Sunny Morning in Galveston

Galveston oh Galveston.... I'm waking up to your sea winds blowing.

Thanks to my wonderful friend Janet, I'm enjoying a fun weekend by the waves and winds of beautiful Galveston. We plan to check out Moody Gardens this morning, and, with any luck, maybe do some junking too! Thanks Janet.......woohoo!!

Whew...........what a day!

Look what I found....

I forgot we saved it when we remodeled the house.

Even has a glass door knob!!

So-I cleaned it up and put it in my den....see?

Then I made the little wire photo holder

 from some wire from and old electric fence

and the window frame from our old entry door. I love it!!

Sorry the lights not so great. But I didn't finish

'til dark so I had to use a flash.

Tomorrow, tomorrow

Ok.
Its late and I need to go to bed.
Tomorrow I'm going to make something. I haven't decided yet, but I'll post it here whether its a blossom :D or a bust :O.

New Year Mulching and Composting

Happy New Year!

2012 - New years hold such promise. It's sort of like the beginning of summer for a teacher on vacation...looking at what all can be accomplished! So-thinking about and setting some goals. This year I'd really like to create me a 'space'. Someplace I can have my projects spread out and can be left spread out until I can get back to them. Maybe the garage? Hmmm..... I also need to do some 'composting' or out with the old -- the garage, my closet, filing cabinet etc. Those aren't my favorite tasks though, so I'll keep you posted.

Blossoms start with seeds....

This is the first glimpse of one of my retirement endeavors. This is a 'hotbed' for planting seeds in the winter before the last frost. When the temperatures dip below freezing, the bed will be covered with canvas to protect the little seedlings from frost. My son and nephew were sweet enough to build it for me for Christmas.

We placed the hotbed in my vegetable garden to keep out the livestock, farm fowl and the occasional deer. I cleared the soil of as much grass and weeds as I could and added some peatmoss for a little moisture retention.

And then, into my little hotbed, I placed my tomato seeds. Heirloom Homestead tomatoes. About 100 of them. I snuggled the little babies down into the soil and gave them a little drink. Happy growing little seeds!!

The seeds travelled to me all the way from Ohio. Thanks Tomato Bob!

 Where I purchased my starter seeds

Welcome!

Blossom means to develop and flourish. That's why I picked it for the name of my blog. I see the act of blossoming as one would see a flower blooming in slow motion on a science channel on television. When applied to my life, blossoming is the process (may it take a lifetime) of coming into full bloom. A flower bud is beautiful in itself. When the bud begins to open, it takes on a different sort of vitality and freshness. It evokes an idea of new horizons and potential. That's where I am as we move into the new year of 2012. I hope you will join me in my 'blossoming' process.