Flowerpot Cafe 21

LOL... toe tags are what you get in the morgue... you know, after you pass on and died and gone to heaven....Just saying Pass me a toe tag, means I died and am in heaven! LOL! Especially after the lemons!

Well the sun did poke its onrey nose in my business today, but only for a wee second. Now we are back to normal, all cloudy and gloomy!! LOL! Its brisk and chilly.

More lemonade please!

I need to move up to the APRIL 2009 flowers so I will see ya there!
The dafs keep coming and I got a few different ones, then its off to the petunia patch to post my tunias there..

Oh! I SEE!!

We only have sprite or 7up at the moment, sorry Blossom. Dianne hasn't made the homemade stuff yet. lol!

Thank you for the Daff vases Blossom, WOW, they are impressive, enough for 8 tables in one hit. Fabulous Darling!!

Hey Candee,!!! Have you seen Daff-an-ee?

Gorgeous assortment of daffs!

WEll I will have a nip at the table with the bootie provided by blossom. I hope you like the freshly painted parrots, they are back in the garden as always.

Ohh the parrots are back! And a new birdcage, lovely! love the way they say ..... hello Terri LoL!
Looking good, great paint job Candee!

Hiya Gwen, Help yourself to drinks and snacks, it's all FREE today!!
Got any flowers for one of our tables? Lol!

OMG!! I LOVE THAAAAT FENCE!!!

Now, now, Terri, got to have some patience there LoL. Fresh pitcher of lemonade coming right up. Enough for everyone to take a glass, sit out on the porch graced with Blossom's hanging baskets, while we all sit and admire Candee's freshly painted parrots.

We had a hot spell here - 60's on Thursday, 70's on Friday, 80's on Saturday, and 88 degrees on Sunday. It may have been over 90 today. We warped from winter to summer in a blink of an eye. Thank goodness for ice cold lemonade.

Sluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp!!!! Thanks Dianne

Well, dunk me in pig swill, dang it...

Cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms early in the evening. Scattered showers in the evening...Then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the late evening and early morning. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

More lemonade please!

Ok, thank you! Well, heres the vase of the day...

Oooooo, I love the parrot fence! That is so clever and charming. I'll have to go find something to post....

Lilacs from last year or before. Eagerly awaiting this years display!

Lovely lilacs gwen! I cant wait for mine too! My double daffs are just now starting.. Looks like I will have quite a few, but usually about the time they bloom, for some reason we have a cold snap and I lose the blossoms.

Thanks for you compliments on the parrots, we have really enjoyed them over the years. Musta really given them a new look Terri as the birdcage has been there all the time!
Blossom we did that fence ourselves about 10 years ago, what a job that was.
Nice vase of daffs there, you really got them going strong.
Gwen, nice lilacs and bet you are looking forward to more this year! Me as well, but as usual will be a while yet!
Thanks for the lemonade Dianne, hope you don't mind but with all this rain and drearyness I just had to spike mine with some rum from the bar! Yahoooooo to that sip!

Hi everyone!

Delicious homemade lemonade Thank you Dianne, I put some in ice lolly moulds in the freezer, help yourself!

Hello daff nee tee hee! I mean Blossom!!! Cool container!

Hi Gwen, Thanks for the lilacs, they smell wonderful in the cafe'! Nice vase with the metal frame around it. Love the assortment of colours in a big bunch like that.
So glad you found our cafe, we really need a cook in here LOL! We are always running out of cakes and snacks!

Plantgeek, see you in the tv room laters for a big game. ok! Don't forget your scarf...!!

no Candee today? I wanted to ask her something..... oh well laters !!
Anything for me in the mailbox?

Well, back for another gulp of lemonsade! Looks like the rain is stopping.. must go back and playoutside.. quick!

^^splash^^ SPLASH! slip! OOPs!

^^J^^


Hey man who put that puddle there?

LOL we posted simultaneously terri, guess it is true, great minds really do think alike LOL! Blossom I am sure you have puddles everywhere by now!

Totally saturated.. water standing most every where, but a reprieve is scheduled this weekend.. soooo.. maybe I can set my yellow puddle jumpers aside!

Late this afternoon I was setting on the porch and a robin was startled from her nest. My she has a fancy home in one of my wreaths!! LOL! Got herself 4 eggs too!

Mornin all.. well pass me the hot cocoa its frosty this day. About derned near slipped on my keester on a skiff of ice on the porch deck.

Least the sun is out. Maybe it will melt soon enough.

Hi everyone!

The birdcage has been there all the time Candee, LOL! Sorry my memory is going!!! It looks great and I have another birdcage to add, soon. The patio area is starting to look inviting, so when it's raining at daff-nee's there's always the cafe' for her to hang out in! LoL!

Oh Hi Blossom, Thanks for the birds nest, it will be great to watch the goings on, from the window!!
nice to hear you 'singing in the rain ' LoL!

Lovely day here again, I went digging after work!! It's nice to have the evenings light, not getting dark until after 8pm ish, at the moment. I planted some cauliflowers and cabbages with my daughter's help, which was extra good!!
She loves cauliflower cheese!

On the Menu today ...... Ice Creams!

Just checking the mailbox.......... Nothin' for me!!! but there's some bin bags in there.

Hey terri!! New tune

You are my Sunshine..

Sorry no mail...

Just hope that bad old Tom cat dont get my birds.. Saw him prowling around the nest today.. grrrrrr....

My only sunshine... you make me HAPPY when skies are grey......

no mail? so much for the fan club, huh? LoL!

if we sing..... We'll sing in the sunshine........






maybe elle will come back!

Awww terri, so sorry no mail today.. Maybe later....BTW, where is elle! Someone got her goat?

Maybe Candee will send me a postcard from the beach!

Better get that robin in my cage so the cat don't get her blossom or perhaps the other way around!
Yes, where is our elle, not working too hard I hope.
Sorry bout the continual rains blossom and the icy patches, we have had nothing but rain all week but finally sunny today and then a gross change for the weekend as it is supposed to get to 88 degrees, one extreme to the other!
Here is a photo of how I remember the Atlantic City boardwalk as a kid when they still had the diving horse at the Steel Pier.

And here is how it looks today with all the casinos and lights!

Hi Candee!
Thanks for the postcards!! Wow it has changed! The old picture reminds me of Blackpool, it still looks like that today!
The today picture looks very exciting, so have a great time!!

http://www.oldukphotos.com/graphics/England%20Photos/Lancashire,%20Blackpool,%20Beach%20and%20Tower.jpg Blackpool beach!

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/b/blackpool-beach-510518-sw.jpg maybe this time the link will work!

It seems my linking is not quite perfected yet LOL!

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Love the ice creams - very clever. I bought a little ceramic vase in the shape of a cone but would never have thought of using real ones!

Candee - the first time I went to the Atlantic City boardwalk was in 1976 when my brother first moved to the east coast for work. The last time there was in 2007. And you are right, a huge difference in that time span. Terri - thanks for the photo of Blackpool beach. Looks like a really neat place to visit. Are the horses there for photo ops only, or do they really give kids rides up and down the beach?

Ice cream cones and the beach. A great combination.

Thanks Gwen, they had test tubes filled with water inside the cone!
I'd love to see your cone vase, I have one which I got when visiting my SIL in Haselmere. It's hand made from a posh florists!!

Hi Dianne, not often we are here at the same time, what time is it where you are? It's 6.15pm here!
They have donkey rides on the beach and horse and cart rides along the promanade. Blackpool tower is a small copy of the Eiffel tower in France!

Terri - you are 8 hours ahead of me. When it is 6:15 PM for you, it is 10:15 AM for me.

Why are you not working young lady? LoL!!

I am!!!! can't you tell???

LOL!!! just on a break then!