It feels SO good to be back!!
Before we catch up, let me draw your attention to these two outstanding programs which I viewed yesterday on Oregon Public Broadcasting. "When I Paint I Remember" (Wednesday, Nov. 18th, OPB+) also Fri. 5a.m.; and "Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation" (Wednesday, Nov.18th, OPB+) also Fri. 4a.m.. I'm being brief so I can put this out asap so you might have a chance to DVR them Fri. a.m. and watch them or find them online. I will discuss them more on my other Blog
"AnEmptyBucketbyOrr.blogspot.com". I hope you will join the conversation.
Also, look for related original material on this and other topics on my Blog "CRUMBLEbyOrr.blogspot.com".
That said, here we go.... What have I been distracted by all this time since my last post???
Well, the ravages of end-of-summer loose ends are over....almost...and I have finally arrived at the junction of "Leave it for Spring" and "Know When To Stop", evidenced by stray bags of rock yet to be spread in my newly raised front landscape, and patches of bare dirt waiting to be cozied up for winter with ground cloth and an artistically placed clean layer of red lava rock.
Although I delight in doing my own landscaping, this project is reluctantly born more of necessity than the pure desire to have fun and play in the dirt. Yes, age is creeping up on me. My goal is to minimize future yard work. The process of which has taken a considerable amount of planning and effort. Coupled with weather complications (too HOT to work, too WET to work) and physical limitations (too SORE to work), Fibromyalgia, etc.), the time frame has extended much further than anticipated. Our 30-something son has delighted in some good-natured finger-wagging and smirking as he reminds me of my comments when we first moved into our downsized home and yard. "This is perfect. Simple and clean lines. I'm not touching a thing! No yard projects!". HOWEVER, time showed that some things were placed too close to the foundation and the lawn was woefully under-soiled and a tree had to be removed that had damaged a water main. Yes, I did it all with my little electric chainsaw, a 12 foot extension ladder and a lot of shoveling. No more tree; nearly no more front lawn; newly simplified. I should be finished next summer . It's only taken me 3 years!!! I can hear him snickering now... I love you, too, Mike! :)
Other positives are that I am looking forward to trying my hand at so many other things which I long to dabble in. Just ask my husband, and the dear friends who moved us in December of 2012, about the stack of reclaimed deck wood; garage sale plunders of free tile of all kinds, shapes and sizes; gallons of Oops paint my gut shouted to me to buy; fabric; wallpapers to craft with; jewelry to re-imagine into other forms; scrap wood gleaned from a carpenter; and...need I say more??
Someone! Please save me from myself! I am a very creative person with far too many ideas and without the, as yet undeveloped, skills to pull it all off in a timely manner. But I just can't let it go until I have at least tried my hand at each one and seen what joys, or ???, will come of it. Then I can say with satisfaction, "Been there. Done that." Maybe I'll never do any of it again. But maybe I will find a new passion and outlet for the yen to create that God has anchored so firmly within me.
I will keep you posted. Pun definitely intended! Talk to you soon...
Blessings to you and your families! A very Happy Thanksgiving to all!
"ORR-dinary Me"
Before we catch up, let me draw your attention to these two outstanding programs which I viewed yesterday on Oregon Public Broadcasting. "When I Paint I Remember" (Wednesday, Nov. 18th, OPB+) also Fri. 5a.m.; and "Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation" (Wednesday, Nov.18th, OPB+) also Fri. 4a.m.. I'm being brief so I can put this out asap so you might have a chance to DVR them Fri. a.m. and watch them or find them online. I will discuss them more on my other Blog
"AnEmptyBucketbyOrr.blogspot.com". I hope you will join the conversation.
Also, look for related original material on this and other topics on my Blog "CRUMBLEbyOrr.blogspot.com".
That said, here we go.... What have I been distracted by all this time since my last post???
Well, the ravages of end-of-summer loose ends are over....almost...and I have finally arrived at the junction of "Leave it for Spring" and "Know When To Stop", evidenced by stray bags of rock yet to be spread in my newly raised front landscape, and patches of bare dirt waiting to be cozied up for winter with ground cloth and an artistically placed clean layer of red lava rock.
Although I delight in doing my own landscaping, this project is reluctantly born more of necessity than the pure desire to have fun and play in the dirt. Yes, age is creeping up on me. My goal is to minimize future yard work. The process of which has taken a considerable amount of planning and effort. Coupled with weather complications (too HOT to work, too WET to work) and physical limitations (too SORE to work), Fibromyalgia, etc.), the time frame has extended much further than anticipated. Our 30-something son has delighted in some good-natured finger-wagging and smirking as he reminds me of my comments when we first moved into our downsized home and yard. "This is perfect. Simple and clean lines. I'm not touching a thing! No yard projects!". HOWEVER, time showed that some things were placed too close to the foundation and the lawn was woefully under-soiled and a tree had to be removed that had damaged a water main. Yes, I did it all with my little electric chainsaw, a 12 foot extension ladder and a lot of shoveling. No more tree; nearly no more front lawn; newly simplified. I should be finished next summer . It's only taken me 3 years!!! I can hear him snickering now... I love you, too, Mike! :)
Other positives are that I am looking forward to trying my hand at so many other things which I long to dabble in. Just ask my husband, and the dear friends who moved us in December of 2012, about the stack of reclaimed deck wood; garage sale plunders of free tile of all kinds, shapes and sizes; gallons of Oops paint my gut shouted to me to buy; fabric; wallpapers to craft with; jewelry to re-imagine into other forms; scrap wood gleaned from a carpenter; and...need I say more??
Someone! Please save me from myself! I am a very creative person with far too many ideas and without the, as yet undeveloped, skills to pull it all off in a timely manner. But I just can't let it go until I have at least tried my hand at each one and seen what joys, or ???, will come of it. Then I can say with satisfaction, "Been there. Done that." Maybe I'll never do any of it again. But maybe I will find a new passion and outlet for the yen to create that God has anchored so firmly within me.
I will keep you posted. Pun definitely intended! Talk to you soon...
Blessings to you and your families! A very Happy Thanksgiving to all!
"ORR-dinary Me"
