Summer Notes- Wednesday August 28th- 73 degrees, 94% humidity.

 We might have had this image already... I recall discussing my plants. that look almost like these.

I will be emptying the picture file later today.  There is so much to notice today- across the street the very large moving van with the stuff my new neighbors have.  My Landscaping Helper is here pulling everything out.....it seemed easier that way... to begin again.  Clean Slate.

My Life...I think...will also be a Clean Slate going forward as I let go....letting go is hard after so many years.  But most of what I have .....is not good or healthy.  Plants or Memories.

My Lunch Buddy and I think a row of Blue Hydrangea would be lovely in front of the long porch. Perhaps matching the blue porch ceiling.   I like the sound of "A Clean Slate".  For the Garden and for my Life.

The Christmas Cactus collection is also heading for the Compost Heap.  All the plants began from picking broken branches from the greenhouse floor.......bringing them home, putting them in pot, watering etc.   Collecting Orphans.  

Well, my Gardener is pulling everything out.  Not the large shrubs but the smaller stuff.  

Across the street another fresh start for my new neighbors.....finally moving in.  I remember how that felt. My double digit moving experiences.  Each time, more boxes never got emptied. Until, half my Attic is taped boxes holding  "what?"......memories.

My birthday this year-- I explained to my old neighbor....is about my husband forgetting how to stand and walk.  The beginning of the end.  I would not be good lunch time company...