Prairie Dog Blog

Is Gary the only one who remembers how to blog????? It is nice to stay in touch. It makes me feel connected. Come on, folks.


On Friday I planted five dwarf European cranberry shrubs (see picture above). I went to Ron Paul's garden place and these were recommended as being low maintenance and don't grow too much. Apparently they only grow to about 2 feet and all I have to do is prune them once in the early spring to shape them. Hey, that's the kind of gardening for me. Notice the extreme pruning I did on the honeysuckle bush. By next week I will probably have to prune it again. Danged thing grows like a weed.

On Saturday I went to help out at the "Students Without Borders" yard sale. I worked from 9:00 till 12:00 and had a lot of fun. I also bought a computer desk at the sale. It's a lot sturdier than the one I have the laptop on. I will sell the old, rickety one in my yard sale.

Then it was off to the Manitoba Theatre Centre to see "Driving Miss Daisy" with the Trivial Friends. They aren't really trivial; we just called them that because we played trivial pursuit with them so often. We all agreed the play was well-done. Then we went off to dinner. Of course I made his common toast: "To good food, good wine, good friends." Everyone came back to my place. They left early, though. I guess the friends are getting older. Can't party like we used to.

Today I did laundry and went to see the movie, "Take The Lead." Antonio Banderas teaching NYC inner city kids how to ballroom dance. Pretty predictable, but the dancing was fun to watch. I love any movies about dancing. I used to take many kinds of dancing in my younger years. I have signed up for another series of Hip Hop dance at the Reh-fit, but it will probably be cancelled. As of last Friday I was the only student registered. Crap. I was looking forward to it. I'm not very good, but I'm enthusiastic.

Only 17 more days till Margot arrives. Tomorrow is May 1, a new month! And I have a subbing job in the afternoon.

Well, tata and peace.

A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. - Clive James
Dwarf Cranberries, Yard Sale, Driving and Dancing, Dancing, Dancing