A pleasant evening walking down memory lane!!  Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop on Public Broadcasting System (PBS).   Rosemary Clooney, Pat Boone, Debbie Reynolds, Perry Como and dozens more!!

Briefly, I almost forgot about all the tragedy from the recent numerous tornadoes, the fires, the floods.  Friends (and others) in Lake Hughes, California, may have lost their home to a wildfire raging at this very hour. Will Paul Newman’s boys ranch survive?

Please visit “Pandora’s Garden.”

I, Lorraine Edwards, confess to plagiarizing the following narrative.  I read it on a web site and recognized myself.

My Travel Plans for 2013

I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Cahoots.
Apparently, you can’t go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with  someone.
I’ve also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport; you have to be driven there.
I have made several trips there, thanks to my children, friends, family and work.
I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.
I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.
Sometimes I’m in Capable, and I go there more often as I’m getting older.

One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart!
At my age I need all the stimuli I can get! I haven’t been in Continent, and I don’t even remember what country I was in. It’s an age thing. They tell me it is very wet and damp there.

When I have “an idea” and/or a project like “my other garden” I cannot leave it until completed!!  Honestly, I’ve just about dropped from exhaustion the last couple of days!!  But I can’t stop!!

That wicker hamper sat by the dumpster for several days (from the vacated apartment).  The maintenance man obviously hoped someone would recognize their need (of a hamper).  I imagined what I could do with it but hoped (and prayed) it would find a new home.  After three days I hauled it home and a mere three days later I tackled “the project.”  I’ll use it for “another trellis.”  “Trellis??  You aren’t serious??”

There has been a minimum of expense; there has been sweat equity!! It all started when I rescued the Honeysuckle Vine from the brink of death.   Digging the hole was a BIG job!!  Later I installed a “dog fence” in front of the A/C-heat pump for a unique (and inexpensive) trellis.  Even then, I wondered if Honeysuckle vines would eventually twine around the corner.  The former hamper is ideal for the transition from “tall” to “small.”

While clipping away at the woven wicker (around a very strong metal frame), I was sitting in the shade on the patio.  But just above my head, the thermometer (in the sun) registered 100 degrees.  Yes, I was in the shade but I was sweating.

This morning I transplanted another plant from a hanging basket.  I moved several large cement paving stones to “my other garden” (now affectionately called “Pandora’s Garden”).  Oh yes, I cut away a lot of “dead heads” from the rose bushes (and took them to a neighbor who wants the peddles for potpourri).

Frankly, I’m feeling guilty because I’m sitting at the computer rather than being in the yard.  There are two more Sweet Potato Vines to transplant.

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