Just Melanie: As Your Garden Grows

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Howdy, Pardners... So in this post, I'm going to be giving you my recommendations for apps, products, and services that I, myself, use and love (or have in the past but, for whatever reason, no longer can). I will not... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 22 February 2019 at 08:41 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Bzz, Bzz, Product Review | Permalink | Comments (0)

Saturday 9: Valentine

Hey there, hi there, ho there! Happy day after day after Valentine's Day, y'all! What better way to celebrate than to, y'know, fill out a questionnaire by Crazy Sam and hang out with my InterBuds? Link up here if you'd... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 15 February 2019 at 07:40 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Because Science., Current Affairs, Foodie Delights, Funny $h!+, Memes, etc., Music to My Ears, Saturday 9, Sweet Pea Academy, Television, Veganuary... and Beyond | Permalink | Comments (14)

Feeding Frenzy: January

I have four hospital admissions recently: two in December, and two in January. All for different reasons! So it was with great joy when I came home from our own hens just starting to produce eggs in brown, a pale... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 05 February 2018 at 01:33 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Attitude of Gratitude, Chicketty China, The Chinese Chickens, Foodie Delights, Kitchen's Callin', Organically Yours, Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sunday Stealing: Getting To Know You

What's up, y'all? Shall we dig into another round of Sunday Stealing? I thought so, too, so without further ado: ~*~*~*~*~ If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time? I would probably eat my... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 08 October 2017 at 12:41 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Funny $h!+, Knitting Pretty, Memes, etc., Raging Environmentalism, Sporting Events, Sunday Stealing, Sweet Pea Academy, Traveling Broad | Permalink | Comments (8)

Sundays In My City: Backyard Surprises

Hi again! I'm playing two weeks in a row, y'all! This must be a record for me. Link up here if you want to play along with Claudya and the rest of the SiMC gang this week!This weekend, I have... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 05 June 2017 at 02:04 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Health Woes, Idaho What I'm Doing, Memes, etc. | Permalink | Comments (1)

A Walk With My Curly Girly

Today, I needed some caffeine and rustled up enough change to go get some kind of diet cola from someplace. Chloë decided to go with me, so we could have a little mommy-and-me time. It's harder to come by now... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 28 April 2017 at 12:30 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Attitude of Gratitude, Crafty Mum, Idaho What I'm Doing, Photography Amateur, Sewing | Permalink | Comments (6)

Walking In A Boise Spring Evening

I am SO behind on my blog, as usual, but the past two weeks have seen me in incredibly intense pain. Nevertheless, Chloë and I went for a brisk walk earlier this evening, and I brought my trusty camera with... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 09 April 2017 at 04:24 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Idaho What I'm Doing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mis(Adventures) In The Kitchen, And Other Brain Farts.

Hello, World. It's 0315 right now, and I cannot sleep. So many things running through my mind. Does anyone care anymore now that my dear Mamacita (Mother-in-Law, for my uninitiated pals) has departed us? I feel like she was my... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 14 January 2017 at 04:48 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Bienvenidos a Miami, Crafty Mum, Current Affairs, Foodie Delights, Idaho What I'm Doing, Kitchen's Callin', Organically Yours | Permalink | Comments (0)

Christmas 2016: Advent Day 10

Saturday, the 10th day of Advent, saw us going out to Bee Heaven Farm again for our weekly local, organic produce share. That ratatouille in the bowl in the bottom center was just eh, okay, for both Rob and me,... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 20 December 2016 at 08:07 PM in As Your Garden Grows, Christmas Bells Are Ringing, Foodie Delights | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sunday Stealing: Easter Meme

Happy Easter!! Link up here if you're playing along today! Easter Meme Stolen from: The Archives ~*~*~*~*~*~ 1. Five Things I have A Passion For (not necessarily in any order): a. My children b. My husband and our marriage (you're... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 27 March 2016 at 03:56 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Book It, Easter, el español y más, Foodie Delights, Kitchen's Callin', Knitting Pretty, Memes, etc., Raging Environmentalism, Sunday Stealing, Team Odette, Traveling Broad, US Navy | Permalink | Comments (7)

January '16 Wrap-Up

Black-and-white portrait of the man I love, Robert Allen Odette So, I haven't blogged as much this infant year as I had planned, because I became even sicker than I had been all throughout the latter half-plus of 2015. That... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 29 January 2016 at 08:05 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Attitude of Gratitude, Bienvenidos a Miami, Bipolar Roller Coaster, Crafty Mum, Current Affairs, Foodie Delights, Furry Friends, Horsing Around: MIRC, Kitchen's Callin', Knitting Pretty, Mystery Shops, Organically Yours, Oscar the Pouch, Photography Amateur, Team Odette, Trips Afield, Who Arted?, WTF | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sunday Stealing: Why Do You Want To Know That?!

Link up here if you're stealing along with the rest of us today! *** List 5 things you want to do before the year ends: a. Bake Christmas cookies with my family, b. Go to Christmas Eve candlelight services together,... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 05 December 2015 at 03:48 PM in As Your Garden Grows, Attitude of Gratitude, Because Science., Bipolar Roller Coaster, Book It, Christmas Bells Are Ringing, Foodie Delights, Funny $h!+, Jafra, Kitchen's Callin', Memes, etc., Music to My Ears, Organically Yours, Photography Amateur, Playing Games, Sunday Stealing, Team Odette | Permalink | Comments (8)

Sunday Stealing: Would You Rather Meme

Are you stealing today, too? If you want to join in with us, the link is here! Cheers to all of us thieves!!! Would You Rather Meme Stolen from: Would Your Rather * Would you rather be stuck on an... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 22 November 2015 at 11:26 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Bienvenidos a Miami, Crafty Mum, Foodie Delights, Fun Times, Funny $h!+, Knitting Pretty, Memes, etc., Music to My Ears, Oscar the Pouch, Photography Amateur, Sewing, Sporting Events, Sunday Stealing, Team Odette, US Navy | Permalink | Comments (7)

Friday Fragments: Episode 5.8.15

♫ "Another day, another dollar, another war, another tower went up where the homeless had their homes..." ♫ Oh, hi, there! Sorry, I guess a little Jewel needed to bust out of me instead of what I meant to write.... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 08 May 2015 at 06:12 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Because Science., Bienvenidos a Miami, Current Affairs, Friday Fragments, Furry Friends, Memes, etc., Mystery Shops, Organically Yours, Raging Environmentalism, Sweet Pea Academy, Team Odette, There's a Rumor it's a Tumor | Permalink | Comments (4)

Sundays In My City: Chihuly At Fairchild, A Garden Of Glass

Link up with Unknown Mami HERE if you want to play along, and "share your city/town/suburb/you name it! Think of this as a photography carnival or photography meme (with or without words) that not only lets you share your part... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 20 April 2015 at 05:53 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Attitude of Gratitude, Because Science., Bienvenidos a Miami, Current Affairs, Foodie Delights, Fun Times, Memes, etc., Photography Amateur, Raging Environmentalism, Sweet Pea Academy, Team Odette, Trips Afield, Who Arted? | Permalink | Comments (0)

Redland Blues & BBQ Festival #Miami

On Saturday, April 11th, Team Odette ventured out to the Fruit & Spice Park, located in the Redlands area of Homestead. I had gotten super-cheap tickets for the Redlands Blues & BBQ Festival on Groupon and, despite at least one... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 16 April 2015 at 09:17 PM in As Your Garden Grows, Bienvenidos a Miami, Foodie Delights, Fun Times, Music to My Ears, Team Odette | Permalink | Comments (0)

Random Snaps And Schtuff

I'm not terribly much of a flower person, historically, so it's weird to me that I find myself drawn to them since we have been living here in the County of Miami-Dade. I particularly love a huge hibiscus, and those... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 16 July 2014 at 05:16 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Attitude of Gratitude, Bienvenidos a Miami, Bipolar Roller Coaster, Foodie Delights, Galaxies > iPhone, Mystery Shops, Oscar the Pouch, Photography Amateur, Team Odette | Permalink | Comments (0)

Kinda Wordless Wednesday: What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?

Link up here if you're (any degree of) Wordless today! We've become quite the locavores lately, shopping at the nearby fishmonger's shop and stopping at various side-of-the-road barely-speaking-English produce stands in recent weeks. I love it! Here are some things... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 04 June 2014 at 03:55 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Bienvenidos a Miami, Foodie Delights, Kitchen's Callin', Memes, etc., Organically Yours, Oscar the Pouch | Permalink | Comments (2)

Friday Fragments, Version 10.25.13

. Mrs. 4444, keeper of the fragments, would love for you to link up here with the rest of us! . * * * * * * * * . . We finally got around to doing our Banana greenhouse... Read more →

Posted by Melanie Penelope on 25 October 2013 at 01:39 AM in As Your Garden Grows, Because Science., Foodie Delights, Friday Fragments, Kitchen's Callin', Memes, etc., Sweet Pea Academy, Team Odette | Permalink | Comments (3)