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We've had our big, big brain for the first time in 11 months and I wanted to
show you a few images from my garden this morning after the big rain. So stay
with me.
Well, a lot has happened here in Southern California since my December 17th video
that I shot right here in the garden. If you're just joining me for the first
time, I had a ski accident on Schweitzer Mountain in Sandpoint, Idaho. The ski lift
chair knocked me down, slammed me down and I broke my humerus right at the top.
I still have Eric in the garden, but we just had our first huge rain. It rained
for two days. Every one of my rain vessels is full.
And the ground is absolutely saturated, so, no watering will be needed for weeks.
In fact, I really don't need to do much to my garden, so I probably... I don't know
what I'll do.
I don't have to do much to my garden, because it's just kind of growing, it's
in a growing phase, so I don't have weeds here, so that's not an issue,
and I have wood chips so that keeps the moisture in.
So what's blooming in January in the Late Bloomer garden?
Well, my pale pink camellia trees in the back still have a few blooms, although
the rain pretty much finished them off, and my hot pink camellias that are on
two bushes over here, they're just popping out, so.. They are gorgeous, big
huge, fuchsia-colored blooms like this. Now, these camellia bushes I can't take
responsibility for. They were here when we bought the house almost 24 years ago.
I have added two darker red camellia bushes, small, right here, but camellias
grow very slowly, so.. We'll be checking out those blooms later
on. I do see buds. What else is blooming? The basil, the African blue basil is
blooming.
That thing that I planted at the end of December, ha, ha.
Another first is, this is the first time that I've used my camera and microphone
since the accident, since before the accident. I just didn't want to subject
my sound editor to the microphone on the iPhone, which is, you probably know, not
great quality.
One more thing I'm doing.. Because I'm moving very slowly. This is
not who I am, I'm usually headed in that direction before my head ever gets
around to get a visual. If I'm changing directions,
I'm already headed that way without even looking. But now, I'm stopping, I'm looking,
I'm moving very cautiously, so that I can get through this and get to a healthy
state as soon as possible. Hang on, I'm choking.
Hmm. But you know, I have planted a lot of perennials in my garden which is why it
looks practically full right now. I don't have any tomatoes out there, but when I
do it will be full.
I really appreciate you, and please, if you're in any of the areas affected by
these natural disasters, please leave me a comment below and tell me you're safe
and you're okay. Anywhere from Montecito and Santa
Barbara to Santa Rosa to Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. Wherever you are, please
leave me a comment anyway. Thanks a lot. I'll see you next time.
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