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Denise

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About Me

I am married 34 years to the same person and we still like each other :-)We have one very talented son, Chris, who has inherited many of our best traits, including our very warped sense of humor.I share my renovated country home with my husband, Michael (a most excellent chef and guitarist who still rocks my world) one 99% border collie, a himalayan cat, a persian cat, three large koi fish and one Betta (Siamese Fighting fish). Check out my personal web pages.
HOME PAGE Photos of my family, pets, way cool car & tour of my gardens
DOUBLE BOGEY HOME PAGE Acoustic/Electric Rock and Blues
BOOTS PHOTO ALBUM Himalayan Cat
SEBASTIAN'S PHOTO ALBUM Persian Cat
PHOTOS OF MY FISH
KELSEY'S PHOTO ALBUM Border-Collie Mix
MY GARDENS 2002
PHOTOS OF MY DOLL HOUSE
MY GARDENS 2003
NEW POND 2004
MY GARDENS 2004-05
SPRING/SUMMER 2006 GARDENS
SPRING/SUMMER 2007 GARDENS
MY SECOND X90

My Interests


Into gardening BIG TIME !! I enjoy doing landscape design that includes perennial gardens, ponds, walkways, sitting areas, etc. I love my victorian doll house and enjoy decorating it. I like to do crafts (my close friends say I am "soooo Martha" ) I spend lots of time reading and listening to music. I really like skiing and ice-skating but an automobile accident May 18th, 2006 (an asshole zoomed through a stop sign and totalled my Suzuki X90) has put those activities on hold for now...

I'd like to meet:

GARDENERS from around the world, pond builders, also fun people into home renovation and decorating, doll house enthusiasts and talented rock/blues musicians who have their act together, best selling authors of fiction. I'm NOT into freaks, whiners, holy rollers, sexual show-offs and salespeople so don't ask to be added :-)

Music:

As a pre-teen, I liked the Beach Boys and listening to blues artists. Then the Beatles happened and I was hooked. I saw them at Shea Stadium (saw them, couldn't hear them over the screaming!) I love what is now called "classic rock". I heard it as it happened haha. My CD collection includes Beatles, Stones, Skynyrd, Clapton, BB King, John Mellencamp, lots of classic rock, funky stuff and blues, everything from AC/DC to ZZ Top.

Movies:

Love the early Star Wars (not too crazy about the recent ones) Harry Potter, good romantic comedies, Jackie Chan. Fan of Monty Python, Marx Brothers and I'm one of the few people who saw "Putney Swope"...And, I have been an extra (on screen time!) in three movies so far...SWEET LORRAINE, CAMP and recently, GOYBAND. Very interesting and fun to be on a movie set. Lots of "Hurry up and wait" but seeing myself up on a movie screen and on DVD's is so COOL!!!! And, my husband got the part of the prom photographer in CAMP! Double fun for us!!Be sure to check out my son's "Cooking With Guido". He's the chef!! This short film was done in college and they got big laughs and great reviews.

Television:

Thank gawd we have satellite! Not into network TV. I watch lots of movies, HGTV of course, BBC and Comedy Central (They HAVE to bring back "That's My Bush") I like The Daily Show and South Park :-) /html

Books:

I visit the local library every two weeks and do lots of shopping at Amazon.com. I've got all seven Harry Potter books. I'm into home and garden magazines and books. I like to read novels that leave me wanting to know what happens to the characters after the book ends. Now that's GREAT writing!! I have MANY favorite authors. FAVORITE books so far are A Painted House by John Grisham and Midnight Gardening by E.L. Swann.

Heroes:

My husband, for showing me what love, respect and friendship is all about.My son, because he served his country and then got his college degree and has made us proud parents since the day he was born.

My Blog

A DELAY in my getting certified as a Master Gardener :-(

Well, I went the first class last Thursday. Had to drive 45 minutes for that one. Some are just 10 minutes away and some are held in the other county. SOOO much info to absorb in one day, thought my h...
Posted by Denise on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:57:00 PST

HARRY POTTER

Saw the latest movie yesterday and it's my second favorite one. The first Harry Potter movie will always be my favorite. That movie really brought the book alive!! AWESOME battle scene in this last mo...
Posted by Denise on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:17:00 PST

I Made It!

That's the message left on my answering machine by my son, Chris, who was picked up at 5:AM this morning and driven to Albany NY for an interview with the Army Officers Review Board. This all started ...
Posted by Denise on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:42:00 PST

Master Gardener...

Well, now that my hours are not restricted by employment, I have submitted an application to take the classes to become a certified Master Gardener. They have the classes during the week, during the d...
Posted by Denise on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:20:00 PST

What happened to SPRING?!!

Last week all the snow was gone and I got out the leaf blower and cleaned up all the gardens, Lots of green popping up through the soil. I took the covers off the outdoor furniture and put the table u...
Posted by Denise on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:37:00 PST

Some day I will make friends with my new Apple Mac OX S 10.4 (aka Tiger)

After spending ten years with a webtv box (I know - JUNK - but sooo easy to use) I advanced to a PC, figuring why not get a REALLY good one that didn't come from Bill Gates :-)First fun thing was logg...
Posted by Denise on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:14:00 PST