It Makes No Difference Now

I woke up this morning hearing my mother singing "It Makes No Difference Now". She used to sing it when I was a child. I went straight to You Tube and found these 2 recordings of it.

Two Purple Orchids for December

These are two beautiful orchids I saw on a recent trip to Southern Homes in Wetumpka. There were no names on them, but I thought they might be interspecific crosses. They seem to have characteristics of more than one species. But at any rate, they are beautiful.

Santa's Reindeer Stopped to Graze in my Yard

How Did I Get So Lucky!!!

Tuberous Begonias and Amaryllis

The tuberous begonias and Amaryllis at Southern Homes and Gardens in Wetumpka were beautiful. I would have had to have one of those pink Amaryllis except for 2 reasons: the high price and how could I get it home without breaking or bending the flower stalk.
I have tried several times to grow tuberous begonias, but without success. I guess the only way to make that happen is to grow them in a greenhouse in the winter, or have them shipped in from someplace cooler. And if they are shipped in, they are going to start downhill as soon as they get a sniff of Alabama weather. Even our springs are too hot and humid for tuberous begonias, at least the types pictured here.

Pot Lady in Christmas Mode

The Pot Lady has changed her attire and wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Southern Homes Christmas

The trees at Southern Homes in Wetumpka is usually a real treat, but this year they were a far cry from what they have been in the past. Maybe it was because of the economy and the store did not want to buy a lot of stuff they might not be able to sell, but the trees were a disappointment. But I did thing this arrangement over a waterfall was nice. It would look good over a door or any entry (even a garden,haHa.

My Back Porch Xmas Tree

This is my back porch Christmas tree. I had one last year and enjoyed it so much I decided to do it again. I do not have many decorations on it except for lights. I want it to be a joy, not a chore. It is right outside the back door so I can see it when I sit at the computer or the dining table. It does not dry out as bad either since it is not inside the dry house. I have a lot of ornaments for the inside tree, some very old and fragile, many made by the kids when they were small, some we made when we were first married. I would not want to expose them to the weather on the porch, but I do like to go through them and look at them each year. as the kids have developed their own lives, they seem less interested in the tree. maybe it is because they have less time at home. But I miss the decorating and the admiring of the old ornaments that used to go on all day. Things change, and some things need to change, but probably not forgetting where you have been in your journey. Remembering keeps you real, makes you more tolerant of others, not so insistent on your own way, helps you to understand that you can survive a lot of things that at the time felt deadly, but now barely leaves a scar.