The rest of my unit at work are now getting to work at home and as a result I am getting a system upgrade as well. I have been working at home for over 6 years now and when I originally went home I took a new 22 inch monitor which was a great upgrade from what I had been using in the office. Now it seems like a dinosaur. So I was happy to today get ( Read more... )

I have been faithfully watering and feeding my pepper and tomato plants on the patio and I have seen some fruit for my labor. As well I discovered amongst my strawberry patch a surprise.
( look and see what I found )

Just had a tussle with the my red-twig dogwood. It had spread to where it was taking over the walkway and interfering with the driveway, at least with getting into and out of the passenger side of the car,plus encroaching on other plantings so I had to cut it back. I thought I had done a good job trimming it back last fall and in early spring, but ( Read more... )

well, I've officially joined the Facebook crowd. I had been thinking about it, since my sweetie and most of my family is on there, but just hadn't jumped in yet. Then we went to a local alumni gathering and I found out that a lot of fellow alums and on it, so I decided to take the plunge. I had been wanting to reconnect with friends I knew from my ( Read more... )

I just had to share a "green" moment with y'all...While checking out my climbers (hydrangea, clematis , and honeysuckle) I managed to spook a couple critters lurking in the back yard. One , the big black cat that has adopted our house, managed to get away over the fence before I could snap a pic. But the other one was a mostly green, with some ( Read more... )

Peonies and peppers and berries, oh my ( Read more... )

Things are growing up around here. I finally got a couple tomato plants, as well as a couple pepper plants (one jalapeno, the other a regular bell pepper),to plant in my pots. Nothing is so delicious as home-grown tomatoes freshly picked and eaten. My yarrow/hollyhock/lupine patch is growing taller and more massive each week out between the roses ( Read more... )

Just finished another season of American Idol and what a ride it was! So many good singers and quite a variety. Saw the top 10 on Larry King last night and watched the interview with Kris Allen on the Tonight Show also last night (recorded). Two complete gentlemen in the finale ,and a blast of a finale show. So what are my thoughts on the final two ( Read more... )

Well, the sun came out today and I was able to do some garden work. I weeded, pulling both the shot-weed that is currently earning it's name, and some large spiky weeds that have taken advantage of green cover and rain. One I pulled out was about as big around as a standard flashlight and was hiding underneath my holly bush. Fortunately my rose and ( Read more... )

I finally had a sunny day when I was not working so I could go out and mow the lawn. As I was doing that I discovered some new growth in the garden. Including , the best of all, our lilac has bloomed - so sweet a smell, right outside the back door.


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