Things I Like...

...about blogging (besides new words in my vocabulary like 'blogging').

• Connecting with people I would never have met otherwise, in other states and other countries, and sometimes in towns just south of me.


• An opportunity to share my life with others through writing.


• And the chance to share in other's amazing creativity and talent. And it is amazing.


• Figuring out another way to get out of my shell/hibernation ways.


• Finding I can say what I need, and every once in a while, someone else needs to hear exactly that.


• Challenges like Blogtoberfest that keep me honest. (I am one third through!)


• Booty!

Look what Kate sent me. She say there is more hollyhock seeds than any sane woman would need. Kate doesn't know how close to the brink I teeter! These are the old-fashioned kind, big and tall, the kind I remember from my grandma's gardens (or was it Aunt Ruth's?).

I am spreading them as soon as the veggie patch is cleared, which will be after this weekend. The weather guy says this is the weekend for the first freeze. I picked the green tomatoes last night, to ripen inside. We will still have warm days, but the season is over. Six and a half months 'til May...

I leave you with a parting shot of my pumpkin guard dog.