A change of direction for today’s entry. Mr. Negative has taken the day off and his sidekick, Mr. It’s All Good, will take a shot at this blogging thing.
In light of yet another pounding rainstorm and subsequent flooding, I am going to think happy thoughts and focus on that. And since I have forgotten how to write in full sentences and in paragraph form (be happy you get capitalization), here are my thoughts for the day:
I can’t wait to pick fresh strawberries out on my own deck and have my wife turn them into strawberry and goat cheese bruschetta. It is KILLER and I beg you to try it.
I can’t wait to see the Peony buds covered in ants. I honestly enjoy the buds more than the flowers. To quote Carly Simon and Heinz Ketchup – it’s the anticipation.
I can’t wait to take my first shovel full of self made compost. It’s been a long time coming.
I can’t wait for the boxes to arrive with everything I ordered on-line in the Winter. I purposely try to forget to enhance the surprise … OK I’m lying … everything ordered has already been added to my monstrous Excel spreadsheet.
I can’t wait to cut my lawn for the first time – if only for that cut grass smell and to be able to add the cut grass to the compost bins.
I can’t wait to change my mind on every plant’s location.
I can’t wait to use the hummingbird feeder my wife got me for Christmas.
I can’t wait to work outside all day, get a head rush whenever I bend over, realize I have Poison Ivy, have filthy fingernails, and then take a shower.
I can’t wait to take a trip to the nursery during lunch and locate a few new plants I know nothing about. Then google said plants when I get back to work to see if they will work for me. If they work, then obsess where they will go, how many do I need and when I will purchase them.
I can’t wait to deadhead the daylillies religiously each day.
I can’t wait for my daughter to view the blooming flowers from the playroom and then ask me if she can go outside and smell them.
I can’t wait for my son to be terrified of the bees and try to sell him on why they are beneficial and our friends
I can’t wait to re-read “The Well Tended Perennial Garden” for the 97th time.
I can’t wait to scour all of the stores for the summer sales for all of their dying plants and then attempt to revive them.
I can’t wait for the ornamental grasses to take shape and lend that structure/texture to the beds.
I can’t wait to divide even more perennials in the late summer and squeeze them in wherever I can find room.
I can’t wait to document all that goes on in the gardens and share it with you.
I can’t wait to get additional comments from all of you. The comments to date have way exceeded what I thought I would ever get and I promise you they are all read and added to my memory bank.
Thank you.
Here is another to add to the old memory bank!
I had to give Mr Positive a pick at Blotanical, how can you not reward his happy (too many drugs) behaviour.
But the secret family recipe for the strawberry and goat chese bruschetta would be fab!
We were promised the strawberry goat cheese bruschetta recipe several weeks ago and it still hasn’t been posted. Please don’t keep it a secret.
I love the idea of creating a compost pile but how do you keep rodents from hanging out in there?
I like the positive ‘upbeat’ comments John. So uplifting in these rainy days.. 🙂
Great post, Mr. It’s All Good! Sounds like you have a lot of great things coming in the near future! I can’t wait to dead-head daylilies myself! Kind of a compulsion of mine. You must be a great gardener, keeping a spreadsheet and researching BEFORE you buy. I’m quite impressed.