Another October Beauty

Butterflies represent transformation.  Eric Carle, author and collage illustrator, has a children’s book named “Very Hungry Caterpillar”, a classic that i now enjoy with the next generation.  We have been watching these orange butterflies in the front garden for a couple of weeks.  Today i was lucky to get a picture.  Usually, as Olivia and i [...]

Zinnias A-Glow

These three zinnia flowers came from the same plant!  The colors change like a sunset as the flower matures.  What a treat.  Thank you, Mary Lynn, for the original seed that i collected from your patch 5 or so years ago.  My zinnias are glorious right now because i got them in late, and i [...]

Another garden guest

Praying Mantis
This is the most recently discovered guest in my front garden, found in the zinnias while i was dead-heading and looking for marigold seed.  He is even bigger that the grasshopper, but i neglected to go back out with a ruler.  At least 5 inches.  Look at the eyes…he knew i was there!  Through [...]

The Sale is Over, thank goodness

Sunday, after the sale, and after two large loads went to Goodwill.
I am so grateful that Cathy came in from Macon County on Friday and helped to get everything out into the driveway and onto the tables, and she took on the role as cashier!  A huge help because i always get distracted by the [...]

A Garden Visitor

This guy is huge and probably got that way eating my 4 foot marigold plants.  I don’t really care too much as long as he doesn’t eat the French Marigolds.   Each year i save the French Marigold seed and plant again – saved originally from my mother’s garden after she died 27 years ago.  Just [...]

Starting again on blogging

OK…really…my last entry was ages ago! I had my 55th birthday yesterday and decided i could mark it in some way…so this is it.  I am really going to try to do better here.  i spent the day with my favorite person, Olivia Anne, 9 1/2 months old, and worked at healing a head cold.  
I [...]

A dry spell

I looked out back today, and the fungus that is in the picture at the top of my blog is already gone.  Its been very hot and dry for a week and the stuff just could not grow.  Hmmm…i wonder if i am having a dry spell too?  I am making efforts at finishing recent [...]

This Sprout has a Hat

I soaked and planted Martha’s butternut squash seeds this week, and look! there are sprouts this afternoon.  And this one was still wearing its little hat.  Sorry, I still have not mastered the close-up focus on this camera.  I did not start working on the “rooster” project until a couple hours ago, so there is no [...]