2 posts tagged “garden”

I promised to post some pictures of my garden/yard. On the right side of our yard we have a waterfall/pond. It is surrounded by Birch trees, Daylillies, pine type bushes, a Butterfly bush, Chinese Maple and an Apple tree. On the left side of our yard is a terraced rock garden with a deck at the bottom and a brick patio behind the roses on the upper part. We have nine rose bushes, a couple of lilacs, another Butterfly bush along the left fence and couple of very large pine trees along the back fence along with a beautiful tree that has dark redish leaves (I don't know the name of the tree). Not all of the yard is in the pictures but you can get the idea. It is not a large yard but it is our piece of paradise. We get tons of Robins, Gold finchs and Humming birds. Along with a lot of butterflies and dragonflies. We get the occasional unwanted guest too. Kingfishers and Blue Herron!

I am such a slacker. I just don't post as often as I use to. Maybe it is the summer lazies that have hit. I do come here everyday and read up on all of you tho :)

I am enjoying the summer. I have gardened a lot and it looks wonderful. I will post pictures soon. We have our waterfall working better than it did last year. I really love the waterfall. The other day a Humming bird was actually playing in the splash of the waterfall!!! It was really cool. I was sitting really close but the humming bird didn't seem to care.

I also have been walking to the gym everyday to work out. Yeah me! Unfortunately, I haven't lost any weight :( I have noticed small changes in my body like some toning and less sagging. I do about 40 min. cardio along with about 15 min. of weights. I hope to loose about 20 lbs before school starts again.

Next Monday I go in for surgery :( Talk about a summer killer. I am having my gall bladder removed. I have been dealing with gall bladder attacks for about 5 years now. At the beginning, I would have an attack about once a year so I didn't go in to see what the problem was at the time. Plus since I didn't know it was my gall bladder I was afraid of any tests the Dr. would want to do. I didn't want anyone stick anything up me or down me to find out. I know stupid. Anyway, the past two years I have been having attacks a bit more frequently. I got online to research what it could be and found that it was my gall bladder. Fine. Now I know what it was but still didn't go to the Dr. even tho' I knew tests for gall bladder didn't involve any invasive tests. Well, since December I have had a lot of attacks and finally decided that I had enough and went to the Dr. had an ultra sound and found I had so many gallstones that they couldn't even count them. Now I am scheduled to take care of this problem. I am really scared! I hate being put under for any reason. I fear not waking up. Anyway, my surgery is at 10:30 on July 7th. I would appreciate you prayers!!!

I am off to enjoy the day. It is nice today. I bit cooler and not as humid