go, go, go, go

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another day when i headed out to the garden for a few minutes “just to water” and ended up working for a few hours . . . good hours though; i like being away from the computer and in the quiet of the yard in the morning. but oops—i ended up with a sunburn. not […]

rivulets of gold

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the day lilies are so thick and golden this year . . this dense row of them reminds me of something else i have hanging around here rivolo is off the needles, yay. and oh my, it’s so much more than i imagined it would be. the gold veins running through it seem to have […]

summer daze

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where did the last two days go? yikes. i seem to be in a daze the last week or so . . . incredibly sleepy all afternoon every day. i’m getting tasks done but i can’t remember afterwards what they were. it might just be the side effects of over committing (to which i am […]

blue, blue—pink

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the hydrangeas have been in full bloom for about a week now and i’ve been remiss in taking photos. this is the biggest one, measuring something like 7 inches across. it’s at that beautiful stage where it’s turning from blue on the left to pink on the right. the blooms are plentiful this year, at […]