Spent some time in the backyard with my plants today. I’ve got a few I’m kind of excited about – Joe Pye Weed and this Tall Coreopsis. Joe Pye Weed is named after a Native American herbalist known in New England for helping the settlers…
Holy crap this weather. I know it gets hot every summer but the combination of the lack of rain and the heat is rough. I like to get out in the back yard and water my trees but everything else is just crisping up. Pictured…
Back from vacation yesterday with a cold, feeling tired and fat. Trump got shot at a convention and I’m feeling like unplugging from politics and focusing on some personal goals for the rest of the year. Currently watching: House of Dragons – it’s pretty to…
Lots of stuff going on last week with my nephew graduating High School and one of my best friends getting married. So the past week has been very busy and very social full of evening hangs with family and old friends, backyard parties, reminiscing, catching…
It’s been a minute since my last post…but that minute has given me time for an update on my twin trunk Spruce bonsai from my last post. Recall, I was worried that it would die….well it did…. And it didn’t!!!! Here is it this weekend.…
In late 2020 I bought 10, 2-year old Alberta Spruce seedlings from Virginia Department of Forestry for about $3 per tree. I put them in some cheap pots and just let them grow. Here are 5 of them. Just pulled out of their winter beds.…
This morning I woke up to a 56 degree house. Put on a few layers and trudged out in the snow to check the oil tank. Empty. I guess the oil lasted just long enough to get us through the super-cold snap we had last…
Goings on: Weather is cold and the shed got a decent snow for the first time this year. Danette got a day off. No photos but I had to shovel the walk. My companies’ Return to Office policy started officially this week. It’s not that…
New year etc. Still recovering from this cold/gunk/crud. But I thought I should get a post in. Looking back on 2023 I think I did ok on my goals. We ended up having a blast in the UK and I did end up getting to…
Holidays are finally over and I’m dealing with the back end of a mean little virus (COVID/FLU/Cold? does it matter really? I dunno). Annoyingly, this is the third time I’ve been virused since August. I’ve been lucky enough to have not been sick during the…