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Life, Gardening and Writing

31/5/2015

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PictureBlack Walnut start
     This last week has been crazy busy with work, school, getting papers filled out for the property at the lake and trying to get plants repotted. It feels like there has been very little time to write anything.
     Thankfully that is not the case. I had some new characters start chattering away at me, and I have over 2,200 words written for a new story. I have the feeling it is going to be a few different new stories that will be listed as adult content.
     I have managed to get new fencing up with the help of my wonderful husband in the backyard. The new set up will make it much easier for me to get to all my plants for repotting, watering and weeding. It has also opened up a new little area for the dogs to play in. Looking over my mint plants I’ve so far managed to get a start from the lemon mint and will be getting starts from the pineapple, Kentucky and the chocolate mints. The other four plants are still too small to try and get starts from without doing potential harm to the entire plant.
     I will be getting starts off of my sage and oregano plants as well as taking quite a few strawberry plants and pansies up to the lake once the area is ready for planting. We should be signing this Friday and since the Bellingham Highland Games are that same weekend I won’t start going up to work on the weeding until the week of the 8th. I found a great buy at Target, some little solar garden lights that were only a dollar each.
     I have managed to replant a small Black Walnut tree and what I think is a plum tree. Only time will tell for sure and then once I know they are doing well enough I will have to find someone that wants them and will continue to care for them while they are little.
     Our radishes are going crazy, and our carrots are finally starting to really show themselves. And the little cherry tomato plant that I rescued is doing just grand. I read an article about getting starts off of your tomato plants and I’m going to be trying it. I’ll keep you all posted on that event.
     As always I’ve added some photos to this post.
     Blessed Be Everyone.


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Plum tree
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Carrots 1
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Carrots 2
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Tomato plant
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Radishes
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Garden lights
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Busy Time is Summer Time

24/5/2015

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PictureCan't wait to see this in full bloom. What I thought was a dead stick is blooming.
   So, summer time is coming up hard and fast, and life is getting crazy as we get things prepared for the start of the Scottish Highland Games season. So what do we do? Well, we put in an offer on a little vacation getaway spot that is about 45 minutes from home. It is going to take a fair number of weekends to get it all fixed up. Brilliant, right? In our copious amounts of spare time, we will have yet another project to deal work on. Oh and add to that some new characters are talking to me.
   The great thing about this place is that we go up there quite a lot. Especially during the summer to spend time with our friends that have places there and we always have to come home at the end of the evening. One, because we need to take care of our fur kids and Two, well sleep is always a good thing.
   Now with having a place of our own we won’t have to make that drive home to get to bed, and we can take the dogs with us. So excited about this and can’t wait for the closing so that we can start in on getting all the weeds pulled amongst other things to do there.
   I did go up and take some before photos of how the outside area looks as well as the inside of the little trailer. I am posting some of those images with this post. I am not going to post the interior photos as the current owners are supposed to be coming down to get some of their personal belongs out before the deal closes.
   What is driving me crazy about all of this is that closing should be within the first few days of June. Not far, correct? Sadly, the first weekend of June we will not be able to be there as we have the Bellingham Highland Games to attend and then the second weekend we have Anglicon down in Seattle. I will be putting up a post about Anglicon so you all can learn about that if you’re interested. My husband and I have been looking forward to that event for many months now.
   The photos have different captions to them telling what we are going to do at our little hideaway. I will be taking some starts from my mint plants up there as well as other perennials for planting, once the weeding is done. I hope that everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Please don’t forget to be thankful for the real meaning of this holiday. So many incredible men and women have lost their lives over the years defending this country. This time is to honor them not to be concerned with who is coming to a BBQ. 

   All though, in my opinion, every day is the day to be thankful for all those men and women. Not only those that serve in our armed forces but also on the police force, firefighters, search and rescue, and other emergency response teams.
   Have a wonderful upcoming week and brightest blessing to you all.

Blessed Be.


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Mother's Day 2015

10/5/2015

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     I hope that everyone had a more relaxing day than I did today. Lol Last night another branch decided to come down off of the apple tree in the backyard here. So, my day was spent cleaning it up. Thankfully no one was injured; the dogs were in the house with me when it came down. It even managed to miss damaging the garage. There are photos below showing from start to semi-finish of today’s clean-up of the apple tree branch. The part that is left will have to be finished with a chainsaw and a friend that has one of those is coming over on Tuesday—weather permitting.
     I got my spearmint, peppermint and catmint plants repotted finally. There is a photo below showing them all lined up in that order and even a close up of the little flowers that are on the catmint. They look like tiny little evil orchids to me. Yes, you read that correctly, I think that orchids look a bit evil. Almost like some type little alien that wants to bite you. Lol
     My husband was sent out of town for work last week and got to come home today. He bought me two sweet cards that made me cry, and he got me a new rose bush. 
     I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day whether your children have two legs or four, skin, fur, feathers or scales; it doesn’t matter kids are kids. May you all have a great week and bright blessings to you all.
     Blessed Be.


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Rose bush label
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Catmint blooms
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2 Tree branch down
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4 Tree branch down
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My Mother's Day Rose Bush
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Spearmint/Peppermint/Catmint
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1 Tree branch down
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3 Tree branch down
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5 Tree branch down
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