Monday's Madness!

Yikes! School starts on Wednesday, we haven't shopped for supplies, or clothes, or any other necessary item....
I am not ready for it. I am sure I will enjoy being on a normal schedule  after a few weeks though. No more staying up till the wee hours of the morning and sleeping later than ever............

Wednesday, I will return to Bible Study as well. We will be studying the book of Acts this year and I have no clue what ages I will be teaching, but I am really looking forward to it. I guess it will be good to get back to a routine. However, I have to say the whiny child in me doesn't want to get up early or go to bed early, or go shopping for clothes!

This is also the part of the summer that everything needs to be cut and propagated that you wish to grow for next year. I am thinking I will put my aerator together again and start some azalea, camellia, and other hardwood cuttings. The vines I will probably propagate in ziplock bags or the forsyth pots that I talked about in an earlier post. I am collecting and drying this year's seed harvest and today I gathered the last of my daylily seeds

to dry and I am gathering some hibiscus seeds as well.

I tried to hybridize some azaleas this spring, so I cannot wait to see if they will form seeds.
All in all, Today is shaping up to be a madhouse of a day!

The Times, " They are a'changin'!

It is often said that the only constant in life is change and most of us resist it most of the time.

School is almost out for the summer, Bible study has ended for this year and most of all the times of routines and schedules are coming to an end.

Come on Summer! it's that magical time of year that almost every school kid and tired parent look forward to with almost as much anticipation as a snowy Christmas morning. This summer, there will be road trips taken to strange sounding places, driver's permits to earn and time to work uninterrupted ( yeah right!) time to work on countless projects that have been added to the to do list.

The aviary is in the process of being converted into a greenhouse and this little blog is in the process of becoming more focused on my gardening and photographic pursuits. After all, what is a better model for a photographer than a flower who doesn't get tired, complain, or hide from the flash and besides this justifies getting my hands dirty right?. Who can resist that?

I am planning to update more often too ( now that I have "free " time) and even add some results from some of my more successful experiments ( oops, maybe that should be experiences) in plant propagation and hybridizing.

Are you ready for a treat? This little picture is of a native azalea along side the road on our last excursion through the county back roads. A print will be offered in my etsy shop as well.

Stay tuned, there is more to come soon.