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Our month of June was the 3rd hottest EVER recorded.   I’ll just let that sizzle in for a moment.   Everyday was over 90 degrees. ssssssssss.  July is not looking any cooler.  Electric bill was over 300. Nice. It is such … Continue reading →

I have a few  new plants this year which remind me of sparklers on the 4th of July.  My Dad was so protective of my sister and I that we were NEVER allowed to hold a firecracker  or be around anyone … Continue reading →

I.am.so.miserable.  I got into a fight it seems with some poison ivy and the ivy WON.  big time.  I have missed three days of work and am STILL ITCHING.  What a dufus. Pics of the demise of my skin.  Hope … Continue reading →

God, it’s hot.  The forecast for the rest of the week is 99, 99, 99, …  It’s only mid June.  Not a good sign.  Maybe we are so hot because our  team beat the Miami Heat to win the NBA championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yay … Continue reading →

I was very excited to have Jim Harding of the Nashville Rose Society ask me if he could use my photo of my Peggy Martin Rose for their May newsletter the Nashville Rose Leaf.  This is my favorite climbing rose!  You … Continue reading →

Thank Goodness, it’s finally Spring.  I mean really Spring. It always amazes me how well everything grows at this time.  Maybe it’s because all of my perennials start waking up, but it just seems like if you plant it, it … Continue reading →

 We, along with the entire country, have had our share of snow and ice.  Just makes you want to curl up in a comfortable chair with a good book, doesn’t it?   More about good books, later. However, this past weekend … Continue reading →

 My camera was on the blink.   Actually, it turned out to be operator error, and the sad part is, I’m still not sure what I did wrong.   It all started at my son’s graduation.  I couldn’t seem to get it to work in the … Continue reading →