These roses are meant to be a deep maroon but must reside in the greenhouse due to requiring protection from biblical amounts of grasshoppers. im hoping once i bring the lights down closer those roses will darken up considerably, but without fail they still smell amazing, especially the blush colored ones.
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Taking Care of Business
Well its that time of year again. Between two ranch dogs that never bathe and one human that sweats every endometriosis day, there always comes a point where the memory foam mattress becomes too grody and must be disposed of and replaced. The problem is, im always working two towns over during the business hours …
An Okra from the Greenhouse
The tuff shed green house was a hail mary last ditch effort to grow vegetables on my property. However, the grow lights were meant to be hung from chains and sit right down near the plants beneath them. The guy helping me install them said no theyd be fine up at the ceiling and there …
Trying to Make a Dent in the Seven Trees I Need to Plant Before Winter
As i get older and my auto immune disorder progresses i am forced to do things in a different way…slower and more incremental. It is endlessly frustrating because my mind still very much has adhd even if my body is heck bent on eating itself, and my brain only has two modes: “get shit done” …
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My Potato Chip Buddy
Today i walked past a room suddenly disheveled and in the process of packing. My heart dropped through my feet and i stood frozen. Staring at the balled up sheets mounded on the recliner. Staring at the boxes of personal items. Staring at the bare mattress. I felt the lump in my throat and the …
Turning 37
An Oil Change
It is Saturday. I have finished working and i am sitting on a broken futon in the walmart automotive center waiting room. Its been 2 hours. They are still not finished changing the oil and inflating the tires but ive been here before so i know the drill and i brought a book. I am …
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If a man needs to hurt you or scare you to remind you that you need protection, he has disqualified himself from the job.
So After 23 Years I Finally Have a Diagnosis
I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. I actually initially found the diagnosis myself. I was having a severe flare up and nothing that usually treated the symptoms was working. I sat there at night in the middle of my symptoms thinking; at times the symptoms are worse than others, they’ve been going on for 23 years, my …
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My First Gun
I didnt tell my neighbor it was my birthday. I wasnt going to mention it unless we found something of interest. the information didnt seem relevant otherwise. He picked me up that morning and we went down to the gun show about half an hour after it started. It was at the veterans center. Everyone …