jennycatar's Blog

Send us an Ark
Apr 4, 2008 | 1:51 PM PST
Tags: rain , storms , tornado , vinca

It has been raining forever! Ok, maybe not forever, but it sure seems that way. Half the town of Searcy is flooded out. Yesterday was BAD. We ended up at Rick's parents until nearly 1 am because they have a storm cellar and we don't.Two seperate bad storm systems passed over us so we were down in the cellar at two different times, basically coming out during a lull to use the bathroom and get a snack.

I'm a big baby. For as long as I can remember I've been afraid of lightning, and now it's tornadoes. So I sit in the storm cellar rocking and jumping each time it thunders or I see lightning.

After the second storm we waited a while to make sure nothing else was coming up and came home. But being home was just as bad, every crack of lightning, every whistle of the wind, every odd noise made me jump. Didn't sleep well at all.

On a good and gardening note, my free vinca is doing really well. I need to cut back some of the longer vines because they've dried out but it's greening up really well and even have some buds.

 Hope the rest of my Arkansan friends have weathered this weather


 

Gotta love Freecycle!
Mar 15, 2008 | 9:46 PM PST
Tags: freecycle , vinca , Hyacith Bean

Rick and I belong to our local Freecycle list. A few days ago someone was offering free vinca plants. Put in a request and tomorrow I go pick up some purple vinca. This will be my first plants of the season. 

Tomorrow or Monday I order my red and white Hyacinth Bean seeds. I've already been planting the purple ones, Rick's Granny gave me a ton of seeds, which produced a ton of seeds.