Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Saturday
It’s Saturday and I am working my second job as a receptionist at an art gallery. I’d rather be at the farmers market eating fresh chocolate croissants and drinking coffee. It’s a beautiful day so I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy it.
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First Try at Garlic
I am trying to grow garlic for the first time this year. I bought a bag of garlic bulbs on a whim. I originally thought that you would need to plant the entire bulb but after doing some research I found that you actually plant the individual cloves of garlic. Which means I have few…
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Great Pumpkin Seed Challenge
Last night we had a pumpkin seed cook-off. We tried three different recipes from two different types of pumpkins (white and orange). We set out to prove whether or not the internet rumors were true, are white pumpkin seeds better than the traditional orange pumpkins? To Boil or not to Boil? Here are the exciting…
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It’s the Great Bulb Challenge 2008 Edition
My garden is dwindling down as the weather gets cooler. Last year I planted bulbs way too late into the season. Fall is the perfect time to be planting bulbs. Ideally you should buy bulbs at reputable nurseries. However, I am on a strict budget. I am being daring and using bulbs from the Grocery…
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Last Minute Spooky Fun
We have been so busy that Halloween kind of snuck up on us. Tonight, we are going to have a mini get together and hand out candy to the kids. I made my own poison labels using clip art and a colored printer. My work just happen to have an assortment of labels to chose…
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Mum-my Flowers for Halloween
I took some photos of the flowers from my Halloween project. I think I like the white ones the best.
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Pumpkin House of West Virginia
Every Halloween season Ric Griffith and hundreds of volunteers carve thousands of pumpkins for display at his home. The house is completely transformed into the Great Pumpkin house. Below is a clip of last year’s display which the jack-o-lanters where synchronized to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. I spotted this on Neatorama.
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Jack O’Lanterns on The Brain
I have Jack O’ lanterns on the brain. We are waiting until tomorrow to carve our pumpkins with one of our friends. In the mean time I am looking up ideas for what to carve. Extreme Pumpkins has the largest and most elaborate photo gallery. Fabulous Foods– has free patterns from the fun to the…
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The Great Pumpkin
This weekend we took a trip to the local pumpkin patch. Originally, I was going to take the easy way out and grab a pumpkin at the grocery store but my boyfriend would not hear of it. According to him the only way to get a pumpkin is to go to one of the local…
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Halloween Surprise
I thought I would surprise my boyfriend with some new Halloween plants. I bought these cute buckets from the dollar store (the green one even glows in the dark). I then drilled holes into the buckets for drainage and viola holiday planters. I picked a dramatic deep red Mum and a white one for a…
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