Too Long

Since starting Face Book a couple of years ago, and the fact my laptop doesn't blog easily (formatting, stopping IE in the middle of blogging, not able to leave comments on other blogs now???) I have just not been a faithful blogger or follower! I do love catching up in the lives of friends and co-workers through blog, but my sanity and peace of mind is more important! Oh well, saying that, I will try yet another entry:)

I do like that in the blog I can jot down more thoughts than I ever would write on FB. I feel that anyone that is interested enough in my life to read my blog, is someone I want to "talk to" through the blog.

Words read sometimes take on a very different meaning than what the writer intends! At least my words do. I want to say how wonderful and blessed I am to have Clyde...then I think that it sounds very "sugary" or too hard to swallow for some. So, I just leave posts about the things he buys me or places he takes me, all the while not saying how very thoughtful he is. He is always trying to please me and make me happy (not that that's where happiness comes from, but you know what I mean). He works so hard in trying to invest our meager funds wisely. He sweats, prays, gets overwrought, and sometimes just plain sick to his stomach when stocks fall.....just decisions that he takes on "himself" for us. Anyway, that is something I don't write about and wanted to say. I am blessed by him.

I will post a few flower garden photos at Arboretum, some of Maggie (haven't taken many of the boys lately) and try to publish this....fingers crossed:)

Late Summer Garden

Hanging basket hay rake tree. Late in summer so some look better than others.
Dark pink Crape Mrytle (spelling?) Beautiful at this time.

My favorite hanging basket. I put this together and added new coconut liner this year. This purple plant took over the other edging plant, but it's been nice and trouble free.

I bought this orchid for a bridal shower early in the year and this is it's second blooming. It was a surprise and treat to me! It is just beautiful at this time.

This picture doesn't show this plant well. The purple sweet potato vine is huge. I sprayed Sevin on it so that there were no "holes" and it has been beautiful.

To the right is a Cleome. I have great luck each year with these volunteer flowers that reseed and bloom the next year. This year, however, this is the only one that came back to full size. It actually is so big and nice, I was OK with adding the red salvia that bloomed all summer and added so much color. However, I am planning to drop the seeds this year so hopefully they will continue to come back.