{"id":740,"date":"2011-05-10T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T21:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2011-05-10T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T21:32:11","slug":"ah-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"Ah, May"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love this time of year. I get to plant things in the garden, the flowers are all blooming, and best of all, my 35,000-person town has suddenly shrunk by 40,000 people! It’s possible to get into restaurants, the roads aren’t so crowded, there are hardly any pedestrians on campus. Wonderful!<\/p>\n

The down-side of spring is that I’m struck hard by what I’ve just learned to call the chutney fantasy<\/a>. Nothing to do with being 40: I’ve had this malady for a very long time. I drove past this lovely piece of real estate<\/a> last week on my way back from Virginia. Wouldn’t it make a fabulous weaving studio\/retreat destination? And it’s really quite affordable, as these things go.<\/p>\n

No, I’m not going to run away from home and buy a colonial stone house and set up a pricy weaving retreat location. But I’ll think about it pretty hard!<\/p>\n

Here at home I have tulips. (New macro lens: look at the enormous version! Makes a good desktop background.)<\/p>\n

\"tulip<\/a><\/p>\n

And Grendels.<\/p>\n

\"Grendel\"<\/p>\n

Though I suppose he could come too.<\/p>\n

I planted strawberries and rhubarb<\/a> last spring, expanding the Worlds’ Smallest Pea Patch to make room. Then we suffered through a hot and dry summer, and the rhubarb turned crunchy and brown. I mourned its passing.<\/p>\n

It’s back! I have zombie rhubarb!<\/p>\n

\"rubarb\"<\/p>\n

Apparently even first-year rhubarb is drought tolerant enough that crunchy and brown is not synonymous with dead. This makes me very happy.<\/p>\n

Another pleasing thing: String Notes celebrates its fourth birthday this month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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