From the monthly archives:

August 2002

I love it when a plan comes together

August 16, 2002

Mom, this lady called and said you said she could come over and see the garden. Um, okay. I don’t remember that, except maybe back at the garden tour, but I certainly don’t remember a specific date. I’ve been gone all week, the garden needs to be watered, but sure, drop on by at 2. [...]

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Blooming Roses

August 7, 2002

Pretty, pretty roses all in bloom in the garden right now. The climbing white rose, Iceberg, that we got from Arena this year, is doing particularly well on the trellis underneath the gazebo. I just love this rose, so classic looking. The weather has been wonderful today, mid-70s, blue skies. The mosquito magnet is working [...]

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Bringing in Firewood

August 3, 2002

We worked hard outside today. I’m exhausted. We hauled wood from where the electric company had cut it, after Frank found out the other morning that one of our neighbors thought we didn’t want it, or something, and so had been taking the good stuff out. How very rude of him. Looking at these pictures, [...]

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Rain, finally

August 1, 2002

We finally got some rain last night. This is, of course, just after Frank got the irrigation all working again, including some very cool drip stuff for all my boxes, but man did my yard need water. Everything was so wilted, and we had kept getting clouds and thunder, even some hail, but no rain. [...]

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