The Sound of Silence

Princess Chatterina and her father have gone out for the day and I am sitting here on the back deck relishing the quiet. It has been a looong time since I had a day all to myself, the possibilities are endless. I should really hunker down and do some chores (boo), but since it has been a while since I posted I think I’ll do this instead, my poor blog has been pitifully neglected for too long.

We have been busy. I started doing some freelancing with my old company again and because Manhattan is a 2 hour commute for me now I have been staying with friends and/or relatives whenever I’m booked to work. A great way to catch up with everyone but rather tiring after awhile because I do miss my little family and my home. Going back to work has been good for me though, in recent times I have been feeling a little overwhelmed by the amount of work it takes to care for and raise my daughter, her energy is incredible. How one little 30 lb child manages to fully exhaust two full grown adults is a mystery I can not solve.

I had a birthday last month. I turned 21+3+1+5+7+2+1. Whew! I can’t believe it, and while I’m totally cool with that because really, it IS the new 20, I do get a bit of a shock when I hear the number. Still not used to it. With the start of a new decade also comes all the good intentions of doing things differently, like getting more organized, reading more books, managing my time better, blah, blah blah, I have yet to get that started.

What I HAVE managed to do is start a little garden here. Nothing major this year, the girl and I are experimenting with just a few plants in containers. Some we started from seedlings, (English peas, Chinese lantern, string beans) and others we bought and are nurturing (Lavender, basil, a cherry tomato plant, a strawberry plant and a few hydrangea). I LOVE Hydrangeas, as well as being beautiful to look at they remind me of my grandfather and since I’m all about remembering loved ones and having daily reminders of them I hope that these survive. It has been fun and a little frustrating. The birds wont leave the strawberry plant alone even with netting on it. The funny thing is, way back on an unused portion of our property we have heaps of wild strawberries growing like crazy and yet there are never any birds hanging around there! The peas may not make it, there seems to be some little critter intent on making holes in the dirt and I suspect eating the roots, and the Chinese lantern doesn’t look like it’s going to come up at all. We’ll have to wait and see.

Right now though, chores are waiting so I better go and tend to them. sigh 

Posted by: Deb | 06-17-2007 | 10:06 AM
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