For the record (my own record), this winter has depleted me. Struggling to endure day after day of dark, frozen days and nights. Mud will follow and I dream of another life where my choices would have provided me with more freedom and capacity to snowbird.
Clocks will go forward tonight, the promise of Spring is on the horizon which in my mind means May. Bright spots ahead include Ireland for Easter, not enough time to add on Southern Italy unfortunately.
Dinner party tomorrow with D+J+S. Elaborate pasta dish means cooking for 4 hours. I do enjoy the creativity despite the massive lift. Flower haul.
South County living at its finest today felt glorious on our Narragansett Pier beach walk at lunch, feeling lucky 🍀!
This excerpt about what constitutes a fabulous life well lived captured my beliefs.
Super proud of what I’m doing with Friends Way RI, recently connected them to the grants going on between URI horticulture and the DEM that may allow them to get a free garden installed for the benefit of bereaved children who lost a parent ( like I did ). Exciting to see what happens next.
Thanks to the continued feeding from Andrew the bird whisperer we have a finch boom. Finches everywhere and beautiful songbird sounds around our property. Songbirds are a luxury experience!
Met a friend for a walk at Ocean Mist yesterday, made me happy I’m in my mid 50’s now.
Town Hall meeting with CEO. Big reorganization at work today. Sad times. Clearly necessary to actively begin looking at how else I can make myself useful in an environment less volatile.
Hens will be 1 year on March 21, they’re doing a great job giving us 6-8 eggs each day, we’re proud and happy having our flock.
Last few weeks of yoga for pickleball at JG fitness at 7:30 am - this will now become yoga for beginners or something like slow yoga, as vinyasa is not my style.
Spring fever today opening up my raised bed gardens that has successfully overwintered carrots and a variety of cold tolerant greens. Amazing how they’ve survived.
Stocked up on teas and delicious organic coffee and dark chocolate chips at my favorite old fashioned service natural bulk food tiny market.
Garden notes, my daffodils not in bloom yet, hellibore started about a week ago, snowdrops about 2 weeks ago. So March 10 is the activation date.
Today was slow homeboy mode, seed starting, planted : arugula, mache, chinese forget-me-not, violets, bib lettuce, cabbage and collards for the hens, walla walla onions, spinach. Soil on the way this week will winter sow snapdragon all the colors, plus need to get 10 hellebore in the ground.
