Yard Work, Gardening Gloves, Sunday Morn, Rocks, Trees and Bath Time

 Like I said, I worked out 

in the yard pretty much all day 

on Saturday. Took a break 

for a tad bit to visit with

my neighbor, Carrie. I took some

monkey grass out of a pot where i

stuffed it at the end of

season last yr. and planted it

going up one side of my

driveway, till I ran out.

Dug up a Braken fern growing

wild under my carport and replanted it under

the trees next to the carport,

planted some bulbs

I took out of a planter, raked up leaves

under trees, blew off the porch and filled a large pot

with dirt for my cypress vine and placed

that in front of the baby bed springs.

Saw

the hummingbird several times,

I blew up one pic so that

you could see the ruby throat.

Other birds

at their feeder have been wearing

the seeds out. It always amazes me

that they find feeders so fast.

Even saw the woodpecker in the

backyard, I normally only hear him.

Also, noticed the orange ribbon

showing my property line at the end of

the woods, meaning that there will be houses

built back there. At least there

will be the buffer of my back

lot of trees so they will

not be up on me.

I love my little arrangement

here. I pulled this piece

of limb from one of the

trees that I cut the honeysuckle

out of, the vine had made

its way into the wood of

the limb.

I saw something like that

on Pinterest and they

tied a wooden heart in the 

center. I used a rock heart.

Plus, my heart looks like it 

has a face.

 

My little Dogwood

tree has just a couple 

of blooms on it.

A few weeks ago when I 

worked out in the yard, gathering

branches and limbs, I developed

a rash. With me, it don't stop 

there, the rash is gone but 

all the itching as caused both

arms to be a mess.

But that will not happen

again, Sat. evening in 

the mail came my gardening

gloves. I am so excited.

They are not supposed to tear, 

rip and pick, they are UV

protected and they will protect

my arms. As you can see, 

I need the help. 

Of course, I had to have my 

favorite leopard pattern and being

in purple was a plus.

Sunday morning, the girls 

were so full of piss and vinegar, waking me 

at four. I tried to sleep but

they kept on. Finally, I went and got my

coffee about five. I had my coffee in 

bed, laptop, and tv and by this time, 

the only cat around was the one

on my cup. The girls were off 

to take their first morning nap.

Little BRATS!

I have noticed some really interesting

and strange things in this county.

I have always lived where maple trees

were all around. In the spring the

yards, walkways, etc were always

covered with maple tree

helicopters (seeds). Here, I have 

not seen not one helicopter. 

This area really lacks in 

Maple Trees. However, we 

have our share of cedar and pine

trees. That is not the only odd

thing I have noticed, our dirt is 

a red color, somewhat like Georgia

clay. Where I came from the dirt

was brown and not packed. 

There is not a shortage of rocks here,

every time it rains, more are

uncovered. Cutting this first time

for this yr was crazy, I had to raise

the level of cut cause I kept

hitting them. Difference in the rocks,

where I came from they were

just reg rocks and here they

are mudstone or sandstone. Also here,

you can't find the grayish brown flat

rocks I always used to stack for a 

flower bed, They are generally 

thick, chucky and not flat here.

See the ones around this flowerbed,

this is mudstone and sandstone rock.

This is what I am used.

I know this is prob

not unusual to most but this

is only an hour from where I 

lived and grew up. Like being 

in a totally different country to me.

Plus, things I never paid 

attention to when I just 

visited here. And maybe an 

odd thing to most that I notice

it now.

I told you the above cause, 

well, it was on my mind!

But you see, I wanted some

maple trees.  

They are good shade trees

and grow fairly fast, this is

what my front yard needs. 

Yesterday on my trip to 

Columbia, I stopped at a 

park just outside the city.

Look what I found..

Helicopters!

Maple tree copters, which

carry the seeds. I picked

these up so I could plant,

figured if nothing else

I would grow my own

trees! But on the way home,

I took a side trip 

down the street from 

my street and saw these

babies growing along

side the road. 

Two (2) Red Maple

trees. 

They came home with me.

Why don't I just go buy

some trees, cause it seems silly

to me to buy trees when they 

are all around, well, maybe

not maple. But I am also trying

to get this yard looking good

on my own tight

purse strings. 

The ground was still damp so I 

was able to pull these

right up. HOWEVER, I am 

tossing the shovel in the 

car cause, same area, I 

found Yucca plants I am going

back to get. 

Now to leave you with 

a smile of one of the girls taking

a bath.

I love my babes,

Pam