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Readers, please join me welcoming Pat Synder, author of The Dog Ate My Planner – Tales and Tips from an Overbooked Life who’s stopping here today as part of her virtual tour, courtesy Pump Up Your Book Promotion ! Doggone it! No matter how carefully you organize and plan, some dog comes along and eats your day. Could be the computer freezes, or mom misplaces her purse over at the assisted living center, or a brand new granddog is experiencing separation anxiety. In The Dog Ate My Planner, Pat Snyder offers the sandwich generation a whole new approach to getting organized: lots of fun stories about life gone wrong, plus 74 fun tips for setting it right. HOLIDAY SPARKS SKIRMISH BETWEEN THE TWO OF ME Don’t get me wrong. I’m as quick as the next to rail against commercialism. “Hrumph!” I say to stores that open their doors at 6 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving. “Too much!” I say to the megapounds of catalogs that slide from our mailbox with a “Hurry Now!” shout. But the truth is, it’s not

We have been waiting patiently for the first day of spring to arrive in the hope that the tropical effect plants in our Exotic garden will start to show some signs of life. However with the long, cold winter still holding on by the tips of its icy grip very little has happened – or has it. English horticulturist Simon takes a closer look at the garden to see what plant-based miracles are beginning to emerge. With the longer days and just a little more warmth in the air, the first of the spring bulbs have come into flower while other are just beginning to emerge from their seasonal slumber. Deciduous plants are just beginning to break into leaf and a number of herbaceous perennials are just poking their new growth above the soil line. If you would like to see more content like this then why not check out our YouTube gardening channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’? You can support out channel by subscribing, it is absolutely free and you can receive updates of our new videos if you click o