Monday, November 19, 2018

wherein I ramble but actually do say something unlike the idiot in the White House


Last Friday was a nice day, mostly clear sky and warm, especially if you were working out in the yard which I was. I cleared the supposed to be bee and butterfly garden just outside the fence of the little backyard of all the black and blue salvia which I do like but it just takes over with a dense root system that won't let anything else grow. It, like the wild mexican petunias I'm also trying to get rid of for the same reason, need an area where they can spread out. I also dug out the evening primrose that has colonized it and the large clump of montbretia (crocosmia) because they also multiply but did not bloom this year and barely last year and just want to lay all over everything else. I have a smaller clump elsewhere that gets more sun that did bloom. I still have not gotten the oxblood lily bulbs planted that I dug up out of the ditch along a pasture but they are sleeping in a shallow pan of dirt right now. Saturday I filled the wheelbarrow with rich dirt from the compost pile and turned that in and finally! got the pansies and violas in. Well, most of them, still have three little violas but had to do the fire ant treatment first where I want to plant them. I plan to fill this bed with zinnias next spring.



But didn't get around to cutting back the cosmos yet that now look like this


after our two nights of below freezing temps because Sunday a cold front came in and it rained lightly most all day and today calls for the same. Which is fine as the last two castings came out of the kiln yesterday and I'm going to get the finish work done on them. The leaf didn't cast all the way which I thought was a possibility and should have sprued the tips of the leaves but didn't because it's a pain in the ass and I'm really over this particular design and I decided I would use it no matter how it came out so I just need to round one leaf tip for it to be more uniform and I'm happy with the color density of the yellow. I don't usually use yellow as it is such a strong color, a little bit goes a long way. I have a lot of grinding to do on the bottoms though as I piled too much glass into the molds figuring too much was better than too little but really too much is too much.

straight out of the mold, not even washed off

And speaking of sleeping in a shallow pan of dirt, this is what the cat does in the shallow pan of dirt I brought in for her to use when our days and nights are too cold to go out (the dog just has to pull up her big girl panties and do her business outside regardless) (and no, she hasn't used it yet for more serious business).


And speaking of rambling and NOT saying anything, did you hear any of Trump's babbling in California about the fires there and needing to rake the leaves in the (33 million acres of) forest and they were going to do something and it would be wonderful because you gotta take care of the floors and that's what they do in Finland and they don't have the fires California has and on and on while standing near someone's cinder of a home. He doesn't have even a clue about the causes of the fires or that that forest is a federal forest and under the responsibility of the federal forest service whose budget he cut or that climate change (he likes good climate and we're going to have good climate) had anything to do with it. The self control of those men standing next to him is amazing in that they were not staring at him in open mouthed disbelief. And still people support this ignorant buffoon.

January 1st can't get here fast enough.





13 comments:

  1. And the asshat called Paradise, Pleasure.
    It's just...well, I'd say embarrassing but I'm over that. Embarrassment is the least of our worries with this man.
    Anyway, your flower beds look beautiful and as usual, it looks like you're getting so much done. You are an inspiration, Ellen.
    I plan to send you some of my phlox seedlings this spring as well as some of the pine cone ginger roots. So- think about where you might want to put those.

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  2. I leave my cosmos up for the finches to feed on the seed. Nice to still be working the soil.

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  3. GOOD WORK! And the raking the forest; what a complete fucktard.

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  4. I just finished Michelle Obama's book. Magnificent, of course. Thick on the parts of her life she has totally assimilated, and thin on parts she's still putting in order. I also am charmed by the fact she finished hers before Barack finished his. So, let's think about Beto as president and Barack as Secretary of State. I doubt he would want Supreme Court.

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  5. I always plant a fall/winter garden but I never got around to it this year. Seeing your lovely pansies, makes me sorry that I didn’t.

    I have no more words to say about 45. He is past all the descriptive words I can think of to say. The last thing that anybody out in California wanted to see after the total destruction of their home and business, was him with his mouth moving and crap coming out.

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  6. You and Mary make me wish for a garden to plant. It certainly beats raking forest floors. What an idiot this president is. Muller can’t work fast enough for me. Happy thanksgiving this week!

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  7. Our wildflower garden is finally kaput, except for the little bitty white flowers (sweet alyssum?). I guess I'm glad there's really no such thing as a winter garden here so I don't have to feel guilty about not working in it (like I feel guilty in the summer - ha!). Although when my dad's first wife was alive he grew turnip greens for her in the winter. Yuck!

    Even not cleaned off I can tell the flower & the leaf are lovely!

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  8. What a lot of work! I guess they don't call it sweat equity for nothing. I really love cosmos and tend to leave them out until they have shed their seeds, thus saving me the work of gathering, storing and sowing in spring. I have reached the point, for better or worse, where I am no longer shocked at the idiocy coming out of the WH. I am, most days, simply amazed that he walks upright.

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    1. I've decided to leave them to resow and feed the birds. and yeah, how does he manage that?

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  9. I watched my neighbour raking leaves today. He is a raking fanatic and will not tolerate a single dropped leaf between his bedding plants. We exchanged words about our leaf mould which her believes is a threat to world peace. I am now in hiding.

    What about that cat of your? Seriously!

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  10. The whole raking thing was just bizarre. Apparently the Finns have had a field day with it. They can't believe Trump thinks people in Finland are raking the forest! I honestly don't see how anyone could continue to support that man, unless they're just trying to be contrary at all costs.

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    1. he is a cult to his core supporters and we all know cults end badly.

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