• June 5, 2009 - What I've Been Up To - My Week Abbreviated

Hi Everyone! I had a good week. We did homeschool four out of five days. Well Daddy did most of the fourth, so I could put in some time at our business. That fifth day, which was actually Thursday, if you follow me, we cleaned. Doesn't sound very fun, does it. But, we REALLY needed to do it. The weather changed this week and got rainy (well mostly sprinkly) and even a little stormy (thunderstorms), so that was fun. My husband was praying for rain so he could plant his field. 

Things are up in the garden. I hope to get time to weed in the garden and in the flower beds. I never seem to get things weeded and amended in time to plant flowers. I hope to this year. Besides the weeds, our ground is like almost straight clay. It's awful. I mean you throw compost in it and it still forms clods and the thing that seems to like to grow in it best is crab grass. Crab grass loves clay! Well, I'm going to keep trying to amend it. But...my husband isn't as motivated when it comes to flower beds as he is when it comes to something that produces a tangible result (like a garden). So the flower beds are up to me to turn and amend.

You may notice when I show you pictures of my flowers, I usually show an individual plant (that somehow I've nursed to life). The exception would be my strip of shade plants. The previous owners of this place amended that soil quite well. I think because they had Hostas in there and they require composty soil. Ahhhhh. My house is the same. One my asked me if I was very organized. No, I am not very organized. What I am is a tremendous thinker...extremely analytical. So you get to hear all about the projects I get started here At Home On Basketflat. I have to try and reign myself in though and not do everything, because as Charlotte Mason said is (loosely paraphrased) that it is not the things we do that tire out our brain, but it is the things we leave undone.

Anyhow, it is Natalie's birthday this weekend and I may not get to gardening, but it would be nice if I could spend some time gardening as the weather is supposed to be nice and cool.

Here is something I want to share with you - a polkadot collage I made.

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