Lets take a walk, shall we???

It's been a while since I took you fine people around the yard for a lil' look-see.

And I am sure you have been dying to know what fall looks like in my neck of the woods. Well, die no further....

Oh, put some shoes on first. Do you remember as a kid stepping into dog poop and it squishes in between your toes? It does the same thing when you are full grown. 

The his-biscuts are always in bloom. (hibiscus for normal people)

Somebody has been snacking on my his-biscuits tree. Is it you?

I put in two new beds last year. (doing the ground cover was a mistake...it keeps growing UP the house) I put in two cute ornamental bushes, one in each bed...and for the life of me, I can never remember their REAL name.

So, every time I walk by it I think:

Oh joy,  my chlamydia is blooming!!!!       

I am pretty sure that is not the real name, but it is the only one I can remember. 

Oh, now I remember..... it is a Camelia!!! Same thing, right

One of my many orchids that I ignore and they still bloom. 

Lest you think I could walk anywhere without Ozzie...clearly I can still SEE you Ozzie. 

We have this HUGE old cypress tree....I love it. It actually thins out during the winter....it is starting to lose a bit of color too. Of course, it does not turn orange, yellow or red, so I am still ripped off when it comes to fall color. Spray paint would probably work.

I really don't know what to say about this. You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl. 

Fall crotons. Or just crotons. They look the same all year. 

The dogs love fall weather...makes them even spunkier.

Seriously Cocoa, get OFF of your brother....the neighbors are beginning to talk.
(can dogs have gender dysmorphia?)

Remember a few months ago when I almost died weeding this garden over a two day period?

Well, this makes me want to stick a large spoon in my eye. I gotta do it again...for the love of all things neat and tidy!!!!

Our honeybell orange tree has two baby oranges!!!!

Now, that brings our total of oranges from this tree to THREE. In 9 years...not very good huh?

Our key lime tree. It actually died last year in the frost and came back. from.the.dead. 

Why can't everything come back from the dead? except for spiders...never spiders!

Did I tell you that our cats live on the lanai now?? They do. Harley is oh so vocal and meowed at us the entire time we were in the back yard. 

meow. meow. meow. meow. times 500. I politely asked him to shut his face, but he politely said: meow 500 more times. He is pretty though....for an annoying cat who has an eating disorder. 

Speaking of miracles. The Grandma Tree. It died twice and came back again. 

It seems we live just a little too far in from the gulf and are hit with many frosts during the winter. 

I hope it makes it through this year...maybe one year it will be alive in the spring and bloom for me!

And again, Ozzie is at my side. Well, considering what Cocoa does to him, I can't hardly blame him. He needs a rape whistle. 

See that wire looking thing dangling down from the top of the lanai cage. That is supposed to be attached to the next cage area for hurricane type winds.  It is broke. That means, if we have a hurricane, then my neighbors will have our pool cage. I'll invoice them for it too. 

Ok, now take OFF your shoes and come inside and sit down, put your feet up...I'll fix you a glass of lemonade....now where did I leave that bottle of vodka?

Have a beautiful weekend!!!