Here it is........

......Bloggerville is filled with wonderful people working in their gardens....

CityBoy asked me last night when "we?" were going to plant "our" garden..

Now....the only thing i'm good at growing is weeds.......my Grandpa could plant a toothpick...water it...and it would sprout and bear fruit.....

Not me.....somewhere the "green thumb" gene was lost in my DNA...

My silk plants wilt from the dust....

Well....Anyway..... my reply to Cityboy was ....maybe Mother's Day weekend we could plant our container garden and maybe we should cut back to just two tomatoes and two peppers plants this year.....

After all...my annual killing of the veggie plants, puts me in a slight depression for several days...

When i asked CityBoy "why?' we should do a container garden again this year.....

His reply to me was.....Isn't what people in the mountains do?

Sooooo....i guess we'll be "a planting" sometime in the next few weeks....

And maybe.....we'll do three tomatoes and peppers.......or maybe four......

How much do i want to be depressed.....??!!

Enjoy

Frost......

...Helllooooo...Mother Nature..!!

Could you stay in Spring for just a few more weeks ....

before you skip summer and return to fall....

It was 32* on the front porch this AM...

I had to dig in the closet for a heavy jacket......i thought we were finished with this stuff..!!

Oh YOU Naughty Girl.....!!

Just looked at the forecast for the weekend.....

High 70's Saturday and Sunday ....

You have me sooo confused...

Enjoy

Wordless Wednesday.....almost....

Yesterday's rainbow......

Enjoy

I See You......

... all you out there is cyberspace.....peeking in on me....to find out what's going on in my pitiful life and feeble brain.....!!

Well....i blew it big time...!!

I totally forgot my #1 grandson's birthday.....

Sorry Jacob!

I have no excuses.......

I could try the ole...brain is getting old or the "what month is it again?"

or maybe even...i was out of town on a round the world cruise....

But.....nope.....can't lie to the young man.....

I just blew it!!

The gift card is in the mail.........Honest!!

Enjoy

Morning........

Took these this AM...

Don't ya love the way the sun light seems to crawl across the land....

What you don't see is the misty rain intensifying all the different colors of green...

Yep....it's Monday.....!!

Enjoy

Ahhhhhh.......

....the weekend at last....!!

Enjoy

Sometimes......

....you have to.....

Show'um whose boss.....

and tell'um, too..!!

TGIF

Enjoy

Ho Hummmmm.......

It is a hooo-hummmmm Thursday.....not much going on.....

Days like today.....are the days that i usually ponder deep thoughts and questions...

Things like the nation wide crisis in our schools......how can anyone expect our kids to get a quality education with 50+ in a high school classroom?.......where are all those politicians that ran on an education platform.....?......Is there a bailout for our school system...?.....Why are we adding teachers and classroom personnel to the unemployment lines....?

If we allow this to happen to the schools.....the closing of the libraries makes sense......after all if the kids can't read.....why supply free books or research materials.... plus, this adds more to the unemployment lines......

Hey..!!....all you chowder heads up there in DC......!!

Are the schools any different than the car industry and the money grabbing banking flunkies....???

This is the future leaders of our country we're talking about here...!!

Hello.....Hello!!!!....is anyone listening.....!!

Will my one little vote matter in the next election..?...we'll see...!!

Beware.... all you do nothings.......Beware...I'm not alone...!!!

Just one of the things i'll ponder today...

Enjoy

Another Good One......

......another church marquee jumped out at me this AM as i crossed the county coming to work.....

Get Right

Or

Get Left

Simple and to the point...

Have a great Wednesday...

Enjoy

Joy.....Joy.....Joy....deep in my heart...!!

Shamu is back!!

This picture is from May 2009....

But.....i saw her peeking her little head out yesterday as i drove by on my way to the Wal*Marts.....

Maybe this year we can get pictures of the little Shamu's

Enjoy

Load'um Up......

.....and head'um out...!!

Once again it's time to venture out....... over the river ......thru the tree fields......to the mighty 4-lane super highway that will take us into the huge city of Boone......!!

Mia and Max need some of the pesky little things that keep them healthy....wealthy(?) and wise.......things like kennel cough vaccine.....rabies shots......the yucky stuff.....!!

The harnesses have been re-sized....(when do they stop growing?) and Grandma is on the way down the hill to help with the free-for-all!!

The trip over will be a barking/grunting fest........and the trip back will be sleepy time...!!

OMGoodness..........Mia has already called......"ShotGun!"

Sorry Grandma...... :(

Enjoy

They're Back.......!!!

...At least i "think" they are....!

Several days ago i mentioned to CityBoy that it was time for the hummers to return....

and he promptly said, i was wrong ..... it was to early..

Well......Thrusday morning i recieved a call from CityBoy that went something like this.....

How do you make "hummer juice?"

Why?

How do you make "hummer juice?"

Well......you do a 3 to 1 ratio or a 4 to 1 ratio......

How do you make "hummer juice?"

OK....i use a 4 to 1 ratio......

How to you make "hummer juice?"

You boil 4 cups of water .....add one cup of sugar......stir until sugar is melted.....then add a little red food coloring..........Why?

They are sitting on the front porch.......they're waiting for me....!!.....Bye!

Seems there was two of the little guys buzzing the regular bird feeders......and the need for hummer juice was immediate.....

Haven't seen them since..........little buggers!!

Enjoy

It's Raining.....!!!

and turning cooler....!!

Campgrounds are loaded with visitors.....!!

Yikes...!!....Hope they brought blankies....

Enjoy

My Flag Pole......

This is my Flag Pole....

My birthday is in September and CityBoy bought me this for my birthday the year of 9/11

I enjoy my flag pole..

It shows we are proud to be Americans..

We brought it with us in the big move from Florida..

It was not placed in the moving truck or in the storage unit..

It traveled in CityBoys truck and lived in the utility room at the summer house...

It's my Pole .....CityBoy is the flag keeper...

He always has the stars and stripes...

But....the second flag is his choice....

This is what's flying high and proud at this time....

I wonder what the neighbors think.....

Enjoy

Ugh.....

....this is how the day started.....ugh!

.....plus, it's tax day....ugh!

The sun came out about 5 minutes after i posted this picture......i know it did it on purpose....just to make a liar out of me..... ugh!

Then i paid $30 for a half tank of gas......ugh!

Got to work and found that the campgrounds are ALL reserved for the Memorial Day weekend......and the phone calls about no spaces left......ugh!

But.....the good news is.....

My tax refund has been received and spent.....

The sun is shining.....

The campgrounds are full for Memorial Day....

And gas prices.......don't get me started......!!

Enjoy

Another sign and steeple.....

This is one of my favorite steeples..

It's atop the little white church at the bottom of the mountain...

and i see it Monday thru Friday as i drive to work...

It also has the greatest marquee sayings....

Someone in the congregation has a nifty-neat-O sense of humor...

Today's word for the day is...

Got The Bread of Life?

If Not.......Your Toast!

This one is going in my church marquee hall of fame.....

It gonn'a be a beauty.......get out and

Enjoy

Oh Where...Oh Where......

.....has my little groundhog gone....??

Haven't seen this guy yet...

Spring is here and i'm wondering if he made it thru the winter or did he hitch a ride to a more southern state...

Maybe...he's waiting for the final snow storm.....the locals say it should be here by the end of the month......maybe he's doing a little spring cleaning before showing his face......maybe he's enjoying a loooonnnngggg winter's nap...

Anyway...i hope he shows up soon.....the dogs are getting cocky.....and they need someone to taunt them and keep them humble....

Enjoy

OMGoodness......

....I can see....!!

Let me explain.......i have worn glasses since the age of 6 and by the age of 11, because my prescription was sooooo extreme and glasses were toooo heavy to stay on my little face..... i was put in hard contact lens.....they were the "new" thing for vision......please remember this was in 1961....do the math...!!

Do the words......"Blind as a Bat" mean anything to ya....??!

Well......over the last 40 some-odd-years...i've tryed everything...!

And ended up wearing gas-permeated hard lens.....along with sunglasses...computer glasses....reading glasses and regular glasses - 2 pair - one for distance and one for close-up...

Confused yet...?.....lets just say ..i needed a separate purse for alllll my eye wear....

Saturday i was fitted for a pair of soft lens made from silicone......it's not just for boobs anymore Martha!..... and OM Goodness...!!...I now have lens that are comfortable to wear and can see 20/20...plus joy of all joys...i can read everything except tiny little print without readers!!!

I can even sleep in these......however, the childhood fears of losing a lens in the back of my eyeball has prevented me from doing that yet......maybe tonight.....

The one small draw back is......i can't get them out!!

Thank goodness the male child has had soft lens for years and has come to my rescue and taken them out for me..

Talk about trust!!

I'll be seeing you......ha!!!......i love it!!

Enjoy

The Pink Lady.....

This is Sarah...the Pink Lady Apple tree....

Sarah started life as a germinated seed the Mountain Park's seasonal ranger found in the apple she was eating.......i gently put her and her sisters in a plastic sandwich bag...brought them home and planted them in seed cups.....within weeks Sarah was sending up a little sprout.....but, sadly the other two did nothing....

Look!...there's Max protecting Sarah....!!

Sarah spent the winter of 2008 in the garage living in a 5 gallon plastic icing container that CityBoy brought home from the food store....

I thought she was dead when she shed all her leaves and went dormant for the winter....but....something kept me from throwing her in the trash and in the Spring of 2009...
little green leaves popped out of the skinny 6 inch stalk and once again she began to grow....

She spent the spring...summer....and fall under the porch...inside the fence.....protected by Max and Mia.....
Then i made the BIG decision to leave her out for the winter....cause .. after all she is a 36 inch tree now.....and needs to know the real world!!

Well.....again she became a stalk and i thought she was dead......this was the worst winter we've had in 20 year....the locals say....

But....Look!!
Little Miss Sarah, the Pink Lady apple tree...is leafing out and is ready for a bigger bucket!!

A bigger bucket......yep!!
I'm not ready for her to venture out that far into the real world...
THE YARD...just yet....

She's my little baby....sweetheart....snuck'ums.....seedling.....!!

Enjoy

Nothing......

...much going on today....

Male child and i are headed to the eye doctor for check-ups and then maybe some browsing thru the Farmer's Market and Wal*Mart.....

It's rough....but....someones gott'a do it!

Enjoy

Yesterday's weather........

This pictures not the best...but....it sums up yesterday's crazy weather.....

Thunderheads on the horizon.....fluffy little clouds in the valley.......rainbow on the ridge.....

Craziness abounds with Mother Nature....once again!!

Enjoy

I'm here......

...... and still nosing around Bloggerville....

I've limited my computer usage since returning to work, due to the continuing problem with my neck, shoulders and arms....

the patience seems to have paid off....pain is now in my upper arms only and doesn't start until late in the day.....

So......give me another week or two and i'll be back with more wordy posts and comments for all my good buddies out there in cyberspace.....

Thanks and enjoy..

Few Words Wednesday......

The sky is Carolina Blue

and things are starting to "green" up!

Could this really be spring...?

ugh!.......Starting to get cold again tomorrow......

I'm sooooo confused....... :~(

Enjoy

All Is Well.....

As you can see......there have been several additions to the ecosystem...

The new guys are corals and some-sort-a sea creature that has a name bigger than it is....

And the proper "stuff" is growing on the rocks...

The "clowns" are happy....the little yellow fish is growing......the hermits and snails are doing a good job of keeping things clean,,,,,,and the two new shrimp are hiding in the rocks.....

Things seem to be "ecoing" along...!!

Enjoy

hi ho...!....hi ho..!!!

It's off to work i go...!!

The alarm clock went off and i'm up and dressed...

why i can greet visitors in my pj's is something i'm pondering today....

Oh Well.....

It's a morning of orientations......ugh!...done this for the last three years.....i think i maybe orientated.....

Maybe i'll sit in the back and heckle....

Enjoy

Happy Easter....!!

Yep......it's a mountain Easter Bunny...!

Have a great day..

Enjoy

......Never Again.....

Well.....we're back and never again will i drive the 871 miles to West Palm Beach, FL....!!!

This is the one thing i've discovered i feel to "old" to drive it again in one day....
Never again will i fight the 500-some-odd miles of road construction on I 95 or the insane drivers that think 85-90 is cruising speed........where is the highway patrol when you need them...??!!

Never again will i decide to take a different route for the drive home and get caught in a 4 hour stop-and-go holiday weekend traffic back-up in Atlanta........

Hi! Kids!.....we were in the wrong lane and could not get over at your exit......!!
We finally pulled over in South Carolina to spend the night.... could not drive another mile......!!

Never again will i share the roadway with every RV......5th Wheel.....or pull camper heading back to the northern lands......!!

Arrived home Friday afternoon.....a day later than we had planned.....!

However....my brothers surgery went extremely well and he went home after 4 days....rehab at home with a therapist for a few weeks and then he'll be good to go.........thanks to all of you that said a little prayer......they worked!!

Spring has finally hit my little corner of the world.......things are green......the birds are singing and Miss Kitty is once again perched on the rail..... keeping an eye on her world.....

Back to work on Monday.....?!

Enjoy