Archive for the 'gardening' Category
July 20th, 2008 -- Posted in Parenting, gardening |
These two flower picture are bachelor buttons, my daughter took them using her hand to show them upclose. They took forever to bloom and at one point I thought about pulling them out because they looked more like grass, then a flower. They remind me a lot like carnations. I guess the long wait was worth it after all. It shows a lot that patience does pay off in many instances. Patience is not something I’m very good at in many ways. Somewhere I read that patience is a virtue- It seems to be so true. Having a child whose got ADHD teaches you patience in many ways, Its something I’m thankful for each day.
July 19th, 2008 -- Posted in Life with Lupus, gardening |
Here is some pictures of my garden, that my daughter took. The tomatoes are outgrowing the green peppers. The cucumbers have just started to grow. Its pretty amazing how each one of these grow at their own pace. Its something I enjoy doing even while I live with lupus. I may not be able to physcially do all the work to make the beautiful container garden, but I’m blessed to have the help I do have. I’ve got some more pictures I will show later of the world’s slowest growing flower. :), atleast in my garden.
July 16th, 2008 -- Posted in Life with Lupus, Parenting, gardening |
This week has been interesting for many ways. My daughter starts a new tae kwon do class on Thursday; the new place seems to have more to offer her. They have a patch program a lot like girl scouts and more girls her age. She’s been doing tae kwon do for a little over 1 year. She’s still an orange belt and will be able to test out in 8 weeks. She’s got a new tae kwon do uniform that ties like a chef outfit, instead of pulling over her head. It’s hard to believe that summer is half way through.
My garden is coming along. I keep forgetting to get some pictures- (reminder to self get pictures). We had to transplant the tomatoes to a bigger pot because they were root bound. They now look a lot better in their new beautiful pots. My cucumber is busy climbing up the railing of the porch and looks good with its beautiful yellow flowers and creeping out like crazy. The green peppers are producing some beautiful big peppers. The red ones haven’t turned red yet. The tomatoes are still small and green, can’t wait to taste one.
I seem to be in a lupus flare, again! It seems to knock me on my butt real well. I can be feeling pretty good and wham it knocks me out. I’m trying to conserve my energy. I hate feeling this way… I want my “normal” life back
June 21st, 2008 -- Posted in Life with Lupus, gardening |
Last few days, have been ruffs. I’ve been have an awful pain in my extremities. My muscles felt like they were rocks. It was unreal because it was a struggle just to stand up. I thought I was going to lose my mind. When the lupus knocks me on my behind, it’s a struggle to get back up. Slowly, I’m regaining my strength. I always worry that I won’t regain my strength. I updated my message board because I was getting some horrible spam videos. I managed to discontinue it. I have a couple of polls on my message board; one is for a name of a cook book and another is a chronic illness poll. Please stop by and register and leave me a line. It looks inactive, but it’s just starting to wake up- a work in progress. My container garden is coming along well. I have one pepper about the size of a small pearl onion. I added a few more things; strawberries (my favorite), cucumber and brussel sprouts. I know what a lot of you are probably saying Yuck!! Brussel sprouts. I read somewhere they taste better out of your own garden, then store bought.
