What a Bargain!

I haven't gone out to the yard and taken an actual picture yet. This is the tag from the.....ready?.......five....yes, FIVE! dollar Forsythia that I just planted on the front slope. Gotta do something there. The grass was starting to take it over. So I dug up all of my "saveable" plants and put down landscaping fabric.Now the mulch just falls to the bottom of the slope. DUH! I'm in the process of installing some plants to hold back the mulch. A real photo will come later, after I get everything planted again. But WOW! 5 bucks! What a deal! For those of you who live near me, it was from Home Depot. Regularly 20 dollars. They also have trees at half price. Hurry and get yours!

CHEEKY MONKEY

There are no Gameboys or Playstations in the jungle, I guess?

YEEEE-IKES!

WELL!!!!!!

My adrenalin is off the chart right now. I saw that the pool had deflated somewhat, so decided to pump it back up. The compressor and extension cord are in the basement. I opened the basement door. Some gardening mishmash had piled up against it over the winter in the stairwell. I started tidying up. Grabbed the green plastic watering can by the handle. Kinda heavy. Water in it?? Well, better empty it so that the mosquitoes don't have a place to breed. Wait a minute. What IS that? Furry mold in the water? NO, WAIT A MINUTE, NOW! It's a RAT! No, whew, just a possum. A POSSUM? YEEEE--IKES! and I dropped the can. It fell to the ground. I slammed the basement door shut. What do I do now? ok ok. Pick up the can. The poor thing is as scared as I am. I opened the door, grabbed the can by the spout, and gently took it to the other end of the patio, where there is tall mondo grass. Set it down. WHEW!!!! Back away!!! WHEW!!! No movement from inside the watering can. He's probably still there, paralyzed. In a state of shock from the move.

More Horse Talk

WHAT A FINISH! The last half mile was an exciting duel between Rags and Curlin!
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Rags to Riches became the third filly to capture the Belmont Ruthless took the first running in 1867 and Tanya won in 1905. Only 22 fillies have tried the Belmont, with Rags to Riches the first since Silverbulletday finished seventh in 1999.
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Rags to Riches won in 2:28.74, well off Secretariat's track record of 2:24. But time didn't matter in this one.
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Drawing on the bloodlines that carried her father, A.P. Indy, and grandfather, Seattle Slew, to victory in the race, Rags to Riches also proved a worthy successor to last year's Belmont winner, half-brother Jazil. She beat his time by a scant one hundredth of a second!
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Rags to Riches almost lost her chance at the start, stumbling out of the No. 7 post as the gates opened. But look at her with the carnations on her neck! "I'm pretty, I'm pretty! I beat the boyeeez, I beat the boyeeez!"