INEXPLICABLE

I have the goofiest troubles with computers...For two days I have pulled up this site only to find all the colors have migrated, morphed, or what have you...into unreadable combinations...sometimes even the template seems altered. I found this site today, and it is very close to the one I started with, so here goes.

At least it won't drop needles

We bought a fiber optic 6 foot tree complete with stand. Yes, it's artificial but at least it won't shed.
Now I can showcase the prettiest ornaments in my collection.

For the front door wreath I'll jazz up my old artificial one...give it a fresh red bow and some evergreen cuttings from the garden.

(Actually, what I did do was to put a red bow on an old "Eskimo" brand snow sled and tied it to the garden bench in front of the living room window.)

Christmas is on the way

It's December and our neighborhood leaves no room to doubt it. Dazzling lights (I think enough to read by) plywood Santas, roly poly plastic snow men, crosses, nativity scenes and Peace on Earth signs. (Somewhere nearby there's a "Whirled Peas" sign).

I get to select a tree today, test the old lights and find the decorations. And find an extension cord.

MORE

Perhaps the early rising plants are fooled by the great location they enjoy---a sunny spot on a slight slope which , in summer, lets the plants drip and dribble their leaves gracefully down to the path below.

The path at the foot of the berm is just for me so that I can slip in to tend the garden and keep the bird bath filled.

Hail and a drop in temperature have chased me indoors.

Berming it

Working on the berm with the sod was enlightening - - all manner of small, fresh young leaves are pushing up through the brown remains of summer past. I wish they knew it's too early---winter has only just begun.

Magic

The slide show continues to say, "loading," but it never produces a picture of my garden. The program might have been confused (?) at one point when it was displaying pictures of someone else's garden. Enough already.

Well, eat those words. We have lift off.

And the heading picture is back. Don't ask how. I'm sure I wouldn't know.

what

I loaded the sod into a wheelbarrow and pushed it to the fenced back garden. I figure I can build up and further support the back of my berm with the sod if I lay it grass-side down.

I'll take a digital picture of this particular project as I learn how to transfer the shots to the computer. I make such a botch of following directions.

That might be why I love gardening so much! It is so freewheeling and forgiving compared to working with computers, for instance.