Lighthouse in the garden.

Flowers in the garden.

Froggy Love

My favourite are the froggies. It brings back memories of this one time I was at my aunt & uncle’s house and there was tons of frogs – assorted sizes and colours – around this big pond they have. Mind you, I didn’t touch or pick up any because ewl gross, I’m a girl and I shouldn’t dare touch frogs.

But, that was a sight to see!! Wish I had a camera back then to capture it. I’ve never seen so many frogs in my life until that day.

And in case you’re wondering, I did NOT try and kiss any to see if they’d turn into a prince. Heehee

The major I thing I really miss is the enormous backyard we had. There was so much room to do all sorts of things and the outdoor lighting was always superb. Now our backyard is three quarters of what it used to be and to me, that’s quite a difference.

I can’t add a large pool in the backyard we have now because there isn’t enough room with the peach tree and garden we have. At our old house, I easily fit one without any hassles. This is one of the things I really don’t like because I want a huge pool. Arggh…

And no…my parents don’t want to move. *sigh*

Of course that’s when your gardening gloves come on and you start working around the clock to beautify your garden or backyard. Well, it’s that way at my else anyways.

My mother loves decorating our backyard with flowers, vegetables, fruit trees, and of course other lawn decorations. The one thing I noticed that we don’t have is a birdbath fountain.

I saw some awesome ones which you can read more about. I especially like this one in the picture off to the side. It would really go with the rest of the decorations we have. Plus, my neighbour has a bird house on his fence, and we always have bird around. Then they can come and bath in the birdbath whenever they want.

Hum…what’s the next occasion for my mom. Mother’s Day. Maybe I’ll get that for her as a gift then. Heehee…I KNOW she’ll love it!!

If you haven’t heard yet, today is Blog Action Day. What does it mean? It’s a day were all blogs discuss the same issue on the same day. In short:

“One issue. One day. Thousands of voices.”

The issue this year is the environment. What better timing since everyone is now fully aware of global warming and the effects we are already seeing on the environment.

It’s so sad to see all the ice melting in the North, polar bears drowning each and every day because they are on ice that breaks off and floats into the vast ocean space. Why aren’t we doing enough to protect the very same Earth that each and every one of use call home? *sigh*

Here’s a quick list of things you can do to help out the environment. They don’t cost much time and they can have a great impact.

• Walk, take a bus, bike ride, or carpool instead of using your car everyday.
• Don’t accept plastic bags when shopping. Use your own fabric bag (Go Green campaign). Dollar stores also sell bags you can use that are no plastic.
• Turn off the lights and electricity when not in use. You don’t need the light in your kitchen on if you’re watching tv in the living room.
• Switch your light bulbs to energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs.
• Don’t waste too much water because water is life.
• Cut down on paper use. Too many trees die just for paper.

Now, are any of those things so hard to do? I think not. Every little bit helps the environment. This is our Earth…our home. If no one takes care of it, who will?

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My favourite type of flowers are white orchids just like these White Dendrobium Orchids pictured in the image off to the side. They are just so beautiful and will brighten up any room in your home. I have never been able to grow them myself, but I do buy them to place in my house from time to time.

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