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The garden shower was a neat device I saw in Lidl or Aldi, one of those stores that quite often stocks the unusual, like green chillies stuffed with Greek cheese or pigs ears in aspic. All it consisted of was a sprinkler on the end of a free standing metal frame to which you attached your garden house but the concept was brilliant.In the meantime, every moment there is a break in the clouds, I'm heaving out the Flymo and making a quick pass over the top lawn.The other thing I'm not happy about when it comes to the weather is the state of my grass. What with all this rain it's growing.Here Come the Newlyweds (9:02 p.m., Ch. 4): Utahns Jed and Sarin Hinkins are still in the running on this goofy reality/game show. Tonight, the couples have to create a carnival game for the neighborhood kids to play.Dateline (9 p.m., Ch. 5): Remember when this used to be a newsmagazine? Now it's just a tabloid crime show. Tonight's installment patrols dark corners of Las Vegas.Oriet is the first to admit, however, that she is drawn to a wide variety of subjects and terrain beyond Wyoming. She relishes traveling for inspiration, whether she journeys to Africa and Europe or closer to home to Texas, where she visits her good friend, sculptor T.D. Kelsey, and captures the colors of the West Texas landscape.I'm not sure if I put it on right but I have a big dead patch surrounded by sprouting turf that looks like its competing in the free growing section of the garden Olympics.Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (11 p.m., Bravo): All of Kathy's campaigning pays off -- her comedy album is nominated for a Grammy! And she travels to Canada to meet Lily Tomlin.I've tried that stuff that you put down to stop it growing and no, I don't mean a roll of lino. It's one of those garden products that you spread that, within three days, is supposed to stunt its ambitions and make it greener.Jon & Kate Plus 8 (10 p.m., TLC): The guys from Orange County Chopper come by and plan the design for Jon's custom chopper.Or he might include an actual vinyl record by the Beach Boys or the Beatles into the composition. "As with my cowboys and Coke machines, you wouldn't necessarily see these objects together in the real world, but I like to think of them together," Middlekauff says.Jurick is represented by Howard/ Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA; 16 Patton Gallery, Asheville, NC; and Cohen Rese Gallery, San Francisco, CA.Come on summer, make a return. Prove the met men right for once and I'll even buy a barbecue and a garden shower. I'll even play Agadoo. Honest.Where is all that barbecue weather that the meteorological experts forecast? On the strength of what they promised, I bought two new pairs of shorts and was tempted by a garden shower, for when the sun gets too fierce, and a new fan. No, not someone who wants my autograph but one of those big things that stands in a corner and throws out a cool breeze.Her figures stare at paintings, stand in line for coffee, and settle into comfortable corners to read the newspaper. If you ask Georgia-based painter Karin Jurick where her inspiration comes from for such imagery, it's no surprise when she replies, "everyday life."

Fine Art, Littleton, CO. "The clouds are constantly changing. And change is what catches my eye." - JULIE ORIET