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| I hope this flipped trellis protects my pumpkin plants against deer; I will have to keep track of it... |
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| This contraption provides portable shade, which I concocted last summer and started calling my Mobile Oasis. Our twenty-nine old neighbor thinks it is BADA$$. ~grin~ And he likes my idea of adding a cup holder, perhaps a small motor, and thinks I should market the altered hand truck. |
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| My carefully cultivated soil for carrots got raided by raccoons overnight last week; the aforementioned kind neighbor lent me wire cutters to create this barrier. |
This morning my husband offered to see a horror movie called “Hokum” in theater. It’s been on my watch wish list so I got my butt into gear for a 10:15am show time. Weirdly, the next three days only offered late night viewings. But neither of us looked close enough at the Sunday listing; it should have been obvious the options wouldn’t be early one day and late the following.
So we had choices. The kind ticket seller mentioned another scary movie but we hadn’t heard of it and I suggested just leaving. On our way toward the exit my guy reminded me of our mutual interest in “Mortal Kombat II”. Lucky for us, our timing was perfect.
Both of us were hooked by actor Karl Urban portraying the flippant Johnny Cage. His film and cinema presence always delight. I did wonder if this Kiwi acting powerhouse would prove too old for the role of a former Black Belt fighter turned action star. I also questioned how this remake would fare against the nineties film we adore.
Happily, I cannot state enough how the character and plot adaptations surpassed all my expectations. Though this popcorn flick isn’t groundbreaking it had me utterly engaged and laughing at the many relevant cultural references.
Do you know that carrots need a particularly fine growing medium and appreciate a bone meal additive? Should I have been surprised that the bone meal attracted opportunistic raccoons?
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Dear Darla, your photos are beautiful. I love your mobile oasis.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that about carrots. Raccoons are definitely opportunistic. The rascals.
Your mobile umbrella is very cool.
ReplyDeleteThe film you saw does not appeal to me, but I checked Hokum, and I found this information interesting; "It is an international co-production between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates."
Bone meal will attract all sorts of creatures, including dogs. Your place must be very open to have deer come in.
We have opportunistic raccoons here too but they want to get to the feral cat foods!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your gardening is going well. My mother used to garden and then can all the deliciousness. We enjoyed our harvest all winter long.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and week. Big hug to you. ♥
As someone with fair skin, I admire your traveling umbrella. Anything to prevent a sunburn.
ReplyDeleteMortal Kombat would not have been on my watch list but good to hear you enjoyed it.. the boys might like it.
ReplyDeleteLOL....its like taking meds, you take it for a reason, you use the bone supplement for a reason and then there are the side effects!!!Something else goes wrong or you have visitors from raccoons. haha....
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