Tropicals & Tender Perennials: The Swedes started it...., 1 by cicada

cicada wrote:
After a long search, I finally located a photo. I avoid cameras and even though my husband and daughter are always taking pictures, they haven't managed to catch me in many of them. My husband was upstairs when he looked out the window to snap this shot of me coming down the ladder from picking cherries.

I retired from teaching two years ago and have two children. My 24-year-old son is a p.e. teacher/football coach. My 19-year-old daughter, currently in college, is a computer geek like her dad. I've shared my life with DH for 32 years after meeting him on a blind date at college when we were undergraduate students.

I'm an earthy type person with a love for gardening. I grew up on a farm and live on a small farm now. I spend a lot of time keeping critters out of my plants (ducks, chickens, guineas, & peafowl). One of my favorite times of the day is at dusk when everything is settling down for the night. I can sit on the back porch and hear sounds of insects and frogs drifting through the air. Outlines of hoyas and other hanging plants can be seen as silhouettes in the thickening darkness. Delightful musky fragrances from nearby flowers permeate the air. It's a real sensory overload.