Good grief, my post titles are just way too long - I should have thought that through a little better. Now THAT is absurd.

I can’t figure out if this theme is throwing everyone for a loop this month - or people are just bogged down by the inevitable taxes. I actually have pictures sitting on my camera - but we’re traveling and I’m having to borrow such antiquated computer equipment, my RAW files would probably explode the hard drive in 5 seconds flat. Technology!!

This is a difficult theme - but I’m trying to think of how ridiculous various circumstances around me are, and shoot from that. I don’t know if that’s correct or not.

The post I picked this week totally reminds me of my first garden - I had no idea how much preparation went into something enjoyed in spring and summer while you were literally freezing your ass off in the dead of winter. My mother is a master gardener and she had me burying bulbs in hay and blankets as sheets of ice were plummeting from the sky - I will never forget thinking my fingers were going to fall off my hands… But the peonies that bloomed were the most beautiful things I had ever been solely responsible for in my life. I was so proud. And so PISSED when I found out the people who bought my house literally mowed down those bushes.

Now THAT IS ABSURD!!! Those things had grown for 5 years - they were HUGE! GAH!!!

There are so many things I love about gardening.. and so many things I hate - like the bugs, the back breaking bending required.. but I can’t wait to sell our houses so we can have a yard again.. I’m ready for the abuse. Absurd.

There is nothing absurd about how fantastic Deb’s picture is, with the vivid colors - I love it 100%..
Picture courtesy of DebR - Red Shoe Ramblings. (note: Red Shoes are pictured, rambling is not).

Until next week,

Holli
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