K.E. Skedgell

I 'm sore, burnt, and have tons of work to do. Last Friday my mom, a friend and her son, and me, all went down to Ohio 200 miles away to my ex's house to dig as many plants from my flower beds as we could fit inside the little 4'x8' trailer and the backs of both of the SUV's. And we didn't get them all. So Saturday my mom, brother, and me, went back down there while we still had the trailer and hauled some more. Still did not get all that I wanted, but got the majority. I could have grabbed a few others that would have fit, but I was so tired from digging I just didn't care anymore. I have roughly about 400 plants that I brought up here. I suppose it's a good thing that I didn't grab more, now that I have some of them spaced out around in the beds I made, I wouldn't have had room for more. I'm afraid I won't have room for all of my hostas. Some may have to go in pots and I may have to dig out more grass. In the meantime, they'll ...

I t has been nearly three weeks since my last post. Nothing of any merit has happened since then. I've been outside digging my mother's yard for the last couple of weeks in preparation for the plants I'll be bringing up here from Ohio next weekend, assuming the weather cooperates. Speaking of weather, this has been one cold, wet, nasty spring up here in Michigan. Welcome back home, my home state says, enjoy all the cold and rain and yuck. Rivers and lakes are flooding all around, some of the worst around the Grand Rapids area. Low lying areas around here are underwater, the ground is just so saturated that it can't hold anymore. Except for my mom's yard. It's a sandy loam soil, so it drains really well, which will be good for my plants and will be quite the opposite of which they are growing in now, poorly draining clay loam. On the writing front, sadly, not much has been done. I've barely started my second pass of edits (I decided to make a third draft...

I have to say, summer is the least productive time for me when it comes to writing. This year I have been doing better than previous years--I've actually been writing a little something here and there. Generally, my interests turn to tending to my gardens during the spring through much of autumn, and the better half of autumn through winter I go into writing mode when I get the most inspired to write. One of my favorite lovelies, Sweeping Shadows. This year I haven't had the desire to be outside and do any sort of gardening. I've pulled a few weeds and lately due to the extreme heat and the drought we are progressing into, I've been outside watering almost everyday. The weeds are taking over in several of my beds, I've missed much of the bloom season of my beloved daylilies. I've even missed out on seeing the very first blooms of some of my daylily seedlings. I also haven't been outside with the camera taking pictures of every plant and flower I ow...