Despite My Negligence

We expect a great deal of ourselves at the Genuine Faux Farm.  That, in and of itself, is not necessarily a bad thing.  But, when life gets more complicated, it can become a problem.  Neither of us is all that good at saying no.  But, we have managed that every once in a while with some success.

What I, in particular, am not good at is letting things go.  Or, maybe I let things go simply because there is no way for me to actually get it all done.  That is probably not the healthiest way to "let it go" because there is a great deal of guilt and/or disappointment that tends to come along with it.

Despite my negligence, the clematis on the farm bloomed for us again this season.  Currently, the Jackmanii are doing a nice job with their big purple blooms.  A few weeks ago, our other clematis graced us with their presence.  All of this, even though we have not cleaned up those perennials beds like we told ourselves we would finally manage to do.

Thank goodness for the resilience of these plants.  We have some nice daylilies poking up through the weeds with many flower stalks and some have already begun the bloom season.

Maybe some things do better if we am negligent, because some of the things we have actually stayed on top of aren't always turning out all that well.

I thought Tammy had done a nice job of putting some flowers in to pots that could be on our back deck this year.  And we both worked to get indoor plants outdoors for the summer - putting them in the same area around the back deck.

I've been making sure they stay watered and we've both been "dead-heading" flowers so we can have more blooms.

Sadly, some deer have now decided those plants are on the "hit list," with the kicker being Monday morning when I went out to find that the deer came up ON the back deck, kicked pots around and munched on various plants.  

Let's just say they really like every part of a spider plant.  Yes, that includes the roots.

Things like this are upsetting anytime they happen.  That's certain.  But, when you are feeling like you are not doing a particularly good job at much of anything, this can be a bit of a downer. 

Still - despite my negligence the birds still sing in the trees and the bees still buzz from flower to flower at the Genuine Faux Farm.