Wednesday, November 2, 2011


Whew!!! It's been a long time since I last checked in. I was very sick with asthma/bronchitis a while back and just wasn't feeling very well for several months. But now I'm back up to speed. My garden didn't do very well this year due to an excessively wet spring and a hot, dry summer. I'm almost finished painting my living room and I need to get started on Christmas gifts. I got a new computer (a storm killed the Apple computer that my brother gave me after my original bit the dust). Boxer turned thirteen in May and Koko is eighteen. I don't even want to think about my birthday in January. I don't even want to think about winter--that means snow! I like the snow, but I'm in no hurry for it. Today was a mild day, rather windy, and I saw a sundog this evening so I know the weather is going to change. I hope you're having good weather, wherever you are.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Back in the Saddle

OK, it's been a while since you've heard from me--I was hibernating over the winter, is my only explanation. But now spring is just around the corner and I'm thinking seeds, building a new garden bed, raising blackberries--the dreams we urban homesteaders have. I also want to plant more purple coneflowers, since they're both native and beautiful, and provide food for the goldfinches in late summer. I bought some lumber to build a raised bed in my front yard, where the old maple once stood. It gets lots of sunlight and some of the veggies, such as peppers, that didn't do so well last year in my back yard, should do well there. Things are going along quite well in my life, after a very sad winter, which saw the tragic loss of a friend. Boxer will turn thirteen this May, and is doing well, after being bitten by a pit bull at the park where I sometimes walk him. I have nothing against pit bulls, but they need to be socialized when they're young and you can still control them. This dog was on a leash and his owner couldn't control him. It was also only the dog's second time being out in the public, and the dog was two years old. Stupid owner.
I hope all your plans for spring and a beautiful garden come true this year.