March 30, 2009

all I want is...this ashtray

dill

my brother thinks I'm crazy talking to the plants. while I do not know if it really works like the researchers say - I do know that it makes me happy and silly to talk to them as I dead-head them or check for catepillars. I look to see if the pots need turning, who is happy with their room mate and who is not blooming or growing. the dogs trot along beside me and lizzie looks to look at each leaf or bud I pull from the pots. she is a curious little girl. a catepillar has been very naughty and has ravaged my basil....but I'm reluctant to spray the plants because of the nasty things it does to the earth and the possibility that I could be killing a butterfly. I figure the three dollars I paid for the basil is nothing compared to seeing a butterfly flit around my garden.

the hummingbird feeder was broken and I can't find another like it (yet) so I settled (for now) with the ugly plastic feeder. today I filled it with nectar with hopes birds will find their way to it. unfortunately the grass seed thrown last week washed away in the last round of storms. but it made the birds happy to fish the bits that stayed on top of the ground.

I guess I'm channeling a bit of Martha...though I am really more like her daughter on "whatever Martha". it's just what makes me happy this week is the thing. and don't we all want to be happy at least for a bit? and it keeps away the boredom in between the searches and housework. is that what happiness is? a purpose in life? or is it the fact that we enjoy a purpose....or are just all like steve martin in the jerk - we need is an ashtray and a special purpose?

gack! I've become so dang girly I can't stand it. *grin* but, I guess it balances out as I have to figure out how to shoot cars sooner than later. (more about that as details become available)
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20 comments:

  1. ?March 30, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    A few people I know talk to plants too. You arent alone!

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  2. tangobabyMarch 30, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    You better get those chucks on and get outside and play! I'm sure you're much nicer to your plants than Martha is. She probably just bosses them around and tells them they need to grow better.

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  3. spread your wingsMarch 30, 2009 at 6:59 PM

    I've never seen that show "whatever Martha"

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  4. bethMarch 30, 2009 at 7:13 PM

    martha gets pissed really easily and I'm sure you're not like her that way AT ALL....

    and I talk to my plants too....just the ones inside and I swear it makes them grow and it makes me feel better...

    you can come up this summer anytime you want and visit us at the cottage where we have 17 acres and 12 of those are filled with nothing but wild flowers and humming birds and butterflies and field mice...

    ohhhh you'd have a good time !!!

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  5. GabbyMarch 30, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    I would say that making the birds happy--even temporarily--is a damn good special purpose.

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  6. Cedar ...March 30, 2009 at 7:35 PM

    don't worry about talking to the plants,.... I've really hugged a tree! yepper.... really did it!

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  7. AnonymousMarch 30, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    LOL. you crack me up! I talk to anything that will listen....so you are not nuts.

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  8. VioletSkyMarch 30, 2009 at 8:01 PM

    Do you sing to them?
    Al living things like to hear lullabies. I bet Martha never sings after she yells at them to behave.

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  9. Country GirlMarch 30, 2009 at 8:13 PM

    I think contentment is having a purpose in life. Happiness is more fleeting, isn't it?
    Regardless, you sound happy. And being girly is fun sometimes, too.

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  10. JoanneMarch 30, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    We grow a patch of zinnias outside the kitchen window. I love seeing the Monarch butterflies visiting them in the summertime! Hope your basil rebounds.

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  11. Femin SusanMarch 30, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    This is amazing!! I am so glad to found your blog! Keep up the great posts…..

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  12. PinaMarch 30, 2009 at 10:07 PM

    I talk to my cats like they are people. I talk to garbage bags when the won't open, change when it wont come out of my purse and any number of animate and inanimate objects, and I'm cool and amusing.

    Ask anyone.

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  13. English MuseMarch 30, 2009 at 11:14 PM

    I talk to myself constantly. People think I'm on my cel phone.

    I say talk to your plants, love...

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  14. CassaundraMarch 31, 2009 at 12:51 AM

    your garden sounds wonderful!

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  15. sallyMarch 31, 2009 at 3:05 AM

    I talk to my plants too especially when they either look really good and if they don't but some plants have minds of their own and some simply won't listen :D

    have a nice day char..thanks for visiting my site.

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  16. AnonymousMarch 31, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    Oh I love your garden pics and yes butterflys are much better than toxic sprays. I am breathlessly waiting to move in and get started on my own garden. Wish we could hang out each others and cook marvelous meals with our herbs and veggies. :)
    xxoo,
    a.

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  17. CharMarch 31, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    andie - it would be so fab

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  18. drollgirlMarch 31, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    it is ok if you have some martha in ya! and it is nice to balance it out with the WHATEVER MARTHA side. :)

    p.s. so glad you bought that pug purse as a gift!!! i thought of you/your brother's dogs when a saw it. :)

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  19. UnknownMarch 31, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    I think it totally works! {fab photo too!}

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  20. SandraMarch 31, 2009 at 6:39 PM

    i'm totally not against talking to myself, lol! you're not alone ;)

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i feel as if each comment was between us as we sat and sipped something warm....i love to hear what you're thinking.

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