Yes Rusty, cool pumpkin witch. It looks like it might hang over the porch light. That thing is mesmerizing, I keep looking at it! Whaddaya got there happ, a kitty sitting on a pumpkin? And it's black! Ot oh! I used to have a black cat, my friend is a cat lover and she always made me make sure that it was in the house on Halloween! There is that great big mule! What a nice Fall trip that would be, Pepper.
I found the historical house that I want so bad and it's for sale! But, there is no way I could get it, I'm just dreaming..lol They only want $121,000 for it. It was built in 1870, it's real old. There has been so many modifications lately that I don't know how desirable it is as a historic house now. It's in the same small city in Kansas as my lot, I drove to it expecting it to still be a B&B, but instead found it empty and for sale. The biggest thing that I couldn't believe was they recently put vinyl siding on it. Isn't vinyl siding a big no-no for a historic home?, that's like replacing the skinny wooden windows with aluminum storm windows, unheard of I thought! They didn't do that to the windows thank goodness. I looked for it at - http://www.historicproperties.com I found one in Plattsburg that happ mighta been referring to - http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=ncpla010 and some in St. Joseph, that one in KS. wasn't on there, I never found it anyway. I'm gonna have to keep that site marked because I want an old home someday!
Thanks billyp, haha, there's lots of windows left! I guess I'll need to wash them eventually! : ) You can really tell that third window is dirty though, I need to fix our old, rickety 6 foot step ladder first tho. It's so old, it's getting like foam at the bottom of the legs, and I can't reach the screws on that third window without a ladder, I tell you, it isn't easy being vertically challenged!
Yes, that is alot of cookie jars. Well, better luck next time Bernie, altho you still got some good items cheap, let's see those pictures!
I got all those plants from the box stores, plus some I already had, planted, well, all planted from the box stores recently but one, the Hyssop, I know where I want to plant it, but that spot isn't ready.
It was a Lilac 'James Macfarlane', the Dwarf Mugo Pine, a Spirea 'Golden Flame', a Big Twister Bush, a Purple Coneflower pot of plants, and an Ozark Witch Hazel.
If I can't have a Harry Lauder's Walking Stick tree then I'll have a Big Twister Bush for gosh sakes! I don't intend for any of those from the box stores to die on me over the Winter, they are all supposed to be hardy. I don't know though, a Big Twister Bush for $3.49?, it's almost too good to be true, I guess we'll see! I dunno, can you put a question mark in the middle of a sentence?!
Yes, happy Halloween! The porch light here will be off though, I hope we don't get egged!
I remember I was robbed at gunpoint on the graveyard shift of a convenience store, 22 years ago today, at 3am in the morning, he wasn't even wearing a mask!
We should have a Spring RoundUp, there is alot of knowledgeable and friendly members here, we should get back together sometime! You know, even lurkers are welcome!
Altho, me myself couldn't travel far due to the money situation. It's a bad deal all around I'm sure, the forums for all the regions can cover so many states, which is good, but that just means, unfortunately, there will always be big driving for some. I'm not suggesting smaller regions or anything, I'm just saying there's alot of geography for all the forums, not just ours. I'm sure that if there were smaller regions there'd be less participation and less knowledge being shared, which wouldn't be good. I think there is alot of fine people in the central midwest, but much discretionary income probably isn't a great attribute in this region, speaking for myself haha, I know it isn't for me!
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