CULTIVATING A WINNING MINDSET

It's been quiet in my small corner of the world all of last week, and half of this one. I hope my friends had it as easy 😉

Elsewhere, it's been a bit of a mess, with floodings in various regions, landslides in other regions, and roads literally coming apart & falling into the mighty Columbia River <:-O

Road erosion at Dismal Niche; the ground is so saturated.

So far, the landscape of 2021 doesn't look any better than 2020: and politically we are being gang-raped ... I don't say that flippantly: and YES, I DO KNOW what rape means; that is WHY I used that specific word. It fits >:-P

Let's hope that the next week comes at us a little easier, and a lot less messy.

I'm still being me 😊

Living my days day to day, trying to keep my "attitude" in check (some days, just saying, 'what the hell!' and letting it fly, dealing with the chips as they fall); and ducking my head when I leave the house to avoid all the flying crap (weatherwise, and otherwise).

I had an early morning appointment in town; so, before I came home, I did some shopping at Lowe’s in preparation for my Spring garden area. My ordered seeds still have not arrived, but I can clean up the front flowers beds and get things ready for the seeding of garden boxes when the seeds arrive – so that is what I started doing today 😉

This after noon I cut wire cages down, trimmed overwintered flower pots of old growth and dead foliage – giving the new growth space to come up healthy and strong, for pretty displays; and sprinkled Preen weed-n-feed in everything that is sending out new growth.

I used Bob's Wire Cutters to cut 6 tomato cages down to use in my flower pots.

Lower portion of tomato cage used in the Chrysanthemum pots; the wire support will be hidden as the flowers fill out, and grow upwards.

Tomorrow, I’ll bring the Geranium containers out of storage, and trim/fertilize them, too; so they are looking nice when set out on the front porch in a few weeks.

And Saturday … if the weather is nice like today, I’ll spruce up the front flowerbeds and get these primroses & a pot of daffodils I bought this afternoon, into the front flowerbeds where they will root and naturalize.

I will plant these Primroses Saturday, if the weather is like today. 7 ct.

I'm still not peopling - people are still fear-mongering, with a hateful vengeance; and I don’t want to be sucked into that.

I've been reading, plotting garden plans, working on designs again (while enjoying the occasional old black-n-white movies), and enjoying the peacefulness of solitude.

Currently, I am knitting preemie gowns and hats for the local Crisis Pregnancy Center; these gowns are for true preemies … not 7 to 8 pound full-term babies born a week ahead of schedule (those are not true preemies): the gowns I am working up are for babies 3 to 4 pounds, whose parents cannot afford the overpriced preemie clothing required for their hospitalized babies. Clothing to keep them warm. Clothing that will allow for life-saving tubes to be fed through clothing opening. Clothing that will allow their babies to look like babies that are loved and wanted. Clothing designed with hope, and made with love.

Preemie Drawstring Gown. 

My days, since I pulled back from the communism leaning social mediums … have been relaxing, peacefully played out, and happily productive.

It's been quiet in my small corner of the world.

And my thoughts are focused on a winning mindset 😊