Some Misc Pics

just a neat pic i didn't think would come out!! 5/18/06




lighthouse ~ on our anniversary down in cape may, 5/25/06


a beautiful sky at the end of memorial day, from home, 2006.



boardwalk/beach ~ i took these from the hotel we had bfast in down in atlantic city, 03/06.

Back here Again!

i've been denied social security a 2nd time (which i'm told is very common ~ though it doesn't feel common) and with only 3 & a half disability checks to go, my insurance company wants to send me for an "independant medical evaluation" ( within a day of my calling to find out why my ck issue dates are now changing each month ~ coincidence?). (kick me while i'm down thank you very much!)

nothing's changed ~ i still cannot work ~ but if forced to for financial reasons, where do i go? i cannot work in an office type job in a place that's "sealed" (no outside/"fresh" air) because the recycled air keeps me sick constantly with no breaks (called "sick building syndrome") and since my injuries from my fall @ agent orange in 09/04 won't heal (also thanks to my immune system ~ or lack thereof), i can no longer work in retail, which is where i've spent the majority of the past 15 years!

i can't go back to school in the traditional sense, i have to "attend" online & distance learning schools because of how often i'm sick & not driving. and all of that takes a good deal of time!

we haven't been able to save as of yet, since moving here & if we're ever going to get out of this apartment, we need to save! (nothing else can be counted on).

and i'm stuck!

Summer ~ A Love Hate Thing!

i've fallen in love with summer ~ well, sort of! to say that is a tad hypocritical since i also hate it with equal passion!

i love: my gardens filling in & bursting with colors ~ wearing less layers ~ longer days ~ bbq's (at home & elsewhere!) & fairs ~ steamy nights with their hazy sunsets, the quiet (no one out & about on the streets or in the stores!) & the warmth is almost comforting when you walk out into it; it wraps around you, makes you sigh & relax ~ the trees are full ~ passing by everyone's gardens & seeing all the bright orange lily's popping out against their green foliage...

strange how one moment the heat's giving you chills & the next it's knocking the wind right out of you!

yet i hate summer too! overwhelming heat & humidity ~ cars without ac ~ when the ac breaks down in the house on the hottest of days ~ how everything inside gets sticky when the ac's on too long or the humidity is too high ~ the bugs & bites ~ headaches & allergies ~ lightheadedness & queasyness ~ feeling worn out & tired after only minutes outside ~ the overall sticky, uncomfortable-ness of it all!

again, as much as i love it, i hate it! and thank goodness for gardening! otherwise i'd only have the fall to look forward to & nothing else year round!

Close~Up's the Finale!

last but not least, as of 6/15/06!

Close~Up's Cont'd!

as of 6/15/06 cont'd!

Close~Ups!

these are as of 6/15/06!

Container Pics!

this container is out on our back patio & before all this rain was full & colorful! (needs to dry out a bit for the flowers to come back!)

A Few Misc Garden Pics!

Just a few taken during this past wkend of rain & thunderstorms!

More Garden Pic's Cont'd! (as of 6/27/06)

from the bottom of the previous post to the top of this one, these are my latest pics of my gardens out front! everything is filling in ~ my rosells dahlia's blooming & my sungold butterfly bush is getting ready to!

More Garden Pics!

Since I still can't get the hang of my yahoo geocity site with respect to pics, here's the first of 9!