It's my birthday!A beautiful morning in Athens, as the sun comes up. I can hear the birds chirping through the open windows, because a nice breeze is blowing. Time to open up the house and cool it off as much as possible before the outside temperature gets up to 85. I am listening to them with my eyes closed, thinking I should know what bird is making what noise, but I don't.
When I get up, I am achy from driving to and from Gwinnett for class last night, and sitting there for 4 hours. I drove Sean, a young man who is working as a librarian in Watkinsville. He and his wife are expecting their first child in August! I am jealous, but not about the being hugely pregnant or the being wakened during the night for weeks and months.
Class was fun, but mostly because I like meeting people and getting to know them. One woman is a real movie buff. Today I have to work on making storyboards. Yesterday I had to look for Extreme Closeup shots in movies, so I got to watch some of Fifth Element. Thanks to youtube for a clip of the Diva Dance--and Leeloo's face!
I brought a garden salad to share with the group during our dinner break. As Peggy said, if we go out to eat 3 times a week for three weeks, that will really add up. tuesday night we ordered pizza. It was really good--but $5 each. spinach and mushroom...She brought crackers.
Also yesterday, Vanessa and I drove Captain to the blood center to donate, Ray to a meeting at the UUFA about the sound booth, then we went to Watkinsville to the peach stand. No peaches yet! We had some peach ice cream, though. They had nice herbs and plants for sale, but nothing we needed (well, I could always buy more plants). Then we went to Athens Seed, where I bought some sweet potato plants. 50 for $5--you just buy them in a bunch. they look dead, but eventuallly grow just fine. Sweet potatoes are hard to kill. And I bought some diatomaceous earth, which is supposed to discourage the flea beetles that are eating our Chinese cabbages, turnips, and some beans.We had some natural poison, but it kills ladybugs and bees too. This organic gardening is hard.
When I get up, I am achy from driving to and from Gwinnett for class last night, and sitting there for 4 hours. I drove Sean, a young man who is working as a librarian in Watkinsville. He and his wife are expecting their first child in August! I am jealous, but not about the being hugely pregnant or the being wakened during the night for weeks and months.
Class was fun, but mostly because I like meeting people and getting to know them. One woman is a real movie buff. Today I have to work on making storyboards. Yesterday I had to look for Extreme Closeup shots in movies, so I got to watch some of Fifth Element. Thanks to youtube for a clip of the Diva Dance--and Leeloo's face!
I brought a garden salad to share with the group during our dinner break. As Peggy said, if we go out to eat 3 times a week for three weeks, that will really add up. tuesday night we ordered pizza. It was really good--but $5 each. spinach and mushroom...She brought crackers.
Also yesterday, Vanessa and I drove Captain to the blood center to donate, Ray to a meeting at the UUFA about the sound booth, then we went to Watkinsville to the peach stand. No peaches yet! We had some peach ice cream, though. They had nice herbs and plants for sale, but nothing we needed (well, I could always buy more plants). Then we went to Athens Seed, where I bought some sweet potato plants. 50 for $5--you just buy them in a bunch. they look dead, but eventuallly grow just fine. Sweet potatoes are hard to kill. And I bought some diatomaceous earth, which is supposed to discourage the flea beetles that are eating our Chinese cabbages, turnips, and some beans.We had some natural poison, but it kills ladybugs and bees too. This organic gardening is hard.
otanjyoubi omedetou! happy birthday patty!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday, Patty! Thank you for the add on your blog site. I fixed the error you found. Also, your house looks INCREDIBLE! You should post more pictures of it, with you in front, in a hat, of course. :)
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