Author Archives: Lorraine Frantz Edwards
Dracaena Marginata
See blog message Dracaena plant.
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Nobody was interested in adopting “Dra” so I moved her to the location vacated by an Elephant Ear. Frankly, “she” is the least of my concerns. The Elephant Ear is taller than “yours truly.”
Mandevilla (newest)
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I love Hummingbirds!! I’ve specialized in plants that will attract Hummingbirds, Butterflies, and Bees. ~~ Note how much the Mandevilla has grown in seven months. It (and the other two) is climbing all over the trellis.
Under the magnifying glass: Mandevilla, three in a row (revisited)
Mandevilla (nurtured)
See Mandevilla Experiment and Indoor project for background details about the plant that has survived and thrived. In my humble opinion, the experiment was a huge success!! I love to watch my plants grow–and bloom!!
Obsession with matching numbers ?!
As mentioned in an earlier blog, I am **NOT** in a good space. It’s too hot and humid to work in the garden so I search for ways to keep from “unplugging” from normal day-to-day activities. Glancing at the weather station clock isn’t problematic. Grabbing the camera every time it registers matching numbers is bizarre! Frequently I “bury” myself in preparation of blog messages. Documenting matching numbers isn’t new; I found this earlier blog coincidentally titled Matching Numbers. Why is this the topic of a message today?
My handyman, David, phoned on Saturday to tell me he’d be here on Tuesday at nine. He didn’t want to drive on the holiday weekend. It’s two o’clock–Tuesday–as I type these words and David hasn’t arrived nor phoned. This “air-conditioner” situation is driving me crazy!!
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The blog messages are my “journal.” Years ago we wrote the daily activities in a diary (or journal). Today I looked back to see what I was doing this time last year. I was asking plants to Please Grow, and working with an Indoor Challenge.
The year prior (2014), I was talking about Good News (less humidity).
In 2013, I was preparing for the move from North Carolina to Texas. On television, I was watching PBS with a series about The National Parks.
Now, it’s three o’clock Tuesday afternoon and my burden is lifted; I’ve had an attitude shift in the last hour!! Believe me, today I really, really needed to read At Any Cost. (Please read At Any Cost.)
In 2010, I was in Goshen, Indiana. I was on my nine-thousand-mile, nine-month-trip traveling with my beloved TaB Teardrop trailer.
What a pleasure to reminisce…!!
Message from Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Better late than never !!
Have you seen the hysterically funny NBC-TV program Better Late Than Never?? I love it!!
Now I’m thinking about David*–and my air-conditioner: “Better late than never.”
*No, he didn’t show up, or phone.
Happy Labor Day !!
Email overload !!
The strangest messages arrive in my email box. This is interesting.
I must be on a “mailing list” because I receive so-o-o-o-o many unsolicited messages. I spend a lot of time “unsubscribing” but my email box is always overloaded!!



























