Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

Sunday, October 2, 2016

birthday month - recap

day 1 - worked all day and spent all night (literally) helping my sister set up the reception area for my niece's wedding

day 2 - worked all day and spent the evening at a kansas winery for the rehearsal dinner - we actually found a couple wines we liked even!  this was also my sister's birthday and i got to spend it with her for once!

day 3 - spent the day celebrating young love - my niece and newest nephew got married!

day 4 - got to spend a little more quality time with my brother and his family and then spent the entire day flying back to maine

day 5 - started out as a relaxing day on the dock then we proceeded to take the sailboat and bass boat out of the water for the season (boo!).  ended the day with pat's pizza and the grocery store

day 6 - caught up on ray donovan and of course worked all day

day 7 - attended a paints and pints class with amy where we got to learn to watercolor while drinking beer - how can you go wrong?  oh, and of course there was the work thing all day


day 8 - went to a wine and cheese tasting with sean and amber and the work thing

day 9 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post

day 10 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post

day 11 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post

day 12 - attended our town selectman's meeting, finished watching the series boardwalk empire and did the work thing

day 13 - started cutting back the flower gardens and went on a final wine cruise on the pontoon boat (and the work thing) - the moon was so bright and the stars were beautiful!

day 14 - went to dinner with my honey and got caught up on ray donovan, oh and that work thing

day 15 - ran a bunch of errands with duke and went to bed early (oh that work thing)

day 16 - worked all day and then loaded up guzzy and headed near the new hampshire boarder to visit some friends

day 17 - spent the day helping friends finish getting ready for the party, lounging by the pool, visiting with old and new friends, playing corn hole, having too many beverages and staying up way too late

day 18 - spent the day recovering from the day before, lounging around watching football (yea cowboys won, although we watched the pats) and heading back home with guzzy (and the rest of the family)

day 19 - worked all day then went to check on my garden and picked the ripe tomatoes and then spent the rest of the night working on cpe - that's rude that they make your cpa license due the month of your birth and require so much cpe at the same time!

day 20 - all weekend duke was screeching whenever you would touch him.  we finally were able to get him into the vet.  still don't have any answers other than he has hurt his back.  spent the rest of the day cuddling him and having a meltdown regarding the fact that he's getting older....i'm sure i also worked and did cpe but it's all a blur...

day 21 - worked and did cpe, took the last boat out of the water and started the process of taking all the lake toys to the barn for the winter

day 22 - worked and did cpe, made dinner, went for ice cream and watched the pats (we were supposed to be at the game but with duke not feeling well and not knowing the issue we decided to stay home)

day 23 - was pretty lazy - did the work thing and some cpe, watched the season finale of ray donovan and then went to bed early to prep for the next day

day 24 - spent the entire day closing up camp - from sinking the dock to moving all the outdoor furniture to the garage.  ended the day with pizza and beers with great friends.

day 25 - did the grocery store thing, watched a niece play soccer (brrrrr!), continued camp close up and watched the cowboys!  and of course cuz it was national lobster day we ended the day with some lobster on the marina! YUM!


day 26 - cpe, cpe, cpe

day 27 - cpe, cpe, cpe

day 28 - took duke to see the doggie neurologist and more cpe...

day 29 - finally finished all my cpe!

day 30 - went apple picking!

Monday, July 28, 2014

the case of the disappearing hastas

our gardens have really been neglected this year
we pretty much haven't done anything

except throw some mulch on them
they're bare

and sad
but we have a lot of hastas

and they require no maintenance
and just keep coming back for more

so imagine our surprise when several of our hastas
started to disappear

our sad gardens got even more sad
but our biggest surprise was the culprit...

twin fawns!!!
one morning sean woke me up early

and i got to see them nursing!!!
it was the most beautiful thing!

oh, and we've had a bear visit us...
multiple times!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

passing of a special woman

we lost a very special woman in our family

sean's gram

i say she's sean's - but only by blood

she made me feel as much hers as sean was

after we got married she would tell me "you're mine now"

which was amazing as i was still feeling the loss of my own grandmother

and she loved duke just as much and she always asked about him....first

we love you grammie and will miss you dearly!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

spring

i love spring
like A LOT!

all the new life popping up everywhere
everything blooming

everything turning all green
it's my favorite time to get out and take pictures

and our yard has been bursting at the seams with beautiful colors

my tea garden, on the other hand, has not been bursting at the seams
i don't seem to be very good at growing things from seeds
but i bought a book to try to learn because i want to propagate my veggie garden
we'll see!

the best part about spring???
i get to have two of them!
things are warming up in texas so it's about time to head north!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

home grown tea

sean got me some seeds for christmas so i can try to grow my own tea

i don't think i've ever tried to grow anything from a seed before
maybe in grade school when the teacher really did all the work
but i'm going to try some down here and some when we get up to maine
there are a ton of seeds in there
i figure some will probably do better here and some better up north
and the only way to try it out is to jump in and plant a few of each and see what happens

i'll update you on the progress
we've also added more things to the garden -
onions, strawberries and cauliflower
the broccoli has so many little broccoli on it - i really need to take a picture and show you
if it's nice out tomorrow i will
that's right - no traveling this week!!!
dance party going on here.....

Saturday, January 28, 2012

still growin'

I'm happy to report my broccoli has been harvested and eaten - in one bite!

It already has 2 little offshoots growing!!!  Can't wait to gobble those up too!

My friend informed me it's time to plant some new things.
more lettuces
spinach - which I've learned to like - raw - never cooked - BLEHH!
onions

Guess I'll be hitting the store with my honey tomorrow - who I haven't seen since we got back from San Antonio for New Years.  YEP - almost a month ago!  That sucks!  But he's bringing me some prezzies!!!  That doesn't suck - HA!

On a sad note, my cabbage and brussels sprouts haven't done anything yet.  BOO!

And on some exciting news, I'm finally getting a summer garden!  More to come on that this summer.