Archive | March 2024

Pink Roses in Bloom

Mar21

I love these roses. They turn all different colors, from oranges to pinks to peaches. And the seedlings are spouting forth from all the perennial seeds we planted. Hmm, what will they be when they flower? It’s like Christmas!

I was out in a RUSH this morning trying to get all my cut branches bundled for the trash and finish painting that cart and work on some other garden ornaments before it pours. We’re supposed to have thunderstorms all day, but I managed to get everything done and the painted projects moved to the covered porch before the rains started. Yay!

I was assembling the last of the flowerbeds with my grandson last night. He’s not even 3 but he placed 48 bolts in the panel holes so I could add the wing nuts! We had an adventure with watering though. I fill up his turtle watering can and he takes it outside to water his blue flowerbed. I’m still filling mine up when he returns for more water. It wasn’t until I headed out with him that I saw he’d spilled at least a 1/2 a watering can load of water each time on the dining room floor. lol And when I went out to see if he got any in the flowerbed, he had. All in one spot. So I was teaching him (you know you think kids should know things like this because you knew them when you were born), that the earth is lighter where it’s dry and needs water, and the darker the earth, the wetter it is. But we love our adventures and he was a great help with cleaning up all the spilled water in the dining room. When we got sis after school, we filled up the water cans OUTSIDE. Even grandmas can learn some new tricks.

Off to work on the Highlander book. I worked on it all day. The original was about 82K, but I’m scrapping a lot of the end, which I loved, because I want to go in a similar but different direction. That means grabbing paragraphs I want to keep and heavily revising them. But I don’t get rid of the earlier mss. Who knows if I might be able to salvage it later?

Have a terrific Thursday!!

Terry

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Planting the Seeds of Beauty

Mar20

The HOA had planted these black-eyed susans last year, mixed with marigolds, saliva, and other lovely flowers. I had to stop and take some pictures. They were beautiful. I put out perennial seeds this year that hopefully will make my flowerbed look just as pretty. My salvia are in full strength this year. I can’t wait to see them flower.

Last night, my son-in-law dropped off 10 very sad looking tomato plants and I can’t let them die. I managed to find spots for 3 of them, but I’m still working on making room for 7 more. I’ve tried some out front and they never survived. And out back, it’s hard to find spot that they have enough sun and water. Sooooo, I’m working on putting together another flowerbed, but I don’t think they will last that long. Today, little one and I will put them out somewhere! We both love tomatoes!

In the meantime, I was working on The Highlander’s Nymph of the Woods, a full length novel I wrote about 20 years ago that has had a myriad of changes. I’m making more changes. I like the mystery of the original, but it means the heroine has no voice, literally. So I wanted to show more of the story before she meets up with the hero. I love the story though and I hope it won’t take me another 20 years to revise it.

I’m off to work on it some more before my grandson arrives. We will probably be planting tomato plants together and maybe weeding some. He loves to help. He pulls off the tops of the good grass while I’m pulling up the weeds.

Have a super hump day!

Terry

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When Dogs are Sick…

Mar19

They’re like little kids. They can’t tell you what’s wrong, though you know something is. Tanner didn’t eat his food, and here’s Tanner trying to eat it. So I gave Max his food a couple of more times, then he slept. He went out every time that I took them out. He was moving around just fine. But he wouldn’t eat. My dogs tell me when it’s time to eat whether it is or isn’t. They are chow hounds.

Then he finally ate and was fine. So I guess he just had an upset stomach. He’s been fine since that happened on Friday. But it’s worrisome when your pet becomes ill. He and his brother are 10 this year.

Clear skies. Chilly this morning. Have all kinds of writing plans. I’ve got an idea for a fae story, but I’ve started on a medieval wolf story. I have other stories finished I want to revise (but they need major overhauls–old formatting with really early, early, early writing programs and my writing has improved sooooo much from when I wrote those that they need to really be rewritten–which I’ve been doing from time to time…) and so I’m at that crossroads. Which story do I jump into? A new book? An old book? A partially written book?

I’m always excited and undecided when I have to decide which next book to write. 🙂 Is a character calling to me that he or she wants their story written? Or are my readers? Either works for me!

I have several painting projects for outdoor stuff to do. All my wrought iron furniture needs to be painted. My problem is that I can’t find a mask that can keep the fumes out. So I do a little panting and then have to stop. And I have several gardening projects started and need to do several more. Never a dull moment, while I write this and watch the doves and sparrows come in to eat at the feeders.

Hope you have a decisive noteworthy day!

Terry

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Moving Day

Mar18

The miniature rosebush is really prolific and I love it, but sunshine ligustrum had taken it over, which is really beautiful too. But the roses needed more sunshine, so yesterday was moving day. When I moved it, I didn’t realize I had split it in two, so now I have 2 yellow miniature rosebushes. I just hope they do well in their new planting beds.

Little one here, so we’re off to get some groceries. Their little flowerbeds were a huge success and today my grandson scattered perennial wildflower seeds in his and we planted some of them outside also. It will be fun for them to water them and see them grow into flowers, and the surprise will be what kind of flowers they will be.

I finished Huntress Unleashed last night from beginning to end. Yay! Now I’m going to let it sit for a few days, then start to edit it again so that my mind is fresh on it. Not sure what my next project will be. I was thinking of the fae, but I haven’t started one. I do have a Highland wolf historical started, so maybe that…. Or a cougar book. They’ve been neglected. Then again, I’ve had more requests for bears. Or another elf book. So many to write, so many decisions. I love it!

Hope your day is splendid!

Terry

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Mar17

The 4-leaf clover is actually a photo of one of the 4-leaf-clovers I’ve found in my backyard. I’ve only found one other in the backyard. Now my granddaughter is trying to find one. Good luck with that. I had to keep looking at this one to make sure it really, truly had 4 leaves.

I’m off to write. I have only one more scene to go on Huntress Unleashed. But I need to edit it a few more times also. I always edit as I go along because I change my mind about things, or I forget I mentioned something I want to write further on. Then after all those edits, it will be time to proof it.

We were supposed to get rain all day, now, we’re not, so I’ll be outside painting and planting.

We’re having corned beef, potatoes, carrots, and cabbage for dinner tonight for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s time to celebrate! Well, actually every day is time to celebrate.

Have the best of luck today and all year long!

Terry

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Volunteer Sunflower in Hanging Basket

Mar16

This hanging basket has a flowering plant in it–don’t remember the kind, but it survived the winter and is just barely greening up. But in the meantime, birds dropped two sunflower seeds in the basket, and voila, one of them just bloomed. 🙂

Okay, with that fun and exciting news, I’m back to Huntress for Hire. I ended up dreaming I was a vampire, and I could shift into a wolf. I was howling for my lost daughter. That’s what I get for writing about vampires and shifters.

We had 3 1/2 inches of rain yesterday, severe thunderstorms knocking out my electricity and internet for a short while. We have more tonight and tomorrow, and the temperature dropped, which is welcome. Chives are coming up. Planted daylilies and bell pepper seeds (from the grocery store peppers I cooked in the spaghetti for lunch yesterday), and planted caladiums also.

But for now, I’m back to the book! Hope your day is going great!

Terry

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Black Swans

Mar15

Swans typically mate for life. They’re beautiful birds. I took the photo of these at the Waco zoo, Daily Texture background.

I am off and running this morning. Put dirt in the grandkids and my new flowerbed containers. Now my granddaughter can move her fairy village into it and my grandson can place his little animal garden stakes in there. I need to find garden dinosaurs for him. 🙂

Back to the book!

Have a beautiful day!!

Terry

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Swans

Mar13

Took the photo of the swans somewhere. lol Then added a Daily Texture background for this one.

I’m getting closer to being done with Huntress Unleashed. I’m working on proofing the beginning again and will do that throughout the book so that I can catch mistakes and see what things I mentioned but then never followed up on.

So this week is spring break–which means I’m having trouble figuring out which day of the week it is. Usually, I have my grandson two days, pick up my granddaughter from school afternoons five days a week, and so that keeps me grounded.

Do you ever feel that way when you’re off your regular schedule?

But I am trimming trees and removing weed trees in the backyard. Though the youpon holly tree (a weed tree that I let grow for privacy) is full of flowers and that means honeybees. So I was trimming up underneath it to allow for more light to the rosebush and purple magic crepe myrtle below it. I’m keeping the top of the tree that rises maybe 6 feet above the 6 foot fence. I also have a ton of weed crepe myrtles, so I’m trying to keep some, but trim the branches that criss-cross, so I have just a multiple main trunk. I DO NOT top the trees which ruins the look of them and weakens them. I’m cutting others down that are just growing up everywhere. They have such beautiful flowers and all of the trees are starting to leaf out.

Youpon hollies are kind of unruly trees, growing oddly, not just straight up, but I love them for their tiny white flowers in the spring, tiny evergreen leaves, shade in our hot Texas sun, and hardiness in this area. The crepe myrtles provide shade also and a nice leafy barrier. When I first moved here, I only had 3 pine trees in the backyard, and one died so I had to have it removed. They were native to the forest that had been here. So there wasn’t really any soundproofing. Now with all the vegetation I have, it’s much more soundproofed I’ve noticed. My burford holly that had been under the front windows I moved when they were little and they are now over 6 feet tall against the back fence. That provides a lot of noise reduction.

I’m off to work. Hope your day is fun-filled!

Terry

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Tide Coming In

Mar12

Took the photo in Scotland at low tide. I added the water coming in. I don’t think the boat to the right is used much if at all. lol To the left of these, high up on the hill, were castle ruins.

I’m off to let the dogs out and start my day! We were going to see bioluminescence jellyfish off the coast of Galveston, but a cold front moved in and they’re gone unless we want to go to see them at 1 am, with the grandkids. Don’t think so.

Hope your day is super fine!

Terry

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Beautiful Hawk

Mar10

Photo I took and added the painted feather background from Daily Texture.

I’m still working on Huntress Unleashed. It’s getting closer to being done! Have some more books to ship!

Have a lovely day!

Terry

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