Liver Donation For Kim !!

For Kim

This is one of my Best Closest Friends  Kim Barr Riccobono * a 1974 classmate who I went to school with at Warren Senior High School in Warren Michigan  & have known 50 years ) she  needs a Liver Transplant -  Please send Prayers and help if possible !! Please share !! To find out more information on how you can help her please click on this link  : https://www.facebook.com/PSCmomDonation 

I live in Tennessee and she lives in Michigan we talk a lot , but have not seen each other since high school . My parents moved when  I graduated and I moved with them to Southern Lower Michigan and I guess as they say life got in the way and we started our own  lives .I met my husband and we moved to Tennessee where my parents were to take care of them , they were both sick and after they passed we stayed . Then the Magic of Social Media along came Facebook and we reconnected and have been close ever since.
We had plans of see each other at our 40th class reunion last month but for a few reasons the biggest one being my husband lost his job in June and has not found one yet and I cant work because I have RA ( not gone to court yet ) so needless to say finically haven't been able too.

We are still not giving up on our day of hanging out and our  lunch date !!!


I am hoping by putting this post on my blog that maybe just maybe this blog post will be shared around the world and help her and her family !

Her daughter Jennifer and son Michael are  the one's who started the Liver Donation  facebook page for their  mom and  I am just trying to help out my friend any way that I can so I am hoping this reaches a lot of people.... Social media can be a powerful tool and it can also connect people with the resources to help  a lot of people who need it and I have seen it change peoples lives you read  and hear  about it almost everyday on the news and in the newspaper !

So PLEASE click on the link to her donation facebook page and like it and share it !  Even if you can't help with a donation word s of encouragement I'm sure would bring a smile to her face !

Love Ya  Kim !

                                                      God Bless ,

                                                              

 

I Am Loving This Rogue Gourd Garden !!

 Yep I am so loving this gourd garden ! It just started out of us cleaning our gourds outside and some of the seeds missing the basket and hitting the ground !

It decided that it really liked the spot where it fell because it is growing like crazy and producing fruit ( gourds that is ) My son said he had noticed it growing so every time he was outside playing with his dog he would toss some water on it  and it just took off ! My husband thinks it has good drainage in that spot , it's right outside of the house where the kitchen window is. There are some shrubs growing there and the ground is covered with some white stones but the soil must be a pretty good growing soil at least for shrubs and gourds !

 These pictures have been taken over a 3 month period. There must be good drainage where they are growing outside the kitchen wall and what gets me is the washer and dryer are at the end where the vine is climbing up the fence and the dryer vent is right there and it seems that the hot air blowing out of the vent doesn't seem to bother the vines to much at all, they just keep on growing and growing  !! We are LOVIN it !!

This a is another one of the little gourds we found growing . There are not very many , we see a lot of little gourd starts ( little tiny bottles hanging all over the vines but it has been sooo hot and the humidity has been tropical so they are few and far between that show signs of growing and hopefully maturing !

These two pictures here are of the feelers that the gourd plant sends out all over the vines and they attach to everything ! That's how they climb, it's just so crazy how they just knot around any and everything it can !

 

 This was taken  August 3, 2014

Another little gourd that we found peaking out from the side of one of the bushes !

This is the picture of a good size gourd that we found hiding inside the middle of the bush , it seems to really like it there because it is still growing good !

 In these three photos it shows you the gourd vine gradually climbing up to and above the kitchen window

The picture above was taken August 3rd 2014 another rogue seed .that had taken off behind our

chairs on the back porch and this picture here above was taken August 24 2014 it has tripled in size but I really don't think it will produce any mature gourds but we can only hope !!

 Oh yes I can't forget about Kaiden he watches over my gourd gardens every year !

 Just thought this was pretty its a gourd flower in the ,morning it's almost transparent !  I hope you have enjoyed my rogue gourd garden as much as we have ! Can't wait to see what comes from this here little gourd garden ! Stay tuned and we will keep you posted !

Please tell me if you have a gourd garden and feel free to post some pictures and tell us about your garden !!

Until The Next Time ,

 

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