Today’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “calendar.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
Is it really March 22? The pages of the calendar are flying off faster than ever. I love wall calendars with pretty pictures. This year is flowers – a new theme since I usually have National Parks. So much I could write about National Parks and rangers being fired in the US, but wait! Judges are saying hire them (federal workers) back! So there!
Spring is here softening the fear of time moving too fast and all the political BS going on. Spring is here with flowers popping up to surprise me. Thank God for spring and the consistency of Mother Earth. May she continue to survive and heal. I know right now that may not seem likely, or at least that it’s an uphill climb for our planet, all things considered. But spring gives me hope, and hope is better than no hope. Balanced with facing reality and focusing on facts, hope keeps us somewhat sane and in better health.
Speaking of health and hope, we bought two apple trees on Thursday – a Honeycrisp and Macintosh. David likes Honeycrisp apples, and the lady at the nursery said we’d need a Macintosh to cross pollinate. We planted the Honeycrisp tree Thursday afternoon which turned cold and blustery. The high winds that night made me hope and pray the still dormant little tree would be okay in the wind. The next morning it was leaning very slightly, and the still potted Macintosh had blown over, but it’s okay.
Planting apples trees is something I’ve wanted to do since we moved here over the summer – when we enjoyed blackberries and figs, so it’s about time we got the hope of apples planted. We’ve continued to be surprised by the flowers popping up. The Tulip Magnolia is blooming. I think I’ll share that in an upcoming Tree Love post, but the gallery below includes a preview:
A week or so ago, I spilled some dry pinto beans on the floor amongst the dog hair and decided to plant them. They’re sprouting well in the green house! Sorry I didn’t take a photo of them, yet. I hope they do okay when I transfer them to the yard.
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