(Gosh, it’s so hard to take pictures from exactly the same viewpoint. But it’s close – watch that branch that crosses the horizon to the right of the middle of the picture. Anyway, you get the idea.) Yeah, that was much needed. I’m far from finished, but it’s a big improvement. We can see our…
Author: Maggie
Back at it (hopefully)
Oh hi! Sorry for disappearing on you. I was very determined to keep posting three times a week, but when I realized that all my posts would end up with just me whining about feeling sick, I decided to not do that. Yes, I was sick again. Or maybe, still sick (I’ve been on and…
An uninvited guest
Well, yes. That’s one of my garden gloves and it’not empty. It’s kind of silly, we know to always shake out our shoes or garden clogs before sticking our toes in them (our scorpions aren’t deadly, but their sting does hurt like crazy). But it never occurred to me to check my gloves. Luckily this…
I found it!
I finally found the library! Yeah, I know that sounds silly, but they moved in the summer (when we were away) and I just couldn’t find the adress they listed on the website (google maps isn’t all that acurate here). But two weeks ago, I suddenly saw them, right at the side of the road…
Things that make me happy
I’ve been wanting to make a post like this for a while, but I really hoped to get a list of ten and I never got that far. Oh well, baby steps. Three is good too. One: Tea. Tea in general, but this tea is very good. And yes, drinking that specific tea means… let’s…
Plantcare (or: confidence)
I’ve been browsing around on “plantstagram” and, like with most social media, I have a love-hate relationship with it. It is inspring to see other people working with plants and loving plants as much as I do. I find it relaxing to see them watering or repotting their plants. But I also have to be…
A simple truth
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” — Dolly Parton(quote found here) I was looking for a quote that would sound more beautiful, poetic, literary, magical, spiritual, I don’t know. But this one resonated with me. Because it’s the simple truth.
Time
I’m having one of those I’m-not-feeling-so-well-weeks (actually it’s week two already) and I’m running out of blogposts. I usually have some prepared, or at least a list of ideas of what I can write, but I’m coming up empty today. I browsed last week photo’s and saw I took pictures of the clocks in our…
Aloe Vera
We have an abundance of Aloe Vera growing on our property (this is only part of one of three patches). Which is very fortunate for what’s been going on with my skin these days. Yes, I’m aging and there’s not much what I can do about it, but being sick so often has kind of…
It’s done (so now what?)
Remember my “palate cleanser“? Wel,, it’s done. I’m still not sure what I’m going to use it for, but I’m sure I’ll find something. It turned out 21″ by 15″ (not stretched out), so it’s a decent size for a towel. It’s just a simple basket weave, K10, P10 5 times and repeated that for…