May I be a whiner today please? I promise, tomorrow I will go back to happy flowers and crap. I won't even subject you to more "Weird Utah" like I had planned***, if you will just humor me for a little bit this morning.
It is the middle of June and I feel like we have had nary a sunny day. At 8:30 this morning, this is how much light was in my dreary kitchen. The photo actually makes it look better than it was. I struggle with depression now and then. I'm managing it, but I get hit at least once a month when those damn hormones strike, but the big problem is my moods are very affected by the weather. So this cold, rainy spring (spring? really? did we ever have one?) has been tough. And I am very aware that my perception of things is colored by the depression. It's a horrible catch 22.
But this is what I'm talking about. Rainy skies again this morning.
And these guys! It is like an awful B movie horror flick in my backyard!
They are eating everything. And it just keeps raining, which those little beasts love. This is supposed to be basil. I didn't think the snails ate basil because of the strong oils, but they have eaten all of it. I planted about 10 or so Thai basil plants the other evening; by the next morning all but a couple were gone without a trace. How am I ever supposed to do a Friday's Herbal about basil if I can't even grow any? These guys tramp right over the diatomacious earth that is supposed to deter them.
Beer is supposed to be a good lure for the buggers. There was no way I was giving them the good stuff, so I went to the store to get this. Do you realize what it looks like for an old lady to be buying herself a tall one of the cheapest beer she can get, in the middle of the day? I am quite obviously a drunk! I was so embarrassed. I put it out last night in several different saucers, strategically placed around the yard. Then of course about 10 o'clock it started raining cats and dogs again. So much for the cheap beer. There is NO WAY I am going back to the store to get another. I saw the pitiful looks that boy was giving me as he rang this up and took my meager change. I was hoping the onions and eggs I bought with it would throw him off, but no, he knew I was a drunk.
I'm out of this. It's the only thing that gets me through the endless days of no sun. Did you know that something like over 85% of Americans have a vitamin D3 deficiency? It's connected to things like depression, heart disease, obesity, immune function... and the list goes on.
Well, in the time it's taken me to do this, the sun is actually coming out. And in an effort to not be a total whiner, I have to admit at least it is warm enough to have the windows and doors open. I am thankful for that.
I'm done whining. Thank you for putting up with me. Tomorrow I will show you pictures of a very pretty garden with lovely happy flowers in the sunshine.
***That's not to say I won't subject you to Weird Utah on another day. I just want to share EVERYTHING with you.
Everyone is allowed their own "bitch-fest". That's what I call it, and I try not to do it either. But sometimes, it is absolutely necessary. Otherwise things will eat at us as those snails to your basil. Little things, that should do damage, will.
ReplyDeletevent away, and more often should you need to.
Me Too! All of it...
ReplyDeleteExcept the buying of beer...I use egg shells and plucking them like weeds out of my garden...
Hopefully it's sunnier soon...
xo
Andrea
I hope you all get some sun soon . we are getting alot of rain here too at night especially .
ReplyDeletefirst time visitor of your blog...sorry you are having a bad day. I live in Michigan, so I can relate to the no sun problem. Last time, I heard, michigan, was the second cloudest state next to alaska. I'm going to try that supplement you mentioned. we have been cloudy this week with off and on rain too. And i just picked a bunch of gross slugs off my plants! I hadn't heard about the the beer!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support all! Melinda Jayne, I am so sorry that the first day you visited my blog was my whiny day. Really, I usually am on a bit more of an upbeat note:)
ReplyDeleteLast year, I put my nasty "beer-like" concoction in a big yogurt tub, then put holes in the sides and buried it in the garden so the holes were about ground level...I don't remember if it worked or not, but the rain didn't get in :P
ReplyDeleteSAD...stinks. The end. When Mimi was born in a September, and we went straight into the cloudy gray winter...SAD and baby blues are not such a fun combo. I've always told myself I'll be fine, as long as I don't have a baby in February, because February is the worst month EVER. Guess how well that idea worked out for me? ;)
So I paint my walls to look like a Crayola box exploded in here.
Good luck, hope the sun comes your way soon!
I know this isn't fun for you, Bobbi, but you've brightened up my day by putting a smile on my face(it's actually sunny here--that's a big thing around here too)
ReplyDeleteSo just go ahead and be Debbie for a day--we don't mind!!
I moved to SLC in December and started my first garden ever a month ago. The other night I discovered a snail and I was so excited because I thought they only lived along the coast (I'd only ever seen snails at the beach). Now I'm wondering if the snail explains why my zucchini is looking sad. I was thinking I didn't water it enough.
ReplyDeleteVery informative, thanks!