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lighter:
Well..... that's a clever way to deal with treats at Halloween this year, Tupp. There's supposed to be full moon!
I'm glad you can see green growing things from your place, Tupp. Even if you aren't gardening...... at least there's beauty there. I stopped tending to my tomato plants.... I send one of the kids to collect tomatoes and whatever the neighbor insists they take. Usually peppers, and squash, which is appreciated.
The Linton Roses and Hostas and other things waiting for me to tend to them are still sitting... waiting. I just don't have a good plan for where to put them.... trying to cut back on maintenance, dont'cha know.
It looks like I'll do it in cooler weather, and that's better for planting anyways. I'll deal with it when it feels right.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: lighter on August 29, 2020, 07:09:44 PM ---Well..... that's a clever way to deal with treats at Halloween this year, Tupp. There's supposed to be full moon!
I'm glad you can see green growing things from your place, Tupp. Even if you aren't gardening...... at least there's beauty there. I stopped tending to my tomato plants.... I send one of the kids to collect tomatoes and whatever the neighbor insists they take. Usually peppers, and squash, which is appreciated.
The Linton Roses and Hostas and other things waiting for me to tend to them are still sitting... waiting. I just don't have a good plan for where to put them.... trying to cut back on maintenance, dont'cha know.
It looks like I'll do it in cooler weather, and that's better for planting anyways. I'll deal with it when it feels right.
Lighter
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A full moon at Halloween would be amazing! I love Halloween, much prefer it to Christmas - not so much the plastic tat that fills the shops but that whole sliding from autumn to winter and the veil between the worlds being thin. I just feel like it feels special. I do love the kids in their costumes, especially the little ones who have no idea why they're dressed like pumpkins lol.
I think with the garden I have big ideas and I can see how it would look much nicer but it's just not been the priority for a while. If we get to a point where we are still here and it's easy to spend the money and sort it out then I will but for now I'm just keeping it tidy and that's enough. Trying to cut back on maintenance sounds like a good plan :) x
lighter:
I think saving for THE garden, or for whatever else comes next.... maybe no garden at all, Tupp... is a good idea.
Turning to what needs tending, without having to force it or fake it, is something to relax into, IME.
It sounds like you have your flow going: )
I have every intention to start a real garden on the island, and allow the housekeeper to tend and eat from it... she has 5 children of all ages. Between them, it shouldn't be overwhelming. There's a true need for fresh veggies on the island. I'd love to plant fruit trees and take down some of the pine trees.... they're an invasive tree taking over what used to be an island that was heavily cultivated and farmed. I know it can be done.
When the youngest dd is out of hs.... I can think about spending a lot more time on projects like that.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: lighter on August 30, 2020, 05:58:13 PM ---I think saving for THE garden, or for whatever else comes next.... maybe no garden at all, Tupp... is a good idea.
Turning to what needs tending, without having to force it or fake it, is something to relax into, IME.
It sounds like you have your flow going: )
I have every intention to start a real garden on the island, and allow the housekeeper to tend and eat from it... she has 5 children of all ages. Between them, it shouldn't be overwhelming. There's a true need for fresh veggies on the island. I'd love to plant fruit trees and take down some of the pine trees.... they're an invasive tree taking over what used to be an island that was heavily cultivated and farmed. I know it can be done.
When the youngest dd is out of hs.... I can think about spending a lot more time on projects like that.
Lighter
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I think time is the key thing, Lighter. I'm forever starting projects that I don't have time to finish. I always think if I start it off it will make me finish it. But it never does. So I'm trying really hard to finish (or discard) all my other projects before I start anything new, although I'm jotting ideas down so I don't forget. I think a veggie garden on the island sounds lovely. Would you ever see yourself living there one day or is it too far away from everything else you do to contemplate? xx
lighter:
I don't know, Tupp. Maybe spending half the year there... I can see that.... sometimes. Maybe the cooler months. It's a simple life with a super slow pace. If I have the tools and the garden and the people set up ahead, which I feel on track with...... all sorts of possibilites open up. Sometimes I think about offering necessary services, opening a little restaurant, which would likely be absolute hell BUT there are lots tax breaks that go along with having a restaurant.... and my restaurant I mean delivery service and takeaway, rather than people coming INTO the cottage. I can see having a pavilion built with places to eat, but you never know.
I like the idea of putting a sleeping loft over the bathroom in the guest house, which is basically a room and a bathroom with a large bookshelf and storage space over the bathroom now. The bathroom needs an update BUT it's serviceable... it's hooked up to city water, has a hot water heater, new windows and doors. It needs paint, for sure, but I love the unfinished wood ceiling, which is vaulted and feels lovely. At least, I remember it feeling lovely when I had access to it. I could live in the cottage, but move back to the guest house when guests arrive. IF I lived there I could provide services I have trouble finding locals to perform, like cooking in the cottage... making lovely drinks..... setting up an outdoor firepit cookout, helping get kayaks to the water and back. Keeping up with golf cart, as a rental... bike repair, spear fishing for guests, teaching them how, etc. So many moving parts, and I've been peeking at folding boats I could manage on my own, and store flat in the container or shed.... has a motor..... looks sleek, but brother says it's just a gimmick. I see a Japanese crisis response team use this craft, and people water ski behind it, so... just not sure. I know I don't want to deal with a boat IN the water, maintenance and storms, etc. Brother wants a center console boat there. I don't feel that, however, and certainly couldn't afford it. GAHHHH the idea of depending on island mechanics and fuel shortages... no thank you. The folding boat I saw was under 1,300.00, so..... not overwhelming in any direction... price, maintenance, fuel needs or docking/storage, depending on someone else and maybe my small appliance repair guy knows enough about engines to keep something small up and running, though I wouldn't count on it. No dock necessary. No rails to install to get it INTO and out of the water at our cottage... it has little snap on wheels. So cool.
So, a private sleeping loft in the guest cottage with a nice Futon downstairs, for sleeping two people.... room for a little table, and area for small fridge, and hotplate since we closed off one of the doors to make a wall for such things.
I don't feel strongly about it in any direction. I know I have to tend to it. Or sell it. Or something. Honestly, it's never been in better shape, with more comforts and possibilities. I feel things will work themselves out and I'm not worrying about it so much. I was worrying pretty hard when the first renters were there, but that seems to have worked out without a crisis, so counting it as a win. No matter what. Even if renter has access to keys I DIDN'T want him to have... it will all be OK.
Lighter
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