While I Wait

My plan was to repair the cutting board.  It had a crack in it.  It was a simple project.  My woodworker husband said it could be done rather easily.  Cut along the crack and then glue it back together.

But there were complications almost immediately.  The fence was not straight.  Several pieces of the repair went backwards instead of forward (to be explained in another post), and now part of the Things I get to do today involved waiting for the glue to dry on the corner that broke off when one of the now-two sections of the cutting board fell on the floor because of my carelessness and inattention.

A centering of pansies

So while I wait I'm going to rearrange the pansies.  Two years ago an eager and welcoming row of yellow pansies flowered along the sidewalk to our front door.  Several of them survived the slugs, the cold of winter and my sometimes-neglect of summer to leaf and bloom yet another year.  And thanks to the wet glue, I'm noticing that they've gone to seed.  Bless their tiny hearts!  As seeds will do their arrangement was centralized and had no resemblance to a row.  So for 20 minutes I settled next to the earth and gently dug, separated, and transplanted the tiniest of pansy babies.  Forget the gluing and woodworking.  Let's play with babies.

Now the tiny babies are spaced and ready to spring forth into
a sweetness of yellow.

Instant Gratification

Sometimes I just want it now.  It's been winter and wet for a long time, though my grateful heart acknowledges it has been mild.  Today was lovely with warm air and with plants sprouting hope everywhere.

A  real Crowd of Kale--Red Russian and Blue Scotch

Tyler, my yard-crew-in-one,  had transplanted some of my crowded kale into his garden bed.  He said it had doubled in size in two weeks.  I could do that!

Empty bed in waiting

I have more crowded kale and a garden bed that is just right for planting and transplanting regardless of the rain.

Instant Garden of Gratification 

Things I get to do today--please myself first and do it right now by making an instant garden.






Note to gentle readers:  I am away visiting my Mother this week.  The blogs will post automatically, but I won't be available to respond to your comments.

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