Monday, 7 June 2021
After a very rainy Sunday, during which I actually cleaned house by picking up every piece of paper, seed packet, book, and tchotchke that the cats have knocked onto the floor in the last couple of months, I continued cleaning on Monday with a darned good vacuuming while Allan was away at a dentist appointment. Shocking, I know. Back when I cleaned for a living (a jewel, my clients said, and some wept when I moved away from Seattle), I noted that one client had a refrigerator magnet that read “A clean house is a wasted life”. I don’t think that was supposed to apply to the lives of folks who made a good living cleaning. I do, however, think everyone should clean up their own messes and would never dream of having someone clean for me…partly because house cleaners know so much about their clients, and I like privacy.
I wasn’t about to completely “bottom out” the house and dust everything on a nice day so after awhile I planted some long overdue veg seeds: Malabar spinach, four kinds of cilantro (a little bit of each), a carrot mix. I’ve had a lapse in being able to make salads, as I haven’t planted seeds on a regular schedule to keep the greens coming on.
Then it was my turn for a medical appointment, as it seems to be true that the reason for (half) retiring is to have time for all your doctor visits.
In the evening, I took a garden appreciation walk around our property.
In the front driveway garden:
In the back driveway area, the potatoes are doing well. I could hill them some more…but probably won’t.
In the back garden:
I must get some wire mesh around those posts (four of them, of the purple portal entryway to the fire circle) to help the roses and some clematis climb. Both Zepherine and Night Owl rose happily survived being transplanted this spring.
In the Bogsy Wood:
There is where I planted my new kalmia. Quite small looking now…
I can’t remember if I shared these photos of looking out the window into the front catio not long after Skooter’s visit to the vet and briefly thinking, “Oh my god, there is something wrong with his head!”
We still don’t know who left the Hello Kitty mobile on our porch a couple of years ago.
That was a lovely garden tour to start the weekend off.
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What a sweet gift!
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I entirely take your point about cleaning and cleaners.
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The stories I could tell!
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Oh my! Skooter in anime.
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Lovely walk-about. Thank you!
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Thanks for coming along.
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There’s lots to admire in your garden! I love the hummingbird, too.
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The hello kitty mobile was an interesting gift.
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