Fruitiness

Well, according to all the purveyors of doom and gloom, after this weekend Summer will be gone and Autumn upon us. Now I don't believe this for a second. In my opinion it's still Summer until it stops being typically warm and, well, summery and Labor Weekend has not a thing to do with this.

It is at this time of year that nostalgic New Englanders (ie all of them) begin to wax lyrical about their favorite time of year, "Fall". They speak of such things as the innocent joys of apple picking - and here I must pause momentarily for a rant.

For those of you in the rest of the world, people in New England actually pay orchards to let them pick the apples... Yes, I do mean that instead of the orchards paying workers to pick the apples, otherwise sane and savvy people pay the orchards for the "pleasure" of being manual laborers. It makes no sense!

OK, rant complete (on that topic at least). So with fruit on my mind I bring you my list of most nostalgia inducing, most missed, and just plain yummiest fruit from home. In no particular order...

1. Feijoas
2. Cape Gooseberries

3. Passionfruit
4. Rhubarb

5. Tamarillos
6. Hmm, did I say Feijoas already :)

Mmmm, fruit...

Lisa Ormsby - New Zealand Artist

My parents and I share a love for art and often have similar tastes, only they can actually afford to purchase it.

When I was back in New Zealand in March (1st time in 5 and a 1/2 years!!) I saw and loved two of their paintings from this artist.

I looked online recently to see what I could find on her and discovered she has a website and found this painting (which I am coveting - and could even contemplate affording).

New York, New York

Well, it has been more than a week since I last posted (see Getting my arse into gear) , but I do have a good excuse: I just got back after 7 days in the Big Apple.

Highlights to follow...

Stolen, and then stolen again...

Taken from Refreshing Content who in turn took it from Ads of the World .

The difference between Marketing, Advertising, PR, and Branding.



Hmmm, I wonder, is this a "You know you're a geek when..." you find this kind of a cool representation moment?

Although, the Branding one more represents the results of successful branding, rather than the process.

And I think I just answered the geek question there too : )

FOUND

Poppy has been found safe and sound - although a little slimmer. Thank you to all the people who responded to the leaflets and posters!

LOST

Pretty Poppy is MIA. Last seen in the south-west corridor park area of Boston early Sunday morning (8/5/07). She is likely in the South End near(ish) the south-west corridor park. Poppy owns two friends of mine and they're distraught. Please contact me if you have ANY information. She has on a black collar with a silver stripe and a large yellow tag with her microchip information on it.

Lily misses her too, help her come home...

Getting my arse in to gear.

The time for slacking is over! Having had a wonderful opportunity to do all sorts of things I previously claimed to not have time for has so far resulted in me doing naught, but "No more!" I say. I will post at least once a week, do at least three interesting things each week, and get moving! So here it is for all to see, my proclamation!

And now for action...