It hasn’t quite sprung yet. It was 80 degrees for 3 days in a row, and I got cocky and planted stuff. Then this past weekend I had to scramble to build a cold frame to put over the raspberry bushes because it got down into the low 30’s at night for a few nights…
Last Saturday was just above 60 degrees. Hooray! Tomorrow it will be again! A couple mornings later there was snow on the ground again, and there’s tell of a Nor’Easter heading our way this coming week, but we’ll ignore that for the moment. Spring is coming! The robin (which never left all winter and has…
I’m 44. The fact that I’ve just bought a house with a 30 year mortgage, which means I’m probably not going to be able to retire until I’m 74 has not escaped me. The fact that I took a good chunk out of my retirement funds to help buy said house may seem like a…
I am not a great gardener. I try, I dabble, and I fail an awful lot. Growing weeds, that I can do. My garden teems with them, and I have a very hard time keeping up. But every year I try again, telling myself I’ll do better. I’ve never had that better year, but somehow…
I’m definitely feeling under the weather today, which is a shame because the weather is gorgeous! I spent the early part morning outside in the hammock. The gentle sway was soothing, under my fuzzy throw blanket in the slightly chilly breeze. I sipped slowly from my huge Eeyore mug of Barry’s Green Label Irish tea…
I am a stubborn and tenacious person. I don’t give up very easy on most things. If there’s a part of my that does want to consider giving up on an endeavor, I will hem and haw and consider the options for a long time. Tenacity can be a good trait, but there comes a…
I had a very busy weekend. Most of the business was of my own making. But in all it was full of accomplishments, both big, small, successful, and not-so-successful. I’m going to refrain from calling some of them failures, because they were attempts and showed me where I might need to improve in the next…