Today, my little seedlings arrived in the mail, slightly wilted from travel, but they perked up very happily once I watered them, and after I tucked them into their new and roomy pots, they seem to be getting along fine ( Read more... )

It's been coming on for a while. I cried when I read Terry Pratchett's Nation, I cried when I saw Susan Boyle singing "I dreamed a dream," and I've spent the last few days in a blue funk that has been getting bluer and bluer, until today. Today is saturated with blue, is cobalt, indigo. I know enough to know that tomorrow this will ease, that the ( Read more... )

I have seven sweet pea sprouts in my pot as of 11:30 am, Pacific Time ( Read more... )

Came home from a walk at the arboretum to find a missive from our landlord saying that our rent won't be reduced. The letter also noted that according to her real estate experts she could be charging much more per month than she is. I think her experts are out of touch with the current economy and also with how water damage affects property value ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I woke to find a respectable carpet of snow covering the townscape. My reaction to this, atypical of me, was, "Oh, crap. More Snow."

Much as I love snow, I am tired of February, tired of walking through mud and slush, and increasingly aware of my need for sunlight. I've been looking at my seed catalog longingly, thinking of plants I ( Read more... )

The lilacs in the back yard are blooming; the white ones are in full flower, and the purple will soon follow. One of the magical things about having a back yard flanked by lilac bushes is the way they scent the breezes that blow through our windows at night. This is a sweet and fleeting time of year, and, as I am growing more and more aware, a ( Read more... )

I wanted to do a time lapse photo documentary of my front flowerbed, since I really am inordinately pleased the my crocus bulbs have survived winter and squirrels and a very dry flower bed. However, as you can see, I don't have the patience or mind for detail necessary for such a project. Still, there are blooming things in front of my house! ( Read more... )

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