It's been a long time

It's been a long time since I last posted. Those of you who know me in real life will be surprised to know why. Those of you who are fellow bloggers will also be surprised.

I got tired of talking about myself.

Everything I thought of to post was about my garden. I had some trouble with my knees, you see and not feeling tip-top made me feel sort of like I was in grave danger of whining. And then there's my! garden! as if no one else has ever gardened a day of their lives.

So I'm back with ... more about my garden.

But really it's about how good it is to be cheap frugal patient when you garden.

Last year I bought six lillies. I paid full price for them, brought them home and put them in the ground. The pet rabbits in the backyard promptly ate all the leaves. The stems and any leaves that remained slowly withered, then they turned yellow, then the entire plant went mushy and soft and really pretty gross.

But I'm cheap frugal patient, eh? I paid a lot of money for these dumb dead plants! I don't remember ever thinking they'd live, but last year I dug up all six plants and put them into my garden in little clumps. I paid, people, I paid money for these pricey things. Besides, other people can grow lillies without killing them. So there was that, too.

Jealousy, garden envy, you see?

You will never believe what happened this year.

Behold, seven lillies popped up and they look like this:

I got seven for the price of six and only had to wait a year! It's a bargain! It's like a 10-cent coupon! Heck, it's like double coupons!