tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post8924916733206913641..comments2024-03-24T14:37:32.309-04:00Comments on Morning's Minion: Mid-January: Quiet Grey DaysMorning's Minionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-83621109645246452702023-01-17T09:40:49.253-05:002023-01-17T09:40:49.253-05:00Thelma; I think I've rather resented the limit...Thelma; I think I've rather resented the limitations of 'gathering age' and have used too much dwindling energy resources in trying to do what I can no longer do. Time to be more realistic!<br />The first flowers of springtime are precious even if they must be imported or coddled in a sheltered corner of the garden. I am visualizing your bunch of daffodils, a burst of sunshine yellow.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-58053686390750453772023-01-17T09:34:15.272-05:002023-01-17T09:34:15.272-05:00Keith's debilitating health issues have indeed...Keith's debilitating health issues have indeed changed life dramatically for you both. Are we ever prepared for that, at any age? The traditional winter pastimes call for a different kind of concentration than the bustle of summer, but they certainly aren't mindless projects. <br />I have fussed over that rambunctious buddleia, surely mislabeled as 'dwarf'--and do hope it hasn't succumbed to the deep freeze.<br />Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-36246345733522717252023-01-17T09:27:42.443-05:002023-01-17T09:27:42.443-05:00Mary; 'Siberian Express' is a good descrip...Mary; 'Siberian Express' is a good description of the frigid weather that seems to hit us at least once in a winter. The charts showing 'hardiness' zones are unreliable at such times. We gardeners are a hopeful tribe, regretting the winter-kill or the onslaughts of bugs, starting over every springtime. Its been several seasons since the foxes have dropped in--we have missed them.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-87215825661250763252023-01-17T03:47:54.074-05:002023-01-17T03:47:54.074-05:00What a lovely essay Sharon wandering round your pr...What a lovely essay Sharon wandering round your property and plants. We have almost the same weather here, seeming to rain every morning, the sun comes out by lunch time. But the first jar of daffodils have arrived in the house, no doubt grown in Cornwall, so early spring will motivate many to start sowing seeds. As I grow older I spend less time worrying about gathering age and just change my behaviour to welcome it.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-46852950159673744852023-01-17T01:44:29.579-05:002023-01-17T01:44:29.579-05:00January is a dour month and always seems SO long. ...January is a dour month and always seems SO long. I enjoyed wandering around your property with you and well done on the Dandelions - they're early. <br /><br />There are things I would like to be doing so as not to waste the month of being kept indoors but distractions over Keith's health and trying to get aids in place, phone calls, assessments have prevented the start of my Heirloom quilt or doing something with the copious written notes of family history.<br /><br />I hoe your Buddleias survive and the Clematis don't get growing too early this year. My yellow Buddleias that I was given twigs of to root, have grown good roots so had better go in pots soon.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-91886661601370683522023-01-17T00:00:30.925-05:002023-01-17T00:00:30.925-05:00What a great post! I love your last two paragraph...What a great post! I love your last two paragraphs - beautifully written and perfect for quotes in my daily journal. Mornings Minion has been there before. I am now wondering if a single plant survived the Siberian Express that roared through here in December. Tell the foxes hello from an admirer. Hilltop Post Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com