I put this one up today to remind myself what the rain used to look like...
All righty, let's head over to the beach. Out on Sand Key, there's a few terns that have been hanging around, camouflaging themselves within the rocks.
Cute lil' guys, yes? I love the way they stick together, even when the going gets rough. ;)
Now as an aside, I'd like to thank you all for your calls and letters and cards recently! I am ok and would like to start bloggin again on a more regular basis. (Yes, I know you've heard that one before.. but there is always hope!) I will add that coming home to a dog-free house is a very empty feeling, indeed. The other day the giant egret returned to feast on the pond fish, and instinctively, I opened the door to sic Buddy on him. Oy!
Moving right along...Spring is here at last! And in the Tampa Bay area and we're moving headlong into gardening season. Lots on the agenda, as I am tackling both the front yard along the drive-way, and I also took a deep breath and have begun to tear up the back yard as well.
I am a tad frustrated by the lack of water wise plants at the box nurseries such as Home Depot and Lowes. Yes, there are some plants... but not enough! While I usually frequent the smaller nurseries for their excellent stock for Xeriscaping, I think Home Depot and Lowes should get off their collective arses and recognize that most of the country is in a drought situation, and it seems to me they should be urging their suppliers to provide more xeriscape plants. That will probably never happen as the water loving annuals are big money makers for them.
They also need better trained staff. Earlier this week at Lowes, the sales guy told me that if the plants were displayed in the sun, then that meant they were water- wise plants. Ahem. 95% of the plants on the display table in the full sun had the label: "semi-moist."
Stocking large quantities of water loving annuals seems about as irresponsible as AIG accepting gov't welfare checks to hand over to their CEO's...
Ohh! see what you got me started on.....
Anyway, I'll bring you that post on the driveway project that I never did write about, and photos of the garden bench that I wrote about, ahem, last fall!
In the meantime, go see Dani's new pond... unless, you know, you're an Egret...
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