admin on April 30th, 2008

We knew it was coming, so we covered all of our new plants. It looked as if a bedding tornado had hit Possum Manor. We had a mattress cover over the hostas, towels over the new azaleas, and lots of plastic all over. It was 32 when I got up this morning.
Poor Xena is still [...]

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admin on April 29th, 2008

It is 36 degrees here this morning! 36 degrees!!! Brrrrrrrr. This is just a quick up date. I have no new photos, but will take some.
We bought flowers, lots of flowers. Heck, they got expensive this year. Many people have given us plants and flowers too, so we will have [...]

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admin on April 27th, 2008

That is exactly what I will be doing this afternoon. We have a side section to do, and I should have the time to do it. It is going to rain most of the day, so I will get wet. I think we were taken with those flower seed rolls, After two [...]

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admin on April 25th, 2008

I know there has been a full moon without looking. Two of my students flipped out cursing and yelling over things such as “Pick up that piece of paper under your desk please.” In my day those were not fighting words. Both students were given a three day vacation from school. Our hot [...]

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admin on April 24th, 2008

We, okay mostly Ann, planted yesterday. She sure worked on her days off this week. Many of the plants are in.  I checked this morning and they are all still alive!!  The odd green stuff you will see on top of the dirt is flower roll  ( seeded pads).  It does not look so great [...]

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admin on April 22nd, 2008

My scrawny, pitiful Christmas Cactus is blooming. Go figure!

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admin on April 19th, 2008

Well, I have to admit that I did not figure out this new WordPress and the video blogging all by myself. I had help. Anyway, I am off an running!!! This is one long post. I am adding two video blogs at the end. If you have missed the two before, please scroll [...]

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admin on April 19th, 2008

I am learning the new WordPress. I have done some video and need to upload them, but in the meantime, this is one of the funniest I have seen. I stole this from Becky’s blog a year ago, but I still look at it and laugh.

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admin on April 16th, 2008

I hate dead rodents, and I need to figure out which cat is bringing us these gifts. I got up this morning and there was a recently deceased mole on the bedroom floor. I could not deal with it, so I left Ann a note.

This is a good day. The guys building the porch [...]

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admin on April 13th, 2008

It is only 40 degrees right now at Possum Manor. We have put towels in the planter boxes and brought in the not yet planted azaleas. That is all we right now, and we are suppose to get not only a freeze tonight, but some snow. Geesh, it was 80 degrees Friday!
Before I put [...]

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