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No Rabbits or Eggs, but…

Mar30

Planting lots of flowers. I wore myself out moving 500 lbs of dirt for the planting beds yesterday, but was still digging up ferns and moving them, and planted 2 salvia plants, a miniature rose, daylilies, an iris.

The daylilies always look so dead that I planted out back. I hope they come out okay. The ones out front are beautiful, but I planted them every year for years and they’re filling in nicely. I love them because like their name, flowers pop out daily spring, summer and fall.

This was the fuchsia miniature rosebush that I planted. Above it is crepe myrtle of the same color. If I had room, I would plant the fuchsia salvia in the same area. It’s always pretty when you can have a group of plants with the same color, unifying that part of the garden.

Off to pilates torture and then celebrating my granddaughter’s birthday. Then it’s back to working on the garden. I need to plant a lavender, pink/peach miniature rosebush, and the fuchsia salvia. I have some teddy bear sunflowers seeds I want to put in also. 🙂 <3

Have a fun-filled day!!!

Terry

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Garden Cart Painted and Ready to Use

Mar29

I think next is the bistro set. It’s black and all rusty. I picked up some blue paint and primer also for rusty furniture. So I believe I’ll begin on that next.

I just finished proofing Huntress for Hire, yay! I seriously need to plant some of my plants. I found 2 miniature rosebushes, both that I adore. I need to plant several daylily bulbs that give me constant flowery color, 3 salvia plants, and lots of seeds. I’m going to try some floral ground covers. Maybe THEY will block out the weeds. I need to do something. lol They are perennials, but are coming from an online seed shop.

Okay, I’m off to send Huntress to my beta readers and then begin all my gardening stuff.

Have a super duper day!

Terry

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Juggling Manuscripts

Mar27

One of my lovely fans asked when my next book would be out. I finished Huntress Unleashed, but was giving myself some time to look at it with a fresh mind before I proofed it and sent it to my beta readers. It really helps to do that–to set aside a manuscript and then reread it as if I hadn’t ever read it before. So I started doing that last night. Once I’m done, I’ll send it off and then get back to the Highland story. I need another 29K words on it. I haven’t put out a Highland story in years, so I really wanted to get this done also. And yes, it does have a mystical, paranormal side to it.

And then??? Not sure. A shifter or a fae or elf book? I even had a request for another Magic of Inherian book.

Little one will be here today, so we are going to the grocery store as my fridge is again bare. And we’ll do more gardening. It’s 49 degrees today, so it really got chilly for us. So we might wait on doing some gardening. I’ve decided I’m a warm weather gardener. 🙂

Have a super lovely day!

Terry

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From Rusty to Fun and Whimsical

Mar26

Still working on the birdhouse ornament!

But things are perking up in the garden!! The original ornaments weren’t really painted all that much, so I went for bright and colorful.

Still working on the Highland story!

Have a delightful day!

Terry

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A Little Steampunk Whimsy

Mar25

A little steampunk fun.

Today we’re supposed to have storms so little one and I will probably stay home. When I don’t have him, it’s fine, but trying to get him out of the car in a storm is another thing!

Hope you all have a great time today!

Terry

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Patch of Salvia

Mar24

Tiny purple blooms are just starting to appear. This is the biggest, most widespread it’s been. I love them because they come back every year. And they have fairy like flowers and the butterflies love them!

Off to pilates. I’d hurt my back 5 weeks ago, so haven’t been doing it. I’m going to feel it!

Have a beautiful day!

Terry

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Painting Projects–Before, After

Mar23

We had 7 inches of rain Thursday night and 2.5 inches on Wednesday. So we are in the green.

I’ve been painting outdoor rusty ornaments and such and finally finished painting the cart.

Before

After

This color makes me feel like I’m at the beach!

Okay, I’m off to paint some more and work on the Medieval Highland book. It’s at 39K, nearly halfway done. So making some headway! I believe it won’t take me 20 more years to write. Yay!!!

Have a beautifully green day!

Terry

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Giant Yellow Swallowtail

Mar22

On a zinnia flower in my backyard. Okay, so I took the photo last year as the zinnia aren’t up yet, but the seeds are just sprouting. The swallowtails are out already though. I’ve seen a couple looking for flowers in my backyard. They know they will be there. Roses and Gerbera Daisies are already blooming!

I’m off to work on the Highland book. I’m up to 35K.

Have a beautiful day!

Terry

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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

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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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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