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Despite the fact that my weedwhacker needs a mysterious new part that I have not bothered to discovered what it is I still managed to get part of the lawn edged. I remembered that I have a pair of old fashioned scissor like sheers. So between that and just flat out pulling out the weeds along the front flower bed the front beds are now edged. I ...

I took some pictures of the back garden on the 15th. It is still pretty weed filled but I liked a lot of the flowers. Granted these are not in their prime most of these are a bit on the spent side of blooming. Anyway here goes: The above picture is a photo of my Malva along the back fence. I was really pleased at how well it did this year. ...

I really don't know what they are called. They were given to me and have performed beautifully.

This is what the new patio chairs look like. I bought 4 of them from Costco. I think they are rather comfy.

One of my favorite flowers, pink dianthus.

These are my lacy daisies! So pretty!

This is my lovely giant malva plant!

How my balloon flowers are looking today!

Sometimes. I have been dealing with a lot of family drama lately. So far I think it will end up resolved in a positive manner for all involved. Needless to say this was stressful. Other news: Congratulations to my nephew Ethan who earned his Eagle Scout award and is having that award ceremony this coming week. Also my oldest niece Chloe is ...

Yesterday and today were just beautiful. Today it got over 70 degrees outside according the thermometer in the shade on my front porch. My garden is looking awesome and I am pleased with my progress. I have slowly been working on getting my Garden ready for spring. I have mown the lawn, and done a touch of weeding here and there between torrential ...

The weather was wonderful today! So nice in fact that I went out a couple of times to check the lawn. Yup it had grown up quite a bit and it was nice and green. Of course a little past time to cut but at least it was dry enough. So after picking up the children from school I went outside and used the pushmower on the lawn. It wasn't too bad and a ...

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My Mother was up last week as she had a craft show. Remembering that I had been to the Flower and Garden show she brought me an awesome present. A HUGE bag of bulbs. At least 14 different kinds. I am going to plant them in pots and try either forcing them indoors or seeing if they will bloom outside. Either way they need to get planted soon ...

Well after a nice rest and decent night of sleep I am ready to start the second part of the show. After resting Friday and doing my work at homewe got ready for Saturday. We were up rather early for us on a Saturday but didn't really get there until 10-11 a.m. We parked and then went up to the convention floor. We took an unconventional ...

First off as I was getting over being sick I had to rest before and after each day I went. I was lucky enough to go 2 different days. Once with my friend S on Thursday where we left early and came back before the kids got out of school. Then I went on Saturday with Devin and the children. I spent most of Friday recovering from Thursday as that was ...

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Well I am now finally mostly better but I have been fighting that end of being sick fatigue. I slept at least 10-12 hours one night and felt better for it. I made cupcakes and pizza for Nick's birthday. Unfortunately he got sick and thus couldn't enjoy any of it. I also ended up putting it off for a day because I was so tired. So his ...

Fresh snow falling, see the really large flakes?

In September I went to Volunteer Park to see the Asian Art Museum and also walked around a little bit. My friend S and I had a wonderful day out and did enjoy our visit. One of the things I saw then was the Conservatory and was just in love! However we were out of time so we had to go. However I later went online and discovered that it was free ...

The preparations in the garden for fall and the coming winter has finally begun. I have been neglecting my poor yard a bit too much lately. However today my friend S came over and helped me trim my front ugly bushes. I was amazed at how much less irritating they were after being trimmed. After lunch we went to her house and trimmed a tree and did ...

My patio chairs. I need one more like this as one is broken.

This is my new to me patio table and chairs.