BrownThumb's Blog

BACK IN BLACK... and blue
Apr 29, 2008 | 12:41 AM PST
Tags: water barrel , rain chain , projects , procrastination

Holy cow, 21 days since last post?! That is crazy. I can't begin to name all the things I have worked on, started, worked at, planned, worked over, thought about, designed and piddled with. Notice how the word "finish" isn't really in that sentence?

Yes, I admit it. I am a starter, not a finisher. However, all phases of all of my projects are currently nearing various stages of being closer to being finished. Whew! That's a relief!

I have turned the compost heap 3 or 4 times, added manure, blended stinky veggies and fruit in my VitaMix, dumped coffee grounds, smasherated old oranges with a shovel, twisted it all in place with my $9 Tiller of Torquemada, soaked in many a hot tub, and eaten many an Ibuprofen (as if it were an M&M).

I have weeded, sweated, yanked, hacked, slashed, and resorted (in limited circumstance) to scorched earth policies! I have cajoled, scolded, deadheaded, laughed with - and laughed at - plants that have come under my care (the poor souls). I have apprehended chickweed with extreme prejudice, and scraped up old wood that gifted me some gooey stuff on my thumb that may, in fact, be extra-terrestrial in origin.

In short, I've been a little busy. But I've still been reading everyone's material and learning as I go. Pictures and writings will follow as soon as my hands resume their natural shape. Currently, they appear to be gripping an imaginary shovel.

Thanks goodness y'all continue to write and inform me. But do NOT - under any circumstance - give me any new ideas! I simply can't be trusted.

Although, as I think about it, water barrels and rain chains have captured my imagination all day... ruh roh.

Trowel on,

BT