Monday, 10 July 2017
Mike’s garden
We began at Mike’s garden a few blocks east, where most of my time was spent watering. There are very few clients who water as much as I would like them to.
Allan’s pruning:Long Beach
We began Long Beach with an hour spent pulling weeds at the north parking lot berm; all three of the so called berms are going to be getting more attention because of the expanded Fun Rides.
The berm (Allan’s photos), which gets no supplemental water at all:
Then we watered downtown: 27 planters for me, 10 planters and 18 trees and six stand alone smaller containers for Allan.
The Geranium ‘Rozanne’ that had been messed with last week was still looking wilted because of pulled stems entangled with good ones. It took a while to tease the dying ones out. Allan’s photos on his watering round:
For awhile at one planter, I could sense a man standing behind me. I thought he was some random guy invading my personal space while talking on his phone….Until I finally realized it was my former partner, Robert, actually talking to me. (Traffic was loud.) We had a laugh about it. I’m used to negotiating around people while watering. Sometimes, a person will park herself on the bench despite me, my hose, and my bucket. I had been looking forward to seeing him downtown because I was able to tell him that I had had my DNA tested and came up 39 percent Irish. (Robert is very Irish.)
We finished with some weeding at Veterans Field, where I got to meet a puppy. Also got to talk to this wonderful and good dog: We remembered to give some bucket water to the thirsty end planter on Sid Snyder Drive. A fellow was sitting on the bench shaking sand out of his shoes, just yards from the beach. I had to firmly remind myself, as I often do, that the benches ARE for people, not just for me to put my bucket and tools and hose on.
Ilwaco
I had Allan drop me and the trailer off by the Freedom Market so that I could pull a lot of the dog daisies out of the curbside beds there. He picked up the water trailer to water the 10 street trees and 25 planters.
A passerby thought the the lambsear flowers looked like the finest marijuana buds, ones that “you’d be really proud of.” He was right, and I found it amusing with the juxtaposition of the pot shop.
Allan’s photos while watering:
Evening at the marina, after another 9.5 hour day:
Did your camera start working again?
Everything is looking very well watered and colourful.
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I think that camera is toast. The lens cover won’t slide open even with a push.
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It is amazing all the work you and Allan get done in a day! Your own garden and the public planters and gardens are looking colorful and cheerful. The marina photos are pretty, too.
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Thank you!
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