Since last June Tricia and I have left town for at least a day trip and frequently overnight every single weekend. We were overdue for a stay at home. Sometimes doing nothing is the best vacation of all.
The temperatures are down in the lower twenties at night. It’s been windy too and even the afternoons have been chilly unless you stay in the sun. Not good to do much of anything ambitious outside.
There are blossoms on the quince and on the rosemary but otherwise my garden is bare. Time to look at catalogs and magazines and make plans for warmer days in the spring. Time to finish reading The Corrections which I started over the holidays. Maybe even time to organize the papers on my desk - nope, not that much time.
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Today–January 23rd– was a great morning for walking dogs. It was about 30, but no wind. We went more than 3 miles this morning. I have the flowering quince in semi-full bloom, a hyacinth or two, and potted cyclamins(sp) that I did bring in last night. Pansies are ok and blooming as well as are the johny-jump-ups. And some people have over sown with annual rye so that their lawns are green, very green. All my leaves are mulched or raked and bagged from the numerous post oaks. I am looking toward spring.
Having a weekend with nothing penciled-in is a joy. As nice as it is to go away and have a change of scenery, it’s nice to just relax at home as well. You guys needed some quiet down time for sure.
If it stays this warm we will have an early spring, and that it not a good thing. We still rely on school kids to pick the strawberies and the flower bulbs and so forth, and last year the strawberries rotted on the vine because there was no one to pick them. I will have to get out there and get the beds ready for the veggie starts.
I really love your site. I am “confined” more or less to city living right in the middle of Dallas. So I content myself with gathering seeds and small plants from vacant lots and side walks. I have made a hobby from digging up varieties of Oxalis (considered a weed by most). These plants make excellent house plants that bloom almost year round. Its not the same as a garden, but I enjoy it.
Your comments and photographs bring me close to the Blackland. Even though I grew up on the South Texas Plains, I love the Blackland too. The quince was partiularly beautiful…
Lou W
Hey Tricia!! Bill needs a black lace bra! Got one he can borrow?
What ?!!
*echoes*
What?!!
Weekly trips together - it must be nice. We take maybe one a year. Sounds like special times……
HeeHaw…thanks MaryLou
really needed that chuckle…I’ve been away from Bill all week tending to sick father…the visual on that one floored me >^..^<
LOLOLOL I Knew you would find that funny!!!