Photos Of Birds & Plants Outside
I was able to get a few photos of birds and plants outside from my doorway.
My mind is always wondering what things look like around the corner that I can’t see from the patio door.
A couple of times I’ve thought I might go out there on the scooter, but the risk of falling scares me. I’m too afraid of what damage I might do to a healing ankle.
Ron & Pat’s Birdfeeders:
Here are the birds feeding over in Ron and Pat’s yard. I can only see as far as their patio and yard and Barbara’s patio and yard next door to them.
Ron and Pat do their best to keep the birdfeeders full of seed and the birdbath full of fresh water.
The couple on the end moved in last month. I talked to the husband when many of us were out in the yards one day before I had surgery. They moved here from Ohio. He seemed very nice. I haven’t met his wife yet.
It’s a very friendly complex where most of the neighbors come out in their yard or on their patio to chat.
I can tell that many of my plants need to be cut back. But I won’t be taking that chore on for a while yet.
Someone commented yesterday that they thought I had a very pretty patio at the old apartment. I miss being able to get so many great photos of that patio from nearly any vantage point.
And it made me miss it a bit. But you move on and do what you can with what you have.
Something A Friend Used To Say To Me:
That’s something similar to what my now deceased ex-mother-in-law would say, who I became good friends with in her last years.
“Brenda,” she’d say to me. “You just did the best you could with what you had.”
And those words would calm me and always make me feel better. Everyone makes mistakes. Missteps are common in life. No one is perfect.
Truly, I think most people just do the best they can with what they’re handed. And it’s healthy to realize that and be able to move on.
If you don’t, you’re left in stagnant waters. And you’ll drown if you don’t move your feet and paddle upward.
There are lots of buds on my allium plant. I hated to leave the one I had before. It was just beginning to have fairly big circular blooms after having it for a year or so.
Yes, I miss that yard. But I sure don’t miss that apartment or that neighborhood. It was like living in a house of horrors in a way. Never knowing what might go wrong next, and that they’d refuse to fix.
Greedy & Uncaring Landlords:
I recall about five years ago when I was about to renew my lease. And I asked them, “If I sign this lease, will you promise to fix my bedroom floor if the roots come up it?” Because that was my fear.
And they said no. I’ll never forget that. I felt trapped, as I couldn’t find any place better at the time.
It’s just a fact that landlords can be pretty much as greedy as they want to be because the laws will likely favor them.
I couldn’t do it. No, I couldn’t look someone in the eye and tell them that if their home was virtually destroyed, then I wouldn’t lift a finger to help them. That I would force them to live in substandard conditions.
And then be able to sleep at night until they could manage to get out of the lease and find something better.
The Housing Market:
There’s not much out there these days that people can afford. They can’t compete with other home buyers and acquire their first home. And it’s all they can do to find something affordable to rent.
I do believe houses are sitting more than five minutes on the housing market these days. It’s cooled off somewhat.
Interest rates have slowed all that down I think. Unless they have a pocket full of cash, they’re thinking twice when they consider the current interest rate for home loans.
It’s so great that you were able to leave that apartment. And although you miss your old patio, at least you’ve got lots of other gardens to see from you patio……not to mention such nice neighbors!
I didn’t read the other comments so please forgive me if this was already mentioned. Maybe a neighbor across from your patio could take a picture of the area you can’t see and text it to you. Then you’d at least know what’s happening out there. I’m new to your blog and love your healthy mental attitude about moving on and dealing with what you have now. I hope your ankle heals well.
I’m glad you’re in a much safer beautiful place surrounded by many nice neighbors that have shared interests.
Hopefully you’ll be able to do more in the coming days. It’s actually too hot to spend much time outside so this was the perfect time to have your surgery. Look out your sliders and take in what you can see.
I love this statement “You just did the best you could with what you had”.
Enjoy your evening!
Yes, it’s much too hot to want to be outside. 109 today with 43% humidity!
The look on Ivy’s face: “Problems. I’ll just let mom handle them!”
Yep, that’s my Ivy!
Please don’t worry about your garden Brenda!
Just concentrate about getting your ankle healed!
Stay cool and dehydrated Brenda and all your friends!
Oh, I’m not worrying too much about it. But it’s awfully hot here!
Love the squirrel baffle Ron & Pat are using to protect their bird feeders… a slinky! 🙂
How neat! Hope Ron is recovering well.
Glad to hear you’re continuing to be patient, cautious and taking it easy.
Your plants look good & green, lushly growing and in fine shape. All things considered… your first spring/summer gardening in this space AND your ankle pain/surgery/recovery throughout this time… it all looks wonderful!
Stay safe, stay well, and stay cool.
I’m inside all the time right now, so staying cool.
Maybe think ahead to how much fun you’ll have next summer working on your patio garden! You’ll be able to observe this summer, see how the sun shifts during the year, think of things you’d possibly like to try that maybe hadn’t occurred to you before.
We recently lost our young next-door neighbors (a man, his wife, grade school age son, and their wonderful dog). He’s in the Air Force (we have a large base here) and will receive orders in a year, most likely for a transfer to a different base. They had the opportunity to get base housing and have since sold their house during this crazy market. So smart, but I sure do miss them. I think about all the people who are buying homes at the height of this market and what will happen when the market crashes. Because it will. What goes up, must come down.
You’re so right. It surely will.
Wow I just checked your temps and it is hot and all of that humidity. We are about 95 for a few days and much lower humidity than you are having. Please stay in and be careful. Yesterday my daughter and I went to a big art museum in LA and I told her we needed to
take our big water bottles with us. I guess we should all travel with water in the summer time. The insulated ones that hold a lot of ice are wonderful.
Yes, the heat plus the horrid humidity make it pretty miserable for folks outside. I can’t imagine not having air conditioning.
So many people, I’ve heard, are forced to move from their rentals, because the landlords have raised the rent. (Inflation). The renters can’t afford to buy groceries and then pay the high cost of rent today. I feel very sorry for these people, and don’t think it’s a fair thing to do to families.
I am so happy you were able to find your new place. All the nice people you’ve met, and living in a clean and beautiful home you’ve made for yourself. A happy home…
As for your garden patio in your previous home, Yes, it was very nice. But, I don’t doubt your garden flowers here, are going to be any less. Already, what I can see in your photos proves that. BEAUTIFUL!!!!! You have the knack to make it work, and you have done just that. Hugs from HOT Wi, going on 90 degrees today.
Looking forward to what to do next year for sure!
Your patio plants look fantastic. So green! I’ve finally lost a butterfly plant. It was planted in the ground about a month ago and just didn’t make it. Not going to replace it in this heat!!
No, it wouldn’t be able to establish a good root system in this heat.
What pics you posted that you were able to get of your garden look beautiful to me! Such a sweet variety of birds at Ron and Pat’s feeders. I didn’t recognize a few, but I saw some various finches, sparrows, I think one was a chicadee. Just wonderful. Speaking of which, we’re in for a hot and extremely high humidity week here, so I’ll be out 2x a day putting fresh water into the birdbaths and drinking container for the ground bound critters and getting a good workout filling and hauling my watering can in and out of the house 6 or 7 times, LOL. Be careful with that ankle. I imagine you won’t want to be outdoors much if your weather to the southwest of where I live is going to be even hotter and maybe just as humid. Oh my! Thank goodness for central air conditioning. We’ll be hot and extremely humid here. I’m outside by 6:30 a.m. and in by 8 a.m. at the latest, otherwise it’s just too uncomfortable. I really feel for folks who work for landscapers, etc. and outdoor workers. UGH – this weather is dangerous.
The other day I opened the front door to get a package and right there was a flat rock with a squirrel splayed out on it. I figured he was trying to get cool.
Glad to read HEALING ankle! You are blessed to be in your beautiful, safe apartment with wonderful neighbors. Looks like you have a pretty nice view even without going outside. Have a wonderful day!
And minimal pain so far. The worst is when the boot scrapes up against the incisions.