Blog Anniversary

As I read other blogs I see the posts about blog anniversaries.   Well, I missed mine AGAIN, it was January 13th, 2007, but I decided to mention it anyway :), so it has been 3 years and 5 days since I started blogging.  It has proven to be an enjoyable experience, with nothing negative to say about it.  I still love reading other's blogs and get tickled each time I see that someone has made a comment on mine.   I have been online since 1996, at that time I was the exception not the rule, then AOL was the only way online in my community, dial up of course.   I hosted a chat in AOL's The Potting Shed for several years.   Broadband access became available to me in 2000, which made my online experience even better.   I think about all the information we have at our fingertips and how much it has changed our lives, it really is unbelievable.  Anyway thanks to everyone who has stopped by my blog and thanks to all that have made their blogs available to the rest of us.  Keep on blogging!

I decided to share some of roses with everyone, I do love my roses.

Fennel

This photo was taken last November, we had a hard frost, I had pulled up all the dead plants, and this little fennel plant started growing, it is such a brilliant green against the dry leaves.   I plant fennel to attract Black Swallowtail butterflies, I had caterpillars two years in a row but did not have any this past summer, keeping my fingers crossed for next summer.

Color Popper

Just having fun with some my photos.

Camera Critter Saturday

Nap Time! I love the face of an old dog, Quasi Boy the boxer has the most beautiful gray face. He is 11, that is old for a boxer. He still has lots of play left in him. He is a joy to have around. Erin is almost 7, Rosie is almost 2.

Paperwhites

My first Paperwhite bulbs are done blooming, the second group is growing but the flowers have not opened.  They are so fragrant!

Chocolate Orchid

This orchid was a gift for my birthday last month, it is one beautiful orchid.

Camera Critter Saturday

Last month when we went to the butterfly house at Reiman Gardens, my husband was the lucky one that a butterfly chose to land on, last year it was me that was the lucky one. We go to the butterfly house several times a year, but the only time we have had any land on us was in December, maybe they have the Christmas spirit then, not sure.