Hints

Vertical gardens;   not a lot of room?   Here are a few hints to get started.    

Be sure you put out some sugar water to attract the bees and supposedly do away with them.   I think the bees are suppose to be good for gardens.  Now weeds, that is a different story, wish sugar water would do away with them. 

The darker the better well you can bring them home from the store today looking green but overnight they are brown and ugly and uneatable.   Maybe I'll overlook the color next  time and see if they really are healthy to eat.

Try answering a police officer that way and see what it will get you.

This truism has been around a few times.    Leftover wine, I don't think so.    A good Merlot can add a little pep in your step I'm told, um, how come it only makes me sleepy?

TGIF;  It finally arrived and you have a weekend to look forward to.    We have been expecting rain showers all week according to the weather folks, but so far it has been a bit on the cold side and windy.   Not much gets done with the wind. Pat and I went to an estate sale.   You have to call and make an appointment as the owner, now an Alzheimer victim, owned an antique store.   The lady who is running the sale is far from organized and although she says she will price as she goes, she can't let loose of an anything beyond a kings ransom.   The furniture pieces are something to see, tables with spiral and spindle legs, solid oak or walnut.   The Morris chair was really beautiful but out of pocket book range.   Bev Doolittle pictures I would love to own, but a thousand dollars was a bit out of my league.   Waterford crystal carafes and glasses and an assortment of real Indian collectibles.    So much, so many trinkets from crystal, ivory and cinnabar in miniature shapes and sizes.   A collection of canes, one leather wrapped; another with a hidden sword, and one with a gold plated handle and another in silver.   It didn't take long to know the difference between a yard sale and an estate sale.   I had my eye on a small tea pot that was unusual but she had to wait to see if it was part of a set before she could sell it.   It was probably priced more than I'd pay for it anyway but it would have been something nice for Christine's tea pot collection.  All in all, I do not envy the job this lady has and if she doesn't organize and price she will be trying to sell it all for many months to come.  Only a true collector will have the patience to wait for her to look things up on her computer.  

So check your newspaper today and see if  there is an estate sale nearby.    Take a walk over and check things out.  It is so awesome to see some of the old and beautiful furnishings of a time long gone by.   Such pride and workmanship went into each piece.   Maybe you will find a treasure.    Relax and enjoy your weekend.   Let the smile shine from your eyes;   hug like there is no tomorrow and kiss a frog if you must.  Hugs to all.