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Monthly Archives: May 2023
Delightful David Zinn Art
Filed under David Zinn - Street Artist, drawings
Nicky Litchfield 3
Filed under animal paintings, Nicky Litchfield
Tomatoes Will Come
The tomato plants are looking healthy and are more than twice the size they were when I first planted them. They needed some rearrangement of young branches for better support, but I decided to wait a bit longer on watering them.
This shows you that the plants are now about 1/4 the way up the supports. I brought out some bamboo stakes to add to the mix for the best support possible. No blossoms on these yet.
This is the 8-foot-long planter, and the plants are thriving right now. I rearranged branches here, too. There are three small yellow blossoms on one of the plants. I’ll see what other supports I have in the garage and bring them out for next time.
Just wanted to share my joy on this one. One of the buds started to bloom! Hooray!
Filed under Gardening, Square Foot Gardening - Raised Beds
Tuesday Thoughts 5-2-2023
“Dorky Dogs” – BoredPanda.com – Liucija Adomaite and Justinas Keturka
This picture made me laugh out loud. I have no clue what’s on the other side of the fence, but they’re sure interested. :0)
I have a new lease on life this morning. A package arrived from Amazon with new jeans and a top. This is usually not a cause for “celebration,” but I’ve gained some weight recently and my jeans have become too tight for any comfort at all. I now have some with elastic at the top, rather than a zipper and button, so I’m sitting here comfortably for the first time in quite awhile.
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I told you, though, that I’m trying really hard not to eat anything in-between meals. I’ve lost 4 of the pounds I gained so far. I’m determined to keep doing this. We were up in the middle of the night (Imagine that!) last night, and my husband asked if I wanted him to make us hot chocolate. Oh, wow. I said, “Yes, but no thank you.” I’m patting myself on the head just a bit. :0)
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I’m also doing my yoga sessions daily, albeit more slowly and carefully than I was previously, in an effort to try to relax, stretch out, alleviate some pain and stiffness, etc. I’m putting silver sparkly stars on my desk calendar, earning two stars per day the last few days. If I can keep this up, I’ll be delighted.
I’m heading out to my tomato planters now to see what they need. I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.
Filed under Thoughts on a ________
Excitement
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I’ve never been caught up by American Idol before. I’ve watched some clips and been impressed by the talent, but never actively watched and rooted for contestants before.
I started this because my husband is really into violent movies with the sound turned up so high that I went into the office and wore my earphones at my computer as a defense. :0)
I immediately fell for two contestants: Iam Tongi and Oliver Steele.
Iam is Hawaiian, but is living in Seattle, having had to move from his home due to too-high prices. He lost his dad – who taught him to love music and sung with him, providing harmony – a couple of months ago. His dad bought him a guitar, using his holiday paycheck. Iam’s voice is soothing. He is creative, making every song his own. I REACT to everything he sings, feeling happy or tearing up.
Oliver is a singer, song writer, and musician. His dad was the same, but had a stroke that made him lose the use of the left side of his body. Oliver is trying to take care of his dad. He has a distinctive voice and style, and is also a wonderful human being. When Iam’s guitar broke right before their duet, Oliver supported Iam, got him through the song, and they have become friends for life.
The Top 7 competition was last night. Iam was voted into the Top 7. Oliver was not, but was the Judges’ Choice to continue in the group as #8.
I wish both of them could win the competition. I hope that both of them have garnered enough attention that they both get music contracts. Time will tell.
They have both won my heart. I feel motherly (though I’m old enough to be grandmotherly) toward both of them and wish them the best that life has to offer. Their next performance is this coming Sunday, May 7th.
Filed under music
Mouse Art
Irina Garmashova
G. Weiner
Tanya Bond-redbubble.com
I don’t like REAL mice at all, but I love this artwork.
Filed under paintings I love
Hopeful Signs
Before winter I cut back our Rio Samba rose bushes. They had gotten to the point where I figured they would either like the pruning a lot or would croak. The jury was still out until a couple of weeks ago. In fact, my husband was talking about digging out the plant below and replacing it with a new one. I asked him to give it a bit more time.
Happily, the plants are not only putting out new growth, but there are BUDS on the plants. (I’ll have to check a third plant today while I’m wandering around in the yard later to see how it’s doing.)
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Another hopeful thing is that my husband told me yesterday he saw a hummingbird at the feeder. We aren’t “awash in hummingbirds” by any measure, but the fact that we’ve seen three thus far gives me hope that we’ll have a nice spring.
May Day 2023
Encyclopedia Britannica
I’m feeling a bit hostile about being older than dirt this morning. I was fine until I started trying to find a May Day image and had to scroll nearly to the bottom of the page until I found an actual “May pole,” or any mention of it – and this was from the Encyclopedia Britannica!
Another small thorn was as I was trying to spell “encyclopedia” I remembered Jiminy Cricket from the Mickey Mouse Club singing it – and STILL need to sing it in order to spell the word correctly – “E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A!”
AND – I always wanted a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica or The World Book when I was a child. I was a pain in the rear about it to my parents, having no concept of how much money I was asking them to spend. I never got either, of course, and by the time I might even CONSIDER buying it for my family, the Internet had been born and most people had switched to using IT, rather than any other source, and had given up phone books, maps, and other things, as well.
It doesn’t MATTER that I never participated or saw anyone dancing around a May pole. I guess that I just never thought about the whole idea “going out of style – or even mention” I think the idea is a pretty one, so I’ll just think about it today, quietly, trying to get my nose back in joint.
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