Cranky that weapon Tarzan's got looks like an overkill for pruning roses? Cats I had huge sunflowers once but sorry I can't remember if from seed or not. Your fence would be better facing North, or at least getting plenty of sunlight as the flowers actually turn and face the sun as it crosses the sky. Maybe checkout a nursery?

HOLA,    have just seen those outfits,  might be the go,   ill ask my co star what he thinks,   he may already have a dagger,     he has a pith helmet,   so no knowing what else he has,    YES,   he is dragging the chain, isnt he,    i am just about ready to be off,        as for the music,   im not sure,    my co star likes CARAVAN,    i know that,    we shall have to have a tete a tete and discuss,   

Off cruising for a few weeks, 

Just loving this retirement..

Take care all..... :)

And there you all were thinking I had abandoned ship....lol

Welcome back Cranky.

Hope you enjoyed your escape ... wherever/whatever it entailed.

Thankyou friends, Well I'd like to say I had a wonderful holiday and lived happily ever after..but unfortunately it was my roll of the dice to have a few months of really bad luck but good luck in the sense I am able to reflect on the bad and be thankful for the good...I have made it through my health crisis and my son decided to join me but with another condition...I am better and he is holding his own waiting dialysis...How precious is life..

Its been a shi__y and bumpy ride but I am not one to dwell on it. So it will remain where it is and its onward and upward to hopefully a more healthy future. 

But the great news is... "I am well and truly above the ground"  and my sense of humour is about to bloom again in the Spring..

Thankyou Sophie, We all plough on as we get older and our bodies fall to bits and drop off...I was as fit as a fiddle at 50 but I guess I am going back down the stairs now, slowly, I might add as my eyesight is not as good as it was either, I dont want to land with a heavy thump as I hit the bottom...

But what is left intact is my sense of humour and in reality my mirror is not my friend any more , but it now gives me a good laugh as I run past...ok..walk past..

But getting better by the day...unfortunatly I can't say the same for my brave son, only time will tell...

And the subject in my home Sunday was "Who ate my last Caramello bear ?" 

It was "Dads day," all the kids and Grandkids were here, everybody had access to the fridge, and nobody witnessed a thing...

A major investigation took place and nanny put them all under the microscope... then the lie detector and lastly the look in the eyes test...

Nothing... All passed with flying colours and the dog can't reach...

Monday morning...In comes Dad from his shopping spree... and guess what he had clutched in his hand...

Yep, A large size Caramello bear..... for me... 

He just fancied a chocolate snack and thats all he could find...

Poor kids.. Guilty before proven innocent...

Just as well they all thought it was hilarious... so much for never eating chocolate pop.!