The Garden Peon
May. 22nd, 2014 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodsong1actually got some work done today! After I had picked up SLB, bought groceries and came home, I decided there was enough daylight and no imminent rain, so I finished digging the border trench. I also transplanted two hostas, they will help fill the bed out nicely if the bulbs don't sprout. We've had some good rain, but I have not made sure they were watered every day and now I'm not entirely sure where they are. Ah well. I'm sure they'll be fine and if not this year, we'll be pleasantly surprised next year. Now to make sure I have enough bottles to finish. I'm pretty sure I do...
Cuteness has lamented the loss of the daffodils.
SLB has been working in the back yard! So far he's dug up the semi-buried paving stone path and excavated a square of patio bricks that runs the width of the yard and about a third of the length. We have decided to repurpose the bricks into raising the biggest bed and if there's enough left, border the bed against the wooden fence. I gave him permission to excavate the big bed, as long as he saved any bulbs he found for transplanting. Between the bags of potting soil and the compost we have, there should be enough fill dirt to lift the bed about six inches. My only concern is the drain spout. We might just cut the bed off beside the spout and leave that section for grass. Or maybe a small bush.
In other Witchy news, I'm still reading "Natural Witchery". Her advice on color work in clothing was intriguing. Her shield spell is similar to mine in execution, but while she uses blue light or blue mist bubbling up from a cauldron, I use a silver mirror, like an un-faceted disco ball. I have also discovered Lord Dhanvantari, the Hindu Celestial Physician & god of healing. I found a stunning picture of him rising from the churned milk seas as the fourth incarnation of Vishnu. It is now my laptop wallpaper and I can feel the power behind it. Okay, I may be projecting, but I still want to get it printed and framed and hung somewhere in my bedroom. And I had a transcending bath tonight where I saw perfect balance in a drop of water on my right ring fingernail.
It's good to be a Witch.
Cuteness has lamented the loss of the daffodils.
SLB has been working in the back yard! So far he's dug up the semi-buried paving stone path and excavated a square of patio bricks that runs the width of the yard and about a third of the length. We have decided to repurpose the bricks into raising the biggest bed and if there's enough left, border the bed against the wooden fence. I gave him permission to excavate the big bed, as long as he saved any bulbs he found for transplanting. Between the bags of potting soil and the compost we have, there should be enough fill dirt to lift the bed about six inches. My only concern is the drain spout. We might just cut the bed off beside the spout and leave that section for grass. Or maybe a small bush.
In other Witchy news, I'm still reading "Natural Witchery". Her advice on color work in clothing was intriguing. Her shield spell is similar to mine in execution, but while she uses blue light or blue mist bubbling up from a cauldron, I use a silver mirror, like an un-faceted disco ball. I have also discovered Lord Dhanvantari, the Hindu Celestial Physician & god of healing. I found a stunning picture of him rising from the churned milk seas as the fourth incarnation of Vishnu. It is now my laptop wallpaper and I can feel the power behind it. Okay, I may be projecting, but I still want to get it printed and framed and hung somewhere in my bedroom. And I had a transcending bath tonight where I saw perfect balance in a drop of water on my right ring fingernail.
It's good to be a Witch.
