-- I will probably be scarce for the next week or so -- stuff around the house, etc.
-- Thanks to all who left such kind words on my "Sadness" post from last week. I hit the nadir that Wednesday, I think (when the last scoop of disappointment got served out), and perked up after that. Getting a glimpse of that big round yellow thing in the sky, after days and days of clouds and rain, helped a lot.
-- Beauty breaks and going to Confession help a lot too. I got to do both on Sunday, when we went to the Shrine for Mercy Sunday. If you saw a little boy who was running around in too-large pants secured with a strap from a cell phone tied through the belt loops, that would have been Hambet.
-- Still sunny. I'll try to get a Garden Report up sometime soon.
-- Took Hambet out to get a new pair of sneakers today. He managed to escape and flee the shoe store twice (I don't know where he thought he was going) but he was polite to the salesman. (He actually likes getting his feet measured.) When we went to look at the sneakers, he immediately picked out a sample shoe and tried stuffing it on his foot: "I want these shoe!" Maybe it was the Velcro that caught his eye; up to now he's only had tie shoes. Happily, the shoes he liked were ones I liked too (no brand names or flashing lights) so he got to wear them home.
-- I could use a pair of shoes myself but I don't even know what style to look for. I wish I could get one of our fashionista bloggers to be my personal shopper. I only like shopping for books. I don't mind looking for clothes for Hambet either, particularly if I can leave him off with someone else. But I hate shopping for myself.
Speaking of gardening, Peony, I was reading through those Montessori books and gardening is something I'll be starting with Bella. However, my idea of gardening is buying a pretty plant at Trader Joes, forgetting to water it after a couple weeks then dumpuning it im the trash when it's dead. So where does a total beginner start??
Bobbi, I will try to write a Gardening 101 post sometime in the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile I would take a look around your space (I forget whether you live in an apartment or a house) and pay attention to which places get a lot of sun all day, which places get sun part of the day, and which places stay shady.
I think I might try working on a planter with Hambet next spring -- he'll be four then (wow!) and hopefully he'll be able to take direction a little better. Right now he just wants to run the hose and throw rocks. The other night, though, he did a great job helping me deadhead the daffodils -- he put them into his little wheelbarrow and rolled them over to the compost bin!
there are some super cha-cha sandals at payless right now.
Bobbi, that's my style of gardening too :( I laughed when I read your description because it was so familiar.
My poor little yellow begonias, I don't know how to get them the bright light they need in my kitchen/dining room, especially with prying little hands after the "fwower" (this does not seem to be an outdoor plant for Virginia summers.) Even my cactus seems to have some kind of dry patch that won't heal from lack of water. What kind of neglectful gardening does it take to dehydrate a cactus?