#garden
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I’m back
It’s been two months since my last post. It’s been a difficult summer for various reasons and I’ve lacked the motivation to write. It feels oddly like early fall, despite August usually being one of the hottest months of the year. I can already see the leaves changing. My pear trees — after two summers…
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Golden days and chilly nights
It’s been almost a month since my last post. There’s been a lot going on. L’s uncle died a month ago and he went to Minnesota for several days to attend the funeral. I’ve had health issues — I actually went to the hospital last week for a CT scan — though I’m glad to…
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Brighter days
I started my new job a week ago, and I’m still settling in. It helps that I freelanced for the company for four months — I think I will settle in faster. But I am on a new schedule now, too, which is a big adjustment. So far, so good, though. This new role really…
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Vacation 2023
It’s been some time since my last update, and I have a lot to share. I suppose I’ll start with our vacation. We took our camper up to Thompson, Ohio — located in Geauga County between Cleveland and Erie, Pennsylvania. We stayed at the Thompson/Grand River Valley KOA Holiday. We usually like to stay at…
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Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu!
Summer has come in,Loudly sing, cuckoo!The seed grows and the meadow bloomsAnd the wood springs anew,Sing, cuckoo! Modern English translation of a 13th century song Of course, summer technically isn’t here yet for a few more days, as far as the calendar is concerned. But it is meteorological summer. We’ve gotten roughly 2 inches of…
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“It was June, and the world smelled of roses.”
June. The month of my birth. The month of roses and honeysuckle, pearl and alexandrite and moonstone. The transition from spring into summer. It’s been busy, as you might imagine. Lots of things going on around the farm — there is no end of work to be done. Enjoying the new blooms on my rose…
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Primrose Path
Perhaps what surprises me the most about our huge flowerbeds is that no one thought to put paths through it. It’s a dense jungle that is difficult to weed and water in some places. I told L last year that I was going to add stepping stone paths in several spots for easier access. I…
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Here comes the sun
Despite the chilly start to the month, May is warming up nicely. And the garden is responding. I’m doing my veggie garden in containers this year since the raised beds are dismantled and we still need to clean up that entire area. But grow bags and 7-gallon pots are working quite well. I have Yukon…
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Finding Balance
Things have really picked up with my travel advisor biz this past week. I made several bookings — all for the same trip — including hotel destinations and tours. I now qualify to level up to advanced status, though I have to take the training and pass the exam first. I’m considering it. Though I’m…
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Spring in my step
Ohio’s mud season is pretty much over, I hope. We’ve had a few dry days, and the temperatures keep rising. Our yard is still squishy in a few places, but in just a few more months, we’ll be complaining about how dry it is. I got out yesterday to start my spring cleanup. We have…
Karyn Johnson 