Happy Sunday, all! Netty, I am green with envy, and happy that you rescued those plants and gave them a good home. Toni, I agree--the difference...
A stroll through a garden is such a delight, and your garden certainly gives plenty to look at and enjoy! We have Swallowtails also, and are very...
I tend toward the pastel colors in flowers--my husband likes bold and beautiful (is that why he married me?). The orange, really hot pink, and...
Islandlife, we have Ruby Throated hummers, but not Anna's. We sit at our dining room table in the morning with coffee, watching the hummers come...
I'm not a picky eater, and don't go overboard on cleanliness, germ-free, sterile surroundings, but eating from a plate that is passed around among...
Eileen has posted that Scotland (actually all of Europe) has no hummingbirds, but she loves to see them, even if at an arboretum or zoo. Here is a...
Welcome! I'm looking forward to seeing your photos, hearing what you are growing on your patio, and talking gardening with you.
I love your captions! You are the Caption Competition brainiac.
You were eating at a chic restaurant--not many restaurants could serve such fresh and gorgeous vegetables as you have at your table.
My deepest sympathies to anyone with an allergic reaction to onions! We plant white, yellow, and red onions each spring, and enjoy them (except...
Toni, you are lucky to have two groceries that cater to a select population. We have one grocery, and whether we go to our local small grocery, or...
A Passionflower start sent to me by a fantastic Stewie sent up two babies. I don't like to transplant in July, but they were in the direct path of...
Hello and welcome from Central Texas! Folks around here think they invented hot peppers, so you encounter them in almost everything. Please do...
Oh Stratsmom, you are so right! We went to a "big, grand" grocery shortly after it opened and a neighbor raved about it, especially the olive...
Barb, I just noticed the heading of this post "Waretrop's Summer Accident". I do hope this doesn't mean you plan to have accidents spring, fall,...
Once, when I was editor of a local paper, a "local" politician asked me what I did. I told him "more than you do." It took him a good few minutes...
I dead-headed roses this morning after cleaning the coops and communing with the hens and chicklets (which takes a while since I'm trying to...
Such a magnificent garden! I love the trellis--and for the price you paid it was a real bargain. In the fifth photo from the top there is a...
I nipped into our local grocery, usually a sane and sanitary place, and was immediately accosted by a lady offering "free tastes" of a nacho dip....
Oh Barb, you are one strong woman to suffer through all that and survive! I'm so sorry you had such a nasty accident, but am so glad you are still...