mroliver

@mroliver

no more than the memory of a well loved kitty. following few, followed by fewer. i grow things.

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mroliver@mroliver· Jul 8

From the other side in Sheboygan

A view of blue Lake Michigan from a beach in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In the foreground, a bed of blooming catnip and a blue Adirondack chair

mroliver@mroliver· Jul 7

Coneflower madness 🌱

mroliver@mroliver· Jun 23

If I may …

A view of a window basket with trailing flowers - purple torenia, rose lobelia and a stunning orange fuschia with purple tinged petals

mroliver@mroliver· Jun 22

These have come up on three threads for me this weekend (yay algo!). The first looked so good I went and made it the same morning I saw the recipe. It was outstanding. I’m amazed at how easy it was to make something I would have been happy with from a restaurant

A creamy, delicious, Basque Cheesecake made

mroliver@mroliver· May 24

Pick a Bond from a photo you already have

A serious looking calico cat with an adorable black nose

mroliver@mroliver· Apr 4

The glorious mess …

A mess of a Black Forest trifle - piles of yummy chocolate cake soaked with Cherry jam, layered with tart pie cherries and cloud cream

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 27

Tell me he doesn’t look like a young Errol Flynn (no, I’m not *that* old)

A picture of a handsome 1940s screen star named Errol Flynn 🔥

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 20

Mama, why is this dish empty??

A lovely calico cat reclines behind an empty yellow dish

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 9

🌱my shamrocks will not have fully sprouted by St Patrick’s Day, but there might be a few

A tray of small pots loaded with potting soil. A few have some chicks&hens succulents, one has an odd Christmas amaryllis. One of the soil filled pots sports a single shamrock sprout

A single shamrock sprout in a little pot filled with foil

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 8

Grocery store flowers rock

A hobnail vase of fluffy white roses atop an antique side table

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 1

Two charming Mexican pottery fish, one large with grey, yellow and blue decorations. The other smaller with earth toned markings

mroliver@mroliver· Nov 26

I feel your pain

mroliver@mroliver· Nov 12

It was thrilling to see. This taken from my driveway !

A pink ang green aurora as seen from a Chicago suburb driveway

mroliver@mroliver· Jul 15

Bloom where you grow ! 🌱

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 8

I particularly enjoy florals. Lately, I’m obsessing on a book of Pierre Redoute botanicals. I like these because they are based on actual, famous paintings that I can easily look up to match the colors.

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 8

I mean…

3 sets of progressively larger cases full of colored pencils - my metallic set, my “ordinary pencils” and lastly, a 500 slot case with my new Kalour 300 set, neons, pastels and portrait tones. Am I skilled enough to need portrait tones? Hell no!

The page of greens in my “good” set of colored pencils. I color a lot of foliage

mroliver@mroliver· Mar 1

The hallways echo the offices of the company from which I retired; endless blue hallways of empty offices with the lights turning on and off as one navigated the corridors. Except ours was the Tellabs building, not the Bellabs building

A nondescript office building with an empty parking lot

mroliver@mroliver· Feb 7

🙂

A fluffy calico cat reclines against a sage green carpet. She has a pretty 50/50 face with freckles on her nose

mroliver@mroliver· Feb 4

Giggles in VT52

An ancient computer monitor - a DEC VT52 CRT

mroliver@mroliver· Jan 31

May I present my insane spice shelves? Believe it or not, I know exactly where everything is

Pantry shelves overflowing with jars and bottles every sort of herb and spice. It’s a controlled chaos

mroliver@mroliver· Jan 31

My bounty

A wealth of herbs from Penzry’s Spices. An array of bags hold cumin, dry mustard, thyme, garlic salt, powdered rosemary, basil, marjoram, hot crushed peppers, frozen pizza seasoning

More treasures from Penzey’s Spices; Mexican oregano, Turkish oregano and an assortment of trial bags

All sorts of trial size packets of herbs and spices from Penzey’s Spices

mroliver@mroliver· Jan 12

Hullo! Someone calling the calicos?

A somewhat disgruntled looking long haired calico cat perches on a ridiculously floral upholstered chair

mroliver@mroliver· Dec 29

Mousecow always reminds me of the late goddess, Matilda. I miss her (even if her sister doesn’t, really)

A lovely, slim calico cat with a very black nose sits calmly with her tail wrapped around her. She has a stern expression, as though telling you what’s what

mroliver@mroliver· Dec 24

🌱Christmas florals. Making the arrangements is my favorite Christmas task and I always kinda overdo it. Sorry, not sorry 😏

A simple bouquet of gloriously ruffled pink roses and baby’s breath sits atop an antique side table along with a glass box of shells and a vase of shiny red, gold and green glass balls.

Christmas decorations on a bathroom counter - a large red, green and gold ornament and a slim pine tree decorated only with pretty white lights. Sitting in front of these is a little Frosty the Snowman mug filled with white and red roses, greens and baby’s breath

A vase of large red and white roses sits on the hall tree in a foyer. The vase is draped with a satin Christmas ribbon and overflows with seasonal greens.

A low and wide Christmas floral arrangement of red and white roses, baby’s breath and winter greens sits in the center of a table set for Christmas Eve dinner.

mroliver@mroliver· Dec 22

My girl says hello

A beautiful, long haired calico cat reclines on the bed

mroliver@mroliver· Dec 8

A cleaning bonanza !! SIX, as in a whole half dozen, BARS of Phisoderm soap !! Why is this so exciting you ask? Well, since they stopped making it …

A snap of an Amazon offer for a SINGLE bar of soap for * $59.99 *

mroliver@mroliver· Dec 7

If you see this, post something green 🌱

A potted Meyer Lemon Tree, covered in foliage, fruit and new blossoms. Bonus jug of Kitty Litter in the background 😉

mroliver@mroliver· Dec 7

Next year’s fruit… 🌱

A fully open Meyer Lemon blossom amid the leaves

New flower buds on a potted Meyer Lemon tree

mroliver@mroliver· Dec 7

My seven-year old thorny Meyer Lemon thoroughly punctured me last time. Next season, I’m just going to prune the overhang. I should not have to do battle for two or three more years 🌱

Unripe fruit on a Meyer Lemon Tree. The sweet lemons will be ready to eat in the spring

mroliver@mroliver· Nov 27

Crazy to say that we here in the Chicago area are also getting our first hard freezes. Two days ago, I had fuschias and allysum blooming in the window box. Today…