Carolina Blooms

I have been telling Amy to take this picture for months. I guess she had better subjects to photograph because she never did. This is a palm tree in our front yard and it has bloomed and bloomed for the longest time. The new bloom reminds me of fireworks . How appropriate for the fourth.

I think most everyone on this blog site knows this sweet, sweet lady. Some of you know her better than others. Like Cindy, (her daughter) and Anita, (her daughter-in-law). Well, I am here to tell you, I love her like a mother. Margie Mixson, has been my friend and customer longer than anyone. We have laughed and cried together many times. She is a true friend that has had a lot of bad stuff happen to her since she retired from the post office. I pray all the time that God would heal Margie of the dreadful disease Alzheimer's. I just wish there was something I could do to help her get well. She deserves so much better. If anyone deserves a healing, it is Ms. Margie. There is a special place in heaven for her, that is for sure.

The Old Home Place

Here is a red crepe myrtle down at our old home place. I planted Ivy at the base of it a few years ago and now it has almost covered the whole trunk of the tree. Anyone need any Ivy?

Here is another tree, must be a couple hundred years old, it has been struck by lightening several times while we lived in the old house. I think the limbs look like they are reaching for you, kinda spooky. I miss that old tree, especially the shade it provided. I actually did the blog myself tonight, YAY! I really didn't skip two days posting, I have been working on this since Friday. If all goes well You will get another post in a few days.

Flowers

Granny's tired tonight so, once again, I (Amy) am doing the typing for her. She did, however, take the pictures this afternoon, which is quite an accomplishment, I must say. She says that she is going to have to ease into the blogging world.

Anita, she took the picture of the Mandavilla (I have no idea how to spell that!) for you to show you the red that she got this year. Also, she says that she's never had luck with keeping one alive through the winter either. Who knows...maybe y'all will run into one another when you're out shopping for a new one next spring!

The hibiscus bush has been living for three years and comes back every year. It blooms "it's head off" all summer.

See y'all tomorrow!

Attack of the Spidermen!

Well, I'm finally blogging....or at least I'm taking pictures for a blog. Amy is typing this and has uploaded all of my pictures for me. Therefore, I suppose I'm a blogger-in-training rather than a true blogger at this point. First things first, I guess.

I was "attacked" late this afternoon by two little Spidermen that came from across the yard. They demanded dinner and a bath, both of which they got. Riley and Hayden have become best buds lately and are spending a lot of time together.

We had more rain today, and I snapped a picture of the back porch from the kitchen. I've moved most of my flowers from the front porch to the back porch so that I can enjoy them more (through the kitchen window and the french doors). They seem to be thriving there, as they love the full-sun.

The last picture today is of my chicken "Sambo", who is still ticked off because he didn't get to go to Vacation Bible School this year along with the baby chicks and "Othello", the dove.

That's all for tonight. Stay tuned for more tomorrow. Who knows what it will be....but it WILL be (that is if I can remember to buy some more batteries for the camera! LOL. One day of blogging and my batteries are dead! An omen?! LOL)