Garden Fireworks
Allium schubertii — garden fireworks. Plant it near the sidewalk where the little kids can be astonished.
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Early Morning Garden Project
Early morning garden project, before it got too hot — I finally got around to leveling the base for the little bench I put in the parkway. I admit, I stuck it in there a few months ago, knowing it was likely to sink into the ground, and lo, it sunk. If you peer closely
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A Very Mask-sewing Day
Somehow today ended up being a very mask-sewing day — I think I knocked out 10 masks over the course of the day, maybe 3 hours of sewing total, which is a lot for me. (If I remember to sit up straight while sewing, it turns out that I can sew for longer before my
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Quarantine Going On
Kavi said, as we were settling down to Dr. Who, that she was confused about how long quarantine was going to go on, because it seemed like some people were saying it was almost done, and other said school would start first, and others said school wasn’t going to start again in the fall, etc.
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I love My Little Rocket Ship
You know, I think this might be the only award I’ve ever actually won; I tend to be forever a bridesmaid and never a bride with such things. Glad I got to go and collect it in person last year. It has pride of place in my library and is really quite charming. I love
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Pretty Hard Enough
cn: exercise … … … … (In case you missed my previous note, I’ll note that Supernatural is for the Oculus Quest only, that there’s a 30-day free trial, and it’s $20 / month after that, which seems like a lot for a Beat Saber clone, but the 360 play, new songs daily (not needing
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Flowers and Sculptures
Last oddball flower for the night — allium schubertii. It’s not hardy in our zone, but I can’t resist the fireworks of them, so end up planting a few each autumn. They linger as dried fabulous shapes in the garden for months, so they’re really both flowers and sculptures.
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Penstemon / Beardtongue
Penstemon / beardtongue — I’m not sure if this is a native variety or a cultivar? I like how the pink contrasts with the dark blue-purple Siberian irises, and the dark blue columbines.
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