Hello beautiful people who are doing brave and beautiful things among this sometimes ugly and complicated world. Obviously this past week has been hard for many because of events that have pushed society (hopefully for better times). Without getting into it lets just state the obvious about what we [mainly me, because I am the only one who writes here (and my husband because he contributes ideas and photos)] believe in this blog: #blacklivesmatter #blacklivesmatter #blacklivesmatter Two organizations that I learned about and chose to support were the Equal Justice Initiative and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund #putyourmoneywhereyourmouthis I know not everyone is financially capable and times are tough but the thought is to invoke an action for something you believe in. Thank you for reading my plug-in.

Now about gardening!

These past two weekends I have felt we needed some sort of project, something to give us purpose (since we have no pets nor children). Somewhere I read that being around green things (mainly plants) makes you happy (and we need more of that). Last year we didn’t plant any vegetables or flowers in our yard was feeling a bit sad and pathetic. So we picked up some herbs, some vegetables, and some pretty flowers this Saturday and last Saturday. We did not have a real plan other than planting something green. We tried to choose plants that were labeled as full sun…and that is all we know about gardening. These are the items that I used for our gardening: several bags of gardening soil, solid plant food (in form of a shaker), a garden shovel, a weeder tool, tough target plastic bags to contain all the weeds, gardening gloves from Costco (one of the best buys) garden hose for watering. It turns out that being hunched over weeding and planting in the sun (with sunscreen and a hat of course!) is a hard workout (according to the Other work out function on the Apple Watch and my soreness the day after!). Here are some beautiful artist renderings of our plants courtesy of #thehubs. I asked him to draw our plants and of their position in our lawn, except the drawing shows the plants crowded a bit so it isn’t entirely accurate. Enjoy the art!