Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
I promise to get back to drivel and boring daily life updates tomorrow 🙂 Need to clear my mind of a few things from last night first. OK, here, a treat for everyone - sunset on Monday night after the storms - taken again with my blackberry from my car so it's not the best,... Continue Reading →
Sunset sky as I went for today's walk. This is with my blackberry camera so not what I would have liked, but I had to capture it somehow!
For my bud in Portland Maine to send warm thoughts during the snowfall. These are from my drive in to work today. Enjoy!
These are all from the group hike this morning. I played with many settings on the camera and was really pleased with the results. Especially the last one which is a close up of a pretty small wildflower blooming on the trails. The camera actually has a setting just for flowers! Pretty awesome. Off to... Continue Reading →
Unhappy plants that do not tolerate multiple nights (going on one week straight now) of below freezing temps:This morning was the worst so far - rooftops, cars and plants covered in frost/ice. DS1 had to actually warm up his car and scrape ice off his windows!It was 37 when I dropped DS2 off at his... Continue Reading →
OK, so it's not quite New England 🙂 Another fuzzy camera photo taken at the end of this morning's walk. A walk I probably should not have done. Oh, the headache went away quickly with a leftover Vicodin from my eye surgery - knocked me right out at 9:30. But the right leg/hip - OW.... Continue Reading →
What a perfect day today! It rained last night so the day dawned with the ground wet and the air crisp and clear and clean. Big clouds mized with blue sky and sun. I love it the day after a rain! Alex's game was at 8:00am in Carlsbad - they won 33-12 making the team... Continue Reading →
This is why:Gorgeous sunset. The air is crisp. The few trees with turning leaves are getting into gear. I passed a couple on my walk (yes, I walked tonight!) that were getting yellow and orange. The ocean has been gorgeous. There was a south swell last week that attracted all the surfers. I was mad... Continue Reading →
Inside the front gate. I have been working on these three beds for a few weeks now in between heat spells. They were all completely overgrown and filled with weeds. I've trimmed, pulled, sprayed weed killer and then re-mulched all three and they finally look at least neat and clean. I grabbed every leftover piece... Continue Reading →
Deep purple Dahlia. My favorite.Lovely fuschias.Orange dahlias - these really love the heat, but the lavendar and even the deep purple look all burned and wilty 😦 I cut them back quite a bit today hoping they will recover since it has cooled.Blooming fuschia tree. They look like little bells! These plants have just loved... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 