Meet twiggy

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This is my Dwarf Mayer lemon tree... As you can see from the pictures why I call her twiggy... She started out last year great... She came in the mail (yes from QVC) and she was just a little twig... Poor little thing but boy did she take off... She sprouted lots of leafs... and then came the pretty white flowers.... WOW did they ever smell wonderful kind of like a tropical beach scent... Then came the Christmas 08 massacre... It starts with one leaf then 2 than 3 the 5 then ALL of them fell off twiggy... Maybe she was mad because I didn't get here a Christmas present??? I thought she was Jewish??? Oh well what to so she sat in my dining room all winter long... Then I put her out side close to the trash can because that was going to be her next stop if nothing happened...

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4th of july Freck

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Freck waiting for the fire works to begin... had a great time on vacation... lots of good food and fun with friends... it was nice to see all the people converge on the Delmarva peninsula... But I m sorry for all the people who had to sit in traffic... I myself stayed at camp... only to make one trip to the Giant Super store for provisions steak and more steak... Sorry all my vegetarian friends... I am trying to consume less red meat... It's tough... And I am also trying to drop some weight also... So I will be happy to look and maybe take any suggestions you all have...

flowers at the beach

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From Blogger Pictures

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ok ok ok ok here some pic of my flowers at the beach... i know they r a day Lilly... but not sure what type... i will let you guys tell me... sorry the clams were bugging u so much...

BlueBerry

Here is a picture of my $34.00 QVC blueberries... there are only 3 not blueberry (that's $11.00 a berry I must b a crack head) Don't know what I am doing wrong the plant looks great nice and green... Healthy looking and all that... But I only see 3 berries on my to berry bush... whats up with that... I guess I will buy my blue berries from the market... Another QVC purchase I guess I will never buy plants and the like from QVC... It's not that I m knocking QVC I do love them and will continue 2 buy from them... Just not plants... Oh well live and learn...

Spinach

I tried my luck at spinach it did not do to well... (NOT sure how or what to do with it) I m use to buying my spinach in plastic bags and none of mine looked like what was coming up in my pots... Guess I should do some research on how to grow it and what to expect... I picked some leaves and they had little black seed like thing on the bottom of the leaves... Gross... They got pitched... And what is with the flower looking things???? HELPPPPPPPP......

Twiggy and her new Sister

As you can see twiggy has come back to life... Guess I don’t have a toxic thumb as I thought... I emailed cottage farms (who QVC told me to call) with pictures of twiggy and told them I think she is dieing but I do see some leaves near the lower part of her branches and should trim back the bare twigs down to where the new leafs are???? The were kind enough to send me instructions on what to do and the also sent me a new lemon tree / twig with a green lemon attached???? Twiggy is doing fine and getting along with her sister and coming along... We will see what the summer brings... Every evening I go out to talk to them, and tell them the story of the little lemon tree the came before them and all the bushels of lemons that she produced and on that cold winter morning that Santa came to say Lemon with your lemon so tart won't you guide my sleigh tonight.... WHAT wait where m I going with this??? Sorry I drifted off... I tell them if they don’t straighten up it in the trash can their going....

P.S. they are both close to the trash can...

My city garden

Tonight I had my first salad from my own garden... It was way cool 2 go and pick my own salad... Way cool for a city boy like me...

I guess I m going to try some tomatoes...


I tried them last year but they did not do that well... Bought them from QVC they were heirloom tomatoes (what do I know) out of 12 plants yes i said 12 plants I only got 1 tomato????
they were the only thing I got from QVC that I will never buy again... oh wait there were the blueberry's and lemon tree/twig...

also there were the strawberry's i wont even take pictures of the dried out dead plants in the cute little strawberry pot... did not have the heart to throw them out... but after this they r in the dumpster...

whale watching

I know I know there are no whales in the indian river bay... but let the little guy have some fun...

on May 20 2009 a 50,000 pound Sei Whale washed up on the beach the ocean side of Dewey Beach here is a picture and news article from the local paper...

DEWEY BEACH — A 50,000 pound sei whale, one of the the largest marine animals to ever become beached in the area, has washed ashore in Dewey Beach, officials said.
According to Suzanne Thurman, executive director of the Marine Education Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc., the whale was reported by a beach goer on Conquest Road this afternoon. The 37-foot juvenile male has been dead for days, she said, noting that she and her volunteers are now on site collecting samples to determine the cause of death. Tractors are on site to move the animal, which is still rolling in the surf.According to Thurman, the species is considered a large whale and is a member of the Baleen family. "This is the first (whale of this size) that has been stranded," she said. " We'll be here for hours."According to Thurman, Sei whales typically reach 57 feet and about 70,000 pounds.

thank God I wasn't boggy boarding (could u see me on a boggy board) I would have been the one the they were writing the article on... when that happened....

could you imagine...

just happily floating along in the water and KABOOM HELLO WHALE

I would have had a heart attack right then and there or their????... i just know it...

Happy Horseshoe (Limulus polyphemus)

its the season for these funny looking animals to appear on the beach... looks like some kind of monster to me...

and my Buddie is not to sure of them either... what is it with dogs and loving to stink ... my little buddy will find a Stinky dead bug, frog and in th epic below dead horseshoe crab and rub all over it...

it is the funnest thing to watch... he gets this happy concerned look on his face as he rolls all over the dead thing he finds in the road or on the beach... you can see the happy euphoric look come over his Happy happy little face... saying I'm a dirty little dog happy happy happy dirty dirty dirty little dog...

little does he know its in bath tub when we get back and the smile becomes a OMG I'm in the bath tub..... help meeeeeeee please....... such a goof ball just like his father....(Me)

Horseshoe crabs are among the world's oldest and most fascinating creatures. They are estimated to be at least 300 million years old. The earliest horseshoe crab species were crawling around the Earth's shallow coastal seas for at least 100 million years before the dinosaurs even arrived (which was about 200 million years ago). Since that time, the Earth's land masses have shifted dramatically, thousands of other species have come and gone, but horseshoe crabs have survived and today remain much as they were those millions of years ago. Horseshoe crabs have been used by people for centuries. More recently, they have been instrumental to scientific research that has contributed significantly to human health. Still today, when people see for the first time this strange creature with an armored shell and spiked tail, it is often with trepidation, along with the question, "What is that thing?" Meet the remarkable horseshoe crab!

for more information on the horseshoe crab click the picture...

1st summer Vacation a week at the beach...

Ahhh a weeks vacation is always nice... But even better when you spend it with family and friends... The weather was a little unpredictable but still nice...

I m sure you have all seen the bumper sticker "a bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work" I must say this is true...

I got to get caught up on my DVD collection... "Doubt" was outstanding and if any of you went to parochial school like I did you will like it even more...

And on the lighter side there was the family guy season six...

And for anyone paying for SHOWTIME stop... I have direct TV and they are giving me SHOWTIME free for the next 3 month for being a long time customer... but All the movies on Showtime are all the old ones that they show on regular TV... I don’t get??? I will stick with Netflix...

Saturday 05/30 the beach was outstanding not a cloud in the sky and a nice breeze blowing off the bay... My little Buddie and I spent the day at the beach... As you can see my little buddies is a real beach bum.... And yes we both use SPF 30 most of the time???