kerryh1's Blog

Morning.
Aug 13, 2009 | 10:07 AM PST

I am grounded for the day. A hose or something happened to my car yesterday at my last client , so I took it into the Ford dealership this morning. Had to reschedual everyone today. Oh-  I hate doing that. Not only does my people look forward to my coming  it makes me rush around for the next two days.

   I do pedicures for seniors in their  homes and have nail clinics in the assitant living facilties around town and surounding area.  I am more on the medical side than the foo foo stuff ,  if you want hot wax-sugar rub and a glass of wine you  will have to go to a salon. LOL. I have been doing pedicures for homebound seniors since 1976.

  Most of my clients live alone so I never book  appointments to close together, then I have time to visit with each one awhile. They tell the most wonderful stories. I have 3 that are over 100 years old. The oldest man in the world... 112 year old  Walter Breuning ...lives in one of our assitant living facilitys.  What a kick he is.You can go on line and type in his name and read all about him. He is so cute you just want to put him in your pocket and take him home.

I can't see my self  retiring,I get hugs and kisses everyday.  One of my ladies told me one day ...if you like your job... you never work a day in your life. How true. 

 I was offered a salon the other day in a retirment home, I wish I had a cyrstal ball to see into the future.  I fixed hair for 37 years, most of those years were in a senior facility. I quit 4 years ago so I could do what I do now full time.  It's almost too good of a offer to passup though.  I have been reworking my schedual to see if I could do both  and give each quality time. I sure wouldn't have time to watch apples grow LOL.

 I think I will go pull a few weeds . Happy Planting , kerryh1

Hello eveyone
Aug 12, 2009 | 12:36 PM PST

Just watching apples grow. I sure have a nice crop this year. I haven't sprayed so I guess they are "organic" The only bugs problem is hornets ye- gads they really like apples. The one that have fallen don't have any worms either. 

 

Picked the  few rasberrys I got and the strawberrys are flowering. It will be awhile before I get a good crop of berries.  Had 3 current berries  LOL.

   I was going to the farmers market, but the wind came up we are to get another gullywasher this weekend. We have had some awesome storms this summer and my lawn looks so good with all the rain we have gotten. It usally is brown by now.  The roses are done resting now and are beginning to rebloom. I still don't have any water lillie flowers  ,The leaves have covered the pond..  Have to put up some yard things with the wind and rain coming so ... Happy Planting Kerryh1  

My project is done.
Aug 4, 2009 | 2:29 PM PST

I started spring of 2008, with a shovel ,rake and wheel barrel. And last Friday I had  United Material  deliver 2 yards of road grade gravel  in the ally by the garage. My neighbor across the alley just shook his head , "Now what are you doing?"  he asked.  "I finished my new garden, and I am making a  dry creek bed/ path. "  I wheel barreled 6 load to the area and I came to the conclusion I am not as peppy as I once was.

 My next door neighbor boy was home with a friend and I asked him if he could finish my little project.It would have taken me 2 days to do what those boys did in a half an hour. It was 20 dollar well spent.

March 2008

 

                          
                        July 31 2009

 

 

There is Quaking Ash-  Russin Olive-  Buffalo Berry - Currents-  Rasberrys- Vines and wild flowers. Everything in this area grows near a lake that Jim and I go  to every summer. These plants all spread and I am hoping fast. This side of the house is so hot , there hasn't been any shade  since a big ash blew done 30 years ago. We just used the area to park the boat and campers and Bubba the Bus.

I don't think I am going to tear up anymore sod. My gardens circles the house now. I can find a shading spot to sit on all for sides LOL.

I have alot of plants I want to try still, I am just going to wait till something needs to be replaced and fill in with a new varity. 

I still need to figure out what I want to do with those big cracks in the cement where the tin shed sat and I use for a patio now. I need a speddy -weedy tuff plant . OMG Jim said ,"well we could just jack hammer this out and put in a new patio"

 I looked at him as if he had two heads ...are you crazy ? End of dicussion. LOL He must have gotten to close to some one's  paint can at work.

 Happy Planting Kerryh1