Wow. Just wow. Definitely a force to be reckoned with!

everyone.

Happy USA Mother’s Day to you all 👍

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. I'm thinking about our trip to the Keys. We will leave here the Sat. before Memorial Day, and come back the following Sat. Chuck will bring his boat, the house we're staying at is on the water and has a large dock. It also has swimming pool and beautiful patio. It belongs to one of Chuck's customers, and they are giving Chuck the week for free. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Monday morning. Sunny and heading for 80 degrees F today - and so far anyway, no wind! Hopefully it will dry the garden out so we can get those tomatoes in tomorrow or the next day.

Even though it was Mother's Day, I did get 12 new giant grasses planted yesterday. I lost all my 15' tall arborvitae trees by the pool this winter and it is very bare. It will be a few years before they get tall enough to provide a screen. The Germans seldom wear any clothes out by the pool, so they will have to chance the neighbors being outside! Luckily they aren't real close.

That sounds like a wonderful trip, connie! Memorial Day is fast approaching.

Good morning everyone.

As I was finishing off the power washing yesterday I noticed a wonderful thing -- one of my Wisteria vines has finally flowered, just four blooms, but a first for these vines. I was very disappointed when year after year they didn't bloom. My landscaper suggested that they might not be old enough yet, and it looks like she might be right. Anyway, perhaps next year I'll have a nice display; they grow over an arbour and feature prominently in my garden and so far they've just been greenery.

Happy Monday! So, you run a nudist camp, Drac? Enjoy the day everybody!

Good day everyone; It's only 58F, cloudy & windy. Off to the dentist for 2 fillings, I hate the dentist.
Have a great day everyone.

Good afternoon everyone. Hope your day has been everything you wanted Monday to be. Oh my Draclvr, it is a very good thing you live somewhat secluded...how did you lose all of your 15' tall arborvitae trees by the pool? It's been a busy day here with hummingbird feeders, seed bird feeders, groceries and gaming on the side. Look forward to relaxing after dinner.

Take care everyone

LOL! Oldbroad, Europeans don't have the same hang-ups we do about nudity! After over 25 years we've gotten used to it. I tease Petra about knitting in the nude!

Soot, here in mid-Missouri we are kind of at the southern end of the ideal climate for arborvitaes. They do better in cooler wetter climes. They were about 12 years old, so getting towards the end of their life span here anyway. But what clinched it was the extreme drought and heat we had for weeks on end last fall. I watered and watered and watered them, but it just wasn't enough.

Hagatha, I seem to remember reading somewhere that wisterias need 5 years before they bloom.

Many years ago I went with some friends (3 males and the wife of one of them) to a nudist colony in Indiana for the day. I seriously considered going into a washroom clothed but coming out carrying my clothes instead of wearing them. I chickened out though.

Good night Boomers.

LOL! Oldbroad, you should have done it!

Draclvr, these vines are now 9 or 10 years old. I assume they were planted the year after the house was built. They hadn't been pruned for at least a year when I bought the place; they were just a huge mess of trailing tendrils all over the place. They've now had two years of professional pruning so maybe that's what they needed. Anyway, It was a nice surprise.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Hubby and I used to skinny dip in the pool late at night. We have a privecy fence. Oh to be young again. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone. Sumatra Mandheling brew in the break room. Might have a grocery run on the schedule today. MTG gaming for sure. Enjoyed a wonderful walk this morning with Max at the park...the birdsong was incredible.

Have a great day everyone.

Have a wonderful day. It is beautiful here today.

Goof afternoon everyone.

It's a lovely day. It was a Pilates morning and then Willow's mani/pedi here at the house. She got wind of it just before the Vet tech arrived and there was an almighty struggle. She is a very large, very strong cat! The trouble is, she's really smart and picks up on subtle cues.

I have one small section of power washing to do, which I'll start after lunch.