Flower Gardens

Here is a new picture from Mike A. showing his house lost in the overgrowth of his garden.  He made mention that his house was lost, but it looks pretty content to me with all of its floral beauty.   All that summer heat that has not let up for weeks now contributes to fresh summer air, lots of watering and beautiful flowers and plants, not a weed in sight . . . just a butterfly delight.

This picture is from "A thousand welcomes" so the folks in Ireland know how to come up with a lovely planter for their flowers.  It looks like rocks or wood chips done up in wire.   I like it.   I wouldn't mind one on my patio.   A good idea for a vegetable or two.

The week is going quickly as we continue with our seventy degrees and a town filled with folks running away from the three digit heat of the inland cities and knowing it is Kite Festival time here this weekend.   Our usual annual art festival has fallen by the wayside and that is sad as we always looked forward to walking around the board walk visiting the white tents filled with some of the most beautiful art works. It is sad the leaders were so short sighted and we never did hear what was the problem or why they couldn't resolve it.     It reminds me of those who are so short sighted they hang on to their stubbornness rather than find a solution to a problem.    We cannot always agree and that is not the end of our world unless we are so opinionated we cannot allow another to have an opinion or and idea of their own.     We are seeing prime examples in our world today and it is leading to a long road of misery as hatred and suspicion rears its ugly heads.    There was several political attachments that came in yesterday that I would not share as they were enough to inflame even the shiest soul.    There were a few that had humor and I like that as it shows we can still laugh at ourselves.    There was one that shows our leaders are working at trying to hold back Obama Care  for the thirty-eighth time as they come across something they had no idea existed in the bill that they signed without reading.  It will haunt each and everyone of them for a long time to come.  As a for instance, there is a word on page 107 called 'Dhimmitude" . . . never , ever heard the word and couldn't pronounce it if I tried.    It means, according to the writer who took time to look it up, "is the Muslim system of controlling non Muslim populations conquered through Jihad Holy war, taxing non Muslims in exchange for tolerating their presence and coercive means of converting conquered remnants to Islam."   Maybe you can tell me why such a word is in a health care bill.  I always thought that each and every citizen of our country was responsible for paying their taxes no matter where they came from;  once here and becoming an American they agree to adhere to our laws and rules and regulations; seems the czars are working on a different set of rules these days. It would seem to me that each one of us should be paying attention to the unruly world of politics and know that soon we will be at the voting polls once again and we should know which of our elected leaders has been doing his or her job.   Who is working for us or who is working against us . . . if you are paying attention you will know who needs to be retired. 

Speaking of words, play a game or two of scrabble with a friend and if they are using the computer dictionary for scrabble players they are coming up with words that have meanings all their own and I have not heard of most of them.    Some are not even in Webster but that doesn't seem to matter.    I cannot win but the fun is in the playing and if I play the fill in game it drives my opponents crazy.    There is more than one way to 'skin a cat', which leads to the second old adage . . . Did you know the saying "God willing and the creek don't rise" was in reference to the Creek Indians and not a body of water?  It was written by Benjamin Hawkins in the late 18th century.  He was a politician and Indian diplomat.  While in the south, Hawkins was requested by the President of the U.S. to return to Washington.  In his response, he was said to write, "God willing and the Creek don't rise." Because he capitalized the word "Creek" it is deduced that he was referring to the creek Indian tribe and not a body of water.  And with that I will leave you to your own pursuits for the day.   Don't forget to be kind, gentle, and carry a big stick .  Enjoy the day and 'charge' that attitude.   Hugs to all.