Lalala…

Despite what someone might think, I have all sorts of things that I’m growing, or trying to grow, outside. I’ve discovered that onions and potatoes do pretty well, even with cats, squirrels and birds digging around them. I have a love affair with radishes, because I can almost watch them grow and that amuses me to no end.

There are several dozen flowers being started from seed to fill in the front bed now that the spring bulbs are done and none of the other annuals I planted feel like taking up the slack and making pretty spots of color. I’m currently winning the tomato war against the aphids and in retaliation, they’ve retreated to what’s left of the tulips. The cauliflower and brussels sprouts remain the most boring vegetables in the garden, having shown zero initiative to amuse me by sprouting anything other than a few more leaves here and there since I put them into the ground.

Eric has caught me “petting” the baby parsley leaves and talking to them. This resulted in a strange look where I think he was trying not to laugh.

parsley, watermelon and butternut squash (I hope)

yellow and red onions, radish, carrots, blue potatoes, sage and several things that refused to sprout

more radish, planted a week after the first batch, but bigger by far in the purchased potting mix vs. SFG mix

bachelor’s button

cherry tomato with requisite marigold planted next to it

yellow and red potatoes

strawberries!!

Here are some things that make me happy…

My first raku

My first flower garden

Orange

Baby figs on the tree

My first compost bin

My daughter (most of the time)

While it looks like this, I’m staying inside. Just saying.

1. moved to a different state


2. rode on a motorcycle


3. got fired


4. applied to college


5. got drunk for the first time


6. was accepted to college


7. went to New Orleans for the first time


8. got a passport


9. spent a week in Barcelona & ate paella in Las Ramblas


10. divorced


11. fell in love


12. found myself


13. took a spur of the moment overnight trip out of state


14. realized I can do so much more than I once gave myself credit


15. have gotten along better with my mother


16. am learning to be a mother (wonder if that has anything to do with #15?)


17. canned jam for the first time


18. have learned to make my own decisions


19. have learned to admit making mistakes


20. have learned to forgive myself


21. started loving myself


22. have been happier than I have in years


23. ...

Yes, it does look different.  So much has gone on in the past year, it’s nearly impossible to recount all the details.  The biggest thing currently is that I went back to school this year in an attempt to finally finish my art degree.  Of course, I’m in bed sick today instead of in class.  I have been thoroughly enjoying myself in school and have a pile of projects I’m working on for my classes.  I’m taking four studios and World Literature II this semester…more than a full load.  In between reading Proust & Goethe, I’m making things in Ceramics, sketchbooks in Drawing II, a wire sculpture in Design II and learning to use my brain in new ways for Graphic Design.

I’m a full-time resident of the state of Alabama now, having left Georgia behind, although I still pop into Atlanta occasionally to see friends and pick up supplies (Fage) in the “civilized” world as I live in a much smaller town.  Like there’s only one Starbucks sort of small.  And Hobby Lobby is my only art supply store.  I’m figuring it out