference to ward off the inevitable history lecture to follow. If so — it didn’t work.

Foe much of our history, Halloween wasn’t about trick-or-treating or going around in costumes – it was about vandalism. Halloween celebrates the dark side, the side we reject and fear – all that we try to deny. Mischief making has historically been a part of that. If you look at newspapers 80 or 90 years ago…

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A Night at the Symphony

The Boston Symphony was performing Beethoven’s Ninth. In the piece, there’s a long passage about 20 minutes during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather than sit around the whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one.

After slamming several beers in quick succession, one of them looked at his watch. “Hey! We need to get back!”

“No need to panic,” said a fellow bassist, “I thought we might need some extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor’s score together with string. It’ll take him a few minutes to get it untangled.”

A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion.

“Well, of course,” said her companion, “Don’t you see? It’s the bottom of the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded.”

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I sure hope this orchestra has a percussion section because this joke needs a *rimshot*! Winking smile

Have a safe and fun Halloween!

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Nature Monday

I can’t believe it – 26 weeks of a garden! An entire half a year! In Northern IL! Seriously, how epic is that?! And some of the plants still even look halfway decent, too. The Snapdragons, Dianthus, and Marigolds are the heaviest hitters, but the Dusty Miller is holding pretty steady, and the Sweet Alyssum is hanging in there, as well. I am so thrilled, can you tell? lol

I had to give a nod to the Dianthus this week, after 2 weeks straight of Snapdragons. Their color is so vibrant still.

I really love Asparagus Fern. I love its lightness and airiness. It’s so feathery looking and fills out so well. I hope to get more next year.

I was trying to get close-ups of some of the flowers and I thought this one of the Lavender stalk would make a nice one and stand out against the beige of the pot behind it. Note to self, don’t try to take close-up shots of flowers on a breezy day. It only looks like the Lavender is photo-bombing the Marigold pot. D’oh! Silly Lavender!

What I did experiment with though, is the Windows Live Photo Gallery. That’s what I use for my blog posts with photos. They have this collage feature I’ve never tried before, so I put in some of the close-ups I took today to see what kind of collage they would make. I’m actually pretty pleased with how it turned out!