New photo reminder of trans sisters and brothers, seeds and more

 Swiped from Debra, She Who Seeks, to remind us all

Thank you, Debra and if I knew the creator, I'd credit them.

Today is about returning an item via UPS, and, while I'm out anyway,  going to the dollar store and seeing about some seeds for this year's flower containers. 

So here's the display, smaller this year, no cosmos, no marigolds, but we'll survive. 

The price is up from four packets for a dollar to a dizzy four for $1.25. So this year's garden, seeds, potting soil etc still totals a modest $25 or so. I can do this.

My chives finally gave out last year after many years, so I'll try a new start.  I may need to get marigolds from the local farm stand.

If I fill and place the containers ahead, I think I'll be able to get the planting and squirrel proofing done early May. Anyway that's the plan. 

I would like a flower garden again this year. I have plans about walking, then sitting on the deck admiring my surroundings! Great ambitions. 

Happy day everyone, always have plans of some sort, dream big. Sez the lady with three dollars in flower seeds..

Women's history, trans rights, and lace

Just a word to the well meaning folk who think it's appropriate to acknowledge the entire history of half the human race for four weeks per year. 

Speaking as one who's had a long lifetime up to now.

I finished the  Tunisian crochet lace scarf and instantly put it on. Just right. It will go with a lot of outfits.

So now, ministry gloves going in the background, I'm in that nice place where you look around wondering what needs making next. We have a week on and off of rain, already some roads closing then reopening, so indoor occupations are up.

Back into Henrietta and James for reading, so much more gripping than the Patchett turned out to be. I've heard from a couple of people, one very lyrical, about how they loved it, and they're both from the region, one that exact region, and they listened to it as an audio book. 

They came to it with regional knowledge, which  I didn't, aside from a couple of miserable alienated years in Wisconsin. That may be it. Also some books are wonderful heard, especially with gifted performers, and don't work as well in print.

I used to find Isabel Allende slow, draggy, not very readable in print. Then I heard one of her novels on audio and it was transformed, and I realized she's an aural writer. Some writing is meant to be heard, I think. And maybe Patchett is one of those writers for me. Well, I got halfway before giving it up. That's a fair try.

And here's a battle cry from, and for, our transgender sisters and brothers.

Happy day, everyone, be strong, but find nice silly stuff too. 

As Flanders, he of F and Swann said, "the work of modern art and writing is to strip away the false facade, the pretensions of society". And, Flanders added "our work is to put it all back again!"