Thank you - I just turned it on for a calming moment (it worked!). Saved the link to my desktop's home screen and will watch again and again. Got the little fella coming in a few minutes so I'll be chasing him around the house for the next 9 hours!
my hands shake as well after doing something strenuous.. ( no smirking at the back there )... or if I've been carrying a heavy load..Likkle Grandson’s Chickenpox seems to have peaked - hopefully on the mend from here
I’m currently sat in the cafe at the gym trying to eat soup, with my hands shaking the soup off the spoon lol. That was a good workout haha!!!![]()
When they're still just buds, they look sort of like balloons.Had to look these up. For the equally uninformed, these lovelies are balloon flowers. (I've seen them before, but had no idea what they were called.)
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I just took in my chard and some kale. Also some more sow and snap peas along with arugala.Helped Mrs.L to plant out the brassicas (kale, sprouts and 'petit posy'- aka kalettes). Erected a framework and covered the plants with 'Enviromesh' to stop birds and caterpillars eating them. That's it for a while - hopefully we'll get away for a few days.
UGH can't stand rhubarb. When I moved into this house many years ago.. a third of the garden was taken up with rhubarb plants.. and another third of Blackberries..Yanno what I miss? Lilacs. And rhubarb. I love lilacs, but they won't grow here because it's too hotWe had two beautiful lilac bushes at our house in Michigan. And rhubarb. We had rhubarb growing in our yard. Those were two signs of spring that I loved and miss a lot.
Of course, I don't miss that spring arrived there around the end of May/first of June. That's also about the time the ice on Lake Superior melted. Usually. I don't miss that one bit.
I’m with you on the lilacs, @Georgiagranny That was always a very welcome sight (abd smell!) after a long winter in upstate NYYanno what I miss? Lilacs. And rhubarb. I love lilacs, but they won't grow here because it's too hotWe had two beautiful lilac bushes at our house in Michigan. And rhubarb. We had rhubarb growing in our yard. Those were two signs of spring that I loved and miss a lot.
Of course, I don't miss that spring arrived there around the end of May/first of June. That's also about the time the ice on Lake Superior melted. Usually. I don't miss that one bit.
I find in the south that chrysanthemums are perennial and multiply. Also, some kinds bloom in spring then in late June I cut them back about a third, fertilize every couple weeks and they bloom again in fall. They will help fill a garden.Maggiecat decided that 4am is breakfast time and that I can darned well get up and feed her. So I did. Then I went back to bed and didn't get up until after 7. Maybe I was tired. Can't remember the last time I got up, then went back to bed.
It's supposed to be a rainy day. The radar isn't showing any rain for the next few hours so I'm gonna get dressed and make my rounds in the garden to deadhead and yank up a weed or three.
My bright idea of filling every space with flowers is taking over my brain whenever I sit outside and can envision spaces filled with...whatever I can think of! Bleeding heart would be pretty except that it doesn't like full sun. Scratch bleeding heart. At the moment, cosmos and stock come to mind.
After making my rounds, there's housekeeping crap to catch up. I need a maid![]()
They are beautiful, I have them also in a pink and a white. There is a new variety out that is a double but I found it not hardy, mine did not make it through the winter. So I will stick with the tried and true singles.Had to look these up. For the equally uninformed, these lovelies are balloon flowers. (I've seen them before, but had no idea what they were called.)
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