Good Bye Summer

Well, I guess it's official (not according to the calendar mind you), summer is over. It was successful where the butterflies were concerned, and I've seen some I never did before, but I also did not get to plant a single thing. No veggies, herbs, perennials, annuals, bushes, trees... nothing. :( One could say that I have enough to take care of as it stands with the gardens now, BUT, there are some very massive bare spots where the moles ate whole sections of lavender, some yarrow, all the asters, and now all I do is weed them, so planting something in their place wouldn't create any extra work.

The inability to get anything planted is of very little importance when compared to all the other issues and circumstances we're trying to stay ahead of at the moment. Two weeks ago we got the best news we could have received, but it looks like that may have been premature, or quite possibly completely inaccurate and now we play a waiting game again to find out the truth. It really is true that when it rains, it pours. Not knowing how personal I want this blog to become, I'll not go into all the nasty little details and spare you the whining, however, so as not to be too cryptic... the unresolved, and what-the-hell-are-we-gonna-do issues are as follows:

• a wayward teen who is on the fence and it's getting harder for just two parents pulling him over to our side, when you have a whole world out there wanting to pull him the other way.
• a heart condition brought on last winter by some crazy virus and one setback after another ever since... all in a young man in otherwise excellent health... which is the only reason he's still surviving they tell me.
• an insurance company that has depleted all we've worked for over the last 15 years... i don't even want to go further into insurance companies at this point.
• a barn that decided it wasn't in nearly as good shape as we thought (old termite damage from way back). but only on one end, which doesn't seem so bad, except that it's pulling the rest with it.

and that's all the negative/whiny things i have to say for today. I'll be certain to find something wonderful to post about next time. I spent all day yesterday cleaning up "my room", which is where the magic happens... not that kind of magic for those dirty minds out there. ;) I'm talking my room that houses all the stuff that may or may not be used in future projects. Making collage art is very therapeutic for me, so I'm getting ready to start on some Christmas cards. A jump start on inexpensive, yet meaningful gifts while we await news this week will keep my mind occupied.