Friday Follow-Up: HERE'S THE BUZZ

As you may have noticed, dear reader, this past week, I have included two "extra" postings (Monday Musings on the 17th and Wednesday's Wisdom on the 19th), today (Follow Up Friday) will make it three extra postings outside of my Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (an occasional special event posting) schedule — a "plan" which I laid out in a blog entry that I made this past January that you may refer to by clicking here.


Because the next several weeks will involve an array of Holidays and special events, and because gardening takes interesting turns at this time of year, and because these topics are often what I discuss in blog entries, I've been asked to include more postings at least until the end of the calendar year.
I am pleased to say that I feel honored and up to the task. Therefore my posting schedule until the end of the year will be as follows:


MONDAY MORNING:
Monday's Musings
TUESDAY MORNING:
If It's Tuesday it must be tumblr.(This was introduced in a blog entry that I made this past September which you may refer to it by clicking here.)
WEDNESDAY MORNING:
WEDNESDAY'S WISDOM
THURSDAY MORNING:
THURSDAY'S THOUGHTS
FRIDAY MORNING:
FOLLOW-UP FRIDAY
SATURDAY MORNING:
SURPRISE


Since today is my first follow-up Friday, I have had to include my new schedule, but, without further ado, here are some follow-ups, and they have to do with the newbie (ahem, new bee), whose image you see at the top of today's blog entry. As you have most likely surmised, from a number of my previous blog posts on bees, which you may refer to by clicking here  as well as here and here and here and here, I seem to have a "bee in my bonnet" when it comes to "using them" as blog topics! It may even seem to you, dear reader, that they have taken over my blog, in the same way as I describe them "taking over" my Hyssop Plants. My visiting bees have (through the efforts of yours truly) even appeared on tumblr, and, if you'd like, you may visit them by clicking here. Additionally, their images have earned them a place in two sets within my Flickr Gallery. One set is called the HYSSOP and the BEE , the other set is called Echinacea; and you may view either of them by clicking here.


The newbie, seen at the top of today's blog post, has her own story for today's blog post. The image of her that you see shows her with some of the succulents in my indoor garden. She is one of the figurines (OK she's a "fake" bee — the non-stinging kind) that have been added to the Halloween decor which I have added to indoor succulent garden, a decorating scheme, that I discussed this past Wednesday, and, if you'd like, you may refer to it by clicking here.


While it's true that my "visiting bees" are still busy in my urban (New York City) terrace garden, indulging in my Hyssop plants, and I have not tired of their presence, I don't want the succulents to feel left out, so I let them have their own version of bees, and, so far, there are four of them, clinging to a few of the assorted succulents which I have in my indoor garden as evidenced in the image posted below (which you may recognize from this past Wednesday's blog entry).

Like the whimsical figurines of the birds (seen to the left and below this passage), which have been placed amongst my succulents and Halloween figurines,

the bee figurines create an ambiance for my succulents, because they are "forced" to live indoors, instead of being able to enjoy being outside.

And, since I have decorated a portion of my terrace garden for Halloween, as evidenced in the images within my Flickr Gallery Set called "trick or treat?" which you may view by clicking here, and have discussed in previous blog posts which you may refer to by clicking here and here, as well as posts on tumblr which you may refer to by clicking here), it was inevitable that my succulents would want Halloween-specific decorations too! Not one to play favorites, I've let both gardens have a bit of Halloween cheer, as seen below in images of both gardens (indoor and outdoor respectively).

It is my hope in sharing a few of my decorating ideas with you, dear reader — although I am no Martha Stewart —  that you will be inspired to decorate for Halloween, AND you still have eleven days  (including today ) to do it; and  whether or not you are inclined to spruce up your outdoor space or living quarters in honor of Halloween, you still have time to send a greeting card to those near and dear to you. I have designed unique greeting cards for such purposes. They are truly special because they fold out into a picture which is suitable for framing! These cards are available via the Card Shoppe Pages of my web-site, Patricia Youngquist Photo-Art, and you may click here for a link to the specific page featuring them!


THAT'S IT FOR TODAY , BUT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR HALLOWEEN DECOR SCHEMES, PLEASE POST THEM IN A COMMENT, OTHERWISE REMEMBER, as always, dear reader, I appreciate it when you weigh in with your thoughts, ideas and reactions. If you are new to posting this type of thing, you may click here for directions.