Gardenwife’s Plot

A plot can be a garden, a grave or a story.

New goodness to read: Homemade Grits

I found a new (to me) blog yesterday, Homemade Grits. Lesley and her husband Sam are expecting a baby girl, Matilda. Soon! :)  I stumbled upon her blog while doing a search for something I’d seen on CBS Sunday Morning. She has a whole entry about the show and I was drawn right in.  I [...]

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Hacked, but back

Twice in the last few weeks, my site’s been hacked. Whoever did it used it to send spam out, which resulted in my website being suspended. Talk about a rude awakening…It stinks to go to your website only to find a big banner going across it reading something to the effect of “This account has [...]

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Back home

Back home since 6:30pm. Sleepy. This blog’s regular programming will resume tomorrow.

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Shoulder surgery today

I haven’t posted about the accident much, but it’s effected my life greatly and the shoulder injury has not healed up despite time, physical therapy and steroid injections. So, as a last resort, I am undergoing outpatient surgery on it tomorrow.
The doctor said the choice of when to have it done was up to me. [...]

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The Mean Kitty Song

Anyone who’s had a kitten knows they can be angelic little beings…When they’re sleeping. The rest of the time, they’re terrorists. As Laurief at Dave’s Garden said as a word of advise to Melva, unsure about letting her nookitty Corky out into the whole at large,
 

And don’t worry about the clutter. Kittens LOVE clutter. In [...]

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New photos added to Flickr

I’ve uploaded some new dog photos to Flickr, both in the Misc Dog Shots and B&W Dog Shots sets. They’re the last ones listed in each set.  I’m very happy with the Tamron lens I bought last week!
Off to work I go, though I’d rather play with the camera and edit photos. See y’all later!

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Our own Speed Racer

Yesterday afternoon, Emma managed to yank the handle of the Flexi-leash right out of my hand. She realized immediately she was free and took off like a racehorse from the starting gate, dashing between our neighbor’s house and garage and out in front of the houses. I ran after her bellowing in a most unladylike [...]

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