I think the storm is moving away already.

Sounds like the storm is moving away from us.   Not too bad as storms go.  A little windy and some heavy rain, but didn't sound scary as some storms can.  Our garden got a good drink and now it sounds as if the rain is gone.  

It can't be a bad day when I spend the day with our granddaughter.

Norah--her first birthday is just around the corner.  Not sure where the year has gone.   

Gardening Season 2013

I have been very busy this spring--planting, planting, and more planting!

I love the planter boxes Bob built for me last summer.  Our veggies and herbs grow so much better in those than in the clay soil.  Plus, they cut down on weeds.  I have about the same things as last year:  tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, green peppers, beans, peas, carrots, radishes, broccoli, beets, cucumber, zucchini, and corn.  We also have a wide variety of herbs: chocolate mint and mint,  (makes the best tea) parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano, tarragon, marjoram, jasmine, basil and chives.  Mmmm.....

Last year we sure enjoyed all of our fresh veggies and herbs--but we especially look forward to those fresh cucumber/tomato salads!

We also planted some marigolds in all the planter boxes and some sunflowers as well as a mix of other flowers around the yard.

I never thought of myself as someone with a green thumb--but as each year goes by, we do a little better, gain more knowledge and we have discovered how much we love gardening!

Here are some pictures of the planter boxes Bob built last year:

Oh, how she's grown since the last post

Oh, how our little granddaughter, Norah has grown since the last time I posted.  I think the last time I posted about Norah  we were babysitting and she was about 5 months old.  Now, she's about 8 1/2 months old.  (she'll be 9 months on the 30th)

A brand-new year---A brand-new start

January 20, 2013

Well, here we are – another year has started.  2013 already.  Amazing.  I remember as a child when I would hear someone say, “…in the year 2000…” it seemed so far away and futuristic to me that I figured it would be very “Jetson-like.”  I also pictured myself as being positively “ancient.”

Then there was the “Back to the Future” movies – especially the one that takes place in the year 2015.  “Jennifer” walks through the town and says, “I’m in the year 2015.”  She says it in awe—amazement—wonder.  And here we are—2013. 

2013.  I’m 52—not ancient.  It’s also not “Jetson-like” – although we have technology and the “know how” to create technology as seen in the Jetsons, it’s not readily available yet. There are robots in the science world—they use them mostly for experimenting—but they are there.  We also have vacuums that can clean by themselves—no need for a human to be pushing them.  Again, we don’t have the technology as they had in the “Back to the Future” movie.  Or, I should say, we have the “know how.”  There are scientists out there that know how to create the technology shown in the movie—it’s just not readily available yet.  I think that New Year’s Eve, 2014 will be the perfect time to re-watch that movie. 

Now the month is half over already.  I’ve had a very productive year so far.  I’ve been getting a lot of cleaning, organizing and sorting done.  Things I’ve been “meaning” to clean/sort/organize for a long time I’ve finally gotten to.  I have a lot more to organize, but now that I’ve started, I’m motivated and energized to keep going until I finally finish.  I want to finish my projects—sewing/crochet.  I want to read books that have been stacked up to read for years.   And I’ve decided that this is the year I will finish the projects that have been sitting for so long and this is the year I will start reading the books I want to read.  I want to keep up with my writing—journals, stories and blogs.  I’m going to accomplish these things by focusing on what I’m doing and quit letting myself get sidetracked.   And I need to quit doing things that waste time.  I need to be mindful of how I spend my time and make sure that every waking minute is spent on something useful—not time wasters.  So, now it is time to post this and then move on to the next project.

THE START OF A NEW DAY

It’s five minutes to six as I write this, but it is still so dark, it feels like the middle of the night.  It’s very quiet right now; no TV, no radio.  The least amount of light that I can get away with.  The windows are open and all I hear is the snap, crackle, pop of the small animals scurrying around in the branches overhead, waiting for the first light so they can climb down and begin their day.  I hear the faint sounds of the cars as they travel on Rt. 235 and the patter of cat feet as they chase each other around the room. I’ve been outside and did a little star gazing.  I LOVE this time of the day—on the weekends.  

six twenty:

Just starting to get some light now. I just finished filling up the bird feeders and putting out corn for the squirrels. (it keeps them off the feeders) The moon is still out but the sounds of chirping crickets is starting to give way to the chirping birds.

The Best Time of the Day

The best time of the day is about 5:00 am on a weekend day and you don't have to go to work.  There is nothing better than feeling like you have the world to yourself--not many sounds to be heard--not even the birds.  All I could hear was the water fountains and the cricikets.  It wasn't dark -- but not light yet--it was the most perfect time of the day.