(Every day this November I’ll conduct an interview with an imaginary person.)
Sometimes I get antsy. I prefer to keep busy, but Robert is losing his mobility, and at my age I’m reluctant to go places alone. I like to spend time here in the garen. I won’t necessarily be moving about all that much, since the whole yard is this little rectangle. But it’s good to get out here and do some work with my hands.
How much time do you spend out here?
I’ll sit out here sometimes and just enjoy the air and the flowers and the occasional spider or insect. In the spring, I’m planting—everything but the tulips and perennials, of course. And throughout the summer, I water the plants and sprinkle fertilizer and prune this or that.
What do you do in the wintertime?
Well, there isn’t much anything I can do out here after it snows. I still bundle up and walk around the block once or twice, but there’s nothing to do in the garden, at least.
I started watching some of those cooking shows. Robert and I have pretty simple tastes, so we most often eat sandwiches, spaghetti, fish sticks. We never prepare anything too fancy. But I’m thinking about recording one of the shows sometime and trying to follow the recipe later. It might be fun. If it turns out to be something I enjoy, then next year I might decide to grow some vegetables to cook with.
Posted November 29, 2009, 11 pm
