This past weekend I had a few days all to myself. And since I live in such a remote area I really do mean it when I say that I was alone for days. Well, that was the plan anyway!
Only a few hours into my solitude I got a call from a friend with an unexpected proposal. She wondered if I was interested in taking two female cannabis plants off her hands.
I zipped over to her house as fast as my bike would take me. Beyond checking to see if they really were female I asked no further questions and we arranged for her to bring the plants by sometime later this weekend. I was elated! Despite my dreams of growing a substantial amount of buds this year I was once again in the same situation as last year. Accidents, males, and unfortunate weather had left me with just one adult female. Now I have three with a few younger ones still in pots. Yay!
As I waited for the arrival of my girls I did some tidying up in the garden and fixed the fallen shade cloth on the fence. I have learned over the years that it is best to keep these sort of plants hidden from the public despite their new legality in the country. I planted them between huge stands of catnip to shelter their leaves from too much sun and their branches from the wild wind we sometimes get ... but, more on that in a Canna posts soon!
Of course I am not only obsessed with the ganja flower but love flowers of all kind. And one of my major goals of this weekend of solitude was the transplant dozens of flowers to the decorative garden around the front yard.
The weather was mostly rainy with moments of sunshine between the light showers, the perfect time to transplant zinnias, cosmos, and a few bella de noche plants from the locations they had sprouted up in to a couple of flower beds around the patio. I can't wait to see their colorful flowers in a month and until late fall!
Another goal of mine was to make simple, healthy meals for myself all weekend. At that I failed completely. When my boyfriend is home I prepare breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all the snacks in between. I just couldn't drag myself into the kitchen beyond whipping together the most basic omlette. I did, however, make many, many cups of tea and have gotten back into drinking ginkgo tea.
While scrolling along in the herbal videos to be found on TikTok I found several herbalist recommending ginkgo, not only for the brain enhancing properties but also as an ingredient in detoxing the body. I could use a bit of both and instead of drinking something caffeinated after my afternoon siesta, am trying out the habit of a ginkgo tea to "pick me up".
On my last day of alone time I had a little favor to do for a neighbor who lives up the mountain. They have an Airbnb listing and needed someone to close up the windows after the guests had left. The house itself is nice but, the real beauty is the views! After closing up the windows and locking the door I took a few moments to admire the mountains and valley below before heading back home.
Once I opened the gate to the farm where I live I was greeted by not only the familiar sight of the mare, Tila, but also a friend.
Tila has been with us for three years. She also loves her alone time but, as you'd expect, gets lonely without a friend to graze with. I knew exactly where this horse lives and that I would have to lead him home eventually but ...
... when I saw how protective, and downright smitten Tila was with this handsome young horse I decided to post pone the inevitable and let him stay till the next day. This horse seemed to like Tila's company, and love the abundance of grass we have, but, he was not returning Tila's border-line obsessive attempts at affection.
It took a few tries but, eventually I was able to guide the horse out while Tila was contained in the chicken run. When he was gone I finally let her out, she began galloping all over the acreage, calling out to him. Finally, after a couple of hours of her frantic search, she gave up hope and stood, staring out at the creek, heart broken. Poor girl!