Here's the run-down.
On Tuesday, we SOLD OUR HOUSE in Alabama! There was much rejoicing, and celebrating, and high-fiving, and wiping of the brows. ::WHEW::
On Wednesday, we started a major outdoor project. We dug in a herb bed to the back yard, using old retaining wall blocks and a load of happy dirt. We also went on a quest to my new favorite place, Pike Nurseries. We bought several shade plants for the shrub bed on the north side of the house, and some happy herbs to go in the new digs we built. (Pun *so* intended!) You can't really tell from the picture, but it's on a hill so we had to do a lot of digging on the back side to get it level.
On Thursday, we added a square-foot garden next to new herb bed. (And I plotted and schemed about all the lovely veggies I'm going to plant, starting with sugar snap pea seeds going down in two weeks!)
On Friday, we took a trip to another favorite place - Harry's Farmers Market in Marietta. We were continuing our house-selling celebration and got all kinds of tasty things: locally raised steak, Mississippi sweet potatoes, hummus, brie, and lots of other yummy food. We don't go there often, but it's a real treat when we do!
We also finished the side bed, planting my grandmother's sweetshrubs, a hydrangea, an azalea, a Pieris, and some coreopsis. Here's a great before-during-and-after comparison:
Saturday I went on a treasure hunt, armed with nothing but a map with no measurements. ::heh:: The back edge of our property is a tangled piney, viney, woodsy mess. We didn't know *exactly* where the property corners were, and wanted to know how far back we could clear into the woods. So I took the old survey we had (from when the house was built) and made some rough estimates to find the scale. I then put on my work boots, grabbed my hoe, and headed out, armed with my trusty tape measure. After a few rough starts, I actually found the pins! And we have a lot more property than was visibly apparent. Score!!
We also got to pull out the telescope and enjoyed an early evening clear sky. I got to say "hello" to some of my favorite objects - the Pleiades, the Orion nebula, and the Beehive cluster. Even better is the picture the philosopher took of the moon. Yup - I took the first one, and he took the other one standing on our back deck. Near Atlanta. With the neighborhood sodium arc lights beaming bright. Beautiful! (Click on the second one and admire the detail!)
Sunday after church the philosopher did some major wiring in the garage, in preparation for the New Garage Doors we ordered earlier in the week. He did a great job - it was shocking! ::snicker:: I did a pile of laundry (we got every bit of grubbies dirty during the course of the week) and then collapsed in exhaustion. Can I take a vacation now? I'm too tired to be at work!
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