I feel like the mother of multiples. Granted, I don’t have firsthand experience with that ‘feeling’, but I know how I feel when watching various reality shows on the topic. One distinct difference? My multiples are plants…lots of plants.
I equate the feeling with having every bit of air sucked out of my body by a giant, stress-provoking vacuum cleaner. When people say, ‘just breathe’, I want to shout, “I CAN’T'!”
“Can’t you see I just bought 20 new plants this last weekend at KMart, because I think the garden manager was really tired of the heat , and she wanted to eliminate her own job, in the hopes of getting transferred inside the store where there is air conditioning, so she marked the already 50% off plants an additional 50% off, at random, which made them like a dollar something a piece, and because I COULD NOT resist, I bought more plants, and I already had enough, and at this point ,because we do not have a sprinkler system, I will have to stand outside like a garden gnome with a hose in my hand 24/7, because the temperature here may read 100 degrees, but the heat index is like 200 degrees, and I can not let these plants die, regardless of how badly they were being treated at KMart, I can’t breathe!”
And… the collector in me wants to go BACK. I can not go back ,even if there were knockout rose bushes in the mix, right? I can not go back. I do not need more rose bushes, right? My husband continues to say, as I walk outside at all times of the day, to play in the yard, ‘Don’t get dehydrated’ (see previous post), but I can not resist the pull of it all.
I am not just a person who has become a crazy gardener, I am a feverish gardener (literally and figuratively).
So, although I know there are far more important issues happening in the world at large, here I sit, fighting the cravings…the cravings to go back…
I’ll keep you posted (pun intended).
17 comments:
Oh Laura...I feel your pain!! Or fever, I should say!! I would love to be out planting a garden full of bargains...but alas, there are other things that are higher on the priority list right now.
Looking forward to more pictures!!
Bless you, sweet one...
Susan
Laura, I know what you mean. I have tried this year not to add to my garden but it is an obsession. My friend has a similar problem. She has been known to be outside in the rain at ten in the evening with a flashlight in her mouth, an umbrella in her hand, tidying and weeding her garden. Now THAT is a problem. Resist the urge!This year I have decided to control myself until fall, then divide what I have. Take care, Pam
You are the rescuer of all last chance foilage!! I say "Go Back"... If it makes you happy girl- Go Back! You do such a wonderful job with giving life to anything green.. I hear them calling you.. Please come get us, we'll be lovely in your yard !!! We will make you smile.... Okay I'm done...Go Back.
xoxo~Kathy @ Sweet Up-North Mornings...
the world? you can't do much about the world.. but you are in charge of your world...at least a little... i've always found gardening restful and calming... maybe it's your refuge.
have a beautiful day... even though we'll be in the 100's again!
Laura, I think you can definitely consider yourself a rescuer and a healer... and of course a lover of beautiful things. I say, "Go back" if the calling is there. Just make sure you call your neighbor when your beautiful plants need thinning.
(A method to my madness.. lol)
Karen
Oooooooo! I know how you feel! I just finished planting all my babies and am looking forward to sitting and enjoying them. But when you mentioned 50% off 50% --- man, I wish I was there!
It's an addiction, man! We've got the gardening monkey on our backs! (And we don't want it to leave!)
Laura,
I use "picnik" to create the mosaic. I think it is the best for doing so. I love the options and the way you can take those options to the extreme. I also use Windows Live Writer for my blog which accounts for the size of my photots. The options are limitless. I usually adjust the size of the photo after it is uploaded to my post. Another thing that I think makes a difference is cropping the photos to get the best part of the photo into the mosaic...this is where the artist in all of us comes to play...as well as choice of photos.
I hope this helps...I will try to answer any and all questions you have.
Laura, come on over to GrannyMountain and pick up a much deserved AWARD! Love your blog...
joy c.
I know what you mean. When it first started warming up I bought lots. Ended up losing several due to the constant, heavy rains. Have a few more that are barely hanging on. I want to buy more, but feel I have already spent enough.
Have a great day.
Glenda
I know what you mean. I have plenty of plants but I can always find a spot for a few more. I did the same thing this weekend and today is planting day. Oh my, I think we have the same addiction!:-) Have a wonderful day!
Girl take a breath!!!! Too funny Laura. I just love reading your posts -you have such a great sense of humor and a real talent for writing.
Kim
Go back! They need you!! Pick me, pick me!!
lol
I do the SAME thing and I also am standing out in the yard SWEATING to death trying to hydrate my precious plants! I am already worrying if my son will water them when I am gone to the beach next week! I will call home, ask if everything is okay, then make him SWEAR to me that he has watered my plants!!!
Have a great day and stay hydrated!!
Lou Cinda :)
That deal was hard to resist.
I know what you mean about the heat.
We need some RAIN!
♥
Joy
I understand your fever. I am working toward the day when there is NO yard in the front yard!
Only walkways and gardens.
When my kids were going to preschool the logo for it was a circle of kids holding hands with an opening for one more. Because there's ALWAYS room for one more. Thats how your garden is .. always room for one more plant. Help a homeless plant out!
Laura,
I ALWAYS buy more than I need, which leads to buying more pots and baskets, or finding obscure places in my yard to stick plants. Last year our nursery was selling perrenials 3 for $10.00. I am talking about daylily's and hollyhocks and really nice plants. I bought a truckload. It took days to plant and they were on the verge of dying. I felt at that point that I was giving them a good home since they were dying at the nursery as well. I am now reaping the rewards.
Go back to Kmart. Get a few oscilating sprinklers too. You can put them on timers.
xoxo
Jane
That is sooo funny! I used to be just like that! Maybe you could find a 12 step program for obsessed gardeners. I hate to tell ya this, but if you can ever work your way past it and downsize.....life's a LOT simpler! Until you want to create a bouquet for the house and there's nothing in the garden worth a darn..... Oh well, I admit it, it's a no win situation. (sigh)
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