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Things are starting to shape up

Category: Work in the garden | Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:15 pm

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The garden is really coming together now, even tho I got such a late start. The perennials are starting the show as usual. The annuals are 'getting there'. The pots are for the most part done (except the deck pots).



The corner garden has all the Day Lilys in it, along with other plants and shrubs. The first Lilys to bloom each year are the 'Stella D'Oro'.



These bloom all summer long.




They are like gold in the garden. As all the other Lilys and perennials ebb and flow, these stay steady at it.




The 'Stella's' also multiply like crazy. I can divide them every other year...or not.



The 'Kiss Frost White' Gazania are in front of the Lilys. They are some of the all white plantings I am putting in this year. This isn't a great picture, but for one thing I want to show you. This plant's leaves, as it gets older, turn fuzzy and grey. (Kind of like a Dusty Miller). Against the white showy flowers, its quite striking.



This is a better picture, but they are still quite small compared to their mid summer size. They love the heat and sun.



Roses are not my faves. This gal was new to the garden last year. It was the new intro from the 'Knock Out' series. It's a double 'Knock Out, Red'.




She was the sample sent to me by a company to confirm a truck they were sure I would not accept. They were right...she had one whole branch...so they didn't send the truck.
:) I did get to keep the pitiful sample, and this year the ugly duckling is a swan.


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Jane (the Pain)

Category: The animals that allow us to live with them | Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:31 pm

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This is Jane.



Jane is the youngest of our cats. She is approx 9 months old. She was a stray at the stand, it took me about 3 weeks to finally catch her and take her home.

She is the smallest of our cats. (This however does not mean Jane is the lightest)

Jane rules the roost. She picks on the other cats regardless of size. Takes their toys. Edges them from the food bowl. Jane is the first to the food bowl, the last to leave. Jane won't let the other cats in her room, or on her bed. (Until Jane, this room was known as mine, as was the bed). This is all done in a spoiled-baby-sister kind of way that the other cats seem fine with.



We believe Jane had dogs in her ancestral gene pool. Jane fetches. Jane roles over (but only for my Hubby). Jane 'speaks' for her food and toys. Jane does somersaults (We don't know what gene pool that came from)

Jane allows my husband and me to sleep in her bed. We are grateful. She leaves the bed several times each night to see if there is someone who she can annoy for a little while, then comes back to bed.

Last night Jane came back to bed for the second time around 3am. I felt her jump on, walk up my side, and come towards my shoulder. I thought she was seeing if I was awake and wanted to play. I 'stayed asleep'... until I heard an 'eeek eeeeeeek'. I opened my eyes to see Jane almost nose to nose with me, holding a mouse in her mouth.

It was my turn to say 'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!'

I scared Jane, Mouse, and Hubby. Mouse scampered across me towards the end of the bed. Jane scampered after Mouse. Hubby scampered out his side of the bed. (People he DID scamper, I promise, he says no).

No Mouse to be found. We take all covers off bed. No Mouse. Jane is not happy. Jane insists Mouse is still in bed. No Mouse on floor, or in room that we can find. We put bed back together. Jane keeps searching bed for Mouse.

It creeped me and Hubby out for remainer of the night; each time we brush the other as we move/turn in bed, we ask "That was you right? Not the mouse?"








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