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Starry Night Lights has a great selection of outdoor lighting

September 6, 2007 by Tricia

If you’ve been reading this blog for any time you’ve read how I’ve used various types of landscape lighting to enhance the look of my home, highlight plants and gently light my garden. I love siting in my garden at night. The outdoor lights aren’t very bright, but they light the garden just enough that I can see some of the plants and structure of the garden. It’s very peaceful and pretty.

If you’ve been thinking of installing outdoor lighting in your yard visit Starry Night Lights. They have a large selection of night sky friendly lighting from which you can choose.

You’ll find everything from metallic and ceramic wall scones, to wall lanterns, landscape lights, architectural lighting, light shades and even sign lights. These lights are designed to not only enhance the look of your home and property, but to reduce the effects of light pollution in the community.

You see that’s what I like about siting in my garden. The lights I use are bright enough to enhance the look of my yard, but not so bright that I can’t look up and see the night sky and if I’m lucky some stars as well.

That’s what light pollution is – when outdoor lighting used by homes, businesses and to light the city are so bright that they blot out the sky making it impossible to see the sky properly. You’ll actually find some great articles on the StarryNightLights.com website about light pollution and the billions of dollars that are wasted annually in the US just lighting up our cities and as a result the sky too.





Filed Under: Decor, Home and Garden, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Photography, Recreation, Shopping, Tricia's Garden, Web and Technology Tagged With: architectural lighting, articles, ceramic wall scones, enhance look of home, garden lighting, home lighting, information, landscape lighting, landscape lights, light pollution, light pollution information, light shades, metallic, night sky, night sky friendly lighting, outdoor lighting, see stars, sign lights, sky view, Starry Night Lights, view sky, wall lanterns

Thinking about video and regular podcasts

September 6, 2007 by Tricia

I’ve been watching that new television show I-Caught again. I’ve watched three shows so far, and each time I watch it my head starts to buzz with ideas of things that I or my husband could do on the internet.

My latest idea revolves around my husband. As you might remember we purchased an HD video camera for him about a month and a half ago when I got my new digital SLR camera. The plan for his blog, Guitar Licks, has always been to include video guitar lessons. Now I’m expanding that thought.

I was thinking that maybe we could find a free podcast site to upload his videos to, but instead of just doing guitar lessons he could talk about various types of music and different types of guitars and equipment. Very niche obviously, but I’m pretty sure he’d enjoy doing the videos and he’s a fantastic musician with a lot of knowledge to share so those interested in watching his videos would get something out of it.

Another idea that I had involves podcasts or internet radio type shows. There’s a few bloggers that I know doing these regular weekly shows now and I think Chris would be very good at it. Perhaps I’d join him. Hmmm the Chris and Trish show?

Sure I know for the videos we could just upload to YouTube, but I think if we uploaded the video podcasts to a podcast site with a community built around it the content he’d create would be picked up easier and perhaps build a following.

Do any of you do video or regular podcasts? Which sites do you use? How about internet radio shows or weekly broadcast type sites?

BTW did any of you submit your three words to i-caught? I think that’s a great feature. We didn’t get around to it what with my family reunion keeping us busy but I hope to make a submission in a day or so.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Home and Lifestyle, Life with Chris, Music, Recreation, Video, Web and Technology Tagged With: blog, blogger, broadcast, camera, Chris, community, Digital, guitar, husband, idea, Internet, internet radio, Music, musician, podcast, Television, Video, video podcast, watch, watching, Youtube

I was busting out on Saturday

September 6, 2007 by Tricia

You know, I almost forgot that it’s my birthday today. If it hadn’t been for the flurry of “Happy Birthday” messages from sites and forums that I’m a member of I might have actually not remembered until morning.

So far I’m not bothered by this birthday.

Do you know what I mean by that? It doesn’t matter what age your turning on your birthday, if you’ve set goals for yourself and reach a certain age without achieving those goals a birthday can be a disappointing event. Well some of them are for me due to not achieving what I’d thought I would have by that time in my life.

Of course I’ve been at home for almost two years due to my illness, Crohn’s, and if I really think about it, yes, I could let this birthday get me down, but I didn’t have any specific goals for this time period in my life so I’m ok with my birthday.

Perhaps I should have a goal or treat in mind. I just remembered an embarrassing thing that happened to me not once, but three times on Saturday evening while we were on the boat.

I’d dressed for the evening in a nice blouse and pants. It’s breezy by the lake and as it turns out – on it – so I didn’t want to dress too lightly. As it was my boobs must have gotten a bit bigger or my blouse got smaller because my top literally popped open three times while I walked around the boat!

How embarrassing!

I think I caught it right away each time it happened, but all but one button would open up each time it happened so I basically had my blouse wide open each time the buttons decided to free themselves! I was busting out all over the place that night.

I’m still undecided as to whether I’ll be going to California in November, especially after what happened with one of the blogging companies yesterday, but if I do go maybe I should look into breast lift surgery in Los Angeles? LOL yeah I’m joking. I don’t need it, my top was just a little too snug on Saturday evening, but if I did that would make a great birthday present I suppose.

Ladies, have you ever had your pop top open or fall down at the worst moment?

Filed Under: Dining and Restaurants, Health Fitness and Beauty, Home and Lifestyle, Pulled a Trish, Recreation Tagged With: Birthday, blog, Blogging, boat, boobs, break free, breaking out, breasts, busting out, buttons, buttons popped, crohn, cruise, embarassing, forums, free, illness, loose, loosen, Saturday, snug top, top undone, weekend

The Sun Sets over Toronto

September 5, 2007 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

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Is that not a postcard worthy photo? I took that picture while on the boat cruise on Saturday night. The evening was lovely and the sun setting over Toronto was absolutely gorgeous.

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I think next to my love of gardening and roses, gazing at beautiful sunsets is one of my most favorite things.

It was kind of like Deja Vu when I was on the boats deck.

I’d been inside the boat in the dinning room and I noticed that the sun was going to set soon so Chris and I went up on the deck to take some photos and just look at the scenery.

I suddenly realized while on the boat that all the beautiful postcard photos of our cityscape must have been taken while on a boat on the lake. It makes sense of course, but I’d never thought of it before. It was so beautiful.

Filed Under: Canada, Dining and Restaurants, Home and Lifestyle, Life with Chris, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: beautiful, boats, Chris, garden, Love, night, photos, picture, roses, Saturday, sunset, Toronto, Wordless Wednesday

Another storm?

September 5, 2007 by Tricia

It always seems that whenever I’m on a roll posting away on my computer late at night we have a thunder storm. The house a few minutes ago since the storm and thunder was so close.

Actually we need rain. We’ve barely had any rain here in Toronto over the last month. Perhaps I should stay up late posting like crazy more often so we’ll get some rain.

I’m just hoping, as I usually do, that the power doesn’t go out. I hate when the power goes out during a storm. Thunder storms freak me out. I wonder if they sell decent looking battery powered home lighting that won’t go out during a storm? Now that would be a great invention wouldn’t it? A nice lamp that has back up batteries in it like some alarm clocks do so that when the power goes out the clock, or in this case light, will keep on working.

Yes I’m rambling. Time to go to bed I think. At least if I’m bed it won’t matter if the power goes out.

Filed Under: Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Toronto Tagged With: batteries, computer, crazy, home, house, late at night, light, posting, rain, rambling, storm, thunder, thunder storm, Toronto, work

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