Somebody Likes Me!

Thank you, Carolyn over at Sweet Home and Garden Chicago for giving me the "E"! Thankfully, I discovered Carolyn's blog very soon after I started gardening and blogging. All the advice she's given me has just been priceless. I'm pretty sure Carolyn takes pity on me because I'm also transplanted from the South to Chicago like her. She's my Southern Soul Sister!

I think I'm supposed to give the bit "E" to some of my favorite blogs and though I've got tons, here are a few that I love...

Garden Punks
My Chicago Garden
Garden Girl
Garden Desk
Notes from a Cottage Garden
Soilman's Allotment Blog
The Compost Bin

I could go on and on!

What's A Girl Gotta Do To Get "Sharecropped"?

Wow! I'm seriously behind on garden blog reading. Who knew there was a war brewing???

I won't post any links to any blogs where this has been discussed or the link to the evil do-ers' blog out of respect for my fellow garden bloggers who don't wish to give them any more free press but please allow me a few sentences on the topic from my perspective.

Does anybody have a violin? If so, please play something very sad for the readers for the next couple of paragraphs.

Why am I not good enough for the sharecroppers????? I mean I don't want my content stolen either and I can assure you that if I found out I was a victim of this I'd be ranting right along with you. But, I'm not. And that sorta makes me feel left out.

I know I shouldn't covet my neighbors garden blog, but I'm only human! The moment I read about all this content stealing I went right over to the evil-doers blog and did a search for my own. NOTHIN! Here's my stream of thoughts....

"THOSE BASTARDS BETTER NOT HAVE REBLOGGED ME!!!" *on my way to the site"
"WHAT??? I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE STOLEN?????" *not finding anything*

In closing I'd like to say that gardening and garden blogging can be an emotional roller coaster. I need therapy.

Muse Day: The Waiting Game

Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it.When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed.- Lewis Gannit

The Waiting Game

Oh Gardening Bloggers, why must thou make me wait

You are philosophers, you are artists, you are poets

You reel me in with your beautiful flowers and thought provoking flower philosophies

And then you disappear for days

I am dying to know how your garden grows

You have drawn me to your place and now I hold you responsible for the wasted hours I spend

checking for updates that never seem to come on time

We have built a relationship but now I feel neglected

Have you ever stumbled on a blog that you just love only to find the blogger doesn't provide updates as often as you'd like? This happens to me all the time now. Since I'm presently obsessed with gardens and gardening blogs, I find myself checking the same set of blogs at least daily. It is so ridiculous but I find myself getting irritated and worried about these gardening strangers when they don't update their blogs for an extended period. Then I go through this range of ridiculous emotions that reminds me of a rocky relationship. "Where are they?" "Did something die?" "I miss them." "How inconsiderate! "I'm being unreasonable..."

Can anybody recommend a good therapist?

Remember to visit and participate in Garden Bloggers Muse Day founded by Carolyn Gail at Sweet Home and Garden Chicago