When the sun finally peeked through, at the very end of the day, for a full 20 minutes before the next shower ( shower???? how can more rain be called a shower when it has already rained for more than a week and in quantities that are measured in feet??) whatever, when the sun shown, I ran outdoors to take pictures. What else? All week, I’ve been weeding and edging and rescuing plants from other plantings, every chance I get. After viewing it last evening, I can see that I have barely scratched the surface.
This morning it is 35F… that’s right. It’s COLD and raw and actually perfect for getting stuff done without black fly. They like it warmer than this. They like the sun. Today the shade houses go up. Like we NEED shade.
All this complaining about the weather, brings me to this:
J is for “Jollys”
Twenty years ago, I came north, to my first April in Vermont, traipsing with friends and realtors through sodden fields and boot sucking mud, wearing my gortex lined, ankle high, leather Vasque boots. Everyone I walked with wore more sensible gear, high rubber, shit kicking, barn boots. The British have their Wellies, Vermont has its own version. I needed them. A quick trip to the local general store and I too had a pair. Mine are Tingleys. I felt like a kid. I could wade in water nearly to my knees. No puddle was too big, I tested them all. Damn! Enter again, five years ago this time… I’m in Burlington, at the Gardeners Supply and there are these rubber clogs. They have cork inserts, can be worn with or without socks, have great tread, and are very, very comfortable. I love my Jollys! I wear them all year, to run to the barn if the drive is plowed, to garden, to walk in the woods. I can do a mile or more in complete comfort.
ps. The stuff that’s falling from the sky this moring… well, it’s SOLID!
No accumulation expected.
pss. what can you expect in the cold, and the rain, through a window, into the greyness…?
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10 responses to “‘J’ is for….”
You had snow? Seriously? Oh my goodness!
p.s. Love the clogs! I want a pair like that…
Crikey. It was 38 here this morning. Nothing solid falling …. yet. I think it might be predicted, but I’m putting my head in the sand and pretending I can’t hear youuuuuu! I went out barefoot….I’m sort of sadistic like that. That COLD SHOCK on the soles of my feet is better than coffee for waking me up and feeling great. You do edging…..I’m more than lazy about edging. I always WISH I would do it, but it never really gets done.
Solid preciptation? Aieeeee! I have frost tenders sitting out on the driveway.
Nature abhors a vacuum. I think my mother used to say that. It’s really true with gardens.
wonderful to see you back in the gardens. Love the hummer. Coming for EP?
Good to see your greenry!!! It’s been sunny here for a change and i’ve been poking in my gardens.
General store – there is a term you don’t hear out west. I miss Willey’s!
It was even cold way down here in the south. Nice picture of the hummingbird, dude.
I’m still waiting for the hummers to visit my feeder. I’ve changed it three times now and still nowhere in site.
Could it be they don’t like my nectar concoction?
Love your J- ah, and that hummingbird!
Oooh, a hummer! A proper one, not those stupidly big “vehicles”.
Hmm, it seems when our weather here is grotty yours is good and now ours is not too bad, yours has gone downhill! Very odd!