Gardening, Minis, and Newfies-Oh My!!!

A dear friend sent me this and asked that I share it with the special women in my life. Many of the most special women in my life read this blog at least occasionally so I am sharing it with each of you in this way. And please take the last line to heart!

You are all worth more than gold and more than words could ever express.

Women have strengths that amaze men.

They bear hardships and they carry burdens,

But they hold happiness, love and joy.

They smile when they want to scream.

They sing when they want to cry.

They cry when they are happy

And laugh when they are nervous.

They fight for what they believe in.

They stand up to injustice.

They don’t take ‘no’ for an answer

When they believe there is a better solution.

They go without so their family can have.

They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.

They love unconditionally.

They cry when their children excel

And cheer when their friends get awards.

They are happy when they hear about

A birth or a wedding.

Their hearts break when a friend dies.

They grieve at the loss of a family member,

Yet they are strong when they

Think there is no strength left.

They know that a hug and a kiss

Can heal a broken heart.

Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

They’ll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you

To show how much they care about you.

The heart of a woman is what

Makes the world keep turning.

They bring joy, hope and love.

They have compassion and ideas.

They give moral support to their

Family and friends.

Women have vital things to say

And everything to give.

HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,

IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH. 

Please, Please my dear sisters and friends… remember your worth… Hugs - Ellen

Yesterday morning when I watered the greenhouse plants, I found these tiny bright yellow mushrooms (about 1″ tall) in one of my plants. So I grabbed a pic and decided I would look it up and post it just for fun.

Yellow Houseplant Mushroom

This seems to be Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, aka Lepiota lutea, the yellow houseplant mushroom. It’s harmless, but not edible, and grows from rich soil in a warm environment. I read that in the Bahamas they call these spirit umbrellas.

Yellow Houseplant Mushroom

Then this morning, just 24 hours later, I found they had morphed into these. Scary, huh? Very, very interesting though.

Not sure what happens after this. But I’ll keep a watch out. 

Do you have any of these? or anything else interesting?  Fun.. Ellen

I really haven’t taken the opportunity to introduce you to hubby and his amazingness. He is truly a Renaissance man -  incredibly intelligent and truly capable of virtually anything. He is also super driven, super motivated and also a super-duper example of a Type A personality. It is my true belief that there is virtually nothing he cannot do.

Hubby and Bucca

Let me tell you about hubby. If you’re not interested, back out now, but if you’re interested, this is going to take a while, so relax, get something to drink and get comfortable.

Hubby

• Incredibly handsome, and loving
• Crazy strong
• Puts up with tremendous craziness from me
• Keeps me grounded
• A great friend
• A terrific father to his son, SontheYounger, and a really good friend/advisor to my son, SontheElder
• Was on the swim team and water polo team in high school
• Was in the band in high school
• Does great artwork, portraits and murels
• Was in the Kingsmen Drum & Bugle Corps
• Attended West Point and was on the water polo team
• Works as a senior computer network engineer/architect/consultant doing incredibly technical and complicated computer ’stuff’
• Plays piano and wrote me a song when he proposed to me
• Choreographed and mixed the music for our wedding, burning it onto a CD
• while at the Irving house
• Totally remodeled and re-landscaped our house… taking the house down to the studs and building the interior back out - walls, tile, electricity, plumbing, installing windows, building a deck and lots more
• Built a greenhouse for me, mostly by himself after a bit of help with the foundation
• Built a wooden jungle gym/fort/slide play area for SontheYounger
• Installed a garden pond
• Installed a garden G-gauge (1:24) railroad
• Added a gameroom onto the house
• Built an HO railroad system with scenery
• Oklahoma Cabin property
• At our Oklahoma lake cabin he built a huge new deck area
• Fenced the entire 3 lot property
• Lake Dardanelle, Arkansas
• Now that we’re in Arkansas, he’s mostly already remodeled the whole house, just a small bit left to do
• Fenced a yard area for Bucca the 1st weekend we were in the house, has since redone the fencing to make a bigger yard for the dogs
• Built a huge 2 level back deck 
• Added on a greenroom (part greenhouse/part sunroom) onto the house
• Built and leveled a 3 tiered vegetable garden for me.
• Finished building the dock on our lake from a pre-designed delivered dock, he got a bit of help the first day with the bridge to the dock, most of the rest he did himself
• Is currently widening the driveway

That’s just a small part of what he does and has done, there are probably things I can’t remember at the moment, but I think this gives you a good idea of what kind of man he is and how special he is.

He’s a wonderful man, a great husband and an all around terrific guy. Thank you for allowing me to share him with you.

Hugs.. Ellen