As classes of all sorts get scheduled, rescheduled and postponed due to weather, and with the short days with less light, I often find January and February to be a forced pause. Years like this convince me that I should get good at reading rain gauges and keeping track of the temperature. It seems like we've had an usual amount of snow. That should be good for our snow pack and seasonal runoff to fill creeks, lakes, basins, but we'll see what the spring brings. In the meantime, I have been trying to tick off indoor chores and projects, and working on garden things. We have started a handful of seedlings: basil, foxgloves, verbascum, lavender, rosemary, onions and something new to us, naranjilla . We have varying levels of success. The naranjilla did take a long time to germinate; I think we used 11 seeds, and we currently have five seedlings, some a couple weeks older than others! We're still 12-14 weeks out from planting and I really had my hands full last year -
Ogosh! I hope everyone is okay!
ReplyDeleteSo glad that their home was spared!
ReplyDeleteWow -- that's WAY too close for comfort. I've been seeing pictures from the Colorado Springs fire -- what an awful summer this year!
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts are with your family and the community. So sad to see the pictures and the devastation. Glad your Dad is ok.
ReplyDeleteWow! That was CLOSE! Must have been really scary.
ReplyDeleteGlad that their home is ok. x
ReplyDeleteThat was so close! I'm really glad they're ok and their house was spared.
ReplyDeleteThe firefighters did such a wonderful job protecting homes. When those dry winds picked up it was dicey. So glad they are safe. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
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