Gardening, music, life with MS
6/28 I would love to be able to get up and just slip into a pair of flip flops! This isn’t possible for several reasons; my feet are always ice cold, even if they feel warm to the touch, I feel cold; most important is that it takes more physical effort to walk in flip […]
A couple of other blooming plants. I have always wanted a Smoke Bush, the leaf colors are so pretty and the flowers (panicles) so airy and different, resembling smoke, therefore the name. This variety is “Winecraft Black” and is the first Proven Winners Smokebush. Plant in full sun, at least 6 hours. Height 48 – […]
6/28 The other day Amy Klobuchar voluntarily removed herself from the list of candidates for Vice President, under Joe Biden. I feel that this is a major mistake on her part. Here’s why: He had already stated that he would choose a woman, so here goes: She is the most qualified and has a proven […]
Today I went out in the morning to pick some flowers to bring inside. Wow, was it hot, 88 and humid. Again, weeds everywhere but I kept to my mission and picked some hydrangeas, cone flowers, salvia, lilies, false sunflowers and scabiosa’s. Today was also the last day of Master Gardener College. Everything went smoothly […]
Today I actually went out in the garden. I could not take it anymore, with all the rain and heat, the weeds were taking over the vegetable garden, (and others too, which I could not get to). While out there I noticed that one of the rows of lilies were all blooming and also the […]
I have 3 blueberry bushes in pots on my deck. We had a great crop this year. No critters so far. My husband made a PVC cage with black plastic netting around it. Last year I came home and found a chipmunk had hanged himself in it trying to get to the blueberries. I felt […]
Today I started Master Gardener College on line, whoo, hoo! I did figure out how to participate, which is huge since I consider myself technologically challenged. There was the introduction and a talk on insects, and the 2nd class on birds of VA. I still have questions and I put in a phone call to […]
6/24 Today is the day I went back to the botanical gardens. They are opening on Thursday, June 25 to members, with limited days and times and scheduled visits. Today, Wednesday it is open to volunteers only. I made my appointment for first thing at 10 am to beat the heat . I purposely didn’t […]
6/23 I am tired. It’s 11:30 am. When you have MS, everything is so challenging. I was in the bathroom cutting my toenails, actually sitting on the toilet bowl, (the light is good). I went into the bedroom to get dressed and all of a sudden I had to pee, really bad! You would think […]
6/23 I am tired. It’s 11:30 am. When you have MS, everything is so challenging. I was in the bathroom cutting my toenails, actually sitting on the toilet bowl, (the light is good). I went into the bedroom to get dressed and all of a sudden I had to pee, really bad! You would think […]