August 28, 2007
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Today could be described as pleasant. The weather was perfect. My recorder group got along famously; we are really starting to enjoy each other’s company. After we played the hostess and I walked around her yard admiring all the beautiful plants.
She has one of the nicest gardens I’ve ever been in. Each week something new blooms. The plants are perrenial. They are color coordinated so that no matter when or where you look the sizes and colors all work together. Plus she has garden art and rod-iron fences with an arbor and gate. Every square inch of her yard, front and back is tricked out. She even shares a sideyard with a neighbor whose flowers were just as nice. I usesd to be quite a nut about gardening so it was fun for me to discover plants I didn’t know.
I had a good conversation with the middle daughter, who I have been struggling with lately. The market wasn’t too bad. I laid in the sun, grateful for the chance, as the sun will be gone soon. The summer has gone so quickly I am even more appreciative this year. I always get that way towards the end of August.
I ran into a young woman I went to court reporting school with. She is doing captioning for a high school girl who is deaf. It was great to get caught up on everybody. Most everyone was half my age but we got along great. I spent four years there and made a lot of friends so it was fun to hear how everyone’s life turned out.
And finally I took a walk with my dance partner, who really isn’t. He certainly is a wealth of information about a lot of topics I know next to nothing about. So at the end of the day I am feeling a little lonely but happy that I had such a nice day. Hope you did, too.
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How pretty! I can imagine the garden now. I really *should* go into my retirement account and switch up the investment percentages and such, but I don’t know where to start except to dump money into the things that have been going badly. I know enough to know that I’m still up a little, and anyway, the university matches my 5%, so it’s gonna be hard to lose on this deal. Good luck with your daughter, and boo to men who aren’t good enough for you.
I’ve been trying to grow dandelions in a small terra cotta pot, but it seems that I don’t even have the gardening skills to grow weeds. August is the marker of a year moving too quickly.
Just checking to see how you are doing.. . .
I love the peace in gardening …even if I’m sharing someone else…especially if I’m sharing someone elses!
i have often envied those who garden well…it is an art.
Trying to catch up. Sounds like a whole lot went on this summer, daughters, married men, gardens, dance partners–going to take me a bit to get with it! Hope you’re really enjoying these last days of August, and hopefully global warming will give us something good, like another month of summer. Got to be a silver lining. Well I suppose that wouldn’t be a silver lining for some, some might be adversely affected but shoot–I’d love it!!
I am out of town. Nice to see you post again. Miss reading your writing.
I try to only plant perennial back home. Here I have a plethora of basil growing like crazy but that’s about it. … ryc: I really appreciated your words, I am so flattered. Thank you.