EKjourney Backup

Goodby to April... Trying to find time to read. Phil helping girls do backflips. Still trying to find a church.  The kids loved Athey Creek but it is a mega church, kind of impersonal, and a very long drive. Kitties Stocking up on canning jars.  You can't find lids and these wide mouth quarts go fast.  Phil keeps going back to the store for more cases. Trying to do school. This is the sweetest picture! I was inspired enough to start drying herbs.  I did quite a bit last year but did very little with them. Someone got a hold of my camera and I discovered this selfie when I was downloading pictures. The world continues to be insane.  This is how I feel every time I read the latest news story.

Spring is a time to garden!  The weather has been so nice that it has been difficult to focus on inside responsibilities.  On the flip side, it has been so dry that I am having to spend a lot of time watering. Duckling recess Phil rotolling the bed so I can plant my annual starts. Jubilee loves mowing.  I do too but I don't have time. My seed mixes are being watered in.  The pathways naturally became a good place to race through the sprinklers. Baby spiders I picked up all my annual starts from my parents.  Unfortunately, I will have to call this year's attempt at doing my own seeds and having a flower cutting garden a failure. My greenhouse didn't get put up and I had to use my mom's so I wasn't there to transplant or fertilize when things needed it.  The plants were puny and don't seem to be growing even in the ground. Mice ate the seeds, twice.  Having weekends disrupted with teen activities left things sitting outside waiting to be planted. The duc...

Despite the lack of rain, the garden burst into bloom!  My mini irises are such a delight and they are earlier then the standard ones so I get to enjoy a good month of blooms! Phil bought me two hanging fuchsias. I planted 2 new roses. There is enough variety of growing weeds and leftover daffodils for a lovely apology bouquet. Mixed bouquets are back!  Mint, lupine, irises, borage, and a few early stocks.

So thankful for long sunny days, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, green fields, and the mustard cover crops.