You know those weeks when the transmission breaks on your car so you’re stuck at home and it seems like every time you turn around the baby is eating dog food or rocks or rocks shaped like dog food and the older kids are pummeling each other because they’re playing some pretend game about cats and horses that don’t get along so the rules of the game basically require them to wrestle until they cry and then you make them apologize but immediately after they say they’re sorry they start meowing and neighing at each other which is how cats and horses say they’re sorry, of course, and so immediately they’re rolling on the floor again and you start to yell at them but then you realize the baby has disappeared so you keep yelling as you’re sprinting down the hallway to make sure she isn’t choking on a Polly Pocket head because for some reason all the Polly Pockets are amputees and most of them are headless and even then, their tiny rubber clothing is practically impossible to pry on and off, and so you scoop up the baby and announce that you are GOING FOR A WALK and lo and behold, it is block sale week in your neighborhood so you find a couple bargains and then you see it, a fabulous vintage table with a white porcelain top, no price tag but you can totally imagine it in your kitchen, it’s got one drawer and a cute crystal knob, and yes, it actually is for sale but you don’t have enough cash, of course, and you can’t go back for it with the car because broken transmission so you tell the lady you’ll think about it and walk home and then there you are, at home, eating popsicles, thinking about that cute vintage table, wondering if you are crazy to be imagining putting the kids back in the wagon and going back to write a check for a table you absolutely don’t need but really, really adore, and meanwhile the cats horses choking pummeling cycle is starting over again.
Maybe I am having that week. Maybe you are too. If so, I recommend that you buy new comfortable chairs to put in your garden, scan the room for choking hazards, tell your kids you are taking the recycling out, and then just sit outside for 3 minutes of quiet by yourself in your new comfortable chair.
New comfy chairs.
Green zebra tomatoes. We are SO HUNGRY for tomatoes. And after several years of mediocre tomato harvests, we are THRILLED to have happy, healthy plants this year.
Rudbeckia and phlox (the old fashioned kind, not the creeping kind).
The happiest window box I have ever planted. Nothing fancy, just about $5 worth of cheerful annuals crammed in.
