Monday, April 30, 2018

Random Scenes From the Weekend

This weekend began with a beautiful 72 degree day on Saturday; that meant lots of laundry as I made the annual transition from flannel sheets back to regular sheets. In between loads of laundry I did lots of yardwork - clearing leaves out of beds, weeding, pruning roses, mums, and hydrangeas, and dealing with my excess columbine seedlings.


When Ryan moved to Colorado, it seemed as if I saw columbines almost everywhere and I was entranced. I bought some seeds, planted them in pots indoors, and carefully tended them for almost two years before I thought they were ready to plant in beds outside. I attributed my success to all the loving care I lavished on my seeds, but now I have to laugh at how easy they really are to start. I have hundreds of volunteers growing in between the stones in the garden path, so I dug out quite a few of them to transplant to a relatively bare bed. I know that more columbines means even more volunteers sprouting where I don't want them next year, but too many columbines is a better problem than not enough.


 My amaryllis is blooming again, at the end of April! It's a true wonder to see.


I also have a slightly confused Easter cactus just starting to bloom and covered with buds. No complaints here; I'll take blossoms wherever and whenever I can get them.


I needed to get a sympathy card and because our Hallmark store is crammed full of every kind of knick-knack and tchotchke imaginable, I had some fun looking around.





If anyone needs a large stuffed sloth (cute or creepy? I can't decide), just let me know. 

Sunday was cold and chilly so I was just puttering around inside when Justin arrived for a very quick visit. He's been trying to convince me that I need an xbox one, and once he explained I could use it for Netflix, Amazon video, and Spotify, we headed to GameStop. I am now the proud owner of a used console, and Justin even help me set it up. 


He played a few of his video games, "just to make sure everything works, Mom", but I'm hopeful that I'll be able to finish my sister's socks even more quickly knitting along with my Spotify knitting playlists. 


Truer words were never stitched on a tea towel!

17 comments:

  1. It warms my heart to see Justin sitting there, playing his video games. I miss that vision at my own house. . . :-) (And my kids would fall over with heart palpitations if they ever heard those words come out of my mouth -- after all the harping I did when that vision was all too common when they were kids!!!)
    Anyway.
    I, too have an army of columbine volunteers in my garden. I pull some. I transplant some. But mostly, I just let them do their thing. Because you're right -- too many columbines is a MUCH better problem than not enough! XO

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  2. Steve applauds your XBox acquisition, and in fact, he is pretty sure that you need one attached to every television in the house. Now you have me considering where I might be able to start a Columbine garden! Have a good week!

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  3. If you are working in the garden, then spring is officially here (there!). I will have to look up columbines since I don't know what they are. You had a productive weekend, Bonny! I really enjoy all the transitioning from winter to spring, and I bet you do as well. It has begun to warm up here, and the bird feeder is a spot of vividly colored creatures, and the grass is growing like crazy. Spring has spring here in TN!

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  4. Crazy beautiful columbines! Our neighbor has an out of control patch I love to watch. How wonderful Justin dropped in and he was able to help with an installation of a device that will bring you music and TV entertainment. Maybe you can learn to play one of his games and really give him a run for his money. :)

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  5. I love columbines and used to have them all over my garden when I lived in NY State. I haven't had any luck with them here, I think it's too hot & dry during the summer months, although it has been an unusually cold spring for this part of Illinois!

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  6. Sounds like a pretty terrific weekend. Enjoy your new X-Box.

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  7. I had columbine at my old house but I've never planted any where I live now and I think it's time to change that! Love that Justin convinced you to buy an X-Box!

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  8. I have wild columbine sprouting up wherever it wants. Same with the bleeding heart (who knew?) and bloodroot. It's always a bit of a mystery each spring -- how many more & WHERE?

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  9. Im not retired. Im just getting started

    THANK YOU ! I LOVE IT

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    1. I'm kind of partial to "Today I will be positive, despite the stupid people." :-)

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  10. Yep, all those columbines are like energizer bunnies, they keep on going, even here in TN.
    Those sayings are your Hallmark store are so right, especially the ones concerning a “grandma”.
    Xbox - another technological process, oh dear. . . fuddy-duddy here I come.

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    1. I can slowly embrace some technology, especially if it looks like it will improve my life, but sometimes the learning curve is far too steep for me!

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  11. Your weekend sounds like a very nice mix of outside and inside - and a quick visit from Justin is the icing on the cake. I had no idea an xbox could do all those other things ... but my real question is - do you play video games with it?

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  12. Great weekend! And that tea towel...YES, YES, YES!

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  13. I want to check out your Hallmark store. Not greatly into tchochkes myself, but a couple of those plaques struck me.

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    1. There are a couple that I also enjoyed; I just don't want to bring them home and have to dust them!

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  14. we use all the streaming services through a roku. However, we have a wii and a ps2 and xbox one. Kids! When they come home they play old games and talk about the good old days.

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