tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31024834922517370182024-03-13T20:45:31.842-11:0018 Papilio polyxenes 42Family life , nature , and observations from a small corner of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USApupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-86083276501460472392015-11-02T08:55:00.000-11:002015-11-02T08:55:02.804-11:00November 2015It's a beautiful day today. I haven't posted in 2 years! Halloween has officially gone over the top on Stonybrook Drive, we had over 675 kids Saturday night. It was fun. The weather was good, many neighbors had great displays. I carved 3 large jack o lanterns at the last minute as usual, (cowboy, fireman and purple princess) , and put orange and purple lights out. There was a giant inflated cat on the corner, a real hearse in a front yard around the corner, at least 2 smoke machines going full blast, an inflated Frankenstein, the house 3 doors down went all out with ghosts, ghouls,lights, music, they had a bit of everything . Looked fantastic. Our block was blocked off with orange cones but electric vehicles could come in. The NA put a "Lost Souls" tent at the corner of Stonybrook and Thornridge. Klieg lights were on for the new Pink Parrot on May giving away free churros......all making it very attractive for the kids. They were almost all little kids under 12 for sure, just a few middle schoolers. All of them are so sweet and polite. We even had 4 Steam Punk adults in a camo electric vehicle driving some little kids around. The best costume in my opinion, or I should say the one I liked the most and was very creative was 2 girls dressed as glowing sea creatures. One had a white umbrella with purple lights under it and streamers hanging off it, she was dressed all in white, the other had glowing greeen tendrils flowing off the top of her head. I could see them coming all the way down the street. One little girl said she loved my house and my pumpkins and gave me a hug and a kiss. Worth the price of the candy and the bit of work carving the pumpkins! Super heros , superman, spiderman, etc. are still all the rage, as are princesses of all types, sports costumes, a few cheerleaders, football players, etc. I did see a couple of the new inflated costumes with the fans inside to keep them blown up, they look like a pain to wear! Great Halloween in the books for 2015. One sad note, our long time next door neighbor Karen Johnson moved to Cincinnati a week ago and we dearly missed her! She was always a trooper and well in to her 70's kept handing out candy to the hoards. Miss you Karen!pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-42926565945431281762013-10-02T11:06:00.000-11:002013-10-02T11:06:33.676-11:00I think it has been about a week since a hummingbird has been around, perhaps more. Plenty of flowers available this year, trumpet vine and vitex attracting loads of butterflies and moths. Sphinx moths to be exact. Dozens of monarchs.pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-89072879879239979792012-09-16T07:26:00.001-11:002012-09-16T07:26:12.422-11:00<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hummingbird here today. Mostly flitting around in the Vitex tree. It was so chilly here yesterday I am surprised to see one. It was warmer nearly everywhere else in the country! It felt wonderful after a long long very very HOT summer!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seattle in July, Gabrielle's graduation present, spend day with Katrina, see locks and fish ladders, Bainbridge Island Washington State Ferry, Squim for the Lavender Festival, Marc and Gabby kayak near U of Washington on the lake, stay downtown Pioneer Square Marriott for half the stay then out to Residence Inn, add rental car and makes for easier driving to outlying areas, Japanese Garden in suburban area</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sewanee in August, driving trip to drop off at college for the first time, Marc and Martha visit Baisden's home, Gabrielle does pre-orientation on the Domain, moves into dorm early because of attending pre-orientation, Marc and Martha explore Lynchberg, Tracy City, Foster Falls, Columbia, etc. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pennsylvania in September, Longwood Gardens, Brandywine River Museum, commuter train into city, Marc has golf outting for business</span>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-38422527276511736122012-06-29T09:03:00.000-11:002012-06-29T09:03:13.787-11:00NAMESAKE<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A black swallowtail flitted through the yard yesterday! Lot's of parsley for laying eggs on! I even have a new butterfly bush for the adults. Small miracles.</span>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-29351870174140333912011-11-01T09:32:00.000-11:002011-11-01T09:32:22.006-11:00Another Happy Halloween on Stonybrook RoadHalloween 2011. Monday night, kids started coming at 6:00 and we shut the door at 8:30. The count was 399 give or take 8!pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-40833552889815295412011-09-25T14:31:00.000-11:002011-09-25T14:31:02.784-11:00<span style="background-color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of yard activity today. Butterflies, hummingbird, chickadees, cardinals, blue jays, sparrows, robins, doves, ..... Lots of clear blue sky and crisp air.</span>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-85403040631164545442011-09-25T14:27:00.000-11:002011-09-25T14:27:07.763-11:00Best Drying Rack - American Made!!!<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love my new <a href="http://www.bestdryingrack.com/">clothes drying rack</a></span>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-19011867130687745412011-08-23T19:08:00.004-11:002011-08-23T19:24:17.277-11:00I'm going to post a boring account of the weather so I can remember how stinking hot it is. Today we broke the high temperature record, it was 106. It was 105 degrees in 1980.We are at 52 days of 100 degrees or more for the year. Some parts of Oklahoma are way over that, almost 100 days of 100 degrees or more. I have been sitting around a lot in pj's. That makes for a thrilling summer. Looks good on a resume...(too hot for real clothes!) God Bless air conditioning! I water to keep a green patch around the house. It makes me feel better, I suspect the birds like it too.
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<br />There was a big earthquake on the east coast today, centered in Mineral VA, 5.9 , caused a lot of panic in the cities. People naturally thought of terrorism when they felt the shaking. Never fear... a hurricane is bearing down on Raleigh NC...due there in 2 days.
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<br />Hummingbird or birds have been here and gone. Greener pastures? There can't be much nectar until some of the fall things start to bloom. I saw a hummer , put the feeder up straight away, saw it or another a couple more times and that was it. I hope I get some more before winter.
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<br />I planted zucchini seeds a couple of days ago. I figure I still have time to get a crop in. The seed are up already and the first leaf is showing. 55 days to maturity says the packet, but I don't know if that means giant squash or bloom or what. I'm hoping for something edible on day 45!
<br />pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-24990592222819021872010-12-14T16:40:00.001-11:002010-12-14T16:42:15.174-11:00Lifesavers...Yet another classic product not made in the USA anymore, the Lifesavers Christmas Storybook.....now made in Mexico. They don't taste the same either.pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-46985585040718804302010-11-30T12:39:00.000-11:002010-11-30T12:39:32.361-11:0018 Papilio polyxenes 42<a href="http://oklahomabutterfly.blogspot.com/">18 Papilio polyxenes 42</a>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-15089768059864903902010-10-29T18:29:00.001-11:002010-10-29T18:29:59.490-11:00Happy Halloween !<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipperkes/5124981187/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5124981187_460b8520b4.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipperkes/5124981187/">Happy Halloween !</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/schipperkes/">schipperkes</a>.</span></div><p></p>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-14982565528598218942010-10-09T17:57:00.004-11:002010-10-09T18:06:28.603-11:00Humming birds have been gone for a couple of weeks even though it has been warm , unusually warm actually. Lot's of butterflies in the yards especially monarchs and fritillaries and sulfurs. Cross Country season is winding down, 3 meets left including the SPC. It's sad because I know that only one more season is left. Something has happened to my opening photo on the blog, I need some lessons to make this thing look consistent. my pictures morph all the time, one day they are giant, the next tiny!<br /><br />I love the fall, I hope it lingers and we don't get suddenly cold and nasty. We drove to Colorado Springs/Manitou Springs over fall break (Oct. 1-4) and it was a wonderful trip. Visited Colorado College and took the cog train up Pikes Peak.pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-47036084978123883112010-08-27T04:15:00.003-11:002010-08-27T04:22:36.751-11:00small yard, big nature!For the small area I have, sometime I'll measure it so I know how small, I have an amazing array of wildlife to watch. HUGE dragonflies, birds galore(too many to list!), butterflies, toads, on RARE occasion a tortoise, snakes, possums, squirrels, etc.<br />I think if more people could appreciate the living creatures around them their lives would be better for it. I know spending a little time each day just watching what goes on around me make me feel good. Just knowing they are there whether I watch or not makes me feel good. Life goes on...pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-20279821748337167422010-08-23T07:24:00.001-11:002010-08-23T07:24:07.610-11:00Talimena Drive Oklahoma<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tchays/3037810922/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/3037810922_b989d21dd9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tchays/3037810922/">Talimena Drive Oklahoma</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/tchays/">aero nerd</a>.</span></div><p>Most people think of "dust bowl" when Oklahoma comes to mind. Those of us who live here know the truth! What a great shot of the Talimena Drive.</p>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-70102166541645240762010-08-22T11:16:00.002-11:002010-08-22T11:23:09.453-11:00Went through old photos last night. Did not even make a dent. Some drastic action needs to be taken. I need to scan everything or copy to usb. Photos from the 90's are degrading, plus I can't find anything because there are too many!!! First they all need to be put in chronological order, then I'm going to buy one of those new devices to convert slides and negatives and store them digitally. That should help. Too many things to misplace! Too many boxes to ever get organized, I would go broke buying albums. Some just need to be thrown out! I'd rather clean toilets!pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-34816905665679470412010-07-16T19:08:00.001-11:002010-07-16T19:10:26.599-11:00I saw the first hummingbird of the summer on Marc's birthday, July 14th, enjoying my butterfly bush.pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-50134253084309960512010-07-01T06:48:00.000-11:002010-07-01T06:48:30.040-11:00The Symbolism of the Pelican<a href="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0682.html">The Symbolism of the Pelican</a>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-20380757314050467042010-03-06T18:00:00.001-11:002010-03-06T18:00:43.574-11:00<a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-revolution"><img src="http://www.jamieoliver.com/jfr-beta/imgs/JOFR-badgeSml.gif" width="100" height="90" border="0" /></a>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-74243032322094144912010-02-11T19:09:00.001-11:002010-02-11T19:09:52.045-11:00Papa Tian eats in the Snow!<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=c24e602b10&photo_id=4317564266&flickr_show_info_box=true"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=c24e602b10&photo_id=4317564266&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="375" width="500"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roxandabear/4317564266/">Papa Tian eats in the Snow!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/roxandabear/">RoxandaBear</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">This is just so adorable.</p>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-41481624165422540272010-02-08T20:54:00.003-11:002010-02-08T20:58:26.691-11:00RascalMissing Rascal terribly. Lottie keeps looking at me as if to say, "where's our buddy?"<br /><br />In heaven , I suspect.pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-32361222147983599032010-01-22T17:25:00.008-11:002010-01-23T10:20:33.454-11:00pupperwupper<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AxAKIrs7XJY/S1qCVoFSh9I/AAAAAAAAAJU/ZRSaH-IvC2w/s1600-h/P1010239.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429795608797022162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AxAKIrs7XJY/S1qCVoFSh9I/AAAAAAAAAJU/ZRSaH-IvC2w/s320/P1010239.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AxAKIrs7XJY/S1p6yQie2rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/J2Lf0epGZ2I/s1600-h/King+Rascal.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429787304600197810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AxAKIrs7XJY/S1p6yQie2rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/J2Lf0epGZ2I/s320/King+Rascal.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#000000;">My beautiful Rascal. My dear "pupperwupper" was an inspiration to me. Such a strong little soul. I held him as Dr. Ruby eased his pain and he died surrounded by people who often cared for him and loved him too. Many of the Vet's staff came to give Rascal one last kiss or hug. Rest in Peace my dear friend. God bless you. It is unknown when he was born. He passed from this earth on January 19th, 2010. My family and I were able to spend 8 years of his life with him. He came from the rescue organization with the name Rascal and it stuck. I miss him so.</span></div>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-81356472988873500642010-01-16T04:44:00.001-11:002010-01-16T04:48:29.469-11:00What is going on here.....first an honest to God blizzard then a 4.0 and a 3.7 earthquake!!!! Fun in OKC!pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-6814487412254005232010-01-01T14:02:00.002-11:002010-01-01T16:52:06.949-11:00Happy New Year. 2010. Survived the BLIZZARD of Christmas Eve 2009. Side streets are just now getting back to normal because it has been staying cold at night and what melts during the day refreezes into a bigger mess. No plows or sand or salt on side streets we just wait for warm temps to melt it away. Even when I lived in Buffalo NY, Syracuse NY, Apalachin NY and Norwich NY I have never seen worse conditions during a storm. I have seen much more snow, but not with that kind of wind along with it! Luckily like most Oklahoma weather it blew through in 1 day and it was beautiful and sunny Christmas day. ..on to the next Oklahoma tragedy, will it be flood? fire? maybe an earthquake, we've been having small ones all year long......!pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-3548770190855956152009-11-20T06:11:00.001-11:002009-11-20T06:11:22.362-11:00Felt and wine cork mushroom brooch<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/woolly_fabulous/4118438162/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/4118438162_d1fe9c258d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/woolly_fabulous/4118438162/">Felt and wine cork mushroom brooch</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/woolly_fabulous/">woolly fabulous</a>.</span></div><p>I just love this tiny thing!</p>pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102483492251737018.post-52646962593801502282009-08-12T17:08:00.003-11:002009-08-12T17:25:35.726-11:00My year is marked by the movements of hummingbirds! They have returned. I put out a feeder a couple of days ago and one appeared shortly after. Lovely creatures! An entire year has passed since I last saw them up close and personal.<br /><br />My husband has resigned his job as of July 15th and will be forming his own business, working out of the house for now. It's nice to have him around. I hope we can make a new venture work.<br /><br />We had a great vacation driving from OKC OK to Cazenovia NY and back. Memphis, Knoxville, Warm Springs VA, Scranton, Cazenovia, Cleveland, Bloomington IN, St. Charles MO, OKC. So much to see. So many restaurants to try!<br /><br />Favorite place on the trip: Jefferson Pools in Warm Springs VA. Incredible. We read a Bailey White story and figured out she was talking about this old fashioned spa/hot spring in VA and we decided we must go there. Been in exhistance as a hot spring for soaking since before 1800, currently it's as it has been for aobut 100 years or more. SO QUAINT! Stayed at the nearby Grist Mill Inn, really nice. Breakfast in bed!<br /><br />Gabrielle had her braces put on for the final time yesterday. 2 more years and she will be finished with all this pain and torture.pupperwupperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386170993140940959noreply@blogger.com0