Unplugged Is Difficult—Gardening Is Easy

Hello, Readers! I've been in no WiFi land for a while now.

Darling Husband and I have been at our house in the country more frequently than in town.

We've been up in the air about whether to sell this property, but discovering we no longer have sufficient cell phone service to achieve a Personal Hot Spot made our decision for us.

In my business of writing, I simply cannot be unplugged every day and night. The backlog of email plus being unable to communicate with my writing and reading communities makes my life too difficult.

I use Dropbox for quick access across all my devices for writing, my spreadsheets, my graphics, etc., but I can't get it to load without WiFi or a strong hot spot signal for cellular data.

I have to drive up to the stable on a nearby hill to get 2 bars in order for the hotspot to be "hot" enough to get a good internet connection. Forget streaming anything.

Now that I've updated you, I'll open a couple of files from Dropbox, save them to my local computer, and work on them later.

Gardening in the Country

Yes, we are gardening today—cleaning up the winter kill and weeding the flower beds.

We already have purple Dutch iris, blue agapantha, and three varieties of lantana—orange/yellow Radiation Lantana, pinkyellow Silver Queen, and bright yellow New Gold—popping up.

I want to get those weeds out before they get a foothold.

I'll see if I can post some pictures tomorrow. Here's one of the Dutch iris. Larry's mom gave me a start of those about twenty years ago. I've transplanted them to the yards of every house we've owned and shared them with friends and family. I'm taking some with me when I go home today to plant in my current yard.

I'm sorry I can't send a clump to you. They're resilient, beautiful, and bloom for a 4-6 weeks here. I never have to dig them up in my growing zone, and they spread every year.

I looked on Amazon (they seem to have everything)and found you can order Dutch iris bulbs. I've embedded the link here: order a 10-pack of Dutch Iris Mixed Colors, in case  you'd like to plant some in your yard.

Takeaway Truth

It's beautiful here in the country, and I hope it is where you are too. Have a wonderful day.