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The sun is shining, the birds are singing....  

secret_lade 49F
14390 posts
5/23/2020 7:07 am
The sun is shining, the birds are singing....


I have become the most hated person on earth as I have told the Spawn she cannot go downstate and spend the week with her friend.

She still has school next wee

We ALL know I've been struggling with this home school crap.... The last thing I want do is lessen my resolve on the whole thing. Perhaps if she'd been diligent and did her work when she was supposed , and not lied ... It could be a very different scenario.

Thankfully she is at her dad's house for the weekend so I don't have put up with her grouching around the apartment and being a complete menace society.

I spent my morning getting my balcony back into shape.... I just love summer flowers and miss having an actual place of my own sometimes.

I would plant flowers everywhere...

Here, I'm limited to my balcony, so I make the most of it. It takes me a while to get it just the way I like it each year, so I tend to take my time getting just want I want for each planter.

Yesterday, I got the geraniums.

It's already looking like an extra living space out there.... Can't wait to get it finished so I can enjoy a morning coffee on the antigravity chair.

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/24/2020 9:04 pm

    Quoting jolielaide:
    it's nice you have something therapeutic to give your mind to. the most i could muster was cleaning the 'never used' firepit off and sparking that thing up.it's actually nice to sit and have a cocktail, watching the flames dance around each other. you actually forgets that there is a worldwide pandemic going on even if it's only for a few hours.
I miss bon fires.... We would have them frequently when I was still married. The kids would roast hot dogs and marshmallows... My ex buried the pit and planted a free over it when we got divorced.


jolielaide 52F  
1754 posts
5/24/2020 2:25 pm

it's nice you have something therapeutic to give your mind to. the most i could muster was cleaning the 'never used' firepit off and sparking that thing up.it's actually nice to sit and have a cocktail, watching the flames dance around each other. you actually forgets that there is a worldwide pandemic going on even if it's only for a few hours.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/24/2020 2:57 am

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    I am a pushover. My oldest "owns" me and she knows it!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/24/2020 2:54 am

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    Hi secret_lade

    maybe, you'll share some pics of your efforts when you are done

    yes, today the sun is shining and the birds are singing

    hmm

    be safe

    Wade Bowen - "Sun Shines on a Dreamer"

    She blew in from out of town
    Georgia tags and a rag top down
    Turning heads in the neighborhood
    Half down home, half Hollywood, looking good
    She had two months rent in rolled up cash
    A blue tick hound that she called Nash
    Sent a postcard home with an ocean view
    Just got here Momma I miss you
    When she prays every night
    And when she wakes every morning
    The sun shines on a dreamer
    Shines a light on you when you listen to your heart
    The sun shines on a dreamer
    Shines a light on you through the dim, through the dark
I will share some pics. It's not a giant balcony, but it's nice to be able to hang out with the flowers.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/24/2020 2:52 am

It's a therapeutic place, isn't it? You can figure out all your worldly problems there...


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/24/2020 2:51 am

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    One day... it will come to her, she'll have a revelation - and understand what you were doing and why. And she'll thank you. 🌹
    Or... she'll begin every session at her therapist... with THAT story - explaining to her analyst that THAT, was the reason she turned out the way she did.🤪🙃😁

    That balcony sounds really nice! 🍷🍷😎
I think she's recovered.... Her dad gave her money to buy some new summer clothes and she's asked me to take her shopping today. And, by shopping, I'm talking order online and curbside pickup because the actual stores aren't open for shoppers but you can still make a purchase. (apparently that's shopping by appointment)


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/24/2020 2:47 am

    Quoting citizen4722:
    It's times like these that being interested in gardening is a God-send.
Yes it is. With all the outrage over garden centers not being able to open, I expect to see peoples yards and gardens to be looking amazing this year! Cause, you know, it's the only thing people could talk about for 2 solid weeks...


mc_justmc 63M

5/23/2020 4:25 pm

I am a pushover. My oldest "owns" me and she knows it!


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
5/23/2020 2:54 pm

Hi secret_lade

maybe, you'll share some pics of your efforts when you are done

yes, today the sun is shining and the birds are singing

hmm

be safe

Wade Bowen - "Sun Shines on a Dreamer"

She blew in from out of town
Georgia tags and a rag top down
Turning heads in the neighborhood
Half down home, half Hollywood, looking good
She had two months rent in rolled up cash
A blue tick hound that she called Nash
Sent a postcard home with an ocean view
Just got here Momma I miss you
When she prays every night
And when she wakes every morning
The sun shines on a dreamer
Shines a light on you when you listen to your heart
The sun shines on a dreamer
Shines a light on you through the dim, through the dark

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Good luck!!!


Apollorising58 63M

5/23/2020 2:22 pm

Yeah I am in the garden!

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Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
5/23/2020 1:54 pm

One day... it will come to her, she'll have a revelation - and understand what you were doing and why. And she'll thank you. 🌹
Or... she'll begin every session at her therapist... with THAT story - explaining to her analyst that THAT, was the reason she turned out the way she did.🤪🙃😁

That balcony sounds really nice! 🍷🍷😎


citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
5/23/2020 12:11 pm

It's times like these that being interested in gardening is a God-send.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/23/2020 11:59 am

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    The only flowers I buy are the kind I can smoke. We haven't had the g-girls here since the shutdown started. I think it's best they stay across town at the other grandparents until this blows over. They'd be bugging me to hang out at their friends.
Are you a push over... Would you be letting them hang out? LOL For some reason, I think you would be.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/23/2020 11:58 am

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    The balcony sounds like a really peaceful, bright spot! Maybe some pics once it's completed?
I'll be sure to post some.


mc_justmc 63M

5/23/2020 11:33 am

The only flowers I buy are the kind I can smoke. We haven't had the g-girls here since the shutdown started. I think it's best they stay across town at the other grandparents until this blows over. They'd be bugging me to hang out at their friends.


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
5/23/2020 10:51 am

The balcony sounds like a really peaceful, bright spot! Maybe some pics once it's completed?

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


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