I'll send my infamous typewriter pic to you...lol

Becky .(*_*).

I know you all think this is a joke, or a scam, but it isn't. I'd really like to feature you. You will retain all rights to your photos, in fact, they will be published with a credit that says "All rights reserved". This is the article. I published it without the slideshow so you can see it's legit.

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Junk Article

Interesting way to up the ante, dirtygardener. Don't you get paid based on the number of hits on the article?

Good luck with your writing.

I'm not trying to "up the ante" and I'm really hurt at that hateful response, but never mind. Karma is a B.

dirtygardener, we get "spammed" so often that when we see a post like yours we think the worst. A better approach might be to find some pictures of great things and then ask the person posting it if you could use it for your column. Spammers haven't requested pictures but they are always posting links to sites selling everything from building supplies to jewelry. Good luck with your article! Unfortunately I don't have pictures of my own to contribute.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be hateful. I think it's a GOOD way to get more readers to your column...and obviously getting paid more is a plus. Including people's work in your article IS going to bring them, other posters on this board and friends and family members of people whose pics are posted to look at your column. I certainly see nothing wrong with that!

It also helps "legitimize" our interest in doing crazy things in our yard. We're sometimes thought of as the nuts down the block with all the "junk" in our yard...but NOW we can say "they're publishing articles about our art" and suddenly we don't look quite as nutsy!

You need to remember that while YOU put a lot of time and effort into every word you print in order to be a good writer, those of us who aren't writers simply want to encourage others by stopping by their posts and saying "you've been noticed". We don't wordsmith every sentence to check for potential misunderstandings because we're among friends here and assume our friends get it if we've said something that could be misunderstood in our haste.

So, I'm sorry if my post offended you. I truly didn't mean it to! And, again, I wish you good luck with your writing.

hey, when I put the lol at the end of my reply, when I said I would send my infamous typewriter, it was because some of you know the story behind that typewriter....

I got turned into the county, by a tight a$$ neighbor lady, who can't stand my yard.
she has precision going on in her boyfriend's yard..manicured lawn, cedar fence(to block the view of my yard)..a few strategically placed planters, probably exact number of inches between...
a row of shrubs, lining the driveway..to the point of contention, where I had the property surveyed and pi$$ed her off, royally.

so, when the county guy showed up..he made reference to things that should be thrown away.
namely my typewriter, which at that time, was simply on the ground, rusty and not being used.
as soon as he left, I went to the nursery, bought a few plants that were already established, cuz I wasn't about to wait till spring..this was in this past February..

came home and planted it...
now, every time I even look at the typewriter, I get both happy and very angry, that it came to that point.

I didn't think you meant anything other than what you had asked for, in the request for pictures..

and like the others said..when span shows up, it's usually left alone...

read a few back and I commented on and replied...
"ummmm, chew on a slipper?"
well, that was from a video my kids watched, when they were little, about Toby the Terrier..
whenever he didn't have the right answer, he'd just say..
UH, chew on a slipper?. as if that could at least be some sort of answer.

anyway, I'm looking forward to the article and link..

and as I sit here today at the computer, I'm uploading many, many pictures of my yard, to take a portfolio to the county office, where "county gestapo guy" works, to talk to his supervisor.

I had yet another run in with the creature on Sunday..I ended up calling the sheriff's office, for her trespassing......actually video taping my yard, when she thought I was gone!!!

don't be offended....
and if you are,,,,you're welcome to come here and take it out on the super tramp next door!

now I need to count to 20...ten doesn't do it for me, these days....