Saturday, February 29, 2020
Daily Notes- February 29- Leap Day
I took this picture at the greenhouse prior to the start of my Seed Starting class. I wanted a reference point for g and I when we look at our lime tree to judge if we are setting fruit or not. Now we are both clear on which part of the flowers swells into a fruit. We had been guessing wrong.
This is going to be quite exciting.
I also drove the car for the first Time in a very long Winter. I don't have snow tires. And am not a good winter driver when it comes to slipping and sliding. But the few times I got into a "situation" while driving in the Chicago suburbs in Winter- I turned into the slide. Excellent. But once I slid off the highway into the front lawn of a business because I braked when I should not have. Lucky for me, the lawn belonged to my employer- the local newspaper. One of the sales managers drove it out and parked it for me. I was grateful as I had climbed out and walked to the front door. Leaving the car where it had stopped sliding- just in front of the gas line shut off. So NOT my time to die.
g was trying- yet again to do electrical work. I asked him on the previous attempt to just "please STOP". But he hears what he chooses and what I say isn't one of the things he chooses to hear. He does not know what he is doing.
I am tired. We were expecting 2 people for the class- then 5. I didn't count but every seat was filled plus some at the tables in the back- between 20 and 30 people. Boss was very happy. Parking lot was full. After the class- parking lot was empty. Good thing I had him make more copies. Really a good thing. Next class is the big library one with the Land Trust. In two weeks.
I turned the cloth that is sitting in the walnut water in the crock pot out in the garage- turned off. Cold now. Dee mentioned that the walnut project can develop mold at any time now. Gosh. What a delight. When I turned the bundles I could see that the rust particles/flakes of the rusty cans, was doing some coloring. Which was nice. But rust can eat thru a cloth if left too long. So....... well, for sure I am not opening them up today. What did Scarlett say? "I'll think about it tomorrow".
I absolutely love the marks that rust leaves on cloth, but it is devilishly hard to stitch by hand
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