Well, for starters, I'm stressing out about being on tv. I'd tell you when I'm going to be on tv, but I don't really know, exactly; the taping is next week, but the show won't air immediately. I'd tell you what I'm going to talk about on tv (the topic, surprise surprise, is homeschooling), but the truth is, what I'm thinking about most is what to wear. What to wear? WHAT TO WEAR?
What to do with my hair would be a close second.
Yes, I've already visited about umpteen billion fashion and media websites in search of inspiration, so I know not to wear white, red, or little migraine-inducing patterns, and apparently my hair shouldn't be shiny, either, which should not actually be that much of a problem, since I don't have the shiny kind of hair.
But perhaps I should be getting over myself now.
The garden has not these image problems, so let us spend some time with it instead.
A shot of the whole vegetable garden, which flanks the driveway
Cukes vs. Marigolds
Marigold Wins Beauty Contest
Thyme not bad either
Pole beans on teepee trellis
Zinnia, baby!
And in the regular old flower garden:
This purple coneflower reminds me somehow of those stuffed-toy dogs that are all nose.
Bachelor Buttons re-seeded this year.
Pansies hanging in there, thoughtful as always.
Someday I hope to be back with something thoughtful myself. Something passing as thought would be nice, but while we're waiting, the flowers are nice to look at.
8 comments:
TV, graduation, and flowers! Cool!
I must admit, as I was admiring the flower photos, all I could think of was comparative flower biology. You have a great variety of structures in your photos.
Let us know when the TV thing goes. Not that we have TV, but we seem to find a way.
Wear whatever suits you; just smile and you'll be fabulous. Send us all a link. I am envious of your garden. We are trying to grow tomatoes, but are growing only deer.
Macbeth, we don't have tv either, and other than a YouTube clip, I've never seen this show. The topic actually is "raising countercultural kids," about which I think I have a lot to say, if only I don't go blank in front of the cameras.
I just figured out how to take these closeup flower shots and was having fun with it -- the various structures really fascinated me, too, even though I'm not a biologist. I just liked the shapes and contrasts.
Steve -- thank you. And re the garden, we don't have deer, but I have seen lots of groundhogs this year, so am on the alert. Things are looking so good that I fear some disaster is in the works. Last year it was squirrels ripping up the corn and sunflowers; this year . . . who knows? We are getting some banana peppers already, though. Wish I could send you some.
We grew Labradors instead of a single tomato last year......
My family takes great pleasure in being countercultural - we are discovering that it is quite challenging for fragile middle-school egos to have Mom be ocuntercultural in a classroom with one's friends. Not that we don't agree - it's just that, you know, MOM said it in her professional persona's voice.
I still long to take the educational path you have chosen. Remain hopeful.
You will be brilliant on tv - do send us a link.
Wear that blue top you were wearing when I was there or something else that color. It makes your eyes look mah-velous.
AMDG
Pauler -- one of the things I have to say about homeschooling and being countercultural is that you don't have to homeschool to be countercultural. Homeschooling makes things easier in lots of ways, assuming that it doesn't make other things, like basic survival, that much harder; on the other hand, there's no magic formula for raising a particular kind of child or realizing a particular outcome. You just do your best . . .
Interestingly, of the three vocations to the priesthood or religious life which have come from our parish in the last five years or so (two in the last year), only one of those vocations was a person from a homeschooling family. The other two are products of our fine county school system (people around here invariably apologize for whatever mistakes they might make by saying that of course they came through the X County Schools). One converted from Lutheranism several years ago at 18, and has just been waiting around to have been Catholic long enough for the bishop to send him to the seminary. This year he's finally going. You really never know . . . not that that kind of vocation is the only way to be countercultural, but that little sample really struck me as interesting.
Janet -- they do say that blue is the best color to wear. By the way, I loved the Plott picture you sent me -- the Plott family came from Germany and wound up all over those mountains, and were indeed the originators of the Plott Hound breed.
That garden promises good things. Novice herb gardener that I am, I hadn't even realized thyme produces flowers. Can you still use the thyme for cooking after that if you pluck off the flowers, or does the plant go bitter like basil after flowering?
Break a leg on your TV appearance :-). But not literally, please.
Thanks, Sarah. Re the thyme: I really haven't noticed its being bitter after flowering, though as it's not a sweet herb to begin with, maybe bitterness would be less noticeable? Or maybe I just forget it's out there much of the time and don't cook with it as much as I do the basil.
We have some mint growing randomly along the other side of our driveway, and I've made the mistake of letting it flower before I cut any. Bleah. Totally un-minty.
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