Saturday, June 30, 2012
Misty Morning
Oh the beautiful, quiet morning...rain drip, drip, dripping from the two-story tall cherry tree leaves, the grass over-grown due to lack of time and flexibility glistens in the misty rain. The chicken sisters are out having their morning walk-about...scratch, scratch, scratch, peck, peck, peck, mutter a little..."What have you found? Anything good? Will you share with me?" "Oh Mama's coming! She is so tall...and a little scarey. But she usually has something good for us to eat." "OH baby slugs! They are the best!" Difficult to break up the amazing slug maternity ward that has set itself up in the potato patch, but gifting them to the chicken-sisters reminds one of the circle of life in the garden.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Too long
It has been too long. I haven't written here since Mother's Day. And today is Father's Day. And by the way, it is also my son's 8th birthday. It is a day of remembrance for me. A day where I remember my Dad, who I have been spending a lot of time with lately. A day to remember my father-in-law who passed more years ago than my son has been alive. And to think of my husband and the awesome father he is. And it is interesting for me to also be thinking about my son, how he is growing and what a wonderful Dad he may become in the future. But mostly I am thinking about his birth and what an amazing and awe-inspiring day that was. I could ramble more about that in great detail, but what I really want to say is that I was THERE and I was so honored to be truly present as I watched a miracle unfold. The golden chord of life continues to awe me as I watch him grow.
Life has been a bit of a challenge lately for my family and I. My mom is 86 and she took a tumble about three weeks ago. I am very thankful for my large family at times like these. Several of us took turns staying and helping. It hasn't been easy for any of us. It has been a challenge to keep work going and to keep life in general going. It has been tiring. Thankfully Mom has made use of her stubborn streak and she is soldering on. She made it up and back down the stairs the other day. That is a miracle too.
Our garden is growing in spite of the June-uary we have been having. Not much sun. A lot of rain. We ended up planing tomatoes, both the starts that we had and the starts that we got from the market, peppers, celery, some different herbs, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, onions and three kinds of squash. We also have strawberries and blue berries almost ripe. I think that there is also a raspberry plant going strong. I don't know much about them...I think the woman who lived here for a while planted this. I like rasberries though, so I think I should learn more about them.
Our chickens went through a tough phase. One of them stopped laying and wanted to hatch everyone else's eggs. She lost most of her feathers on her belly and overall she just looked bad. It was a good think too because it made me realize that the feed that we had bought, that the store said was chicken feed really was not. It was ok for chickens, but it didn't have the calcium needed. Once we changed them back over to the better feed and let them run around for a few days in a row, things seemed to take a huge step in the right direction. They are all laying again now and all is well.
Our cat was ill too. We tried all sorts of ways to help him without meds from the vet. But we finally broke down and used the heavy guns from the vet. The cat is so happy that he is darting around the house. Glad it worked and that he is more/less back to normal.
The three of us auditioned for community theater this summer. It is the musical of Anne of Green Gables. It was my first real audition even though my husband has been in many plays with them. I got the role of Marilla, the spinster who adopts Anne. It is a challenge for sure, but it is a lot of fun as well. And both my husband and son are in it as well. Good family fun! Hard to keep things going at home, but worth it in the long run...I hope. :-)
I have been doing a lot of reading these days. It is funny how I spent all winter reading about gardening and now that I am gardening, I am spending a lot of time reading fun books. I am reading a lot of Terry Prachett books. I like the ones he writes about Granny Weatherwax. She reminds me a lot of Marilla in Anne of Green Gables. Maybe I am doing character research?
Counting my blessings today. With that I should say that we are one month away from paying off our car. And less than six months away from paying off our second car. That is just exciting!! It has been hard work, but totally worth it.
Oh yeah and our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) started up again. Loving all the fresh veggies!
All right. I had better get back to my day. Hope you have a good one!
Life has been a bit of a challenge lately for my family and I. My mom is 86 and she took a tumble about three weeks ago. I am very thankful for my large family at times like these. Several of us took turns staying and helping. It hasn't been easy for any of us. It has been a challenge to keep work going and to keep life in general going. It has been tiring. Thankfully Mom has made use of her stubborn streak and she is soldering on. She made it up and back down the stairs the other day. That is a miracle too.
Our garden is growing in spite of the June-uary we have been having. Not much sun. A lot of rain. We ended up planing tomatoes, both the starts that we had and the starts that we got from the market, peppers, celery, some different herbs, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, onions and three kinds of squash. We also have strawberries and blue berries almost ripe. I think that there is also a raspberry plant going strong. I don't know much about them...I think the woman who lived here for a while planted this. I like rasberries though, so I think I should learn more about them.
Our chickens went through a tough phase. One of them stopped laying and wanted to hatch everyone else's eggs. She lost most of her feathers on her belly and overall she just looked bad. It was a good think too because it made me realize that the feed that we had bought, that the store said was chicken feed really was not. It was ok for chickens, but it didn't have the calcium needed. Once we changed them back over to the better feed and let them run around for a few days in a row, things seemed to take a huge step in the right direction. They are all laying again now and all is well.
Our cat was ill too. We tried all sorts of ways to help him without meds from the vet. But we finally broke down and used the heavy guns from the vet. The cat is so happy that he is darting around the house. Glad it worked and that he is more/less back to normal.
The three of us auditioned for community theater this summer. It is the musical of Anne of Green Gables. It was my first real audition even though my husband has been in many plays with them. I got the role of Marilla, the spinster who adopts Anne. It is a challenge for sure, but it is a lot of fun as well. And both my husband and son are in it as well. Good family fun! Hard to keep things going at home, but worth it in the long run...I hope. :-)
I have been doing a lot of reading these days. It is funny how I spent all winter reading about gardening and now that I am gardening, I am spending a lot of time reading fun books. I am reading a lot of Terry Prachett books. I like the ones he writes about Granny Weatherwax. She reminds me a lot of Marilla in Anne of Green Gables. Maybe I am doing character research?
Counting my blessings today. With that I should say that we are one month away from paying off our car. And less than six months away from paying off our second car. That is just exciting!! It has been hard work, but totally worth it.
Oh yeah and our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) started up again. Loving all the fresh veggies!
All right. I had better get back to my day. Hope you have a good one!
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