tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39508682794617532362012-01-04T16:42:57.101-08:00Figments et al.excerpts and outtakes from my imaginationJenna Basmagynoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950868279461753236.post-26064968308954754302009-09-21T12:20:00.000-07:002009-09-21T14:51:01.268-07:00Roses...Back from the Dead (coincidentally, also in my backyard)<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-ec6483dc596c5310" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v16.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dec6483dc596c5310%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329860030%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1CBBA25BDDCE350011A8C9A47DE294A3D0171B88.2FCA046F9F4747C63362AC8353716B0F44C2296D%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dec6483dc596c5310%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Db9WpwV4V-cfpIbEN1cAxcIc9gws&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v16.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dec6483dc596c5310%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329860030%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1CBBA25BDDCE350011A8C9A47DE294A3D0171B88.2FCA046F9F4747C63362AC8353716B0F44C2296D%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dec6483dc596c5310%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Db9WpwV4V-cfpIbEN1cAxcIc9gws&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br />When I first moved to Italy in January, this rose bush appeared to be a dried-up mess, desolate and beyond the possibility of life. It was kind of a heartbreaking sight. Then, in late March, it was trimmed to the trunk, stripped of all its dead branches, twigs and withered foliage. Exposed as a truncated and stark skeleton, it seemed all the more barren and hopeless. Until spring...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3950868279461753236-2606496830895475430?l=nyerinitaly.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jenna Basmagynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950868279461753236.post-89040707080818135702009-08-20T15:22:00.001-07:002009-08-20T15:40:53.348-07:00The dinosaur in my backyard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uzmtlFukohw/So3QhDD52_I/AAAAAAAAABA/zZIgZYgV6jY/s1600-h/IMG_5105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uzmtlFukohw/So3QhDD52_I/AAAAAAAAABA/zZIgZYgV6jY/s320/IMG_5105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372179196698811378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uzmtlFukohw/So3QhnHAGhI/AAAAAAAAABI/qsxcJxEEjCI/s1600-h/IMG_5053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uzmtlFukohw/So3QhnHAGhI/AAAAAAAAABI/qsxcJxEEjCI/s320/IMG_5053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372179206375479826" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3950868279461753236-8904070708081813570?l=nyerinitaly.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jenna Basmagynoreply@blogger.com1