http://www.margaretandian.com Life in the United States Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:16:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our neighbours Joanne & Earle called us over this evening, to see their son Jason's plant bloom! The plant is called "Queen Of The Night" or more officially, Epiphyllum Oxypetalum! It was a gift to Jason from a friend, and originally comes from South America ... it didn't flower for the ... http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/08/18/queen-of-the-night/ Received a mail order catalog today, selling christmas ornaments (among other things)! http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/08/08/christmas-already/ Head over to GBMINI.net to learn why ... http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/08/07/why-did-the-duck-cross-the-road/ A picture taken back in April 2008 (hence the jackets), or Matthew & I working on a sizzor vehicle, with one of JLG's smaller boom vehicles in the background - note the portable computer we are both looking at: http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/08/05/working/ We spent the weekend in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire - near Franconia and where MINIsOnTop happens - here's a picture of where we stayed (the Attitash Grand Summit hotel): The view from our balcony: Touring around, we stumbled on Jackson Falls on the Wild Cat river - very spectacular! I ... http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/07/27/white-mountains-water/ Following on from the Blossom pictures, here's a few more I took over the last couple of months, and finally get around to posting - pictures of our Gloucester garden, all beautifully green and growing with the regular rain and sun we've had so far this year :) The front (May ... http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/07/10/the-garden-in-green/ I took these pictures back in early May, and just finally now got round to posting them ... these are pictures of blossom on various trees at the office; hope you like them :) (visit the Gallery to see more) http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/07/10/blossom-2/ It's been super hot today - around 90 (and the same again expected for the next few days) ... From her normal winter behaviour of trying to keep rolled up and as warm as possible, Bridgette had to switch today to finding a way to keep cool; spreading out long ... http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/06/08/hot-cat/ Here's an amazing new way to tour all four Walt Disney World parks, without leaving your computer - Google Earth and Disney have got together to create a 3D virtual tour: (click the picture to go to learn more) http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/06/05/another-way-to-visit-walt-disney-world/ Our friends Sheila and Paul and their sons Matthew & Tom are visiting our Florida home - and the Disney parks - and we joined them for a few days; here are pictures from when we all visited Epcot: Margaret decided to start collecting Disney pins - here's her first few: Nemo ... http://www.margaretandian.com/2008/05/26/epcot-with-sheila-paul-and-family/