This is the patio just below the pot full of parsley.  See the baby parsley coming up in the cracks?  It does the same thing in my garden.  In the second year it goes to seed, and those seeds fall off, and start new baby parsley plants.  

 

Grow parsley;  it's very fun:  it attracts black swallowtail butterflies to your garden, it regrows itself, and it is great in the kitchen.  Win/win/win.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I love this picture.  Linda grows parsley to support her black swallowtail population.  As you can see, they love her parsley.  We are hoping that there is enough for them to eat until they cocoon.  

 

 

FINGERS CROSSED!!!

 

I was in Manteo this year in June, and my Waterlily friend took this picture. I remember a dear old friend, Tommy Tillett, talking about the sign that read "Manteo to Murphy 563 miles."  There was also one in Murphy that read "Murphy to Manteo 563 miles."  Well, the sign has changed a bit, but you get the drift.  

 

Next time you are on 64 coming back from Chattanooga, or the Ocoee:  after you enter North Carolina, look for the sign.  Manteo 563.  I don't know why this tickles me, but it does.

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

 

Another beautiful morning in the Outer Banks.  Well, not exactly the Outer Banks;  I saw this sunrise over the Currituck Sound, near my friends' house in Waterlily.  If you enlarge the picture, you can see the Currituck Lighthouse in Corolla.

 

To get to the Outer Banks, you have to go over the Wright Memorial Bridge.  If you travel north, you get to Duck, then Corolla, where the Currituck light is, and then Corova, where the wild horses are.  Farther north you are in Virginia.  If you travel south, you get to Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head.  From Nags Head you can go west on 64 and get to Manteo, where there is a sign.  Hey, maybe I'll show you that tomorrow.

 

I'm still here in Virginia Beach, for a few more days.  

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

 

 

I also visited my friend in Waterlily, and went for a walk every morning.  The sun was just coming up this morning, and the sky was so blue.  I could see the Currituck Lighthouse in Corolla across the Sound.  It's on that strip of dark land, just below the clouds.  I also saw an osprey on her nest, but she flew before I could get her picture.  

 

I thought you might like to see another beautiful part of North Carolina, the Outer Banks.

 

HAPPY TRAVELS!!!

 

And while I was taking the picture of the egret, this Great Blue Heron was watching me, or maybe watching us both.  Maybe it was just looking for a good fishing hole.  I love it.

 

 

HAPPY, HAPPY!!!

 

I am here in Virginia Beach, and every morning I walk up and down the pier.  At one end is this beautiful golf course, and at the other end is the marina for our condo community.  It is a lovely walk, and I get to see lots of birds.  This egret was fishing just across the way, and didn't mind my being close.  I guess he knew that I wasn't a threat.

 

I love seeing these huge, beautiful water birds.

 

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

 

 

 

I was out in the garden yesterday, and heard a big truck coming up the road.  Then I heard a terrible crashing noise, and hurried down to see what all the racket was about.  It was the truck dumping a load of rip rap rocks to go in the washed out ditches.  Yay!!!

 

Thanks to all the folks who work hard to keep our neighborhood in good shape.  

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Today is Jon's 77th birthday.  And just last week he was on the roof painting the top section.  Here are his thoughts:  I don't mind going up there, but I put on two coats, because this is the last time I will be doing it.  

 

I'm not sure I would even be able to walk on the roof, but he does it like there's nothing to it.  Gotta admire that.

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JON!!!

 

We love our Alstroemerias.  I think these green ones are my favorite.  They are so fresh and cheery.  

 

So, I'm sending you flowers and cheer for your birthday, and hoping your day is perfect.

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIE!!!