Well, once again I did not mean to stay away so long from posting but things have just been a little bit of a struggle lately. I'm making a little progress on the allergy front but not much at all on the arthritis part. Still a lot of pain. I did go for a week or so with very little brain fog so that was nice; I was very excited about that.
On some good news though...the garden is doing great! We even had enough cherries off the tree this year for me to make a small cobbler with. Wooo doggies! It was good. The chickens really love the cherries too and fortunately the tree is actually in the garden where they cannot get to it. I suspect I would find them up in it otherwise. I give them the fruits that the birds have picked on and they just go nuts! Even going so far as to physically knock each other down to get to the cherries first. They are so funny.
The peas are doing well although at this point they are kinda on the downhill side. Being a cooler weather crop they are not lasting long in this hotter weather. That's fine though. I've frozen plenty and I'll pull these up and plant green beans in their place I think.
The cauliflower and broccoli did real well also. We had enough to freeze some also. I'm slowly pulling up the spent stalks to give to the chickens and am not sure what I want to plant there next.
I didn't realize until I went to do this post that I haven't really taken much of any photos lately; especially of the garden so ya'll are just getting a few scraps, so to speak. I'll try to get out there and get some new pics soon.
And I had promised ya'll a photo or two of the new art work I am working on...so here is one new piece. I've actually been doing a series of these and have one more I want to do. My new direction is not going very well though, although I am very pleased with how my new work is coming out. I've been turned down by absolutely every show I've entered this year; photography, sculpture.... everything. But I will not get discouraged. I like my new work. Hell, with the setbacks I've faced over the past few years, this is nothing. I do need to transition to something that is going to make money on a regular basis but I will keep on with the sculpture too.
