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#238...No Time to Rest, Add a Project
Just when I was on top of my flower plots…everything cleaned up and refreshed, I asked Silly Sally if she knew where I could buy these fancy flower pots for my patio. Yes. we can MAKE THEM…in the spring. That gave me time to find them thrifting. What a fun party with 4 of us! Never done that before. I was the newbie! My pots are all going to be outside in the rain, with an occasional sunny day…
#236...Finishing up House Projects and Transitioning to Yard Workhorse
I was actually going to sneak out yesterday and rake a plot and sow poppy seeds which need to be inspired by cold weather AND IT RAINED. Then the blizzard hit amidst 70 mph winds, the ice set in; power went out and cancelled our SAR meeting for tonight. Hub-sidekick has a good attitude about eating salad prepared for 30 people IF I boil some eggs and make it a Chef’s Salad… It is amazing all the…
#231...70 Degree Drop In One Day...This is Missouri
This is February after all. So this week has been 70’s and then 80..and now this morning snow and 12 degrees. My friends have been asking what all have I been doing outside? The weather never determines my activities. Everything in my life is planned by 4 seasons. Spring does not officially start for almost 3 1/2 weeks so that is all the time I have left to finish my house projects, and I’m…
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#229...Valentine's Day at a New Level
Flowers are true love, chocolate the finest gift…if not diamonds… This morning I experienced the next level of love. Hub side-kick took some time thinking about this. I have been awaiting therapy for arthritis pressing on my nerve endings in my neck and somehow I had fallen between the cracks with an appointment and 4 weeks have passed and in a few more days, I finally, am scheduled for 3X’s a…
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#227...Books, Magazines Get Me in Trouble...Again
Where do all these projects come from? Why, my beloved magazines…HGTV, BETTER HOMES & GARDENS, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, WOMAN’S DAY, REAL SIMPLE, COUNTRY HOME and GARDEN GATE. Sometimes 4 issues will come in 1 day. I’m in heaven! But I cannot keep all these magazines, so going thru the pages, there will be nuggets of gold and I will tear out that page and circle something I need to research later. Such…
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#205...Gardening 101...Mistakes, Lessons Learned...New Plan!
#205…Gardening 101…Mistakes, Lessons Learned…New Plan!
Alert! Behind the Pampas grass lurked this turtle, where I was pulling weeds by hand. Good grief! A snapping turtle no less. Gardening in the country is not about knowledge of plants, it is about, who’s going to have their way, man or beast? I’m not believing I’ve won. In May, I planted so many lovelies…hot pepper plants, ornamental umbrella grass….and the tops were eaten. Have the deer developed…
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#204...Dog Days of an Extreme Summer
#204…Dog Days of an Extreme Summer
There has to be a word beyond extreme…Maybe grueling. There has been so much work outside unlike ever before. Day after day of 100+ heat index with enough rain to keep that grass growing and everything else non-stop growing, and then seriously growing. Most generally by the end of July the grass is parched and mowing is beginning to taper off. This year some farmers will be getting a 3rd cutting…
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#203...That led to This...This to That...and Then...
#203…That led to This…This to That…and Then…
It is very simple to explain. It is ALL Shirley and Sue’s fault! What to do in July, when day after day is over 100 degrees heat index? All gardening has to be done betwixt 5:30 and 7:00 AM, followed by a shower. The Christmas music is playing, IT IS Christmas in July, people. There’s only one thing to do…FALL CLEANING….and another year of dealing with my frustrations with the oversized dining…
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