May has flown by, hasn't it? It's one of my favorite months, before summer's heat hits and I melt into a hibernating puddle of misery! Here's a photo of the gardenia bush just a few minutes ago:
It always performs well, but this year it's really blooming its heart out!
Just across the driveway is my long herb bed. It's bursting at the seams. I just added 2 small chamomile plants.
Here's our back deck, on the north side of the house.
That's a shade sail that we drape over it to make some shade. I believe in the value of impatiens each summer, so I pot lots of them. Here's my little potting area:
Last week we finally -- finally -- after years of staring at it, cut up and removed the Terrible Dead Hot Tub. Now I have an empty place to fill!
Right now I just have some cherry tomatoes in pots, and a struggling lavender. Eventually it will come to me, what I want to have there.
Have any of you spinners ever tried to spin Malabrigo Nube fiber? It's hard! It's soft as silk, and oh-so beautiful, but it's quite compact and difficult to separate and draft out, before spinning. Anyway, I spun up two hanks of it last year, and at last I'm knitting with it.
I'm alternating between garter stitch and stockinette. It's 100% wool, so it will be warm in winter, and very soft merino around the neck. I'll show you when it's done.
Happy nearly-summer, friends! If you live in the U.S. South, you know it's pretty much here already, right?
3 comments:
Impatience are such pretty flowers but I have no luck growing them. Even when I bring home healthy plants, full of buds, they slowly fade away.
Your Terrible Hot Tub is gone and you have a lovely area to work into whatever you want. Have fun.
The disposal of the hot tub must feel wonderful!
I love your shawl so far - very appealing. Those colors are delcious. <3 But, you must not enjoy working with wool on hot summer days...? What is the coolest activity when it's hot and humid outside?
I am so jealous of your herb bed. It's packed full and beautiful. Can't tell you how many herb beds I have started and failed at. Wish I had the money back from all the plants I have killed over the thirty years here. :) I didn't even think about Impatience this year! and those will grow in the shade...something we have plenty of. Enjoyed your post!
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