How can nothing be so tiring?
Nothing's happening here.
Unless you consider Gardening something. Which I don't. It's just the latest obsession since I actually have a garden now, whereas before I just wished I had one.
Wishing was a lot less back-breaking.
Soon I will tire of gardening, but not before I have everything set-up the way I want it... I hope.
There are still lots of boxes everywhere. Opening them up and finding spots for the contents has proved problematic, so my new plan is to just keep them piled up. How long do you think I get to use the "we just moved in" excuse, before it becomes clear that I'm quite slovenly and lazy?
Anyway, in brief, this is what I've been doing lately...
Daniel and I planted these, (from seeds!):
and I paid someone to plant these:
and then I hauled 1250 pounds of these in my little car
(and promptly suffered a relapse of my carpal tunnel from carrying all those bags of rocks):
Daniel picked these to plant:
And I picked out these:
And I really hope some of these plants are perennials, because I really don't want to have to go through this insane planting frenzy every year.
And basically, Daniel and I are just going back and forth to the garden center and Home Depot, and trying very hard not to be sarcastic and snarky to each other.
Oh, and we found a bird. Yup, you heard me... all those years of trying to get wayward animals to follow me home finally paid off. He flew out of the trees and landed on my arm.
Really.
No. Really.
I think his name should be Kismet, but I have a feeling it will end up being something like Bazooka, or Cybertron, or Sushi.
Here he is, the newest member of our family:
I think this little guy might actually keep me from wanting a dog for a little while.
Well the sunflowers are annuals but you can save the seeds and replant them next year [stick the seed heads in a brown paper bag to dry out] although if they're a hybrid they'll revert to type.
The cone flowers are perennials! yah!
Posted by: Maddy | July 09, 2008 at 09:14 PM
purple coneflower is my fave!
that bird is awesome! wow!
Posted by: claire | July 10, 2008 at 10:28 PM
I really like visiting your site - you take such beautiful pictures! Gardening is such hard work. We are just getting around to shaping up our backyard and it's been backbreaking work. Hopefully we'll get to reap the benefits soon too.
Posted by: Leslie | July 11, 2008 at 05:09 PM
i love these pics! so colorful, crisp and inspiring.
and the bird! i had one a while back. his name was chauncy. so adorable. he would fly to my bedside each morning to give me wake up pecks.
Posted by: kyra | July 18, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Yay! A garden! Jake and I have been working on Hubs to get a garden going for next summer. We already have the spot and all the veggies that we want to plant picked out.
Looks like fun. And the bird is so CUTE!
Posted by: Scattered Mom | July 20, 2008 at 01:55 PM
Girl, you coming back soon? Starting to worry that the weight of the "Nothing" has gotten to you!
Posted by: Irma | July 21, 2008 at 05:08 PM
I'm back...
Posted by: Liesel Elliott | July 23, 2008 at 07:09 AM