Well, howdy there. It's Sunday and I'm feeling pretty good, so let's get started with the week...
I did no writing, editing, or marketing. Yep, I had a week off of all things writerly. Woot. There's not much for me to do with editing until I get my notes back from the beta readers. And I don't really write while I'm in the throes of getting a book ready to publish. (I could, I guess, but I don't.)
This coming week, Accidental Death will be free and Natural Causes will be 99c. Look for marketing here tomorrow on those and throughout the week on social media.
I read some stuff. See yesterday's post. Yep, I actually did a Reading Wrap-up.
This past week, I made carrot cake... which is almost gone, so I need to think about the next bake... and I made chocolate oatmeal cookies. Yum.
The big deal this week has to do with activity. You see, Hubs and I have started working on our land to the south. It's about an acre of forest we haven't had a chance to touch yet. So we're touching it. Mostly moving deadfall and cutting vines. Gah, so many vines. Oh, and cutting dead limbs off the freakin' cedars. So many dead limbs. It feels like every time I turned around in there, I was at risk for putting an eye out or getting skewered. That will change. Unfortunately, it's getting a little late in the season to spend too many more hours in the woods. Ticks and snakes... :shudder: On the upside, we found a redbud tree we didn't even know was there. Yay. Weight: 174.8
Speaking of trees, my little dogwoods are doing okay. Some are doing better than others, but if I get 3-4 trees out of this experiment, life is good. Nothing else is showing any signs of growing yet. Except for the cedars. They're awesome. Cecil has new growth and Clyde is starting to green up now that he's in a pot instead of dirt under the deck. I might take today and do some more potting. I have a few more dogwoods to get in dirt. All of the buckthorns need potting. And I have a few more volunteer cedars that can be transferred to their unwanted spots into pots.
I think that's it for me for the week. What have you been up to lately?
Please tell me those are NOT red cedars. Don't get me wrong. I have a blue cedar in the backyard so I'm not opposed to cedars in general. Just the red ones. As our wildlands firefightes say, those suckers are dynamite on stick. They literally explode in a wildfire and send embes everywhere. I just want y'all to be safe.
ReplyDeleteYay for carrot cake and land. Boo to snakes and ticks. I'm totally with you there! We've been lucky. In my feeding of the feral cats, I've also built up a "rapport" with the neighborhood possums. They hang out in the summer and eat ticks, which I'm all for!
I'm tempted not to post for tomorrow. I was a total slug this weekend. I'm embarrassed to say I did very little of anything.
On that note, if I go set up my blog for tomorrow, I can go back to bed. At least until we figure out dinner. Later, tater!
Oh, yeah, they're totally red cedars. But we're a whole lot wetter here than you are, so not as much chance of fire. The guy who owned this place before us took out a whole bunch of really big cedars to make these kitschy signs he sold, so adding a little one here or there is just re-adjusting the balance. ;o)
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