tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post2410276885124623745..comments2023-05-24T07:28:47.004-05:00Comments on Teresa Evangeline: The Dollar Tree, Gladiolas, and Wild GeeseTeresa Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-74647100702105232692010-08-22T10:01:47.229-05:002010-08-22T10:01:47.229-05:00Manzanita! I visited your blog and what fun you...Manzanita! I visited your blog and what fun you're having! Love what you "named" it, too. Thanks for reading and commenting. I look forward to sharing our stories.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-65914240222863921972010-08-22T08:56:43.153-05:002010-08-22T08:56:43.153-05:00Teresa,
I am a new follower. Enjoyed your blog an...Teresa, <br />I am a new follower. Enjoyed your blog and the post on Dollar store shopping and your flower garden. I used to live in Minnesota, actually grew up there. If you tire of the Dollar Store, you always have the Mall of America. Ha<br />Manzanita<br />wanna buy a duckManzanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467261212623663365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-22219152333129551822010-08-21T22:14:07.591-05:002010-08-21T22:14:07.591-05:00Nancy, thank you! Yes, the flowers were divine.Nancy, thank you! Yes, the flowers were divine.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-27449213948607146622010-08-21T14:13:21.323-05:002010-08-21T14:13:21.323-05:00Another fabulous post, and I nearly missed it some...Another fabulous post, and I nearly missed it somehow! I'd forgotten about nasturtiums...must grow some next summer. They make salads so much fun! Loved your story about the Dollar Tree, too, and how much you and your son enjoyed it.Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-15010708526977459652010-08-21T10:21:17.970-05:002010-08-21T10:21:17.970-05:00Ooooh, Hot Tamales. They were under consideration,...Ooooh, Hot Tamales. They were under consideration, but left behind in the budget shortfall. It's good to have fun sons.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-19450173977552715932010-08-21T02:50:42.116-05:002010-08-21T02:50:42.116-05:00MY fav $ store treat: giant box of Hot Tamale cand...MY fav $ store treat: giant box of Hot Tamale candy!<br />Glad you got to hang with your "issue".Skitzo Leezra Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797515167293810185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-33390153338214236422010-08-20T17:45:24.959-05:002010-08-20T17:45:24.959-05:00Paul: Thank you for your comments. The salad was, ...Paul: Thank you for your comments. The salad was, indeed, scrumptious. I am enjoying your blog. Your current post is a topic I've given some "thought" to, but not too much :)<br /><br />Monique: It's starting to feel a bit like autumn here, as well. That's my favorite time of year, so it feels nice.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-56226813406592684092010-08-20T17:10:32.018-05:002010-08-20T17:10:32.018-05:00Whee, what a salad! Did it taste as good as it loo...Whee, what a salad! Did it taste as good as it looks? <br />We have those stores in The Netherlands too, but the price has gone up. You could now call them $2 dollar stores.. haha.<br />Love the poem!!<br />Here summer has returned for a couple of days, it almost seemed to be autumn already. But now we have a nice 25C with a breeze and the butterflies are back too!Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01631837654496187275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-82616096462877093862010-08-20T16:33:39.815-05:002010-08-20T16:33:39.815-05:00Hi Teresa,
I just added you to my blog roll as wel...Hi Teresa,<br />I just added you to my blog roll as well. All the best.Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-77255487442831771742010-08-20T16:30:47.071-05:002010-08-20T16:30:47.071-05:00Wonderful post. First of all, the release of find...Wonderful post. First of all, the release of finding simple, gratifying purchases at the dollar store. Then making that salad with nasturtiums! Looks scrumptious.<br /><br />"the world offers itself to your imagination,.." Beautiful poem, too.Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-14838201143166517002010-08-20T12:25:21.899-05:002010-08-20T12:25:21.899-05:00Kate: to reiterate my comment on your blog: My tri...Kate: to reiterate my comment on your blog: My trip to Santa Fe will be a visit only. I call Minnesota home now, but Santa Fe is sort of like a "second home," and probably always will be.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-10360018808743282672010-08-20T11:04:06.207-05:002010-08-20T11:04:06.207-05:00The salad looks delicious and you photographed it ...The salad looks delicious and you photographed it perfectly! Great story about your shopping tour of the Dollar Store. How about some pictures of your treasures? Mary Oliver is a fine poet, isn't she? We should add poetry to all of our posts. Read your comment on my blog about returning to SF this fall...I am green with envy. I probably should move there, but I'd miss water and greenery too much, methinks.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-55659481137185538232010-08-19T19:08:26.921-05:002010-08-19T19:08:26.921-05:00Hi Kittie! Nice to hear from you. I listened and t...Hi Kittie! Nice to hear from you. I listened and they are two very talented young men. Isn't it wonderful how the internet is introducing people from all over the world? It really is a global community. I love the photos you posted from your European trip. Just lovely. Hugs, TTeresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-52836656659698428842010-08-19T18:39:17.690-05:002010-08-19T18:39:17.690-05:00Oh but this is such a serene post, Teresa. Beauti...Oh but this is such a serene post, Teresa. Beautiful, just beautiful. I could have crawled through the internet and nibbled on your salad. I love nasturtiums. Started with my youngest sister, when she was a kid and planted them for a school project. To make her happy we put them on a salad (like the teacher said we could do) and voila, true love.<br /><br />But your garden is a masterpiece. Love the colors, the bright happy feeling that reaches for the sun. And fun, fun at the dollar store...you're right, hard to stick to budget!<br /><br />If you have time, please click over to follower Andrea Pearson Books. She's got a unique clip of Hotel California (one of the all-time greats, I think) you're gonna love. XX, K.Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-50295220463198304342010-08-19T08:17:35.634-05:002010-08-19T08:17:35.634-05:00Linda: Yes, the colors are so vibrant they do look...Linda: Yes, the colors are so vibrant they do look unreal. I also have purple zinnias that are just as colorful. It's like the grand finale of fireworks here in my garden, mostly gold and purple. I forgot to mention the pink and purple flox....<br /><br />Grethe: I'm glad to know you have an equivalent in the Tiger stores. The economy here has caused a real surge in these stores and a brisk business.I had to force myself to put a few things back, to stay near our designated budget. That was part of the fun, deciding what stayed and what went home with us.<br /><br />Lynn: It's nice to have these times with certain traditions intact. I , too, hope yours continues for a very long time.<br /><br />Black Widow: I've been inspired by your own posts of finding ways to live with simplicity. It's at the heart of finding new ways of being in this world, that's healthier for us and for the planet. Thank you for reading and commentingTeresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-11831212377205252602010-08-19T07:57:59.548-05:002010-08-19T07:57:59.548-05:00I love the budget story. We do the same thing for ...I love the budget story. We do the same thing for xmas and set a limit. It was getting so bad that if you did not spend $100.00 on each kid they were not happy (nieces and nephews that is). Every year in august our town has gargage sales (i mean like every house in our town) and what we do since our kids are young is buy clothes from those sales for the year ahead. We make out like bandits because our kids are younger and most of that stuff is only worn 1 time or the tags are still on them. I use to be real bad with money but now if I dont need it I dont shop. My kids love garage sales and dollar stores. When I was growing up we use to have a "Dime store"....in our town. Many things / especially candy was a dime...to this day many people remember the people who ran it because they actually cared about people and kids.The Black Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901777497736820354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-43142070480970778992010-08-19T07:17:17.465-05:002010-08-19T07:17:17.465-05:00Ooh what a wonderful post! ...and that salad! My g...Ooh what a wonderful post! ...and that salad! My granddaughter and I have the Chinese buffet tradition too. We go there every time she comes over for a visit. She's only 10 and I hope we keep this tradition up for a long, long time.turquoisemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893008689507282266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-36547364234178293362010-08-19T01:41:15.905-05:002010-08-19T01:41:15.905-05:00What splendid colours of all those flowers in your...What splendid colours of all those flowers in your garden and the salad with nasturtium, the warm colours of late summer and beginning of autumn. And the beautiful poem about the wild geese, there's something mysterious about wild geese when they fly above your head in that fine shape of a W. <br /><br />It was fun to read about your shopping with your son. We've got some shops here called "Tiger" (with a certain small price: 10 kroner = a coin, a tiny bit more than one dollar) and I can find all kind of things there and go absolutely berserk! <br />Cheers<br />Grethe ´)Thyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784021614587470421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-76144736386305498812010-08-18T22:54:05.858-05:002010-08-18T22:54:05.858-05:00That salad is almost too good to eat, I've alw...That salad is almost too good to eat, I've always wanted to eat nasturtiums, but never have, I love those old fashioned flowers. the colors in your garden are so vibrant, they almost don't look real. sounds like a fun visit with your son, I like browsing in dollar stores, never know what unique item I might find there.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.com