five days later!!

It's five days since I wrote anything here

don't know where they went

but they went

time seems to be speeding along

faster than ever

one would think that for someone who doesn't have kids or a job

time would stand still or move very slowly

but it doesn't

I remember as a child thinking that

half an hour was an eternity

my mother would say

you can't do that for half an hour

and I would sit and wait

and it would seem like forever

then when the kids came

half an hour was like five minutes

remember nap time

put them down

think you have a couple of hours

and that seemed like

five minutes too

and now five minutes

is like

one

so five days is like

a half an hour

if you get my drift

my hunt for inspiration has continued

but I finished what I had started

for a change

and now I am over the

watermelons

I have satisfied my need to

make anymore

but I did learn a couple of things along the

watery way

finally now I can join two colours properly and there isn't that little

'jig' up or down at the end of the row

so that was good

and the resident handy man is using his

Papa's Day present and finishing what was started

ooooo

I don't know

four years ago!!!

there are ladders and nails involved

so I have to stay alert to sounds of things falling

and so far....none have been heard

the weather is fabulous

so that is good

after a few days of hell on earth

it has become spring like again

it's absolutely

heavenly

I sat out and enjoyed it for a while

until the bees and wasps and ants got to me

god I hate all the bugs and creepy crawlies out there

but while I was there it was

gorgeous

that is good too

and this little guy stopped by for a visit

husband found him crawling through the back on his way to the lake

the turtle not the husband!!!

I think it might be a snapper

because he hasn't got the flap in the front like a box turtle

but I don't know!!!

not so good

 if you put your finger too close to his mouth...

chomp!!!!

what I do know

 is that this little guy is the

cheekiest, chattiest, funniest little thing ever

it's a cat bird

or as I have said

the stud in the rug

lousy picture I know but he won't come out and have his mug shot

so you can see the toupee he wears on top of his head

he spent the whole afternoon chatting with the husband

while he worked on the door frame

and if you time it just right you can have a conversation with him

and have him say

jeeee

at the right time

silly thing

he's a very good thing

the magnolia is bursting at the seams

and the rose bush has a bunch of buds again

and although we saw

 the shadow

of a hummer on the front door

the other evening

most bizzare thing ever

no one is visiting the feeder

I think it needs moving but the resident expert on all things

hummer

says it's just fine where it is

so there aren't any visitors

not good

not good at all

and the hydrangea has three different colours on it

a pink

a bluey purple

and a greenish hue!!!

and the blooms are tiny

no matter what I do or don't do

this garden does as it pleases

nothing is ever as it should be

and I know to just let go and enjoy what I get

voles and moles

bees and wasps

ants by the million

snakes that hide where you need to go

turtles wandering to and fro

cheeky birds

that talk back to you

it's like living in a frigging zoo

and that is good!!!