Huh???

Today has been one of those strange days....You know the kind.  You have a lazy day to do whatever you want---or nothing at all.  You opt for nothing at all.  Yet at the end of the day, you're more tired than on the days you really worked hard.  Why?  Why?

Okay, tomorrow is another sewing day.  I don't think I can take another lazy day!  lol  If I get this project finished tomorrow, maybe I won't be so tired....and I can have pictures to post!  C'ya!

Mother-in-Law's Tongue in Bloom

I never knew the thing would bloom!!!  But here it is:

This is the plant.

Look what tiny, delicate blooms!

Aren't these the funkiest little blooms???

Pie-lee-a-ted what???

Actually, Pileated Woodpecker.  A pair.  In the tree just outside my window.  And where is my camera?  Lying three rooms away, without batteries!  Arrrrrggggghhhhh!  Okay, so after 20 minutes of watching the fascinating dance of a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers, low on the trunk of a semi-dead tree, moving in tiny hops first in one direction, then in reverse, one on each side of the tree, I finally go for the camera.  Of course, by the time I get the camera, pop in batteries, set the date/time....they've move on to another tree, farther away.  I'll have my camera ready tomorrow morning, and hopefully will be able to get a decent picture.

In the meantime, my mother-in-law's tongue (the plant) has done something I've never seen before.  It bloomed!!! I didn't know the dang things could or would bloom, but mine did!  It has three stems of blooms, the oddest little flowers...so unusual.  Apparently, succulents must be root-bound or nearly so to produce blooms.  The stems in this one appeared just as I was ready to transplant to a larger pot.  I'm so glad I didn't, that I gave it a chance to show me what it could do! Now, I suppose the poor thing is doomed to remain in it's current pot...I want to see whether it will ever bloom again!

(Will edit & post pictures as soon as I figure out where I left the camera!)

Stop to Smell the Roses

Joseph's Coat

about 15 years old & still one of the most beautiful in the yard

I call it the Yellow Rose of Tennessee

still in it's infancy, second summer

One of 14 Knockout roses, second summer

Wildlife or Wild Life?

Okay, it might not be so unusual to some, but to others having Thanksgiving dinner walking around in the yard  in the middle of June merits mention.  But what'cha do when that dinner decides to have a roll in the driveway?  Naturally, ya take a picture!

Left: turkey dust-bath

Right: turkey dinner

Most recent project...complete!

Yep, it's true...I finally, after 20 years living here, FINALLY have a screen door!  And I'm proud to say my daughter & I built it!

Second only to the sense of accomplishment is the fact that it cost nothing but a $3 pack of hinges! All the materials, including the cute trim and screen, were things already lying around!  Hillbilly 1; local door retailers 0.

Y'know, I've long heard it said that necessity is the father of all invention.  I see it a little differently: desperation and being broke inspire imagination and spur ya into action and all kinds of good things can come from that!

Hi'ya!
  This is all new to me, so please be patient as I learn.  Allow me to introduce myself: I am Hillbillyhoney.  That's right.  Hillbilly & proud of it!  Barefoot, gun totin', hardworkin' & hard-playin'.
  I have a ton of wildlife surrounding me, and you will see pics soon....everything from common birds to the bears that play in my yard.
  I love my flowers...you'll soon be sick of the pics of 'em.
  I knit, crochet, sew, cook...I'll post pics, patterns & recipes.
  Okay, so that's me.  Keep an eye out for fun stuff comin'!