IN Carmel

 Today, I'm done with rain.  And I heard that's not going to happen.  Done is not here yet. More is predicted but there might be a two-day reprieve next week.  I'll take it.  My goodness.  How did the Noah family do it for 40 days.  The animals might have kept them busy.  So many places now are really green and filling with surprises. That happens when one is a bit forgetful.  One of these days the front will move letting this rain move on.                              Jack in the Pulpit.  Maybe two this year.  My friend calls it Jill in the Pulpit.                                                                           ...

Perfect weather for Blue Bells.  They are popping up in many places.  I'll be happy to put on a sweater if it keeps them happy.  I've heard no complaints from this end of the garden.  The flowers will be showing themselves at the right time.   It was a stay-at-home day.  Last night ended at a very decent hour.  6:45 AM.   2 am passed me by and I'll take that any night.  It was a cool morning, but I did manage to get the paper in for Doug.  This time the paper guy threw the wrong paper.  It was the Wall Street Journal that Doug got to read.  He had to read the funnies online.  Poor boy!  It's happened before and will happen again.                 Isn't this stunning.  The sun was out and this close up of the Quince bush is just the best.  I did a garden walk finding not much change.  Who would like to grow in such cold weather.  They are us...

 Last night, we were in the eye of the storm, and it didn't feel good at all.  All day it was that hot sticky atmosphere that says tornado.  It just didn't go away.  So there was wind, hail and 2.5 inches of rain in a very short time.  The report is tornado damage in Carmel.   The front is stuck to the east of us till perhaps Sunday so there will be more rain everyday till the front moves on.             Out of one come many.  The one was found at the North Plant swap donated by Nikki and Paul.                                                                   It's one heck of a beautiful multi colored iris. This morning, I walked the garden finding more sweet peas up, radishes have germinated and so has the lett...

                                                         False Salomon Seal popping up as it does every year.   I don't know if the spirit brought this on but I'm a bit tired, no, really tired with my day starting again for the second day in a row at 2 AM.  What's with it.  Should I blame it on the spirit.  Probably not.  I spent the dark part of the day knotting.  I didn't have that on the agenda, but it was easy to add at that dark hour of the day.  What I thought would take all day was finished by 8 am.                                                                    All kno...

 Today was an interesting day with plenty to do.  The garden walked proved that sweet peas, plural are on the way.  There are some other places that I am tired of filling holes. Is it squirrels?  And there always seems to be some unusual tracks going through the garden after the night has been turned off.  The creatures are on the move.    Mullion.  They say pioneer mothers used this for diapers.  That's a good reason not to be a pioneer mom.  I think it has worth because it's pretty.   I got all my PT stuff out of the way.  My eyes were lubricated, sugar and B P checked and more of the morning stuff completed. and with all systems go I took over the sewing machine adding a boarder to the squares and did a whole lot of pressing.                       Sometimes the boarder looks blue and sometimes it's a great dark purple.  Go figure.     ...

 Today started pretty simply with the usual stuff and sort of stayed simple all day.  The weather was cold!  Seeds continue to turn to plants but the little seed houses came inside.  I checked on the sweet peas and more are showing their true self although not much will happen with all this cold that will stay for a few days. I felt sorry for the nuthatch and tufted titmouse birds so I refilled feeders.  The starlings quickly found yummy things to eat. It was an in house for the day, day  until it became more apparent that Aldi's needed a visit.  That happened and I would say Monday is a great grocery day with the store mostly empty.  The girls were busy restocking and we found everything we needed.   The other event keeping me busy was Christine's sewing project.  I cut a lot of 5 inch squares adding a little fabric to what Christine brought.  The whole quilt is coming together but I think will take two more days to complete....