Daily Job. Choosing colored pencils for husband's coloring book mandalas. Those aren't chosen pencils- I just grabbed three for the photo. The pages where he has a limited number of pencils and colors- have been very nice. He's happy. He likes that the pages look really good. I forgot to make sure the image would be square. Things get away from me.
I sorted fabric (on the ottoman) yesterday and carried a bunch of it back to the Small Closet. The Blacks and Whites. I wasn't doing a great job with them. So...better to quit and move on.
I have been watching Monk. Why?....I have no good explanation. Space Filler seems the most appropriate. I haven't found my "spot" going forward yet. My "spot" used to be defined by what I did for work or play. Library Desk. Master Gardener. Perennial Yard Re- Organizer/greenhouse waterer /question answerer (that was before they started letting me teach classes- then all bets were off), retired- with nothing to do. No place to go. I actually thought of work as places to go and be happy. Odd, or lucky. Lucky.
I was always so busy. Library or Greenhouse employment. ..dog walking, quilting, gardening. And it's not like I kept saying-- when I stop working I'll have more time for this or that. Nope. Never said that. I know that retired people say that all the Time. But I was going and doing pretty much non-stop my whole married life. And I think when I stopped- I just stopped....everything. If I'd had a bucket list- most everything got checked off a long time ago. I've been and done and seen quite a lot.
Prior to the COVID SHUTDOWN, I was scheduled to teach three very large audience classes. And they never happened. And possibly won't now as everything is ZOOM and I don't think I will ever do ZOOM. I don't want to do Zoom. I miss teaching. But that ship has sailed, I think. The World has changed so much in 15 months. Even microscopically- I have changed in the last 15 months.
I actually don't care if we run out of yeast or flour. Have plenty of toilet paper. Running out of Kleenex. I found several large bars of soap. So that is not a worry. We have new underwear. And I have Dee's recipe for Pantry Soup and really--- it's all one needs.....once DQ is open again.
It rained for a few days and the TruGreen treatment soaked in and and the grass is being cut and all is sort of okay with the World....except my Avocado plant- I think it might be dying........New desk top calendar page with six blank boxes before today-I have my work cut out for me----- Happy May Out There!!!
I just imagined, you doing one of your greenhouse teaching classes on Zoom, and I would be able to watch it, and ask questions why my hortensia is feeling so bad this spring, etc. etc. You would be surprised, how close you can feel to people on Zoom. My art class is on Zoom since November 2020, and we are so grateful that this is possible.It's Mothers' Day here in Germany - our son will bring cocktails from the click-and-collect bar here in town, another "first" for us. Brave New World!
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