tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post3743061114764623178..comments2023-10-22T09:42:36.750-04:00Comments on Casa Mariposa: A Few Things I KnowCasa Mariposahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-16847370072647832632015-01-20T20:15:28.126-05:002015-01-20T20:15:28.126-05:00They are quite shocking, aren't they? I really...They are quite shocking, aren't they? I really like that quote. I believe in apologies when I've done something wrong but I won't apologize for liking what I like. Being me isn't wrong. Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-16471794811560550192015-01-19T14:57:05.613-05:002015-01-19T14:57:05.613-05:00What the heck is up with those "erect" s...What the heck is up with those "erect" shrubs and meatballs? Good lord! They are positively pornographic! This post put me in mind of a Julia Child quote which goes something like," No excuses and never apologize!"Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116583212813729057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-66384091894567097712015-01-18T11:35:29.991-05:002015-01-18T11:35:29.991-05:00As for that being a condom factory, it is possible...As for that being a condom factory, it is possible to have too much of a good thing! ;o) As for your garden being a reform school, maybe I'll start sending you my plants that misbehave.Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-56687216598058785882015-01-18T11:34:04.545-05:002015-01-18T11:34:04.545-05:00You have a standing invitation!! :)You have a standing invitation!! :)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-63189835127381679982015-01-18T08:48:45.363-05:002015-01-18T08:48:45.363-05:00Haha, love this post but it made me nervous about ...Haha, love this post but it made me nervous about just how much my garden reveals about me! <br />Tight little hedges and I love the prickly plants... no poison hemlock though, so I hope that's some redemption :) Maybe it's like a garden reform school, I see the good in all the bad characters but want to give them enough structure to help it come out.... but it ends up just being a prison? Ouch. I think ignorance is bliss, so I'll leave the self reflection to you and grab a lazy lawnchair and just enjoy the color! <br />God if that really was a condom factory I'd wet myself. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-84731972181946713202015-01-17T21:18:30.904-05:002015-01-17T21:18:30.904-05:00You and I both like warm, curvy, affectionate gard...You and I both like warm, curvy, affectionate gardens. You sound like you are more organized than I but I do like spending a lot of time contemplating different bits of the garden as you do. Plus I agree with your preference for the funkier sort of garden art rather than the pseudo-classical. One of these days I am going to have to see your garden in person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-63876736934708523562015-01-16T20:54:58.331-05:002015-01-16T20:54:58.331-05:00Your garden is immaculate! I don't think of ga...Your garden is immaculate! I don't think of gardening as a chore but it does feel like work sometimes but work that I enjoy. I love the physicality of gardening. It feels good to be dirty and exhausted at the end of the day. I'm not much of a sitter, either. I'd rather be up doing something, unless I'm reading.Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-5506685542296838992015-01-16T20:39:57.204-05:002015-01-16T20:39:57.204-05:00You're my brother from another mother. :o) We ...You're my brother from another mother. :o) We are quite the same, aren't we? I love your description of your garden as voluptuous. That's what I like, too. I feel uncomfortable in gardens that seem so tightly regimented and restrained. My garden is always teetering on the edge of chaos and often falls right in. :o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-79192069043849513192015-01-16T19:03:41.766-05:002015-01-16T19:03:41.766-05:00Oh, you are more organised than me, I don’t make l...Oh, you are more organised than me, I don’t make lists of what to do, I just go out in the garden and see what needs doing most, then I sit down for a moment and ask myself ‘is that what I would like to spend today doing?’ Nothing in my garden is a chore, but it doesn’t mean I can’t be swayed to do something different. I rarely just sit and do nothing – it takes 5 minutes and I am up deadheading or planting again. <br />And my garden is the most important room in my house, the place where I take all my photos and movies, the only place I go outside except for when going to hospital and my inspiration for many creative hours on the computer – and I think the garden reflects me pretty well, most people call me a very tidy person and my garden is….well, the same :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-78204193858075989522015-01-16T17:15:59.026-05:002015-01-16T17:15:59.026-05:00HI Tammy, that's funny and brilliantly written...HI Tammy, that's funny and brilliantly written. It's eerie how I recognise many of the same aspects in myself, but I would say that I'm no where near as creative, especially when it comes to your funky art, bird boxes and decorated pots - they're inspired. The garden style I go for is a voluptuous garden so crammed and packed with plants, colour, fragrance and flowers that it looks as though it's constantly on the verge of tipping into complete chaos.Sunil Patelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17998062749546109287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-48638107694736877732015-01-16T17:02:52.550-05:002015-01-16T17:02:52.550-05:00I can see you as a secret hippie. :o) Those giant ...I can see you as a secret hippie. :o) Those giant man junk shrubs are just so wrong I had to include them. I would have been a giant weenie for missing such a great opportunity. ;o) Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-28473534847698914372015-01-16T17:01:02.956-05:002015-01-16T17:01:02.956-05:00I've never been to the Vatican so I had to Goo...I've never been to the Vatican so I had to Google what the square looked like but I do see the similarity! Cockscomb just bugs me as do any tall skinny shrubs. I do wonder if that building was landscaped like that on purpose or if the whole thing was meant as a joke. Either way, it was so funny I couldn't pass it up. :o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-87737082431277277442015-01-16T16:57:18.606-05:002015-01-16T16:57:18.606-05:00A garden is always more than a garden. :o) It'...A garden is always more than a garden. :o) It's a place to explore, experiment, and dream. :o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-31701320880490147772015-01-16T14:13:04.227-05:002015-01-16T14:13:04.227-05:00I love that your garden reflects you, Tammie--that...I love that your garden reflects you, Tammie--that's the way things should be! I once had a neighbor tell me, when my lilies were in bloom--all in different clashing shades--that my garden reflected my hippie roots. Ha, I never was a hippie, but I secretly wanted to be:) By the way, I won't even tell you what those tall evergreens look like to me; surely, they have been the source of many jokes and sniggers.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-29816250579894974102015-01-15T13:40:44.224-05:002015-01-15T13:40:44.224-05:00I completely understand about your garden being de...I completely understand about your garden being designed to look like a hug! It's just a smaller version of St. Peter's Square, which was designed to be like the arms of the Church enfolding its people! Also, I too yell at plants, and applaud their successes! My kids think I'm a whack-a-doodle sometimes! Not a fan of cockscomb or tall shrubs flanked by little balls--that picture is so funny! Who, but who, could have thought that wold be a good idea? (Probably a man!) Thanks for the good chuckle today! -- KimberleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-512607099376987352015-01-15T00:39:44.193-05:002015-01-15T00:39:44.193-05:00So inspiring! I love you statement "Your gard...So inspiring! I love you statement "Your garden is your art studio, science lab and workshop." Mine too....:)Endah Murniyatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175364514530314348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-70196395743485387802015-01-14T21:30:34.988-05:002015-01-14T21:30:34.988-05:00Thanks! I like being me and enjoy terrifying peopl...Thanks! I like being me and enjoy terrifying people who are afraid of themselves. ;o) Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-84314085461441122012015-01-14T21:13:42.224-05:002015-01-14T21:13:42.224-05:00Right on girlfriend! You are your self and you are...Right on girlfriend! You are your self and you are the best!! I love your garden, its relaxed and beautiful and brimming with lovely plants and flowers. That takes tons of hard work, thought and planning. To be yourself is the best, a lot of people are afraid of individuality, afraid of trying anything different, afraid of making a misstep in life. They sure miss a lot, miss meeting creative wonderful people and not benefitting from so much of life. Your funny pictures always crack me up!!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00207070175643675951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-80120936148749862752015-01-14T19:51:54.841-05:002015-01-14T19:51:54.841-05:00Was it the Eagle Nebula? How can you resist the Pi...Was it the Eagle Nebula? How can you resist the Pillars of Creation! It hasn't occurred to me to connect them to the man junk shrubs above but it will be hard to stifle a laugh in class tomorrow since I'm teaching a unit on astronomy. Our gardens are comforting spaces, regardless of how we design them. :o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-11022670925966425892015-01-14T19:09:06.670-05:002015-01-14T19:09:06.670-05:00I think of my garden as my blankie although I'...I think of my garden as my blankie although I've never actually said that out loud. My secret wish is to sleep amongst the flowers. We were looking for some astronomy images to fill a large wall the other night. My husband picked out a nebulae very similar in form to the green shrubs you depict. Not going to happen.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830177691014290662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-58488596015656495932015-01-14T16:46:39.279-05:002015-01-14T16:46:39.279-05:00I was just having the worst day and when I went to...I was just having the worst day and when I went to check on my rich velvety red clematis, I saw it had a big purple streak up each petal and looked like a cheap disco outfit. I was so mad I yelled at it and ripped it out. It grew back just to spite me so I apologized and gave it the royal treatment. I'll try to take more garden pix with the dogs in them. They've redug all the holes I filled last fall and were eating mouthfuls of soil just the other day. I asked the vet if they had a nutrient deficiency but apparently I just have tasty soil. Must amend soil with hot sauce instead of compost.....Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-36726821126534369962015-01-14T16:41:31.277-05:002015-01-14T16:41:31.277-05:00I've apologized to dead plants, too, especiall...I've apologized to dead plants, too, especially if it was my fault. They never forgive me.Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-45274187217776851132015-01-14T16:38:50.044-05:002015-01-14T16:38:50.044-05:00I'd be locked up in a loony bin without it! ;...I'd be locked up in a loony bin without it! ;o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-28301769691358490122015-01-14T16:26:37.989-05:002015-01-14T16:26:37.989-05:00Hahahaha....you DO make me laugh!!! WHAT is with t...Hahahaha....you DO make me laugh!!! WHAT is with those linear erect shrubs and meatballs???? EEK!!! I love curves too, and loved your idea of the hugged shaped garden...in fact I loved all your ideas and found myself nodding away as I was reading. I was laughing away at you apologising to and yelling at a plant!!!! WAT are you like Mrs????? P.s, would love to see more of your dogs.....thanks for such a fab post!xxxSnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-19691706206280928392015-01-14T05:30:46.989-05:002015-01-14T05:30:46.989-05:00Loved this little ramble in your garden.
Don't...Loved this little ramble in your garden.<br />Don't worry I talk to my plants too, and I do apologise to them from time to time like when I forget to water them or prune them or if I chose the wrong spot to plant them or the utmost apology "Sorry I didn't take care of you well enough." when they're dead.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.com