TENDING MY GARDEN

Posted on June 10, 2014 by hafong

The rain is done, but the clouds and wind are still making their presence felt. I’m edgy with unease. Sheba is bugging the hell out of me with her demand to play. She’s a barker and quite vocal about her needs. Grrrr! Good thing someone has taken her outside.

I dispelled some of my distress this morning on my perennial beds. I dug, weeded, thinned and mulched. I still have a long way to go. But now, they at least have a definite shape and not just a jungle of greens.

The rains had made the ground soft and easier to work with. I guess God is looking after me in his infinitely wise ways. He smiled just now, beaming sunshine as I’m tapping away here.

The wind is still here. I like to think that it is God, breathing, sighing and whispering as he looks over his creation. I hope he is pleased with what I have accomplished. My raised beds are doing remarkably well for their first year. The kohlrabi and peas have grown with the rain. The onions, radishes, lettuce and kale are thriving. Then there are my tomatoes and peppers.

The main garden is coming along, too. Now we need some steady sun and serious heat for everything to come to their full potential.

RAINING IN SASKATOON

Posted on June 9, 2014 by hafong

It’s raining again. I am sitting here watching the rain and listening to its beat on the deck roof. And wherever I go, Sheba has to go, of course. She is happily listening along with me.

Two doors down, I can hear the children of the daycare blissfully playing in the rain. Their laughter and chatter fill the air. It is as it should be – spring, rain, the greening of the earth and the laughter of children.

Thunder rumbles. The children are gone. The rain stops and the sun comes out amid the clouds. How strange and wondrous nature and the weather have been. And equally, so is life. Nothing can be taken for granted.

OF PROMPTS, COMMENTS & OTHER THINGS

Posted on June 4, 2014 by hafong

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Have you ever deleted a comment? What would make you delete a comment?

I have not ever deleted a comment from my blog. No wait, I have – spams, comments that have nothing to do with my posts. That answers the second question, doesn’t it? I would delete spams and hateful, rude, attacking, etc. comments.

And why not? There’s no discussion in those kinds of comments. They do not gender connection or helping each other out. They do not build positive outcome. There! Now let’s get on with the rest of the day.

We had a beautiful bike ride with Sheba in tow this morning. The streets were peaceful and quiet. The sky was overcast but the sun came out as we were riding out. There’s something about the early mornings that calm your soul.

I have finished planting the last of my tomatoes and onions. I am feeling happy with my gardening efforts. The tomatoes are looking great. The Sunberry is blooming. Will I be baking Sunberry pies this year? The onions, radishes, lettuce, kale and kohlrabi are all showing up. How splendid they look!

I got caught in the afternoon rain. Once I was wet, there was no need to hurry any more. I was past the point of “keeping dry”. The only dry part was my head, thanks to my hat. I hung it on my new shoe rack on the deck, along with my pants. No, I did not have my umbrella with me.

But all is well. The rain is gone and the sun is shining brightly on this mixed bag of a Wednesday.

HOW GRAPE THOU ART

Posted on May 28, 2014 by hafong

The rains has stopped. The days are a bit cooler but the sun is competing with the clouds. Perfect weather for more planting. I am excited and impassioned. I have the green bug in me.

We rushed out to Dutch Growers yesterday and came home with 2 Beta Grapes. They are planted along the side of the sun room. This morning the frame for the vines to climb up was erected. Hopefully next summer I will be picking blue-black grapes and making juice and jelly – and maybe wine.

It looks like the clouds are now winning. A light rain would be welcomed. Perfect for my grapes and raspberries to get a good start. Someone up there likes me! How great is HE!

I better take advantage and run out and put in my onion sets, scarlet runners and more carrots.

SOMEONE LEFT THE CAKE IN THE RAIN

Posted on April 29, 2014 by hafong

Someone must have pushed the replay button on the remote because we are getting the same scenario as yesterday. Yes, it is snowing again. I don’t know why but Richard Harris and strains of McArthur’s Park is playing in my head.

MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don’t think that I can take it
‘Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again, oh noooooo

I feel like that cake melting in the rain. Little inconsequential things are like torches under my skin. My icing is melting. I have to breathe to cool the flames. They are spluttering in the wind and rain. Ahhh! They are out and I am saved. I have found the recipe. Wonder Woman faces another day.

WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE

Posted on April 27, 2014 by hafong

What I know for sure this morning is, It’s another Groundhog Day! More clouds and rain. Oh boy, oh joy. Let the day begin.

Much later, what I know for sure is the day has been busy. No idling even on a rainy day. My first impulse is to settle myself with a cup of tea and a blanket in the sun room and read the day away. But no such doing for this girl. What I know for sure is, if I sat down, I will never get up.

So off Sheba and I went, walking in the rain. It was quite pleasant with just a lazy drizzle. We pretended that we were Fred and Ginger, skipping and dancing around the puddles. What fun that was!

Back home, I get busy and made some tomato plants happier by transplanting them into larger individual pots. Now they have room to thrive. It is very soothing lifting the plants out and planting them in the soil again. The glow from the grow lights resets my lazy brain and mind like a pacemaker would a heart. It is a lightbulb moment, as Oprah would say.

Sheba and I has had our second walk of the day – in the rain still. We did not dance this time, but hurried along in the driving rain. My income tax has been completed. Whew, what hard work! That’s what I get after relying on my accountant brother to do it all these years. It is long overdue to account for myself. That I know for sure.

I am just coasting in the evening of the day. Supper is done. The dishes are in the washer. My mind is at ease. What I know for sure is, truths do not set you free. You cannot tell another his truth, for it is not his but yours. I have learned that the hard way. I told someone his/mine truth. I put the truth in front of his face and his back was against the wall. He cursed me and called me a Chinese witch. He wants to squash me like a bug under his shoe.

Now that I have faced my own truth, I will not try to teach another his truth again. Some lessons are HARD and I am grateful to him for teaching me. What I know for sure is, Life sure is dang hard. And I am loving it anyways. What do you know for sure?

TRYIN’, CRYIN’ TIMES

Posted on April 25, 2014 by hafong

I woke up this morning to be greeted by more snow. This was after a day of rain all day on Wednesday. Thursday morning, we discovered large amount of water had leaked in around the skylight in the garage. So a quick call was sent to the roofer’s. The trouble had started since the roof was re-shingled.

Then coming home yesterday afternoon, we see that there are large water muddles in our back alley – a problem we had the city fixed two years ago. It is a bit disheartening to see we got our problem back. Nothing to do but write the city again and send more pictures. If only the neighbours could have done the same instead of digging a ditch to divert their puddles.

I could just cry but it would just add to the puddles. Instead, I check on my bedding plants. I turn on the grow light and bask in its brightness. I see that the peppers, leeks and tomatoes are coming along fabulously. If you look very carefully, you can see the celeriac are germinating. There is one lone geranium, lost among them. I will have a garden and spring and summer will come. The leak and puddles will be gone. I have faith and believe in the divine.

THE RHYTHM OF THE FALLING RAIN

Posted on April 23, 2014 by hafong

I love the Cascades’ Rhythm of the Falling Rain. When it rains, it would play in my head. The simple melody and words falling, pitter-pattering on my mind, soothing and relaxing me. Yes, it is raining today. The video could have been shot right here. It looks so much like my street it’s a bit eery, but in a good way.

The rain brings with it energies of cleansing and renewal for the new growing season. My seedlings are maturing, pushing their way towards the light. I am growing too. I am reaching for the light, for the higher road. It is not hard to find the way once the darkness is gone. I wonder why I was so lost and what took me so long.

The rain is still falling – pitter, patter. The bread is rising and baking. Soup will be on. Sheba is content surrounded by all her toys. Life is good.

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