I like the wilderness part -- it's the religious fanatics and gun-totin' tattooed wonders worshipping the Confederate banner that have me spooked. I can deal with a palmetto bug (fancy name for HUGE cockroach).
I did weeding and planted stuff when we first got to Florida with a house and grounds. But it is very had work and last time I trimmed the bougainvillea I got really sick. I get so discouraged when bugs kill plants I have tended. Good luck with your efforts.
Wish I had a green thumb. I view your efforts with awe. I love basil. My mother grew herbs in pots on the sill in our Chicago living room. Obviously I inherited none of her abilities.
Great pix. Travel is enlightening. I thought a bore hole was something you sat next to when you wanted to fall asleep. Keep 'em coming. xx, T
I don't remember reading that you were going to Iceland, so this post knocked me over. Hope you have a great time.
We lost our 3-storey tall coconut palm to lightning. Had to pay $650 to get it cut down and removed. It was such a great tree. We had a century plant -- leaves have steel-like needles at the end of each frond. Had it removed. Three new shoots cropped up where it had been and before we knew it, there were three really huge bushes where there had been only one. We finally got it all out. Whew. Hope your new landscaping will be a success.
What a photo - you are the personification of hippie. Wish I could be there for the event. And hoping it is a great success.
People who verbalize their stream of consciousness are a trial. No easy way to get them to stop, so limiting contact seems the way to go.
Shopping with someone who second-guesses every decision would drive me nuts (and I've done it). We are selling a 2011 Kia, 24,000 miles, perfect condition, all the bells and whistles. (Ed is selling it for a ward who can no longer drive.) We asked $11,5 from a friend, although it is worth more. She agonized, she sat on 12 fences, she said no even though her family and friends said she was nuts to say no to it. You can't fix people whose every decision has to pass a standard of perfection that it is not possible to achieve. I'm surprise she can get out of bed in the morning. You get out of bed, you could have an accident.
I'm in the catch-up phase of cooking for Ed who is now on a low-fat, low-carb, low salt diet (a special Hell since he is also picky). It happens I am lactose intolerant, so I buy 2% Lactaid and it is fine and on the plus side, it is good for two months, unlike regular milk that can go bad in 10 days. And there is no difference in taste.
The only time I was close enough to a deer to smell him (or her), I smelled nothing. I was in England in the country, on the Sackville-West estate. and the deer are tame there and they will nibble a treat right out of your hand. Maybe English deer have better hygiene.
Would it be feasible to put some stuff out, away from the house, just for the bears?
I tried to grow tomatoes in a pot and the plant died. I tended to it daily and it died. I buy tomatoes at the market and pay for the ones on the vine. I envy anyone who can grow tomatoes at home and get any at all.
My first boss at The Times was from Dodge City. His father owned a newspaper and he became an international journalist. He retired down here and Ed and I would join him for lunch in Sarasota every couple of months or so. He died two years ago.
Off and on in the last several years I have had vertigo. First episode was so bad, I had to go to the ER. Since then, milder episodes I control with meclizine. But I have been reading up on it, and it appears that crystals form in the inner ear and move around. One can dislodge them by doing certain head exercises. As for barometric pressure, I am not aware of its making a difference. I learned also that head trauma can be a factor and I did hit my head when I was rammed by the car. I was about to sign off on the insurance claim, but am re-thinking that because I may go for physical therapy.
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