Hello. My name is Leigh and I have been a horrible blogger. I have been practicing blog neglect, or bloglect, if you will, due to a terrible case of "I don't give a flying crap about anything". I am pulling myself out of that netherworld. Triggered by being told by the library director that my position will be eliminated, I flew into a depression that is slowly subsiding. I have since been offered a position and I will still have a job at the library doing the exact same thing, albeit with a smaller paycheck. It's my reward for 30 years of dedicated enthusiastic service to the public. Yeah! I still have a job. Damn! I have to find a way to pay the mortgage.
Full disclosure...I've added an Amazon thing to the blog. If you click through a book link, and buy something, I get a couple of pennies.
What has helped my mood is spending time in my garden, knitting, and my wonderful husband, Wayne. Also, reading other blogs that I love, like Mara's blog
Fantasia. Back in March, she
wrote about a gardening book that I subsequently ordered through interlibrary loan. The book,
Dear Friend and Gardener
, is a series of letters between Beth Chatto and Christopher Lloyd. It was comfort reading. In a very odd coincidence, shortly after I read this book I received another book that I had put on hold. I reserve tons of gardening and knitting books every month. The next book to come was
Color for Adventurous Gardeners
by Christopher Lloyd. Serendipity!
I promise to keep up with this blog. I realize I've missed writing, and I hope you've missed reading. Here are pictures of some currently blooming orchids to make up for the gap. Things are looking up. The rainy season is here.
Odd colors in a V. Mimi Palmer.
Sunlight through purple vanda.
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