One year later...

Can it be?? It's been almost a whole year since I was here writing folks. Not that anyone is reading this probably. Mostly I just do it for my own amusement. I was thinking about what I said about Mr. and Mrs. Grump last year. I was thinking that I was too hard on them and not being a nice person and that I should delete my post, but it just cracks me up everytime I read it. (snort!) Mr. Grump did confirm the other day that we have very different gardening styles when he suggested I spraypaint my beautifully aged birthbath. He also told my husband that we needed to "do something" about the "overgrown" rosebush in that bed outside his garage. (in our yard though) It's a climber that has nothing to climb on and I've left it alone since we moved in and it's now a gorgeous spreading bush. In another month, it will be a waterfall of red blooms. He hates it.

I finally realized he may not like what I'm doing over here after all. I had this "you wait and see" attitude that he would eventually appreciate all the flowers, but maybe not. Maybe he'll see it as an overgrown weedy mess. This makes me thankful we finally got the ligustrum hedge planted in the backyard. In about 5 years, he won't see over here anymore and he'll have to find something else to criticize. You can talk about me, but don't talk about my flowers!