Shannon

I drove up to Seattle yesterday, so Mark and I could enjoy one last fireworks show (from his lovely picture window with a view of Lake Union) before he gives up this apartment and moves to Portland this fall. We took a long walk in the afternoon, down the Burke-Gilman trail, through Gasworks Park to […]

Busy day today, that started a bit late, but was all going fine, but then ran into some small frustrations, which grew into larger frustrations, whereupon a thing happened and I experienced an Emotion, and that emotion was Anger; and then there was another random stupid frustrating thing on top of that; and I got

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later: Mark went home to Seattle today. 🙁 Actually, it’s okay–we both have lots to do, and we’re going to see each other later this week. But yeah…quiet around here. I still can’t believe how much he got done while he was here. More gardening than I

We went dumpster diving at the marble-and-granite store today, filling up the car with scraps of gorgeous stone, since we used up most of the previous dive’s supply with Mark’s gardening this week. We got quite a haul–they had this marvelous reddish marble which will make a lovely path, some day. Plus a whole bunch

Mark has been gardening for me all week–BIG gardening, with digging and replanting and nursery-going and dirt-moving and hardware-store-going and more digging and and and. And then setting up a whole irrigation system on top of that. Heroic! The cannabis seeds we ordered are almost here, we can’t wait to add them to the garden!

I managed to take photos today! The new and replanted ground cover looks a little scraggly and worse for wear, not least because it is suddenly a billion degrees here, and everything in the yard is looking a bit fried. So, we watered a lot and are hoping for the best. But I think the

I’m terrible at taking “before” pictures–I get well into any project before I realize, Hey, I might want to blog about this; and then even later comes, Oh, and I’ll want to show what it was like before I started. Well today was no different. I’d been wanting to do something ambitious in the garden,

So now I have been home, and without houseguests, for a few days. (Mark doesn’t count as a houseguest, exactly; though he doesn’t live here, he can be here without me feeling like I have to take care of him.) And my brain is beginning to come back, a bit. So I am an introvert.

Ah, such a nice day today. Didn’t sleep in as late as expected, but we felt well rested despite it all–it’s just so much more relaxing to not have guests in the house. (Especially elderly guests who might find the bathroom, not to mention the stairs, dangerous, difficult, or at least confusing…) Thankfully, everything went

So Mark’s parents left today–we put them on a train early this afternoon. It was a really nice visit, and I know they were so pleased to be able to make the trip, but…wow, I’m tired. I’ll have more to say tomorrow or in the next few days about being an introvert and spending this