Rob is visiting his Mom this week, so the girls and I have been trying to struggle along without him. (it's been one night)
He'll get a kick out of that.
But, with just me, there are twice the morning chores to be done. So far, they've been fed and Dottie has been on a short walk. When we were about a block away, I realized I'd skipped yoga, so we did a short one and after I finish this, I'll do that and we can go again for a longer one.
These are the prettiest daylilies. I'm not sure where they came from or if they're a gift or a seedling. It's a very small plant with just one very thick and strong scape.
I planted my glads in a spot that gradually got shadier and shadier. They never really did well there, so I moved them to a sunnier spot and added to them. They did great last year. I must have left a couple of tiny corms that made small spikes last year but this year have grown and are the first to bloom. There's another one you can't see that I added a stake to yesterday because it was trying to lie down. The ones in the sun haven't even put up stalks yet. Funny how things in the garden can be so unpredictable.
I bought myself a new ukulele. I have to be careful because it's becoming quite the collection. They're inexpensive and I have them all strung a little differently. As I'm learning a song, I decide which ukulele it sounds best on. Sometimes, it's a hard chord that's easier on a larger fretboard. Sometimes it's because I want a certain sound. This is my most expensive so far. I did more research on it than the eBay seller did and knew it was a real bargain at the price. There were shipping problems and it took forever to get here, but it's here now and I've tuned the old strings and it sounds wonderful. I've ordered a new set of strings that should be here later today. The strings it came with are very different for me and make a slightly dull plastic sound, probably because they're old. It was delivered in the afternoon and the strings were so hot, they were sticky. That can't be good for it. (Amahi zebrawood baritone uke)
Big fat bluejay in the birdbath the other day made me laugh. He took a very thorough bath, then sat in a tree and fluffed up and sat there a while, like maybe a nap.
These were a couple things I saw last week that made me laugh.
A couple we know has decided to divorce. It's ugly. But, it was an ugly marriage too, so sometimes two ugly things make a right. We are very supportive. We found out last week and had our friend over Saturday night for cocktails and out for dinner. It was very nice. We got to share some things we'd observed and never talked to her about and she got a chance to unload about the ugliness of it all. Her attitude is 'take whatever you want, it will be worth it to be rid of you'. And, I have so much respect for that. She also wanted to talk to us about our relationship and how we've made it 25 years. Our answer; we fight, get it out of the way, make up. No one has to concede. No one has to win. We just move past it. Consequently, there's a ton of stuff we agree to disagree about. And, that works too. And, later we usually realize the thing we were fighting about wasn't the thing we were mad about at all.
Relationships are hard work and even harder when you're with the wrong person.
Everybody be well! Think about what you want and what it would take to get it. Then maybe do one of those things if you can, or make a plan to do it if you can't. Me, I'm going to spend some time in the yard...mostly because Rob wouldn't let me start the kitchen remodel while he's out of town. Cause I would have. You know I would have.
Just kidding. That's a lot of work.
Lane
