Can I just vent??    I know this is supposed to be a "light, fun blog"- but I just need a moment here, and then I'll be fine.  For starters- you know I told you that George had given me a trayful of beautiful tulips for our anniversary?  I had also bought 2 pots of dwarf tulips- and planted them in my front corner bed.  They looked so beautiful!!

Well, last night, SOMEBODY decided to rip out all my tulips and throw them into the street!!!!!  Can you even believe that?!?!?!  And I think I have a pretty good idea WHO.  You see, we have this nightmare property next door in which the landlord seems to not care a whit about- even though he's a minister!!- and the tenants he puts in there are so trashy it's unreal.  So we have had to deal with so much mess and hassle and disturbance over the years thanks to this property.  Well, periodically, I will file complaints when I reach a breaking point (talking to the landlord is like talking to a brick wall).  Right now they have a dog trapped on their back porch who is making a HUGE mess- that I have the sheer joy of seeing from my kitchen window- and there is litter and overgrown weeds everywhere.  UGH!!!!

Here's the aftermath (I salvaged them from the street, and then did replant them- only NO BLOOMS- and they had just opened, too ):

Isn't that just pathetic??  What is WRONG with people?!?!?!  Oh, how I miss living without neighbors.

Okay. Thank you.  On to girlie stuff....

 Gel      Acrylic

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Here's my kitty who thinks he's Prince Charming: