Editorial Opinion: Consider the Options

Condider the Options

Filling a day with positive thoughts and achievements recquires effort these days. 

With a global pandemic, political unrest from the bottom (local) and all the way up (federal), plus holidays; simple is no longer simple.

So, what is the simple? For today, it began with coffee. 

A few necessary business moments, such as what bills to pay?

Remembered that I had another global account with LinkedIn.

Looked around, fixed a few items and then another Now What to consider.

Filled the birdfeeder with sunflower seeds. Opened the curtain so, I can watch the birds while typing.

Every now and then a newbie arrives and then I have something new to learn: Who are you?

The woodpecker population is increasing. The predators are soaring on the wind and keep the ground area under control. Even have two bald eagles that have appeared. 

Guess I need to get my cameras out of storage. 

Excitement here for yesterday. I heard something rustling in the leaves when walking out to the roadside mailbox. Staying focused on the sound and where was that sound? I saw it; An armadillo.

It had been at least twenty-years since an armadillo forged through here. 

Brought a smile to my face to see the young-one focused on its forging with no concern for my presence.

rls

Update editing March 8, 2023

Blog Post: Now What?

Now What?

November 3, 2020

Rebecca Lea Sherman, EBMS, BA, AAS

Eureka Springs, Ark.

Don't know, yet.

I did get into an old account and working with the new layout here.

Linking to other places, like this one for the Creekside News Journal that I write.

It is election night in the U.S.A. and my local rural neighbors voted to become a town / city.

Now those carpetbaggers get to hire a dog catcher.

 

Wonder if they can hire a game warden that will break all the wildlife laws and come take out the elk, deer, mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes and wolves? The wild boars generally get the Governor to allow the police department to take them out.

Too, soon for this sad story. CNj will become more active again.  

There is this one where I try to add to the global subjects and show items that I am letting-go; not the steward anymore. Pinterest - a place for pictures with links to articles that interest me or my personal estate items that are For Sale.

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I can do that with a blog.

bbl

 

Blog Post: My en plein air garden - OutsideTheBox.

During these new norm times,

along with the neighborhood of the Internet,

adding in the folks of Indiana from the Urban Farmer

A few elders in Virginia,

plus the ranchers of Golden, Mo. & Carroll County, Ark.

and the contributions of waterbottles from the neighborhood recyclers.

Two Spring freezes later and a lot of rain ...

My en plein air garden is showing life.

Green Beans, Peas, Onions

Sunflowers

Wild Flowers

Ratatouille Garden
Eggplant, Yellow Squash, Zuccini
Carrots

Blog Post: All I Really Want To Do ...

I wanted to awake early today and a little tufted titmouse made sure I did. I realized what bird was sounding the morning alarm to get up, "the bird feeder is empty!"

It was such a joy to be able to move around so early in the morning for a change.

The next tweet from the titmouse was to the bird neighborhood alarm, "Seed is in the feeder!"

It filled quickly with all the song birds or color and the surprise was how many golden finches were nearby. Such a colorful group of cardnials, chickadees, bluejays and the tittmouse.

The wrens, flickers and various woodpeckers arrive later.

What I really want to be able to do is use this darn smartphone to take photos to upload immediately but, as usual there are some tech issues when syncing the old with the new.

With this coronavirus pandemic, I am building a container garden; something I did not think I would do again at my age. Now lots of farmers have pitched in to supply some items that I needed. The winter barrels that they receive for their cattle make good containers for hillside gardening in rocky areas, such as mine.

Then there are the neighbors that brought me their empty drinking water bottles to use as a filler in the bottom of the tubs, a suggestion I received years ago from a woman further south of me that had used these containers before. Of course another neighbor found the bleach I needed for soaking those bottles and my neglected rainbarrels.

Received some paper-lined feed sacks and some type of plastic-woven feed sacks that I have soaked in bleach. To top it all off, some burlap feed sacks.

Everything moving right along; seed order from Urban Farmer arrived and then, not one but two Spring freezes in April. If anyone has any doubt about Climate Change then Wake-Up.

So, all I really wanted to do was harvest but, a very important issue ... Having a discussion with a raccoon. This is why the bird feeder was empty. I empty it every night so, maybe the raccoon will go away. All the plant starts in containers including the deck-rail baskets are drenched in cayenne pepper because I failed to have a heart to heart conversation with this raccoon. 👏 Working on it.

And it is time for me to journey on with my work-day.
Stay safe everyone and #SocialDistancing in order to #FlattenTheCurve the Coronavirus Pandemic is real, too.

rls

Update editing March 8, 2023

Blog Post: Beginnings and Endings - New Norms

One could look back through my timeline of posts and see that I was always looking for a new beginning.

On January 5, 2020, a stormwatcher or general photographer that I follow on Twitter posted this inserted photo, which was a beginning point for my deceased husband and I, nearly forty years ago. For Oregonians it was a beautiful rainbow in January and for me it was one year to the day that I lost my soulmate. One of those magical and spirtual moments that uplifted my hopes that I could find my way.

Now here it is April 2020, and a new black cloud hangs over the entire world; coronavirus.

rls

Update editing March 8, 2023