Happy Independence Day

 The zinnia that I planted in the garden have been consumed, most likely by the woodchuck/groundhog.  I missed the window of no rain today by being distracted by things to do inside so no changes were made in the garden.  I need to rethink my strategies.  Instead I will do my best to focus on the things growing well in the garden.  Happy things for this Fourth of July:

• The peaches in the garden seem to be doing well.

Marjorie.

• The basil and Egyptian walking onion are also doing well.

• Some of the inside plants that are waiting for a safe place to go outside are doing okay.  

A zinnia, blooming, even though it is getting root bound.

Petunia.

• After dinner I went for a walk in the sprinkles and rain.  I had a lot of steps to take in order to reach my step goal.  On the way back to the house, I could watch the fireworks being set off down the street from us.    

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Currently reading: The Backyard Homestead, by Carleen Madigan.

Thanks for reading, stay safe.

Tap

 It was eleven in the evening, I was sitting down trying to put together my thoughts to write this.  Suddenly I realized that I hadn't reached my step goal yet for the day.  It was midnight, my step goal reached, I had a beginning.  Tuesday, if I can continue to reach my step goal, will mark eight months of reaching the 10,000 step goal every day.  Other things that I am happy about from Sunday:

• Zed and I went shopping today and picked up mulch and replacement light bulbs for the cellar seedlings.  Most of them are doing well, the bulb going out was a surprise.  I'm thankful that I remembered to go into the cellar when I did or they may have been without the light for much longer.  

I planted more geraniums on the sixth
and they are already sprouting!

• On the porch this morning I noticed that the petunias are starting to bloom.

• The roses have been pruned and I spread some mulch around them.  

This is what they looked like a few days ago.

Today they are a bit neater looking.  
I think the green coming up by the forsythia might be hyacinth.

• Late this afternoon we all went for a long drive.  I don't remember the last time I was in Massachusetts, but we went there today.  A friend rented out a movie theatre and about twelve or thirteen-ish of her friends went, socially distanced, and watched her DVD of Singing in the Rain on the big screen.  The movie was fun, I don't remember the last time I saw that movie... it might have been when we still had a black and white TV.  It was Gideon's introduction to tap dancing.  He seemed to enjoy the movie too.  This was another small step at getting used to being social again.  I'm fine with just one or two people, but more and it is hard.  Being in a theatre with only a few people was good.  I should have taken tap dancing when I was a kid, oh, well.

From the ride... a lake.

A solar farm.

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Currently reading: The Backyard Homestead, by Carleen Madigan.

Stay safe.

It is after one in the morning... maybe I should sleep...