TJ Wilde Trilogy · Duxbridge Mysteries · Jennifer McCaffrey Mysteries
Ridiculously warm this week, so the gardening bug has fully bit me. I won’t be fooled though, I know this is fake summer. Winter is lurking behind that sun, just waiting to blow in for one last hurrah.
I am spending some time, though, getting ready for actual spring. I’m going with elevated beds for most of my veggies this year, though I also am going to try my hand at a three-sisters garden. The remainder will be mostly tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Maybe a few herbs.
Nora does love snow. All my ducks have loved snow..and rain…just not wind and hail. Who can blame them.
We awoke to a smattering of snow today, which is to continue throughout the day. So happy for that, it has been unseasonably dry since fall.
We have had an unseasonably warm and dry winter here. I’ve had to water once a month per the recommendation from the city/county (and I have the water bill to prove it). I know for many of you that seems like small problems as you dig out from yet another storm. But we do worry about wild fires.
We are hoping to get at least a few inches of snow at the end of the week. We’ll see how that pans out. At this point, I’m ready for steady rain. Snow you had your chance, reapply in October.
And while I have been hard at work with the final edits to Full Sail, spring fever is hitting hard. What I really want to do is get my hands in the dirt and start cleaning up the beds. It’s too early, but I am already planning out this year’s veggie garden.
Next week will be spent hiking and spa-ing, so at least I have that to look forward to.
On my last trip to southern California, part work for Full Sail and part graduation trip for my niece, we went whale watching. I desperately wanted to see Blue Whales, but they eluded us that day. It was still a great day to whale watch on a small 8-person boat.
Someone shared this with me tonight and I was so moved by it, I needed to share it. You really need to click on full screen to experience the beauty of this drone footage.
The rewrites for Full Sail – the third book in the TJ Wilde Trilogy – are completed and this draft feels solid enough to send off to the editor. It will be sad to say goodbye to TJ, but there are so many other stories waiting to be told.
Annie DeMoranville 