Author: thecapeblog
Spare Me Your “Team”
I get a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach when someone calls their work associates a “team”.
That equals ass-kissing, conformity and exclusion.
As a woman, you can only be part of a team if you’re pretty or beautiful or at least cute. I learned that a long time ago, about 67-68 years ago, in fact.
This is part of what it means to be an American in 2016.
It’s a measure of this society’s sickness that mentally ill people like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are actually taken seriously as candidates for the Presidency.
I really hate people.
Changed Water Filter
Changed the filter in “my” water pitcher. I like this “Total Home” brand, from CVS.
Planted the asparagus (9).
Made blueberry pancakes; drove R to and from work; transfer station; sheets and laundry; light shop; fish chowder for supper.
Angry White Men, and the Women Who Enable Them
That’s the story of the June SPEA annual meeting.
Guilt-ridden, bullying fools.
Looks like fung
Fung-Onil’d the little maple yesterday evening.
Cleaned up gone-by tulips and destroyed a wasp nest. Feel badly about that, but it was in a spot where people could get hurt.
It’s muggy and I had a rough night, moving slowly today. Uploaded new files to NEPS with filters for “callin”.
Chicken sausage, mustard greens from Pariah Dog Farm and asparagus from the garden for supper. Stopped by Woodruff’s for a photo exhibit opening, including work by our friend John Moore. Ron made it to the bank in time to deposit his check; good thing, otherwise my * would be grass for getting supper on the table so late (6:30).
FungOnil
FungOnil-d the roses (there are buds!) and the Eastern Redbud.
Finally remembered to put up tomato cages.
First CSA pickup.
Applied for a job.
Rain; It Thrives!
Busy day yesterday but NO ERRANDS today.
Rained last night and most of the day. Good air tonight, and it looks like the Three Sisters seedlings survived. Radishes have started!
The little rhodie that I transplanted to the “woods” from the corner garden has produced gorgeous purple flowers for the first time!
Lettuce, Neptune’s
Planted lettuce, plants and seeds, today. Visited Mahoney’s.
Neptune’s on the roses and other flowering plants. Nine gallons.
Spinosad on the little maple and the roses. Deep pruned the roses.
Fish, spuds and one asparagus from the garden for supper.
Supposed to get a storm on Monday but only 0.5 inch of rain.
Water, Weed, Soaker Hose
Put a fence around the newest garden yesterday and covered it with Agribon to catch the Gypsy Moth caterpillars. Set up a soaker hose today and gave it a good watering.
Have some problems with soaker hoses around the fence. Otherwise, everything else is working well. Watered the oval and most of the “U” as well as the new Three Sisters (corn/bean/squash) garden, the asparagus/herb garden, Emma’s garden and one of the little grass islands.
Proud of James, he spent all day yesterday helping with the Special Olympics at the High School.