"I Know it's a Long Drive from Malibu..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

Notes:

I found a bird in the greenhouse to-day. I netted it with the fishnet and picked it up in my hands and held it out to the outside, and it flew away. I could feel its heartbeat the whole time. I managed to do all this while eating breakfast. Then I read out by the fishpond.

I've heard about voles a great deal, but never firsthand experienced their effect on tulips. Dear sweet Lord, it was like something out of a horror film. Yesterday the bed was full of deep red double tulips, and to-day when I looked two of them had turned black and were drooping, and when I tugged very lightly on them they came right up out of the ground--their bulbs had been eaten off under the earth, they ended in a ragged stem. I've never seen anything like it before.

Our bewhiskered gentleman in the fishpond came and had dinner to-day while I watched. He's really beautiful. We're taking him to the Oriental house once we dig a fishpond there, or at least I assume we'll dig a fishpond there.

I drove up with Daddy. Robin went back to her family to-day, so now it's just a very grumpy ewe. She tried to kill me. ^__^ I climbed around in the barn and took photographs of things for Luisa, of the insides of the outbuildings and of the barn and the cedars by the stream.

I telephoned Zara this evening. ♥ I've missed her so much, I'm so glad to have talked to her again. I apologise to her, incidentally, for being antsy and silent and awful. I'm apparently worse on telephones than I remember. >_> But we laughed a lot and were ridiculous and I can't wait to see her again. ♥ ♥ ♥

We planted potatoes and flowers to-day. Potatoes in the sun with their eyes to heaven, and petunias in the garden and there were so many earthworms I couldn't count them all I tried, I tried. Mum and I dug things to take to the Oriental house.

I think it was a good day.

(we had ice cream and watched Rosemary&Thyme in the evening.)

Comments

[erinpuff]

I think it was a good day.

Yay. ^_____^

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

♥!

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

Your life is quietly poetic and I love it. I've heard so many sad stories about birds this week, I'm glad yours ended happily. And I also love that your horror film consists of gardening mishaps. ;-)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Only because the world is a poem. <3 I was glad, too! I'm always glad when the birds get out safely. They used to get caught in our cherry nets. And if you don't think that's totally terrifying--!

[dame_grise]

You are one of the sweetest and kindest and gentlest people I know.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*flails* Thank you.

[dame_grise]

I've been thinking that for ages. I just wanted to tell you.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*flaiiiiiiiiiiil*

[dame_grise]

What? *soothes*

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I'm not as good as you say I am.

[dame_grise]

But... you write about such sweet things in your life. Animals and people and sweetness.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Only because I am lucky to have such beautiful things in my life. It doesn't reflect on me.

[dame_grise]

I have my own opinion. Keep writing. You warm my heart.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you.