Ladies & Gentlemen, will you please direct your attention to my back door?  What a lovely way to greet visitors!  What a darling vignette – how rustic, how charming! How does she do it?  She’s a regular Martha – that Ann is so lucky – always finding treasures on the side of the road!

Yes, it is.  It really is.  The shit milk box.  Would you care for a closer look?  The flowers are Nicotiana and the bright green vine is an Ipomoea batatas Margarita .  That’s right, I planted flowering tobacco.  I thought it only fitting that I plant my old, shitty habit in the box.

Admit it, all you nay sayers…  The box looks great.  And I swear to you – it doesn’t smell!  Doesn’t it make it even lovelier just knowing what it’s been through?  (if that’s true, then logic dictates that I’m a f*ing beauty queen!)

Today is a busy day.  This morning, I am teaching my knitting class (geez- haven’t posted a thing about the class – it’s great and I love it!) and then it’s off to take a girlfriend to lunch for a belated birthday celebration.

and like all great beauty queens everywhere, I must add world peace to my to-do list …. hmmmm, where to begin?  ~taps forehead~ ….oh, I know, I will promote world peace by taking shit and turning it into a thing of beauty …..oops!  I mean poo.

ps.  after you are done posting a comment about my lovely planter (and you know you want to), run on over to Cara’s, she’s selling her fabulous photos! get ’em while they’re hot!