Sunday, January 24, 2010

The Weather Rollercoaster

Growing up in New England, it was common to hear people say, "If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute." Although we get seasonal changes in Atlanta, they aren't typically as crazy as they have been this season. From record cold temperatures with snow that stayed on the ground for a week, we went to 60 degree days when we could work in t-shirts. Yesterday was blustery and cold, and today it's raining and getting steadily warmer...go figure.

This is the time of year when I'm chomping at the bit to get things into the ground. It's made even worse by the fact that the seeds have arrived for lots of new things, and they're just sitting there waiting for a few weeks before we can start sowing them indoors. I've ordered lots of cool things for spring...mignonette, wallfowers, heliotrope, etc....all of which will fry by the middle of the summer here, but will hopefully be pretty glorious for April and May. The galanthus is up and blooming at the big house, which only makes my cabin fever worse!
In the stepchild garden, we're building and fluffing on those rare days when it isn't raining...hard to believe we're still in recovery mode from two years of record drought! Most of the actual construction on the "non-potting shed" is almost done, and now it's time to do the fun stuff (the tin roof, the door, window, little architectural details, etc. ) I'm still a little bit undecided about the door and trim color, but so far this blue is winning. At the time of year, everything in the wooded area looks pretty sad, but the blue chairs are as happy as can be!


7 comments:

  1. I love the blue and bottle tree. Where do you find the energy?

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  2. I take Tom's leftover energy....

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  3. OH Im so doing a bottle tree in my garden come spring...BRILLIANT!

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  4. This one will have an orange crossvine climbing through it by summer, and I'm gradually accumulating some blue bottles to add to the mix.

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  5. Leftovers? HA!

    I love that blue chair. I was thinking of something similar for the big wooden swing in the backyard. It just screams!

    It's now 63 here and feels like summer. The rain has finally arrived.

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  6. I wonder how many places use that saying about the weather? They say that here too!
    Love the non-potting shed, can't wait to see how it turns out. I agree blue seems to be cheerful in the garden no matter what the weather.

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  7. Hello Tim, I really like the "non-potting shed". I painted one of the benches in our garden lavender, but blue is always a favorite color for me and the chair really stands out in the darkness of the landscape. Great job. ;)

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