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Light My Fire

by Kay~Kacey on 7/21/2010

Ah, sometimes the simplest things make me happy.

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Tiki torches. Love them. We have them scattered around the backyard, filled with citronella. They add just a cute little party atmosphere to the backyard. Yes, not a big thing, but I love them.

So what simple little thing makes you happy?

If a Woodchuck Would Chuck Wood

by Kay~Kacey on 7/20/2010

instead of my plants!!

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This stinkin’ groundhog is eating all of my plants!

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He is stripping them bare, the little stinker.

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Here he is munching on my lavender! Get. Out. Of. My. Lavender!!

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My poor little flowers. Gone, all gone. Except for…

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This handful of blooms that SuperGuy was able to save for me.

Anyone want a woodchuck? I’ve got one I’m willing to part with…

A Sucker for Survivors

by Kay~Kacey on 6/30/2010

I am such a sucker for survivors. Like this pretty cracked milk glass piece…with its tiny crack.

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Like these tiny portulaca plants and petunias. They are annuals here in the midwest. But they determinedly  sprouted up this year. The weird thing? The portulaca were from TWO summers ago!!  In a hanging planter on the balcony rail that I wanted SuperGuy to tear down and get rid of. But I couldn’t stand to lose these spunky plants. So I dug them up and put them in a few pots in the backyard. Didn’t really think they’d make it.

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But look! they are going to bloom! Wonder if they’ll come back again next year? I guess they didn’t read the gardening book on how they are annuals in our climate. Will get pretty macro shots of the blooms soon. :love:

Drop by tomorrow, I’ll actually have some photos of ME at the wedding. Who knew?? :rofl: