Mary Newman's Blog - Posts Tagged "spring-weather"

It's mid February and in Oklahoma that means folks are getting ready to start their cool season crops in the garden. The stores have all started putting out trees and shrubs in front and garden centers have geared up with early seed starting kits and, of course, seeds.

I used to love gardening. I looked forward to the warmer weather and had seed trays set up as soon as the stores had them available. Not so much, now, since gardening involves a lot of energy - and space. I don't have space. I have the dash at the front windshield of my RV where Kiko, the psycho cat, likes to sit and screw with anything I attempt to place there. It's like a game of hide and seek and he's doing all the hiding. I'm over the seeking part and have decided to ignore that area until I feel like dealing with the death he's dealt to my one lonely aloe plant and the frog figurines I dared to place within his reach. Silly me.

On the up side of warmer weather are the birds that migrate through, giving me a glimpse of a good variety. That's been one of my hobbies for more than 40 years, and something I can still do even though my mobility is sucky. I'd love to put a bird feeder up, but kind of afraid my sister's menagerie of cats would consider it an all you can eat buffet.

Back to the gardening thing, though. Since I've loved gardening for so long, it's really been a trial to watch all the pretty plants being set out and seeing others preparing their garden spaces. Sometimes I have to put my hands in my pockets like a little kid in order to keep from reaching for a seed packet or a new form of some bush that looks tempting. As I'm parked in my sister's yard she's very appreciative of the fact I haven't brought her a new tree or bush that will require extra care she doesn't have the energy to give it, either.

Looks like I'll just have to settle for pretty pictures on my Facebook feed.