The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 22,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping [...]
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2010 in review
January 2, 2011
Marigolds and sheep wool
May 28, 2010
If my plans work out, I will spend the Memorial Day weekend with zinnias and snapdragons, pansies and alyssum — i.e. I will be planting windowboxes. My windowboxes are always colorful and chaotic, like the one shown above, and they always have lots of marigolds to add cheery gold and orange accents. Last summer, I [...]
Happy (belated) Tartan Day!
April 10, 2010
Had I known that April 6th was National Tartan Day, and that there was going to be a parade with bagpipes and drums in NYC today, I would have prepared something special. Instead, here’s an impromptu post about tartans, consisting mostly of what I think are interesting links. British designer Vivienne Westwood designed the ensemble [...]
