Tadpoles, Flowers, Holly, and Bottle Cutting

 Morning...

or at least it is

morning as I type out

this post!

That is not always a 

given, sometimes I type

the day I post, sometimes

I do it a few days ahead

and of course, some days

not at all!

I read  read https://islandmusingswithmarie.blogspot.com/blog this morning

about tadpoles and it

reminded me about something

in my life that would be

fun to post about!

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When my son was younger

I had a birdbath in the 

backyard and one day

we had tadpoles in it.

Did not realize a frog

could jump that high but

then again he could have

just climbed in there.

I thought it would be fun

and a learning experience

to raise them into 

frogs. 

We caught them and put the

in a glass vase.

We had it all fixed up

and we fed them fish food.

We watched as they

grew tails and 

legs. It was fun watching

them. They were placed

on the kitchen counter next

to the back door. 

Sorry, I have no pics 

to share for this story,

it was before cell phones.

Anyway, one day when my

son as at his dads I 

was scrubbing the kitchen,

and I thought maybe it would be

good for them to get some 

fresh air, not thinking

they were in glass!

They were tiny frogs at this

point. Poor babies, we

had tiny fried frogs then.

OOPS!

Okay, so I do have

a pic of the next

thing I am going to share!

You know, I am a picture

person.

Yesterday, I looked up 

at the top of the driveway,

right in the grass and 

saw some pretty purple

flowers. 

Growing wild in my yard.

I was told on FB that these are

Batchelors Buttons.

Darla, my app for plants told

me they were cone flowers..

Wrong call. 

The red flower is from my 

begonia flower Amber got

me for Mothers Day.  I clipped

this bloom and the Buttons 

for the kitchen window. I will

dry the purple blooms for seeds

to plant next yr.

This is my niece Holly,

I used to post about her all 

the time, years ago before I 

had you folks reading my blog.

She had a bday on Monday. 

She turned 29.

She was in drama when in school and 

some plays in college. Loved going and

watching her. Wished she still did some

acting. Wow, these kids need to stop growing,

I am too OLD for all that

growing! lol.

I had some one tag me in 

this pic on FB. Friends are always

tagging me on things that they

think I would want to make!

I actually saw these  years ago and 

bought a bottle cutter to do it, 

yep, never did it.

Cutter is in storage! 

Gotta get it out and get

some things done.

I still have mom's clothes

line poles to paint and put 

up, each one has a place to 

apply four lines. 

I am going to put them up

and hang things like this on

one and birdfeeders on the 

other. I am not hanging close

out anymore. My body 

says, NO WAY!!

Come to think about it,

I might not even paint them...

might leave as is.

But prob not putting up 

this yr.., still trying to figure

out the layout of what I 

want to do back there.

Plus, I am thinking an above

ground pool for Amber to 

care for! Yep, she knows,

she rents and can't put one up

so ....maybe here. We will see.

Do you have your yard laid 

out the way you want it?

How long have you been 

working on getting it the 

way you want it?

Do you do a garden?

Food or flowers?

Pam