Day 152 of Week 22 May 2024

 Selecting core ideas to expand on can take time. This is what brainstorming blog ideas looks like:

Questions you don’t need the answers to

•          Why does my big toe look like a boulder sticking out of an outcrop?
•          When will outdoor rain shower stalls in every home catch on?
•          Why is the age of my mind voice a decade plus, younger than my real age?
•          What does my brain think of my dancing?
•          What will wearing a color I dislike for a week do to my attitude?
•          Could I be reincarnated as a tree instead of an animal?
•          If I’m thinner and toned, then would I wear a butt revealing bikini?
•          How did the World get into a common sense drought?

Lady's Mantle

Scribbling out the days on the calendar is an exercise that instills a feeling of a brighter future.

Hand washing clothes has a smooth sunny day laundry vibe. Machine washing clothes has a burning the germs out vibe.

Sleeping and being awake is not a stop and go process for our bodies. Our bodies are on 24/7/365. Physics tells us that we will erode in some ways, but not in others. Our ears will grow our entire lives. Hair and nails continue to grow for a time after death.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Read about the history of lamps

Explore local breweries

Tell a plant a funny story

Sing to your sandals

Draw a pinwheel

Browse hiking shorts online

Photograph a bowl of plums

Day 145 of Week 21 May 2024

About the blog make-over...Meh.

I'm not diggin' all the empty space, small fonts, the image arrangement, and date header placement on the Soho Dark Blogger template. 

However, the overall look is closer to what I want to achieve, a big open photograph when your arrive with not a lot of text and gadgets crowding in the main page.

Old Paint Rag

I have found a nice template on Btemplates.com. The learning curve to install it on Blogger will take time as the instructions are complicated. Customizing this template isn't as easy as the old one. Changing the header font thus far isn't working.

For years I've want a nice custom blog template. I think it is time I put effort into making that happen. As it goes, the process is a positive move that will help me rise up from the present slump. I managed to get more than a few hours sleep last night and today. And, I didn't need to take any allegy medicine. Yesterday was rough. I had a bad mood unpleasantry episode possess me. I'm almost back to my sweet self today.

The Color of Gardening

Orange Pansies 2024

Each year, the seasonal decisions begin haunting my thoughts a few months before the answers are needed. The color theme of my small garden, planters mostly, is an issue that has become as much fun as the gardening itself.

Over the years, orange is the accent color I love the most. In the right light, that warm hue can nearly glow, brightening up the other flowers even more. The second accent is blue. Bachelor's Buttons aka cornflower and lobelia are my favorites. This year I'll be adding delphinium, blue poppy and/or balloon flowers.   With that combination, any other colors will turn the planters into wildflower bouquets. 

One year I tried a red, white and blue theme. The white flowers didn't do well. The red geraniums did do well. The heat waves sapped a lot of life out of the lobelia. Choosing plants that don't need a lot of tender care works for me.

Do you plant using a color theme?