Friday, February 25, 2022

My Lord, It's Pretty Out


Would you look at that mulberry twig, leafing out and making berries? The sun was just kissing it right on the lips this morning. 

Everything is a wonder right now. The wisteria is beginning to swell at the nodes, reminding me of my own rheumatic finger joints which is NOT a pretty image but the gray, lifeless looking wisteria vines are not pretty either. 
Yet. 
Their swellings though, unlike mine, portend startling purple glory that the bees will hopefully find and make love to. Mine portend nothing but more of the same, of course, but the knots do not pain me and I comfort myself with the knowledge that Keith Richards' hands look like this


And he can still make music with them like no one else on this planet. One chord and you can tell it's those hands making that music. I noticed that on this last tour he has shed his skull rings and I wonder if he finally had to take them off one last time. He said that he wears them to remind him that underneath our skin, we all look the same. I am sure there is more. He is, after all, a pirate of sorts, but he is of an age where he does not need a reminder of our human similarities or to wave his pirate flag, either one. 

Anyway, back to spring. 


That's the Japanese Magnolia in the center. If you look carefully, you can see the camellias on the right and a crowing Liberace almost lost amongst the iron plants. The chickens are as busy as they can be these days, scratching and eating the newly awakened tender shoots and juicy bugs, turning them by chicken alchemy into eggs. I was busy today too, and although I did not get my plants entirely sorted out, I got a good start. 


I pulled many of the plants to the front of the porch where they are supposed to be, from the back of the porch where they had all been huddled into groups, the better to cover them during freezes. The blankets and sheets I used to cover them are still on the rocking chairs. I'll get to them tomorrow. Some of my plants look better than I thought they would, some worse. My poor potted ferns have truly suffered and I need to replace some of them. The bird's nest ferns are doing very well though. I trimmed them up a bit and look who I found in one of them. 



I did so much laundry today and hung it all outside, filling all four lines. It's now folded and put away, clean sheets are on the bed. 

Gibson is here, playing with the Oculus with his grandfather. I'm about to go make his requested supper of hamburgers. He loves roasted broccoli and I'll be making some of that. He calls it "burnt broccoli" and I'll try to get a nice little char on it. And of course, nothing goes better with hamburgers than french fries. Yesterday I bought three lovely baking potatoes to slice and cook in the air fryer. 

Hank and Rachel went to Lake Ella today which is a little lake, more of a pond, really, in Tallahassee with a walking path around it, beautiful trees to sit under and enjoy watching the people and ducks. I love this picture they sent. 


And perhaps I love this one even more. 


A beautiful day for a beautiful couple. They've been through a lot the past month but there is surely light at the end of that particular tunnel. I love them so much. 

I am quite aware of how lucky we are in this tiny corner of the world where for now, at least, we are as safe as anyone can be. 
I hold those who are not in my heart. 

Happy Friday, y'all. 

Love...Ms. Moon


23 comments:

  1. I'm right there with you, holding the Ukrainians in heart and hoping for no more war...Enjoy your weekend.

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    1. I think we are all, all over the world, aghast at what is happening now.

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  2. lovely Rachel and Hank! Makes me smile to see them so obviously happy. Yes, we must all keep each other and everyone in our hearts.........always......but especially now. I weep for my Ukrainian friends......may they remain safe and well.
    Susan M

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    1. Susan, you are so right. We absolutely need to love the ones we love with all our hearts and realize that we are all part of one family, no matter what.

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  3. Those are lovely photos of Hank and Rachel. Poor Keith has bad arthritis. We're still watching the news about Ukraine. I'm angry as hell.

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    1. Aren't those beautiful pictures?
      Keith does have bad arthritis but I've heard him say he's very lucky- it is a form that does not cause pain.
      I'm angry about Ukraine too but mostly, I think, sad and horrified.

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  4. Oh, Mary. I need to write again. But I also needed to read you again. I was afraid you may have moved and I needed to have a home to read about today. You are home to so many, Mary.

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    1. Oh, sweet Birdie! I'm glad you are writing again. And of course I'm still here. Where else would I be? I love thinking that I am a homemaker for others. Thank you.

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  5. Your porch looks like a lovely place to sit and talk, or sit and daydream a little.
    Keith Richards hands look painful.

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    1. It is a beautiful porch, isn't it? I always feel better when I get it straightened out again after winter.
      Keith has said that his form of arthritis is not painful which is so good.

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  6. I love those photos of Hank and Rachel. They are so beautiful together.

    This is the best time of year in Florida, isn't it?

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    1. I am just so glad that Hank and Rachel have found each other. They obviously belong together, don't they?
      Yes. This is absolutely the prettiest time of the year here. No doubt.

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  7. We are lucky to be safe and we feel for those who are not...

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  8. It looks so wonderful there. Still cold wet dreary here with nothing blooming or budding out. Great pics of Hank and Rachel.

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    1. I cannot BELIEVE that you have nothing blooming yet! Things here are just busting out crazy.
      I love those pictures of Hank and Rachel.

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  9. Lovely photos and very sweet of H and R. Happy Saturday!

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  10. OH Mary, thank you so much for the most welcomed gorgeous photos. Stunningly beautiful all!

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    1. I do not have your eye or skill with a camera so I take that as high praise. It's hard not to get good pictures here right now.

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  11. What beautiful loving photos of Hank and Rachel. They look wonderful. And good on you getting your plants relocated. What an oasis your home is, and I don't just mean the plants.

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  12. I love all that beautiful lush greenery you have - and I especially love those photos of Hank and Rachel!

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  13. Hank and Rachel look so blissfully in Love. You do have a slice of Heaven here on Earth with that property of yours, a little bit of Eden!

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