Right next to the catalpa.
What did I say to Don this morning?
“It’s Spring. And I’m fully vaccinated.”
Those six words say it all. Very, very grateful.
We had heavy rain yesterday, so the ground is saturated. I’ll probably wait until tomorrow to do anything outside. I’m anxious to visit our nursery/farm stand as it’s been two weeks since I purchased the pansies and I know they’ll have more stock. It’s time to clear the rest of the garden beds, buy another hollyhock, and plants for the Secret Garden pots and the pots on the porch and Funky Patio. Time to move the Adirondack chairs back onto the porch and dig those cushions out of the closet under the stairs. And, in about two weeks, time to sow seeds.
Wednesday’s book haul:
Uprooted is by Paige Dickey, well known gardening columnist, and it’s all about having to move and start a new garden.
The Paris Library takes place during WWII and the Occupation of France and centers on The American Library.
The Rural Diaries is by Hilarie Burton Morgan. She and her husband, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, are actors who relocated to Rhinebeck from the West Coast, bought some land and started a farm. They are very active in the Rhinebeck community. This book came out during lockdown and, at least for a while, a percentage of the proceeds was going to support Oblong Books. I’ve been wanting to read it for a long time and just started it this morning.
The Glass Hotel is Emily St. John Mandel’s second book. I absolutely loved her first, Station Eleven.
Maigret and the Informer – another Georges Simenon because I love Maigret. I’d love to have a full set someday.
And here’s the puzzle:
Delicious colors, don’t you think?
Stay safe.
Happy Friday.
