11 January 2013

. . . take cover . . .

. . . excuse me . . .
. . . but this is not the kind of weather 
i signed up for 
as a {nearly} lifelong resident 
of mesa, arizona . . .
. . . four nights in a row 
of below freezing temps? . . .
. . . un.ac.cept.able . . .
{utah friends are hysterically laughing at me} 


. . . annual bedding plants 
{aka geraniums and alyssum} 
don't really do too well 
in below freezing temperature 
situations . . .
. . . desperate times 
call for desperate measures . . .
. . . my dad always said
 to "make sure 
plants are well hydrated" . . .
. . . so i watered thoroughly . . .
. . . then "cover them  
during the late afternoon 
in an attempt to trap
 some of the heat of the day" . . .
. . . so ~ i busted out my classiest 
{read: raggedy and very colorful}
 blankets and beach towels . . .
. . . you might've seen this  
souvenir from mexico before . . .
. . . this ↓ would constitute 
a slightly less glamorous 
application . . .


. . . i also dug out these 
old personalized fleece throws . . .
. . . those shown here 
belong to "dad" 
and the mesa high jackrabbits . . .
. . . thanks to @tkroit . . .
{is it okay to mix blogging with instagram names?}

{i could not for the life of me corral that one rogue bloomhead}

. . . i'm seriously hoping 
this spot on the back porch 
will provide a little more shelter 
for these coral beauties 
than their usual spot 
by the pool . . .


. . . i did reserve 
one special blanket . . .


. . . it's the one i'll be cozy under 
{possibly drinking hot chocolate and i don't even like hot chocolate}
while watching last night's episode 
of elementary . . .
. . . have you watched 
that show yet? . . .
. . . we love it . . .
{which may or may not have something to do 
with the smart aleck banter between holmes and watson}

. . . stay warm! . . .


2 comments:

Scott and Kim Rapier said...

Elementary is one of the favorites at our house too... Fell asleep the first time of this episode and had to watch again..

Mom2BJM(Amy) said...

Haha.. that wasn't Kim & Scott , it was me, still signed in to our RS gmail account.. sorry..