JULY 2011
Getting a late start on this entry . . . way, too many exceptionally wonderful distractions keeping me busy. Long ago grade school and high school classmates drop back into my life! Long ago memory files tucked away in my brain cells are brought up into present time. And not so long ago gardening tasks are in high gear. Six inches of evergreen mulch has been distributed far and wide on all the beds. All the glass towers are in place and sparkle when the sun shines on them. Notice I said ‘when’ the sun shines . . . not much of it around this summer so far.
My special garden purchase this year is a Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Golden Dawn’ redwood. I placed it at the far back of the garden as a long distance focal point. It looks like a large golden feather shivering slightly when a breeze hits the branches. This infant tree has the potential to become fifty feet tall and twenty feet wide. Oh my, wouldn’t this light up the horizon.
Speaking of lighting up horizons. My latest dystopian urban fantasy is one of nine finalists in the PNWA Writer’s Contest and the awards ceremony is the first weekend of August. I am definitely looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new acquaintances. Three of my previous romances made the finals and one placed first. I think this is the year to hone in on an agent.
This week I have five, yes five, Pugs running around my garden. All but one are litter mates. I am babysitting two of the silly and always loveable little dogs. Feeding time is a real cafeteria style process. Good thing they each have different colored collars on because they look so similar.
Happy Summer !!!
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