03 June, 2020 - I Got Up & I Didn't Stop
Dear, Mom -
It's true. This morning, I got up and I didn't stop. I got up (early, mind you, on my day off) and took Elsa the dog on a car ride and a walk. I took her to a park that has lots of tall trees, but more grass and a main, paved trail around it. I took her here for a couple of reasons. Yesterday, she got a bath. She is a squeaky, clean dog with a nice shine. She smells delightful. If I had taken her to our regular tall tree park, she would come home dusty and smelling like dirt. When she is happy, which she usually is, she rolls on her back on the ground. It is as if she is giving herself and extended back scratch using the ground to do the job. She is funny when she does it. She's all over the place. Once, she even rolled down a hill because she stared rolling around at the top. So, the park I took her to today had lots of grass so she didn't come home grimy, just a little like a freshly, mown lawn. It is also good to give her a change of scenery so she can smell different thing with that cute nose of hers. After we walked around the park, I took her through the neighborhood a few blocks, too.
When Elsa and I got back, I started work picking up the last couple of wheelbarrow's full of mulch for the back yard. I got a couple of things done which took me hours. And hours. During that time, Birgit called me over to ask if I could help her figure out something going on with her garden hose. Right before I went over, I happened to look up at the sky and I noticed this:
A Sun halo! They are "generally considered rare and are formed by hexagonal ice crystals refracting light in the sky - 22 degrees from the sun. This is also commonly called a 22 degree halo. The prism effect is such that the rainbow colors go from red on the inside to violet on the outside." - Weather: The Fun Times Guide (internet). It was so so pretty. I have witnessed this a couple of times in my life, but it was neat to see it almost rising behind the Japanese Maple. I told a couple people that were passing by. They said thank you for pointing it out. Well, if it's rare, I'm gonna point it out, right?!
After all of the halo hullaballoo, I started work on reweeding and putting down dirt in the flower bed beneath the kitchen window. Then I moved over to another bigger bed with the first weeding to be done...sigh...I finally finished around 6 pm. It's finished for today, though. Now, I have to figure out what I am going to do with the space. What do you think I should put in my back garden bed, mom? It doesn't have to be flowers. I thought a bench of some sort might be nice, or a couple of chairs with a pebble path weaving around the hydrangea and Misha's plant. The hydrangea is behind Misha's plant. It is not really visible in the below picture.
It bascially took me all day to weed the back and put mulch down outside of helping Birgit and...
Talking to You! Yay. It had been so long. It was amazing!!! We have had a hard time connecting over the past few weeks, but we did it today and right when I needed it!
I was missing you something awful. I was feeling pretty blue, distracting myself with the yard work.
I figured I should just call to see if I could get squeezed in...and *ring ring* there you are, smiling at me. It was such a great boost to see you, mom. It gave me the motivation to keep going until I was satisfied for the day. You look great and your hair is getting long! I will try to see you again on Friday.
I found a clematis that looks just like the one you used to grow on the back of the metal shed in Milton-Freewater. It really took me back to memories of being in the back yard, running around with Tiffany our dog. I spent a lot of time out in that back yard now that I think about it. It was such a good size for so many things and so many people. I miss being out in the country like we were there.
This picture really didn't do these poppies justice. There was something so vibrant and thin about the petals. The lowest poppy was almost a salmon color. The wind was moving them on their longs stems. So fragile, yet bold.
I'm yawning, mom. I will write to you again tomorrow. Hopefully, something a bit more interesting
(in a good way) will happen to spice up tomorrow's letter. We'll see.
BIG HUG, BIG KISS, I LOVE YOU X1000000000000000000000000000INFINITY - Sal
It's true. This morning, I got up and I didn't stop. I got up (early, mind you, on my day off) and took Elsa the dog on a car ride and a walk. I took her to a park that has lots of tall trees, but more grass and a main, paved trail around it. I took her here for a couple of reasons. Yesterday, she got a bath. She is a squeaky, clean dog with a nice shine. She smells delightful. If I had taken her to our regular tall tree park, she would come home dusty and smelling like dirt. When she is happy, which she usually is, she rolls on her back on the ground. It is as if she is giving herself and extended back scratch using the ground to do the job. She is funny when she does it. She's all over the place. Once, she even rolled down a hill because she stared rolling around at the top. So, the park I took her to today had lots of grass so she didn't come home grimy, just a little like a freshly, mown lawn. It is also good to give her a change of scenery so she can smell different thing with that cute nose of hers. After we walked around the park, I took her through the neighborhood a few blocks, too.
When Elsa and I got back, I started work picking up the last couple of wheelbarrow's full of mulch for the back yard. I got a couple of things done which took me hours. And hours. During that time, Birgit called me over to ask if I could help her figure out something going on with her garden hose. Right before I went over, I happened to look up at the sky and I noticed this:
A Sun halo! They are "generally considered rare and are formed by hexagonal ice crystals refracting light in the sky - 22 degrees from the sun. This is also commonly called a 22 degree halo. The prism effect is such that the rainbow colors go from red on the inside to violet on the outside." - Weather: The Fun Times Guide (internet). It was so so pretty. I have witnessed this a couple of times in my life, but it was neat to see it almost rising behind the Japanese Maple. I told a couple people that were passing by. They said thank you for pointing it out. Well, if it's rare, I'm gonna point it out, right?!
After all of the halo hullaballoo, I started work on reweeding and putting down dirt in the flower bed beneath the kitchen window. Then I moved over to another bigger bed with the first weeding to be done...sigh...I finally finished around 6 pm. It's finished for today, though. Now, I have to figure out what I am going to do with the space. What do you think I should put in my back garden bed, mom? It doesn't have to be flowers. I thought a bench of some sort might be nice, or a couple of chairs with a pebble path weaving around the hydrangea and Misha's plant. The hydrangea is behind Misha's plant. It is not really visible in the below picture.
It bascially took me all day to weed the back and put mulch down outside of helping Birgit and...
Talking to You! Yay. It had been so long. It was amazing!!! We have had a hard time connecting over the past few weeks, but we did it today and right when I needed it!
I was missing you something awful. I was feeling pretty blue, distracting myself with the yard work.
I figured I should just call to see if I could get squeezed in...and *ring ring* there you are, smiling at me. It was such a great boost to see you, mom. It gave me the motivation to keep going until I was satisfied for the day. You look great and your hair is getting long! I will try to see you again on Friday.
I found a clematis that looks just like the one you used to grow on the back of the metal shed in Milton-Freewater. It really took me back to memories of being in the back yard, running around with Tiffany our dog. I spent a lot of time out in that back yard now that I think about it. It was such a good size for so many things and so many people. I miss being out in the country like we were there.
This picture really didn't do these poppies justice. There was something so vibrant and thin about the petals. The lowest poppy was almost a salmon color. The wind was moving them on their longs stems. So fragile, yet bold.
I'm yawning, mom. I will write to you again tomorrow. Hopefully, something a bit more interesting
(in a good way) will happen to spice up tomorrow's letter. We'll see.
BIG HUG, BIG KISS, I LOVE YOU X1000000000000000000000000000INFINITY - Sal
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