Monday Stuff and Rant
May. 11th, 2009 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenWilliam got new baby chickens a few days back. Most of them seem to be thriving, although you never know with chickens. Two went down but we're hoping for the best with the rest. They're very funny to watch. Tiny little fuzzballs who occasionally go rocketing across their space. They're currently in a large, long container so the heat lamps don't have to heat too large a space, with cardboard and suchlike across the top.
Went down to visit with them this morning, and then I was going to come back in. But we'd gotten some new flowers for the wood flower buckets at the front of the house and I'd only managed to fill the two that at either side of our entrance. The one on the tree stump is falling apart. So, today I got out a couple of terracotta pots and planted the rest. Marian likes some color, so I got a type of geranium (big pink/white flowers), and two types of Dianthus (pinks!). The geraniums should do well for the summer, and I'm hopeful that the pinks will make it through the winter for next year.
Then I collected a couple of cloth belts off the laundry line, checked out the fruit trees and blueberries in the back, surveyed the garden beds (potatoes are coming up!), and really there are so many weeds in the perennial beds that I had to do some weeding of the lavendar and at least a few of the strawberries.... so, a few minutes with the chickens turned into a couple of hours :D
So, time for lunch and going to the post office, and then more sorting and who knows what this afternoon, before kungfu class. L was sick from Saturday night on and still isn't feeling too chipper, so he may just watch.
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RANT
Aspiring to be a SCA Peer, or even to just be a good human being? Here are some tips:
- Have kind and encouraging things to say about other people's artwork, embroidery, projects.
- Do not put down other people's work, skills like drawing/painting/carving/singing ability/needlework, etc., just so you can puff up your self-esteem.
- If you say you're going to do something, do it. (and yes, I'm still working on that one myself)
- If there is a group activity that everyone attending is supposed to be contribute to and you've agreed to contribute, do not continually attend and then fail to contribute. One can only depend on the grace of others for so long.
End Rant.
Went down to visit with them this morning, and then I was going to come back in. But we'd gotten some new flowers for the wood flower buckets at the front of the house and I'd only managed to fill the two that at either side of our entrance. The one on the tree stump is falling apart. So, today I got out a couple of terracotta pots and planted the rest. Marian likes some color, so I got a type of geranium (big pink/white flowers), and two types of Dianthus (pinks!). The geraniums should do well for the summer, and I'm hopeful that the pinks will make it through the winter for next year.
Then I collected a couple of cloth belts off the laundry line, checked out the fruit trees and blueberries in the back, surveyed the garden beds (potatoes are coming up!), and really there are so many weeds in the perennial beds that I had to do some weeding of the lavendar and at least a few of the strawberries.... so, a few minutes with the chickens turned into a couple of hours :D
So, time for lunch and going to the post office, and then more sorting and who knows what this afternoon, before kungfu class. L was sick from Saturday night on and still isn't feeling too chipper, so he may just watch.
***
RANT
Aspiring to be a SCA Peer, or even to just be a good human being? Here are some tips:
- Have kind and encouraging things to say about other people's artwork, embroidery, projects.
- Do not put down other people's work, skills like drawing/painting/carving/singing ability/needlework, etc., just so you can puff up your self-esteem.
- If you say you're going to do something, do it. (and yes, I'm still working on that one myself)
- If there is a group activity that everyone attending is supposed to be contribute to and you've agreed to contribute, do not continually attend and then fail to contribute. One can only depend on the grace of others for so long.
End Rant.
