Daily Notes- May 8th- Cloudy...Again

 One of my orchids is blooming.  And it has bugs.  Which I swab with an alcohol Q-tip.  But right this minute the flower is perfectly fine.  I dumped and sanitized four orchid pots.  The Orchids now in the compost pile.  Infested with soft white insects.  I hope the birds eat them.

Daughter has been calling-- a guy from the somewhere- phone or cable- is checking lines etc to see why she can't access the internet.  See......it's Maine.   And her house phone had 1920's style cloth cords. (he replaced them).... can we all say 'fire hazard" and move on???  Guy is out on the street.  He will be climbing three different poles to see which one she is connected to/or not..  Pretty intense.  Daughter also- as she spent her stimulus checks on a new laptop. Which can't get a signal.

I watered my seedlings yesterday.  I Did Not do a very even sprinkling of the seeds.  They are growing in groups. And the Borage seeds-- only a few germinated and none of the Marigolds.  I am noticing where the tiny very purple violets are coming up.  I usually move them from wherever they are to the herb beds.  So far...only one and already nestled up to a large Chive grouping.  So pretty together.  You can't buy this miniature variety- you have to hope birds poop the seeds out in your yard.

I think one of the herb rectangles is full of Tarragon.  Looks like Tarragon.  I have no idea what Tarragon tastes like.  But it looks nice.  And herb gardens usually have some.

The intensely dark blue and fragrant French Lilac is just this close to opening.  It will be amazing.  I check on it when I go out to water.  The blueberry bushes- with zero care and feeding this year- are bountifully covered in berry blossoms.  I stretched the cloth out behind them on the fence- not blowing in the wind. To see if that works.  But nothing really bothers the chipmunks and birds.  

I have lemon thyme.  Still in it's fiber pot in the vestibule.  Waiting to see what's growing in the beds before I add something.  Might have thyme.  So this could be in the same rectangle.  The Fresh lavender hasn't opened it's flowers yet.  That might stay in the clay pot I put it in.  And I have rosemary. A new plant. And... I have seeds for calendula still to plant or I might just stop in at my old workplace and buy some.  And some pansies.