Greetings All.
Good Attitudes! Old Mt. Woman, Corsaire, keep up the physical work. Good for you. The moment we sit and say, “It hurts too much,” or “I’m too old,” is when we may as well just give up completely and move to assisted living. Fight! Fight! “Do not go gently into that good night.”
It rained most of the day yesterday so the garden soil will be too wet to dig. Hopefully the temps will rise today, things will dry out, and I can start working. Not 40 degrees today.
I bought a large rack last year that would have been used in a bakery to store the baking trays when they are removed from the oven. I am putting the (soon to be) seedlings on that rack and wrapping it with clear plastic to keep it warm. It worked last year. Too many seeded pots to keep inside and no greenhouse. So, seeding some flats today if hubby can get the plastic. I need to cover the plants so the local critters do not dig in the soil.
I may have said that my Husband is an ornithologist, ecologist, a biologist, biochemist, etc. Since it was raining, he sat at the window and watched the birds. It is cool when we get to see an influx of ONE type. Much easier to identify and learn the differences that way. With “birding” it is often a matter of looking out the window at just the moment a new bird appears. Warblers have arrived. If you are a bird watcher, you know that those little things flit around like the branches are hot under their feet. Very difficult to get a good look. As a hobby it is a benign one…unless he is driving.
I am still knitting/crocheting caps to donate. I need something to do with my hands while watching television. As a result, I am trying new patterns, learning new stitches, slowly reducing my yarn stash. VERY slowly. I would donate for cancer patients and preemies, but my yard is not the right kind for their sensitive skin. The requirements are specific.
Tornado training finished here. SKYWARN sponsored by the National Weather Service has classes each Spring to show us locals how to look for and identify the different clouds and conditions that spawn serious storms and tornadoes. The NWS radar does not see the lowest 1,000 feet, where the tornadoes actually occur, and need storm spotters’ help.
Next training I would like to take is CERT. How to handle local emergencies-Community Emergency Response Team. When we do that, I want to contact our local police chief in our town of 3,000 and identify ourselves as trained. Our Ham radio club is in another, larger, town 20 miles away. I’d rather volunteer in our town.
Ok, off to find some plastic and cut it to fit my rack. Gotta get those seeds sprouting for mid-May planting.
Take care everyone.