" Time Marches On "

Well Hello There ! I think most of you had given up on me ever posting again, it's been a month!
A full moon has come and gone!Let's see, where do I start? Remember back when we planted the three "courtyard beds" ? It was on Friday, April 23rd. I didn't mention it in my last post on May 1st but I was REALLY in bad shape! The morning after all the planting I could barely move, a disc in my lower back bulged, pressed out on my Sciatic nerve and stayed there for three weeks!
















Now I was already suffering from pain in my center back and shoulder which was limiting my time on the computer but this was a whole different ball game!

I'm talking so bad I had to use a walker! I had never experienced Sciatica and I hope I never do again! So I went through 2 MRI's, lots of X-rays and some physical therapy. In the course of it all it was determined that my center back pain and shoulder pain was from a nerve caught in a facet joint. This past Tuesday I had a shot of Lydocaine injected in the facet joint which stopped the pain for about 5 hours and it has not yet come back full force. On June 13th I will get a epidural injection in it that should deaden it for about a year! YEAH! I have also cured my Sinus problem on my own with MEGA doses of Vitamin C ( 3,000 mg a day)

I really haven't felt like blogging as the everyday chores around here have kept me busy and exhausted!

Time marches on however and I can't believe the garden is starting to come in! It seems like yesterday I was canning, canning, canning! This is my sweet potato bed.

Cucumbers....................

We have, as my granddaughter would say, a gazillion tomatoes on the vines!

Potatoes, Okra and Onions.........................

The potatoes are doing great!

TA DA !!! Yesterday's harvest! We have been eating squash,onions, potatoes and peppers for over a week. We've gotten 3 ripe tomatoes and we'll have fried green tomatoes tonight.

This is my Herb bed................

My flowers are doing great also. This is my Hydrangea...........

One of the Oleanders...............

LOVE those Gardenia's...................

I've got beautiful roses everywhere!

The Hibiscus bed is my favorite of all!

The plants are full of blooms..................

This bloom was 9 inches across!!

It will be next year though before they fill in and make a wall against the fence. :(

JUST BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Elephant Ears are coming along................

As are the Cannas.........................

My Grandmother grew gorgeous Hollyhocks! I've tried many times, seed, plants, but was never successful. These I started from seed in the greenhouse then transplanted to this bed and they are thriving! YEAH!

My Banana Trees................

Red Verbena and Mexican Petunias....................

This bed has petunias, foxglove, lilies and angel trumpets in it...............

The Rose bed is doing good..............

The Pond House is gorgeous!!!

We still have all 8 of the peeps who are now full fledged biddies! Here are 3, it's almost impossible to get them all in one picture!

Let's hope another Full Moon doesn't come and go before I post again. I'm walking, doing Yoga,

and reading,reading, reading trying to do a lifestyle change for health reasons so I won't post as much as I once did but I also won't lose touch with all of you either. By the way, I'm down to 163 lbs. from 180! NO size 16 for me! HA!

I plan on doing a post later at the BOOK HOUSE blog about all the books I've been reading so check in there! Have a great week everyone! XOXOXOXOXO