Sunday
Perfection is summer in Maine. All those morbid winter thoughts and godforsaken landscapes replaced with…bliss. I love it. There’s no way I’m going down to VA this summer. I’m spending every second right here. Though i would like to take a trip to Vermont for a weekend. I figured out the other day that there are only 17 states I’ve never been to. So I’ll make it a goal to go to them. The closest is Vermont. The others are:
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Rhode Island
Michigan
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Kentucky
New Mexico
Iowa
Missouri
Some of them I have technically been to, but either I was very young or I just don’t really remember it (New Mexico - 4 corners, so only about an inch into the state), Missouri (drove through, Corvair van broke down, went to a mall), Iowa (must’ve driven through to get to MO, but don’t remember at all). Hope to knock Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington (or at least some of them) all the list this fall.
Anyway, what did I do today? Put some weedblocking fabric down behind the boulder bed. Weeded the weed garden and mulched around existing known weeds. Will have to see if any other pretty weeds sprout up there. Finished the window boxes and bought some metal brackets. Bought some seeds - california poppies, thumbelina zinnias, morning glories, foxglove, cosmos. Bought some house plants for work. Dug up a patch of bee balm and divided one of my silver mounds for the plant sale. Not sure if I did it right, so I’m hoping for the best.
Got in a fight with J about hanging stuff on the clothes line. He doesn’t like the lint. This is exactly what I’m talking about - people can’t make tiny sacrifices like having a little bit of lint, or their lights aren’t quite as bright… sacrifice people! Why would anyone bother thinking about lint in an entire lifetime? Maybe I’m naive but I think people should just do what makes them happy… and not worry about lint. : ) But alas… as I say that I realize that work is a mere 12 hours away. : ( Though it’s not so bad. I have a 2 day conference Tue/Wed and an awards dinner on Tue.
My boots on ebay are up to $5.50. Haven’t written in what feels like weeks… except for “Ode to a Ginger-O’. Thank god the ginger-os are gone. I’ve had a ravenous appetite. Trying to resist the urge to make vegan pumpkin waffles…
Oh, also bought a columbine for the garden to put where the dead heather was. It’s pretty… purple. Also pruned my roses today. The wild rose in the weed garden is looking good. Actually I think all my weeds came back (hence the moniker)… the purple loosetrife, ox-eye daisy, goldenrod, yarrow, daisy fleabane, queen anne’s lace (along with 500 of her friends), black eyed susan.
Met DS for the first time today. Have heard a lot about it but never met. Handsome. Wish I had had a chance to know his son.
