I've never really suffered jet lag much, maybe one day. I always force myself to fight through the day and one night of sleep fixes everything. Not the case this time, maybe because it was such a time difference - Cambodia is 15 hours ahead. Or maybe just because I'm getting older. I was up at 3:30 am, hungry and wide awake. I tried to stay busy today and hopefully tomorrow is better 😅. It is looking like fall around here, complete with some pretty leaves and cold nights 34° last night! Brrr. We should be getting rain this weekend. I figured cleaning up leaves would keep me busy and stop me from taking a nap. The task is so much easier before they get wet.
Close-up of the Hakea laurina above, I know I keep sharing pics but this tree is just killing me. 💞 The foliage, and those crazy Dr. Seuss blooms. My taller tree is popping too, but this one is easier to snap pics of.
The front street tree still has a LOT of leaves on it, but after 2 weeks the sidewalk (and my car) needed a clean-up.
Livermore has a good number of wild turkeys, and we received a proper visit from them yesterday.
As they were leaving, they each took a nice peck of the lantana berries near the sidewalk.
I don't rake all the leaves, just path,sidewalk and street.
Still messy, slightly better.
I'll admit to wanting to re-do the entire front. I'm toying with the idea of ripping out the perennials and revamping more in dry garden style. Then all these leaves would be in cacti and really tick me off. Ha ha.
Hmm, I would need lots of rocks.
Anyway, I don't have the shade house done and our temps are getting low. So, I decided to throw together a pop-up greenhouse for the orchids, some ferns and tillandsia that live on the porch for most of the year. I didn't want to bring everything inside. I built the frame and placed it right next to the cactus greenhouse. *This really helped me get the cover on, thanks Dr.
And started filling it. *I'll put Christmas lights up to add extra warmth. We're getting rain so our temps won't be as cold for a bit- still I wanted it done.
It's crammed, and was nice and warm and steamy in there today.
This should work, we will see!
And a few came inside, I couldn't fit the big branches in the pop-up. This is what I was trying to avoid, haha. Oh well, hopefully this is just for a couple weeks.
Maybe I can add some jingle bells?
Oh, I almost forgot - a quick check in on the steel planters. I snapped a few pics since I was moving stuff from the now mostly empty porch. Rusting nicely!
I don't think the larger one is rusting as quickly, but no worries it will.
I'm ready for a glass of wine and an early bedtime! I'm betting tomorrow I'm 100%, at least no headache today.
What do you do for Thanksgiving? Do you do the cooking? Favorite Thanksgiving pie? I'd love to hear!
*I'm making 5 pies. Well one is technically a tart. Pumpkin, apple, pecan, sour cherry & cranberry and lemon curd tart (gingersnap crust). The last one is my favorite, but I'll have to try them all to make sure.
Dr. Feelgood was well taken care of by Olivia & Vincent, but I think he's happy I'm home.
It's been pretty chilly at night over here in the city as well. Today has been a bit glum, too.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine that that time difference would mess me up as well. I had a bad time with just an 8-hour time difference when in London. -took a week to settle in. Coming back this way wasn't as bad, interestingly.
I think a 15 hour time difference would throw anyone for a loop. Nice makeshift greenhouse.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised to see those gorgeous autumn trees adjacent to your xerophytes.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, I slept until 10am yesterday, I don't think I've done that since I was a teen. For Thanksgiving, I always make a pumpkin roll which is like a sponge cake rolled up with a cream cheese filling. It is our favorite. Sometimes I make pecan pies but I usually do that for Christmas.
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