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Mary had a great morning!!!
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We calculated it, and we have 65 days until we celebrate WNGD. We are getting prepared as the days get longer and the time is about to change! We love WNGD!Since we had some time before the outside temperature warmed up, Mary finished the leprechaun picture. Finishing off means outlining details in a black pen to make them stand out. Check out the shamrocks, his eyes and beard, and beer mug. She also added gold paint to the buckles (hat and shoes).
Before
After!
On our way to the front yard, a UPS driver swooped in with a few packages—one was a “thank you” gift from Colleen! Mary, who proudly collects frogs, is thrilled. It’s a lifestyle, and I am one of the collectibles, but I refuse to have her paint me green, and I do NOT eat flies. These new little ribbit-roommates will be moving into the kitchen, where they’ll sit on display and silently judge everyone’s snack choices.
Thanks, Colleen! We hope she will be sending a fresh supply of New Hampshire flies once a week!
Ribbit ribbit!!
We did some transplanting, so our newly replanted flower is currently in full-on drama mode—totally wilted and acting like we ruined its whole life. But by morning, it should forgive us and be back to normal.
Mid-day nap in the warm sun!
We have decided to put flowers in the patio flower beds to add color and use the rotary stands for the herbs. We love the rotary and stacked vertical gardens because we can water the entire system using GreenStalk’s patented watering system by simply filling the top water reservoir to the 5-tier mark to water all the tiers below.
We have two of these vertical gardens; one for edible flowers and one for herbs (but strawberries seem to creep in every year)
We worked until almost 12:30 pm and then declared victory due to the 92-degree heat wave in February. We accomplished:
- Weeding the large vegetable bed and readying it for rototilling.
- Cleaning out one of the many grow boxes and replanting it with korabi
- Putting up the last of the tomato cages and readying for labeling the new plants
- Cleaning out the bug zappers (using compressed air)
- Resetting the bug zapper timers
- Turning the soil for planting sweet peas tomorrow!
Of course, Mary always has an observation (or two).
At 4:00 pm, we geared up for a big evening: first, seeing if Precious can pass her smog test—because nothing says “glamorous night out” like begging your car to breathe responsibly—then off to the Elks for dinner and dancing.
She passed with flying clouds of smoke!
We departed the smog testing station at 4:30 pm and headed to the Lodge, leaving a trail of smoke like a Navy ship generating a smoke screen. As we cruised down the freeway, we could hear people in cars behind us coughing and choking, but eventually the smoke stopped, and Precious was back to her normal self.
Tonight was not just any dinner; it was steak-and-lobster night.
We departed the smog station in a cloud of smoke, sending a secret message to all of our indian friends. The message was, “Sorry, the blanket caught on fire!”
Dinner was good, but we played it safe—Mary had a salad, and I treated myself to a vegetarian flatbread. Ronnie was supposed to start at 6:00 pm, but he got tied up “working the tables,” so we left at 6:45 pm. We were both tired and needed to get ready for tomorrow!
We came home early, watched “Suits,” and crashed around 10:15 pm; tomorrow is a BIG day!
