IN Carmel

 Last night I took a garden walk and decided that the Dahlias needed more water.  My little book about Dahlia growing given to me by Laurel Dahlia made that a big point.  Dahlias like water to make flowers.  I thought there would be rain by morning but guess what.  There was lightening and thunder early around 5 but the rain stayed north of us.  So after my morning stuff the Dahlias got a deep drink of water starting at 7:30.  They drank till 8 am.  Now there is a chance of rain tonight again but if that happens, I'll call that a bonus gift. The cart followed me around until it was full of throw away parts of plants.  I pushed so many bumble bees out of bed.  Old Zinnia blooms seemed to be their HOLIDAY Hilton Hotel choice of rest. After the big dump at B Blue I gathered together all the necessary papers, tomatoes, cucumbers and more and loaded up the car.   Noblesville Hobby Lobby was my first stop. That was the second visit s...

 So, Sunday happened again as it has done for many, many years with 52 each year.  There are a lot of Sunday's in ones life time.  We added one more today. The morning started with it's usual stuff.  There was a lot of time to do patio sitting.  What a beautiful place to spend a morning no matter which one during a week.  The humming bird came to get a sweet drink followed by the Monarch.  One can recognize a Monarch from far away by it's flight pattern.  It seems to be spinning out of control with large spirts of energy never flying in a very straight line.  I would say it's crazy in flight.   I went on to Facebook and heard and saw Martin playing on his new organ.  Then heard a wonderful rendition of a benediction the choir has sung many times  Aron's blessing..The Lord Bless You and Keep You. The Lord make his face to shine upon you.   I wish I could play it here for you. It's so beautiful.  There was tim...

 The day started after a good night of rest.  So, onward and forward or something like that.  There was the usual yogurt with added things and then a wake up hour with my TV friends. The daylight hour brought a walk to fetch the paper and a look at the Dahlias who are in a bed on the way to the paper.  Good planning I would say.  More surprises are on the way. The morning hours were spent with finishing flower arrangements for the neighbor's party..  I call arranging just stuffing flowers in containers.  But arrangements sound a little glamorous.  There was nothing glamorous unless one thinks only about the flowers. There were Dahlias among the group snipped.  Filling six containers took some time and then I walked 4 to the neighbors.  I'm keeping the last two to be sure all holds up.  Artemisia sometimes gives me a headache.  I had a great phone visit with brother in law Dee. I miss the Georgia visits we once did each Thanksgi...

 I can't think of a song that uses the word Friday so I'll just start without it.  It was a very short night but I did a little addition while using the chair bed this morning.  I finally decided it might be my stomach talking to me so I took a Tylenol.  I'm allowed to do that.  So with all the usual morning stuff completed I did another usual thing.  The cart followed me around in the garden and it took a load of green stuff to the B Blue once again.   I moved a few pots on the patio.  Pulled out some stuff that needed pulling and the ever growing clovers made their contributions as they usually do.  The garden cart found it's way to the garage around 11 am.  Woo.  I was feeling bushed even though there were no bushes involved with the morning do.   I took time to sit a spell and eat lunch and then I sat a spell again until I decided to move on to what I knew was on the docket.  That was starting the process of ...

 Well, I woke up this morning,  with my mind...stayed on NOTHING.  Really NOTHING.  It was time for nothing.  And I just took nothing to really mean nothing. What ever came along I would be happy with. But there was nothing on my mind.   So after the morning stuff I walked the garden and thought it might be time to snip all the Becky Daisy's that were telling me that the good life was over.  So I snipped the spent daisy's of which there were many.  But many were left and the second generation of daisy's seemed to be on their way to replacing the spent generation.  When the cart following me was full, I called it a snipping morning of success. Neighbor Kathy walked over carrying a basket of vases that I'm filling for a party planned for their lawn area on Saturday.  It's always a pleasure to provide something from the garden for the yard party each year. I checked out all the Dahlias and when the phone buzzed I took a look and found ...

 Two big things happened today.  That was enough.  But the night was crazy.  A total of 4 hours of shut eye.  Why not more.  Who has the answer.  Certainly not me.  So I went with four.  Better than three.  That means the say came early and all the usual stuff happened.   The first of two big things.  I worked in the garden finishing up all the little stuff that was over looked on the first go around.  But only in one area.  So the cart followed me around for a bit.   Then the second was a bit bigger.  I did a run to Nora to pick up some medicine for Ramona.  Made another run about an hour later but received a cancel the trip notice.  So I canceled but continued on the road to once again move her on to the eye doctor again.  After some delays we made it to the doctor right at the 2 o'clock hour meaning we were on time.  That is if one does not live by the motive of early is on t...

 What I called a crazy night of rest...4 hours of sleep 2 hours of awake with horrible TV.  Then back to bed with another 4 hours of sleep.  Nights are very interesting to say the least.  Makes me wonder what tonight will bring.  But a total of 8 hours of aleep.  That's very good.   Today was a garden day.  It started around 9 and I made it till 11:30.  There should be more happening but today was enough for today.  Well at least enough for the morning. The paths look like paths again with weeds scrapped out.  That was a big job.  I went on to the Herb garden where I knew there were weeds.  That garden looks refreshingly better.  Then on to the big butterfly garden and mercy...there were so many butterflies landing, then flying and then landing again.  It was fun to watch.  I've always thought that color invites them in and then the pollen keeps them coming back for more.  The air was filled with d...