Monday, August 04, 2014

rain?

Maybe because we still occasionally mist a little cedar oil around the entrance to the farmhouse. Or maybe it's that I keep the area well trimmed. Or maybe it's that once they found better digs, our mosquitoes decided to set up shop elsewhere. For whatever reason -- we have far fewer bugs around the farmette structures than, say, out in the open fields.

So that when I stood at dawn, admiring the sunrise (yes, yet again Ed slept through the cheepers' wake up and release hour), I was sufficiently bothered by mosquitoes there, that I did not linger.


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I did some spot pruning early in the day, but not a lot. I worried that I would have to water the remaining flower beds later on and so I held back on gardening. To conserve enthusiasm for it.

Everything is so dry and the forecasters tell us that we only have a slight chance for rain -- today, if at all. Though in general, I rather love working in the garden, it does suck up the hours of a day rather quickly and I do want to move on to other projects. I've been stuck on the same routines since I've come back from Europe and everything else is growing cobwebs and collecting dust balls.

What morning photos do I have? Let me start with this little group: it's as if the wild and free has a close encounter with the elegant and sublime!


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In general, it's been too cool this year for a boisterous lavender crop, but the plants are still trying to keep their spirits and stalks up. Take a look at the bushes that line the driveway:


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This is a small bed that I completely neglect on Ocean (it's not as photogenic as the ones facing the courtyard) but it is one that everyone sees when they come to the farmhouse. In addition to the lavender, there are these guys:


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One more note on the morning activities at the farmette: the white hen has recovered! She is laying again and her appetite and energy level have returned!


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Phew! Enough wondering around outside. Breakfast time!


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And later, there's a lucky break: the thin band of thundershowers passing over the state today? It comes straight at us and we have a nice, prolonged dousing of the farmette lands from above, without human intervention!

The cheepers don't like it and the mosquitoes probably view it as an opportunity to massively reproduce, but I am happy that we have added some nourishment to all things bright and beautiful. Even if it all looks a bit damp and gray for the afternoon. (As seen from the porch just now.)


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4 comments:

  1. love that last one. and yay for the rain. so what other projects are you are wanting to fit in your day. I am rather enjoying your relaxed pace! ox

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  2. Your garden is truly magnificent! How lucky to have rain at last. We had an hour of thunder and very threatening skies but no rain today.

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  3. "August" and "relaxed" are a perfect fit. It is only a little melancholy to see the garden begin to wane, to look a little faded...like me. Sometimes I feel so young and strong and sometimes I feel a bit deflated.

    I know what my problem is, my pool is closed for two weeks maintenance, so I went to some classes at the gym this week where I was one of the older ones, not a great feeling.

    So how to resolve this? Hmm. I will take a drive, take a walk, wash my hair, cook something good. I have a stack of books from the library. The last one I liked was American Romantic by Ward Just. Do you have any recommendations?

    In answer re Facebook, yes I am on there but rarely post. Even then I am lazy, I just take a pic with the iPad cam and send it straight to Facebook, too easy. Mostly I like to see what's up with extended family living far away. And that has been great, since I feel close with nieces who I otherwise wouldn't know anymore.
    Friend me if you want! you can see my family as I've seen yours. :)

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  4. I think there is nothing a garden loves more than a good rainfall... I can just hear the flowers all singing their grateful praises upwards toward the heavens in your pictures... "a drink, a drink, our gardendom for a drink!"

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