memory lane

Dunno why the memories have been hitting hard lately, heres a reallllllllly old and not so good picture from WAY BACK WHEN, my long gone best buddy Rebel at Forest Hill Stables, pretending to be ENGLISH???? Had a lot of fun though!!! Maybe not the prettest nor well built horse I ever owned but I raised him from a baby and we went through thick and thin together for 30 years!!!

Horse of a different color!

haaaaaaaaa, what did you think it would be? I love the Magic Eye Prints, Can you see it? Look Closely and let your mind drift!! Make a wish, say a Prayer,,, for THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!

Hyancith, texas, elephant ears etc

Please excuse the weeds, still a losing battle at times, here we have my Texas Hyacinth,, still not blooming, sure do need to collect the seed pods from this particular plant, lots of sentimental value, also gotta love those elephant ears, I just LOVE them,,,, there are also a few (cant remember the name) tiny pretty type flowers down amongst the ever invasive weeds, MUST do better, I really must .

Identification HELP????

hay People,,, oh yes, i'm still identfying myself too, but not at this post! LOL,,, A freind sent these fruits (?) to me, I'm not up on my fruits, so maybe someone can help? The green one is a beginner baby, the right is ripe? It apparently grows on a vine, and the ripe one is only 2 to 2 1/2 inches , looks like mini melons. I have not cut it open, just hate to do that , but i must to save some seeds I suppose. I have been told it is full of seeds, My friend says they sprouted up from a load of manure they had delivered for there garden spot. HELPPPP, its a very interesting bit of fruit!!

seeya,
the best is yet to come!!!

Brown Grass and Itch Dog

Here we have the silly Puppawhuppa (aka MILA MONSTER), the itch dog i call her, I did take this one back in the winter before the grass went green again, she loves throwing her tennisball down and scratch her itchy back on it.
I did take Ramon's advice and added codliver capsules to her daily regimen. I expect it will take a couple weeks to kick in.

thanxxxxxxxxxxx
lynn,
THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!!

IS it blur from camera or blur from speedy gonzalez hummbers?

or maybe its just a dirty window??? AFter all i was indoors trying to get the picture, the little hummers are so shy for the most part, I've many in my neck of the woods especially just before they migrate!! there must have been 10 this day swarming the feeder.

oops, i guess i'll have to come back later, Blogger isn't co operating with me at the moment, will not let me upload! sorry guys if you check in before i make it back with the image.

is anyone else having this issue?

Hibiscus days gone by.

hay , well here you have it, the Hibiscus that did make it thru last winter, I had my doubts and it didn't stay pretty for long, it looks really ick these days, Oh and the horse has a habit of changing colors fairly regular. While ORANGE is my fav, I think the Ballerina Pink before was kind of a neat color. THis patch is one of the gee, I'll just put it here for now till I decide where it needs to Live???????? I dug up a few of this and that, added a couple Hosta, in the back ground is some odd plants called Strawberry Bush, not for people consumption, but I think eventually the birds will like them, SOMEthing odd i found on Ebay but Native to the SOuth???? I'll have to get a close up of them another day. Poor Hibiscus, this was a post about them??? what happened???

THE Good Ole days

Yep, days gone by, or is that years, I was reminiscing and ran across this picture of a friend and I trail riding in Missouri, gotta love it there! If i didn't have family here, I believe I would load up and MOVE!!!! I did spend a bit of time in the Ozarks growing up as My Mother is from Missouri!! Oh the country of it!!!

Why Didn't I keep it?

Very Interesting Moth found on the sidewalk at the office by a friend, she took this picture with her cell phone. It was humongous and beautiful (not that I am a fan of bugs), I think it was dead, now why didn't i collect it and measure it, possibly mount it? It's my favorite color and very neat critter. I should have measured the thing.

Beware

Beware of the guardian Spinning Flamingos even though they are looking a bit worn/torn? THose wings get to really spinning when the wind blows. I can't tell you how many times I've been puttering about the yard and all of a sudden a breeze whips thru and those wings will SPOOK me everytime! gotta love them, I must get find some more??? LOL

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Here again, we Have the Mila Monster, a shortened version of her WHOLE name, a story for another day, Do you remember the Song, The Lion Sleeps tonight? For some reason Mila reminds me of this song, Maybe because even though she Looks like Labrador Ret. she is HALF RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK, As I raised Labradors many years ago, I believe her personality comes from the Ridgeback from studying them online. They were bred in Rhodesia to hunt Lions, she has a way of tippytoeing about at times. CAN you tell I am very attached to this PuppaWhuppa as my son used to call her, she is very entertaining, vocal etc. HAAAAAAAAa, look for more on Mila Bodila later, If your a dog lover, I know you can appreciate! PS, a plus I adopted her from a Rescue on the Coast of Mississippi just before Hurricane Katrina. She has helped me thru some tough times in the last 4 years. She hears all, tells nothing!
PS, IF anyone has tips for Skin Allergies in Dogs, all are welcome. She actually is doing well, with loads of vitamins and Benadryl.
PS again, DID I mention , Mila loves this willow tree, i think its about the same age as her 4 years. HMMMMMMMMmm, do trees have tree years, like dogs have dog years?

SURPRISE!!!!

YIPPEEEEEEE, the first one of the season! My absolute most fav o rite flower of all times!!! Some call them surprise Lily, some naked lady,, I just call it spider lily, I just know I LOVE THEM even shortlived and short blooming as they may be. I scour the landside for them. I hear they bloom white in some places, maybe one day I'll find some!!

Fig Trees and Fire ants

Ok, well this is supposed to be about the fire-ants that almost killed my fig tree this year, but the Mila Monster somehow managed to get included in the picture, LOL, this seems to happen fairly regular.
But really, I almost ignored that one fire ant bed too long and this tree just about didn't' survive this spring, but wow look at it now, there may not be many figs this year , but once I did away with the fire ants, it has rallied and looks decent.
Its actually from a rooting at my Mothers house, which I planted a couple years ago. I'm not much into eating figs, but I love the trees, and after reading WIVES with knives today I had to do a post on my poor mistreated fig tree, or is it MILA MONSTERS fig tree, I actually it planted on the South side of her kennel to throw shade and privacy on her kennel.