Thought I should get at least two posts in during April! The wind is blowing again. Can't say I have missed it this past week. Another system is moving north of us, carrying moisture into WY, NE, and parts east. Typical weather pattern since last fall.
The flower garden needs to be rebuilt. We cut the apple tree down and now there is plenty of sun. The tulips are hanging in there despite the mess they have to live in this year. For some reason, spring has come and I am not ready this year.
The plants in the greenhouse are growing. The tomatoes have been transplanted twice and will need to be transplanted again next week. The petunias are looking very nice and will go into the containers and hanging baskets in a couple of weeks, along with verbena, nemesia, alyssum, love in a mist, poppies, and a few other flowering plants. Doesn't seem like it should be time to do all of this again, but it is.
The cucumber will stay in the greenhouse throughout the summer or until bugs move in and take it over. We are hoping the bugs stay out for at least another month, two would be even better. The cukes are the English variety. They seem to like the greenhouse better than the conditions outside in the garden. Can't imagine why those huge leaves don't like the wind in this part of the country??!!!!
I can't believe we are completing the fourth month of the year 2011. I thought I would have accomplished more by now, I am finding that to be the usual scenario around here.
The daffodils have bloomed and shriveled and last year's garden debris still surrounds them. Half of the beds are cleaned, but that still leaves the other half. The birds have had some wonderful nesting material though. We did cut down the obnoxious apple tree that produced worthless apples. I didn't like doing it as a number of birds liked it, but enough was enough. I was also loosing the sun in the flower bed.
I had great plans to work on more mixed media projects, several friends and I were going to hold one another accountable to work on different techniques in dyeing and mixed media. The only positive thing I can say about that is that they have found little time to do them as well. I will say they get more done than I do though, just not our challenges, but it makes me feel a little better.
I was going to draw as well. I have done a little of that, but darned little. I will travel to Oregon in a months time with another friend and undertake Drawing II in Hollis Masterclass series. And yes, I will be in class # 7 next year in TX, but I do things a little backward most of the time. Nothing new here!!!
I started the Artful Journaling class with Laure Ferlita . I have come to the conclusion that is where my watercolor endeavors are going to stay for awhile, journal pages. Here again, I was taking classes that come after these basic classes. Ah well. This is the latest page I painted. Have another one I did from the England class that hasn't been posted anywhere yet, not even in the class blog.
In catching up on my e-mail this morning, I read a note from Robert Genn's newsletter, about working on small projects, one after the other. Learning what works, what doesn't, moving on, failing and learning. And anyone who knows me, knows I start a lot of things and seldom finish them unless they really turn me on and I have dabbled in a number of things over the years. It made sense to me, maybe I am on to something?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had been thinking about changing the name of my blog. I have come across a number of catchy names and thought "I Started..." was a little hum drum, but I think I will leave as is for now. It still fits perfectly.
