…………Collards………….

          ……………for New Years…………

Throw in some black-eyes and cornbread….

….yum…..

 

 

 

“New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights”

                                                                                                                                                          …….Hamilton Wright Mabie

Christmas is for the birds…..

the Goldfinches are back!

Just in time for Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

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Hoping your feeders are full!

The Apocalypse Is Nigh……

or as we Florida gardeners like to call it…

….a possible freeze….

With that in mind,I thought I would take a few photos of the tender tropicals that are blooming away….

The Angel’s Trumpets…..

Kinda appropriate for Christmas,dontcha think?

….and the Bleeding Heart Vine…..

Merry Christmas…..

Stay warm….

I’m not covering anything up.

You?

Goin’ simple…..

Keeping with the simple theme.
This year…..

Seashells,sponges,coral,driftwood,and antique ornaments.

The photo is of my brothers and I,that I had matted and framed in Christmas colors.

The story book was my mother’s(over 90 years old) and is only brought out at Christmas.

Knock-out roses,Louis Phillipe Roses,Anise (Illicium floridanum),and Florida native Peperomia (Peperomia obtusifolia) cuttings,in a vase on the lanai.

Amaryllis

merry christmas !!!

Red……

from Wikipedia…..
Red is the color most commonly associated with love, followed at a great distance by pink. It the symbolic color of the heart and the red rose, is closely associated with romantic love or courtly love and Saint Valentine's Day. Both the Greeks and the Hebrews considered red a symbol of love as well as sacrifice.

….whatever….

Me? I love red in the garden.

It just screams,

”Look at me!”

 

and

 Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Look What’s Bloomin’

Camellias …..

Camellia sansanqua

and my very,

first

Brown Turkey fig has made it up to the kitchen…

somehow the squirrels and birds missed this one….

….and look who’s old enough to help decorate the tree….

with a little bit of help from big sister….

What’s bloomin’ in your garden?

Here We Go Again….

Yep-it’s time for more renovation….

 

                      This afternoon,the builder and his architect were here.

 

To see what could be done about this ugly space…..

Screams 70’s, doesn’t it?

Measurements were taken,

 

ideas bandied about,

 

men crawling about in the attic,

 

seeing what was load bearing,

etc.

etc.

etc.

 

The plan,for now:

-raise the roof ceiling.

-add a room off of the laundry room.

-Move the laundry room there.

-Along with a butler’s pantry,

- and real cabinets for real storage.

-And a sink for a gardener to wash their hands!

-Remove the wall between the old kitchen and old laundry room.

Making one large kick-ass kitchen!

be still my heart….

With a real island!

 

and decent cabinetry.

 

Stay tuned…..

It’s beginning…..

                          to look a tad like Christmas around TheGreatWall….

                                                                          

                                                               …going simple this year….

…. just some twinkly lights…

red geraniums and petunias,and white pansies…..

twinkly lights always say Christmas!

…no poinsettias this year….

                                        …just the garden….

                                                      …. what’s growing here….

broms brought up from the garden….

… but pelican did get his wreath again…

bought this at Publix.It’s growing on the lanai,and loving it there! 

same old,same old….

wreaths

but on new doors!

     ….and the back door isn’t left out….

Simpler….

but nicer….

and much easier…..

Thanksgiving,2012

Thankful for so many things,this year…..

New friends…

-and you know who you are-

….and old

-not old,

but …you get my drift-

friends…..

Persons/people who helped me grow…

…made me want to be a better person.

 …and you know who you are-…

For this,I am ever so grateful….

 

And Harley is ever so grateful her mom got a her a box to play with…

Thankful to Amazon,for making another fur-baby happy….

Happy Thanksgiving!

Autumn….

on TheGreatWall…..

The weather is delicious.

Sweaters in the early morning…..

Autumn weather is finally here.

Who says we don’t have Fall color,in Florida?

Male cardinal …..

Grasses…..

Cinnamon Fern…

Texture from succulents….

….and the safety of TheGreatWall  is still assured….

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

A pleasant surprise……

I thought I bought this….

yep,I caved,but it was on sale.Just a couple of bucks.Not $10!

 

……But…..

it turned out to be this….

 

and this…..

 

and this…..

 

and this…..

 

 

and it has this going on,too…..

I think it’s a keeper…..

 

still playing with the PhotoScape……