Gardening Thursday - Watch This Space!

WHAT IS THIS HODGEPODGE OF STICKS AND DIRT?

OK, I agree, this doesn't look like much right now,

but I tell you: WATCH THIS SPACE!!

As members of the Society of Feline Gardeners - SOFG (see here) we just planted several kinds of squashes and even cucumbers in our 'aged' compost pile. It had a year to work itself up into a good bit of soil so we finally turned it (well, I had a lesser being do it for me...no sense me getting my gorgeous self dirty! Heaven forbid!!) and now we have 'officially' planted the seedlings. Why do I say 'officially'? Well, because normally we just throw a pumpkin into the compost in early Spring and wait to see what grows which, in the past, has been masses of pumpkins and miles of pumpkin vines. This year though, Mom decided that we needed to be more civilised - even if the location is not so civilised - about it and grow a more interesting variety of squashes in the compost so she ordered a few kinds of seeds and now all we can do is wait and see what kind of show/exhibit they are going to put on for the whole world to see.

To be honest, I'm not really SURE what exactly you are looking at behind me...

...but I do believe these two guys are supposed to be

a nice marbley green-skinned pumpkin.

I guess we will all have to be patient and just wait to see what comes up....

...but I have to say that I've already got an appetite just thinking about what MIGHT grow.

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And while we are in the garden (field) I would like to give this daisy to my pretty AttieCattie and hope that she forgives me for our long blogging absence*.

A flower for my Sweet. (Please visit her blog and also visit the rescue blog she refers to in her post of June 7...please!!)

Honestly, you have to admit that I look pretty darn manly strutting around in that patch of daisies. Tell me you can resist my charm....try!!

(*Note: we were not bloggin due to a forced time-out as a result of some incompetent person at the telephone company accidentally turning our internet off!! Hisss!)

Takin' time to stop and smell the flowers

Hi there!! Yep, Fall is DEFINITELY here. On the one paw, I have to say this saddens me because I love to lounge on a cushion in the sun...mmmm! On the other paw, there are so many nice smells in the air now and the birds are all active and chatty again and seem to have lots of fun playing in the fallen leaves (Mom says they aren't really playing, but are looking for buggies in the leaves). Uh-hmm, we have falling leaves already. Really, because we had a wet, short summer so the trees are all dropping leaves NOW!! I can't believe it either, but it's the truth. Anyway, here I am enjoying some of the Japanese Anemone...they are so pretty and what is really cool is the bumblebees and bees love them so, since I love to watch the buggies, I like to hang out around the anemones!! No, don't worry, I don't put the bitie on the buggies!

Lolo Monday/Lolo Lundi

Hello and Happy Monday! We had really nice weather over the weekend and FINALLY, Tiny and I were able to go out and just do what we love to do in our garden: nothing; anything; nothing; snooping; sleeping; nothing; hunting; more nothing; chasing a fly; looking beautiful; and finally, nothing!! But I take time to do three things I really love - 1) visit the fish; 2) have a cool drink of water from the pond; and 3) as a extra treat, have a nice breath of flower air..mmmmm! I love smelling the flowers!! (Yes, I guess you could say I am a closet romantic!)