I had three days of production. The babe and I tilled up our little garden in the back and put on our gloves and pulled up the weeds. We then took some seeds that we bought at the dollar store (4 for a dollar! We got green beans, carrots, pumpkins and spinach), and sewed ’em in along with our yummy stinky compost. That goopy black mix smells heavily of decomposition and usually has a fly or two or ten buzzing around it, but the plants sprout up inside of it and drink it all in. Today we squatted down close to the soil and caught our first glimpses of little newborn sprouts. I didn’t put the markers in the plants this time. It was actually because I forgot and was too lazy to go out and do it later, but we’ll say that it was because I look forward to the surprise of my bounty.
Other than the garden, I spent Saturday at the Winter Park festival for the arts. It was Mama, the babe, my wonderful beautiful friend Jessie, and my marvelous insightful friend Philip. I’ve been to the art festival for the past three years in a row, and other than the times before that when sister and I would meander out there to spot our artwork in the high school tents, this was by far the best show I’ve ever been to. It wasn’t the art, and the crowds were thick and full of people with opinions and thoughts and lives that had nothing to do with me or mine, but the company I kept was cheerful, and full of ideas that intermingled and bounced off of each other. That, and the babe was old enough this year to like the artwork. The high school tents were his favorite and he napped in the sunshine while we strolled down the walk.
Yesterday we went and spent the whole day at Disney. THE. WHOLE. DAY. The babe was both overwhelmed and in love. Much like myself.
And so, today is spent vegging out. I’ve sat in front of the the television, I washed the dog, I smelled my two days worth of trotting around in the Florida sun and decided that at some point a shower was in order, and I’ve eaten two gluten free oatmeal raisin cookies slathered with real butter. Sometimes we just have to take a breath, ya know?
No progress on the book. Maybe soon I’ll pick it up. It’s been waiting for me.
How has the weekend been spent for you?
Hahaha. Intense space Invasion.
On the Ferry Over!
We just planted our first garden and it’s been to watch stuff grow. We did peas and Spinach and kinda cheated with our blueberries since we bought them as plants.
Ohh, let me know how the blueberries do! They grow wild here in Florida, so they’re supposed to thrive, and I’ve always wanted to plant some but never have!
One of our plants has been producing blueberries. The other one has a lot of berries that just haven’t turned blue yet. The lady at the nursery said that blueberry plants need at least one friend to produce. We weren’t sure if that was just a part of the sales speech, but the plants have each other 🙂