I have a secret love...

 Ol' timey fresh

dreamscapes of laced gardens

patterns in light and shadow

entrances to the soul

 filtered perspective

traditional whimsy

players of light

reflected

 down homey

waiting for a breeze

and a cool sigh of relief

fresh spirited movement

beckoned

 billowing breath of a promise

greets an early morning

every morning

in the life

of shadow play

and the exhale of my secret love

summertime and

gently worn lace

tattered and dusted by time

the non-mechanical movement

of a garden on the breath

of a breeze

shhhhhh

I give up...

 Hey girls, FREE RANGE does not mean

OF EVERYTHING!!!

As you can see my hosta have taken

a beating again this year,

cool FREE water ...

 Toxic skies...chemtrails and

aerial spraying, he sprayed the fields

around my house for over an hour...

they've been spraying all summer,

surely they've killed off every

living thing in their efforts...

and it's a windy day as well!!!

BASTARDS!!!

 This is a broccoli plant

I planted in the spring and it's

taken all summer to produce this

Frankenfood...it's green and gold

with leaves growing out of it's center

and what's really weird...

no worms at all, don't think I'll

eat it, me scared!!!

Out of 12 plants, only 2 were harvested,

they all look like this.

 Out of 6 Brussels sprout plants,

this is the only one that has fruited,

all the buds on the other plants

are the size of buttons and this

plant, there is no shape to the sprouts,

they've all just leafed out,

no sprouts. I know the drought has

taken it's toll, but I've been

watering as well...

 Would you say this pickle

WAS IN A PICKLE...

they didn't survive the squash beetle

 attack, however, I did get some

great cukes for smoothies...

My one constant...Booty,

the lil' squirrel that grabs nuts

out of my fingers, then scurries off

to munch. When she hears me up

in the morning out in my kitchen,

she sits and barks at me till I

come out with the 'booty'...

it's the little things that make

it all worth while!

YIPPEE...

Can you say PLAY DAY at

Sister's Garden and Bloom...

YUP!!!

Done...

Finally got it painted, I really

wasn't going to paint it black,

but the more I thought about it, the 

more I wanted to take it to the

Candle Shed and boy does it look

awesome there. I'm trying to build up

my furniture stock there, so for now,

this is where it stays.

 Uh oh...another creepy baby...

time for a labotomy, then add

the light switch and tattoo and

she'll be ready to roll into the store...

is it Halloween yet???

What am I doing on my day off...

 Contemplating the next fun color to

 paint this cool chest...

 Watching Louie guard the flock...

 Watching and playing with new toys...

 Making eyeball magnets for the shop...

 Three new mink doilies for the furniture...

sweet...

 Thinking of the event that confirms

 my beliefs...

I was dreaming of my deceased ex-husband

the other night, when a familiar scent

awoke me from the dream, it was his scent,

a scent I hadn't smelled in years,

a scent of wood, he was a carpenter,

a slight whiff of smoke and the scent

of a man just home from work,

not offensive at all, but a reckoning...

Then as I dragged myself outta bed

and walked to the stairs, I noticed

this silver bracelet laying in the

middle of the floor...

I don't wear jewelry and have no

idea where this piece came from, but,

I do believe in the afterlife and

believe this was a gift from

the other side...maybe an appology,

or just a sign...

whatever it was, it confirms to me that

regardless of how our paths parted,

he'll always be a part of my life...

as I sit on my back porch

 and ponder the lessons

life shares...