I know I haven't been around much since my Dad passed. My apologies, but I've been busy with making a garden - and a garden blog. Just when the work is mostly done but for the maintenance, I'm off to Colorado Springs for a couple weeks. My eldest daughter is graduating (with Honors, no less) with her Associates Degree in education. Her husband left her a couple years ago for some bimbo, so she's been raising her two boys with minimal support when he feels like sending it, working, and going to college. I couldn't be more proud of her for trying to make it on her own, and succeeding - so far.

It isn't the best time to be leaving a garden, but being there for her and seeing my grandsons after way too many years is probably just about the only thing that would get me going.

Besides, it will be nice to go someplace where they have decent, normal weather instead of near 100 degrees every da*m day, when it's only May, not July or August.The heat's been killing me, but I had to get the garden stuff I would have spread out over a few weeks done immediately, so I could leave.

I have been reading and looking, but too tired from being out in the heat to comment or post. Took some time to get over Dad's passing, too. It wasn't a surprise, but I still miss him quite a bit. I decided to do the garden thing to sort of carry on his legacy, in part. Used to garden alot, but let it go when it started to get too painful, and then living here, too hot. I guess the garden, and the garden blog, have been a kind of therapy to help me get over Dad's passing.

Anyway, if you're into gardening and interested, the blog is here. I'll be leaving Thursday, and get back June 5th or 6th. My daughter has no internet at home - can't afford it - but she does have a laptop with a wireless card. I'll check in if I can, but meanwhile...

see y'all later.

My dad passed on Dec 27. At least we were all there to say goodbye. It's been hectic since then, as you might imagine. I'll be going home on Jan 9.

My dad has been in and out of hospital since October. He had to go back in yesterday, and it doesn't look good that he'll get out this time. Am flying up to NJ on Friday, so I will be pretty much MIA for a while. My sister has a computer, but don't know how much time I'll have to use it.

Anyway. I'll be checking in when I can, but meanwhile...

Just saying...





Merry Merry All.

This is a test to see if my images from my web page post here like from Photobucket or something. Wanted to play with a tut I found, so made a wallpaper from the latest Bones episode. Not real happy with it, but, oh well. Putting the preview behind a cut, so as not to spoil any fans who haven't seen it yet.

( Preview under here. Spoilers Season 4 )

Have a look, tell me what you think.

I'm really nervous about doing this, but my webpage - yea, the one I've been laboring over forever - is finally ready to go public. Not done, but done enough to invite visitors. Home page is http://www.squirtbug.com/

You can visit my wallpapers and other art here. The videos are here. If you go look, leave a comment in my blog...

Still got stuff to do, so I'll still be scarce a while.

Still busy working on my website, got several pages done, but several more to go, too. In between hurricanes, I mean. This time, it's Ike and he's really scary. Current forecasts have him going just north of Corpus Christi, which is 109 miles north of where I live. If he decides to come closer, we may be under mandatory evacuation orders. If so, we'll go to my son's house in Austin. If not, we'll likely go to my brother-in-law's again. Sigh...so not looking forward to three days without power, which, loosely translated, means hot and muggy hell without computers (or TV) again. At least Ike's waiting until after Bones...Just occurred to me that, if we all get our own personal hell if we're bad, mine has to be hot and muggy weather for all eternity. That is enough to scare me into behaving, believe me!

Anyway, if I disappear, and anybody happens to notice, that's why. If that sucker hits any closer to us, the Rio Grande Valley will likely just become another big beach on the Gulf Coast...not gonna be much else left...

Remington Steele, aka Pierce Brosnan. Maybe he'd get desperate enough to forget all about Laura Holt and fulfill all my fantasies.