Jeannie Marie & Company

I am off today on a short road trip down to Miami and the Keys to relax and explore.   I'll be returning next week sometime with pictures!   In the meantime  These dudes can take over my front porch.  I won't be chasing them off. This is how I think it looks How it really looked when I went to change the candles A frog and a dragon on the same lantern. I believe this is the frog I saw spread eagled, like a decoration, on the chimney a few days ago. At least I hope so.   Come on....this dragon is smiling at me!! But he wasn't hard to chase off.  Dragons are like lightening streaks

I tried my hand at a couple of miniature gardens.  One is in a large pot outside my patio door.  It started out as a moss garden and I happily found rocks and branches and arranged them.  Then I had to break off a branch of a Schefflera in the front garden.  The branch was so large I didn't want to just toss it away so I stuck it in the soil  in my moss garden to enjoy until it died.  Much to my surprise, it rooted and is now thriving. A feathery plant took root and some clover, so it is much more attractive than when it was only mossy items. The cute bowl I purchased while in South Carolina did indeed become a tiny birdbath.  Instead of being a birdbath though, it is a place for the tiny frogs who found their way into this garden.  How appropriate!  The other tiny garden is much smaller, measuring only 8 inches in diameter and it resides indoors  It boasts a double walkway, one leading to a "salt celler" pond, the other lead...