And everything in its place?? I’m working on it!! ~~ The weather warmed up this afternoon so I worked ceaselessly in the yard (it’s 6:15 PM). I repaired the chairs; I drilled holes in the bottom of the planter; I transplanted the Mandevilla. I purchased the “potty chair” at the recent CARE garage sale knowing it would be an excellent “trellis” for a vineing plant. Likewise, the wire basket will welcome the runners?! Wire basket, macramé plant holders, and plastic waste basket (suitable for a planter) came from the CARE garage sale. ~~ I had a dirty job (but somebody’s got to do it) removing stinky rotten garbage from the composter, and stinky compost from Nature’s Head Composting Toilet. The Mandevilla has a healthy amount of each. Then I added the last of Nature’s Head compost to a planter but have no idea (yet) what will be planted. (It will not be an edible plant.) ~~ My drill battery does not hold a charge very long so it often takes several days to drill all the holes I want.  I haven’t found a battery for the drill–and new drills are so-o-o-o expensive. So I patiently wait between charges.

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In North Carolina, I had a baby-bed-springs for a trellis–and other unlikely items (for trellis). It’s fun to be creative!!

Postscript, 4/18/14: I’ve been told by long-time residents to plant everything “in the shade.” Plant information may say “full sun” or “partial sun” BUT everything “burns up” with the intense summer heat. Thus the Mandevilla next to a tree trunk and in the shade of a huge Pine tree. Almost everything I do with plants–in Texas–is an experiment.

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Today’s inspiration from Charles Swindoll’s The Grace of Encouragement says: “Not many really creative people–in the process of creating–keep everything neat, picked up, and in its place.” He continues with the scripture “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them.” Ecclesiastes 3:1,5 NIV.

THANK YOU!! I needed that!!