anyone ?

here it is, 10:05pm, Art fell asleep quickly tonight... {his bed is right behind me as I sit at the computer, I'm surprised he's staying asleep!!}

Oh, how I love to "blog-hop", to see all the beautiful photos that other's share, and take a peak into their lives!!!

As I was hopping thru quilting blogs tonite, I found http://sunny-quiltingdreams.blogspot.com and the last sentence caught my eye... here's what it said:

"Now, it's time to get back to blog-hopping, looking for more inspiration."

Funny, how I always get online, thinking, maybe today I'll write something on "my thoughts" page, and then it seems like I think, "oh, I don't have time to do that, so I'll just look at a few blogs, for inspiration...." and then HOURS have passed, and I could have written a short story!! Instead, I've just been pouring over other's thoughts and shots {photos, that is}.

But, anyhow, if I never write anything here again, who would know?? I just recently had someone start following me {thank you, new friend!}.... but mainly, I feel like this is just a diary of sorts... a place for me to write about me...that noone else will read.... maybe, though, like me, there are others out there, that feel like, "oh, I don't have the time to comment on that nice girl's blog... so I'll just read it and hop on to another..., or, my comments wouldn't be anything grand, so why bother?"

sounds like Steph just came in from work {massage therapist, works til 10pm}..... I'll miss her in a few weeks..... she's moving into her first apartment!!!!

guess I'll go see how her nite was... that's all for now...

gardening...

this is out front.... plants were put in back in '07, new red mulch {one bag so far}added today...

That's my brother-in-law's Ford Explorer~~it's for sale, he's in Vt, it's here in Fl.
LOOK, NO LEAVES!!!!!! Whew, I raked so many magnolia leaves today!!!!
See, here's one of the many magnolia leaf piles!!!! June, and I'm raking leaves!!!!! No autumn raking here!!! {it's normally now and in Feb.!!!}
here's a pineapple top I put in the ground last week.... and an avocado pit that was thrown out has started, all by itself!!! {that actually I noticed back in March... WOW, can u believe it's still alive {with my black thumb, LOL!} Butternut squash plants behind it, and I threw some little mini pumpkin seeds in near the squash plants....
"...and with a broken wing, she still sings"...... I bought this cute little garden statue with fairy wings years ago, marked down cuz of the broken wing... But I loved it anyway!!! Always said that I'd paint a little sign with this song quote, and have it near this statue.... maybe someday!!!!

I planted a banana pepper, a yellow bell pepper, and another type, cubanella {I think it was called}..... along with 3 different varieties of tomatoes {one cherry}.... and 7 basil plants here in the garden, 6 more, out in the shade, so I can see if they do better in one place than they do in the other....

NOW, LET'S HOPE THAT MY THUMB TURNS GREEN!!!!! I WANT FRESH FROM THE GARDEN VEGGIES!!!!!!!

how can i resurrect this rose?????

look, this was my beautiful yellow rose that I bought around Mother's Day...

See how fast I can kill plants??!!??!!!??!!!

I now have it outside, wondering if it'll come back....