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Of growing things
Apr. 30th, 2009 07:55 pmI am glad that (so far), we have had only rainy days and not tornadoes. I know "pomes" often extoll spring, but I never cared for it much until I went to college in Utah, where spring is a beautiful rest between driving snow and hot, dry summer. In Arkansas, it is often a run-for-your-life type of season. But so far this year, we have had just a lot of darkly innocent sort of days, and the ground just keeps getting greener. When you crest the hill (which is every half mile, it seems), you get a stunning view of lush green hills and valleys everywhere. Which is lovely (even if it IS dark all day).
Anyway, so today we planted more in the garden. I wish I liked gardening. I feel a moral obligation to do it, plus I love food from the garden, of course, so every year I trot out seeds and turn over buggy dirt and dump in my seeds. Most of them mold, and bugs eat the rest. If any survive, the tree they're under grows six more feet of branches, and the formerly sunny area is dark as an Ozark rainy day. (Seriously. When we planted corn in Charleston several years ago, it never got taller than six inches.) But, with our present economy the way it is, I figured I'd try again. I am going for SMALL. That way I won't have lost too much money into the ground. So far we have peas (growing, miraculously), tomatoes and basil (bought as plants from Walmart), carrots, cilantro, more basil as seed, sunflowers, and a zillion beans. (The package had uh...a lot more than I was planning on.) Still to go are cucumbers and squash. (No, I'm not trying corn again!) But it's mostly one packet of each. I tried starting watermelon and tomatoes and onions and basil in a little starter pan a while back, and now every single plant is dead. Alas. I think my name is the only agricultural part about me.
The good thing about it is that at least I could empty my mind for a while of the book. I added in my MC's brother, which means I need to go back and infuse his influence in the entire book. *clunk of exhaustion* While I love Andy and Kit and their various relations (even the antagonistic ones--well, most of them), I confess I will be glad to some day let them go their own way. I am looking forward to a break from stinky football players and snooty neighborhood councils. I think my next book will have princesses and flying unicorns. I can't wait.
Anyway, I'm still working on the revisions and all, but I'd really like to just take my mind on vacation and read some books for pure enjoyment and no analyzation. What are your favorite purely-for-enjoyment reads?
Anyway, so today we planted more in the garden. I wish I liked gardening. I feel a moral obligation to do it, plus I love food from the garden, of course, so every year I trot out seeds and turn over buggy dirt and dump in my seeds. Most of them mold, and bugs eat the rest. If any survive, the tree they're under grows six more feet of branches, and the formerly sunny area is dark as an Ozark rainy day. (Seriously. When we planted corn in Charleston several years ago, it never got taller than six inches.) But, with our present economy the way it is, I figured I'd try again. I am going for SMALL. That way I won't have lost too much money into the ground. So far we have peas (growing, miraculously), tomatoes and basil (bought as plants from Walmart), carrots, cilantro, more basil as seed, sunflowers, and a zillion beans. (The package had uh...a lot more than I was planning on.) Still to go are cucumbers and squash. (No, I'm not trying corn again!) But it's mostly one packet of each. I tried starting watermelon and tomatoes and onions and basil in a little starter pan a while back, and now every single plant is dead. Alas. I think my name is the only agricultural part about me.
The good thing about it is that at least I could empty my mind for a while of the book. I added in my MC's brother, which means I need to go back and infuse his influence in the entire book. *clunk of exhaustion* While I love Andy and Kit and their various relations (even the antagonistic ones--well, most of them), I confess I will be glad to some day let them go their own way. I am looking forward to a break from stinky football players and snooty neighborhood councils. I think my next book will have princesses and flying unicorns. I can't wait.
Anyway, I'm still working on the revisions and all, but I'd really like to just take my mind on vacation and read some books for pure enjoyment and no analyzation. What are your favorite purely-for-enjoyment reads?
