blunami

And I don't mean in leather.

It's HOT today and I'm excited to be out in the yard working on the potential space for my Calla Lilies. I have already planted seven different kinds of peppers in the 2'X30' space that runs the length of the pool. O. gave me one of those black patio gardens for my birthday and it is now home to four different kinds of tomatoes and one cucumber. We'll see how it goes.
Now it's time to plant the bulbs. I should have done this at least a month ago but was swamped with other, more pressing things to get done. And today is really no exception. I have a five page argument to present on Thursday regarding the governments actions on and after 9/11. I've read a 700 page book examining terrorism and how 9/11 came about. I'm not into it but it's required so I'm plowing through it.

Back to plants. I love gardening. It's one of my true joys. I was raised in the yard, planting our garden every year and harvesting it for the winter. I come from a small town where planting and harvesting, canning and storing are ways of life. We were not farmers, just poor people who did what we had to do in oder to get through the winters with "enough". I did not realize how precious these activities were until I was out on my own, living in the big city, with no space to grow much more than window plants.
I love that O. gives me space to work. I have transformed her backyard from a rather barren and sort of boring space to an oasis with palm trees and bamboo and when we added the pool last year... pure heaven. We'll skip Hawaii this year as we have everything we need right here! (minus the amazing beaches but that's for another time)

It is suppose to be in the 90's today. She will love being in the sun getting tan, I will love being in triple doses of sun-screen. She will love laying and baking. I will love moving and sweating. She will smile and giggle with excitement when I am done working today. I will gratefully take a shower and watch with anticipation to see what pops up, and where! Often calla lilies take root in places you did not mean for them to spring up.

We also have five more palm tree's to plant. The gardener will come in next week to do this as I can't lift them, they are all in 55 gallon pots that I can't quite heft. They will be beautiful and hopefully the new Cuban Royal will grow as majestically as the one we lost in the frost a few years ago was.

In other news, DESIRE is coming along nicely. We have filled up, closed registration and are now making final arrangements and getting the gear together. It should be a GREAT weekend! The big tree in the "main" area of the courtyard was blown down by wind-guts a few weeks ago so we're going to have to invest in more car-port tarps. Those things have been a life-saver!
If we don't add more of them we'll all be over-baked and to sun beaten to play and that's just NOT GOOD! It is to bad they don't make sexy pop-ups. I suppose we could get black ones but that would be like adding a heater to the already boiling temperatures. We gladly put up reflective white.

School is going well. I'm plowing through the last of my lower level classes and trying to enjoy the last "easy" semester that I will have in my college life. From here on out it's heavy sciences like chemistry and physics and anatomy and the like. All coupled with heady research papers, EMT training, and eventually P.A. training. If I looked at the chunk of time and energy I would freak. I'll stick with getting through this day, my planting and my writing and when tomorrow comes, I'll go to Spanish (which is going well but isn't sticking like I want it to).

O. is good. She loves the sun and spends as much time as she can in it. Someday that may backfire on Her but She is prepared for that. She isn't happy unless She is ubber-tan. She relaxes like this. She thinks like this. She plots and schemes in the sun. DESIRE is a result of many days baking the California sun. It is Her happy place.

And finally, I have a HUGE roll-top antique desk. This thing is beautiful but far to big. It's one of those desks that attract everything. It becomes a rather ominous pile of papers and stuff and I don't want it anymore. I'd prefer to sell it and acquire something smaller.
The desk is about the size of a twin bed, with the frame. It's just not a good fit for my little odd shaped 10X10 office space. It has 5 long drawers and Lots of little drawers and was built just after the period when they would have little hidden compartments so while it is missing those, it holds it's own solid majesty. It also holds to much of my space.

If your interested in purchasing a great desk let me know.

Then I can purchase a great but smaller desk.

Win-Win.