Monday, November 2

Photo Blog

Here is a photo timeline of the last two weeks....ENJOY!


Pumpkin Festival up in Paris!

Matthew and Hannah Fishing

I caught one

Matthew and Grandma Murdock


Hula hoop contest - Mark won twice!


Dalin Fishing - IF you caught a fish you won some candy!



Random pumpkin decorations




Dalin


The whole group: Me, Sarah, Matthew, Dalin, Hannah, Mark, Mom

There was a costume contest... Sarah saw this group and burst out "It's a whole family of supers....OH this is just too good!!"

This was the most random piece of decoration there....does it remind you of anything....a cult maybe...??

After the festival...

Pumkin carving

Me and the Best Women in the World

My latest Floral Art creations...




Halloween

10/30/2009

Chris being a ghost...or that random decoration at the Pumpkin Festival!!

We went to the Institute Costume Party

Zeus

Hera (I was unable to wear my heels, b/c I cut off too much of my costume...the 4 in heels on the shoes would of made my costume look funny!)

Brett and Stephanie


Us again

Care Bear Stare!!

Sarah and Emily

Barbie and Operation Game (Jon)

Hera and The Nerd

10/31/2009

Happy Halloween the Aggies won!!


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Lots of winning...A&M, Cowboys, Colgate...makes for a great weekend!

Sorry for the lack of words...but they say a picture is worth 1000 words...so technically there are 28000 words in this blog...give or take!

Friday, October 23

Plants Plants Plants

My life these last couple of months has been mostly school and work. When I am not writing my next paper or creating a floral design, you will most likely find me learning the scientfic names of plant.

Hort 306: Woody Ornamentals

COURSE DESCRIPTION: here are a few hundred plants...half you need to learn the scientific name, family and common name and description and be able to recoginize by sight (from small clippings). The other half you only need to learn my scientific name and description. have fun!

Needless to say this class as been a THORN in my side...

On that happy note...Who wants to learn this weeks plant list with me...

Fragrant Sumac - Rhus aromatica - Anacardiaceae

Apache Plum - Fallugia paradoxa - Rosaceae

OH I forgot to mention...you need to be able to spell these correctly or points will be taken off..

Tree Yellow Bells - Tecoma stans - Bignoniaceae

(This one is way fun)

Flame Acanthus - Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii - Acanthaceae


Rockrose - Pavonia lasiopetala - Malvaceae


Coralberry - Symphoricaarpos orbiculatus - Caprifoliaceae

(sometimes I question what the scientific authorities were thinking when they named some of these)

Cuphea - Cuphea spp. - Lythraceae


Flowering Quince - Chaenomeles spp. - Rosaceae


Spirea - Spirea spp. - Rosaceae


Weigela - Weigela florida - Caprifoliaceae

(This is actually a small list...usually there are a few more!!)

Border Forsythia - Forsythia X intermedia - Oleaceae


Pride-Of-Barbados - Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Fabaceaa


Beautyberry - Callicarpa americana - Verbenaceae


Texas Kidneywood - Eysenhardtia texana - Fabaceae



Raise your hand if you hate Latin....!!

P.S.
A&M plays Tech this weekend...on second thought maybe studying plants isn't that bad...