Been a while, but hello friends?

It's been a minute, or two, or 1,686,204-ish since my last post. 

See, what happened is, I got busy with life and stopped writing about it here. Joy found me in some aspects. So, what have I been up to? 

Gardening, of course. Obvs. 

Hiking.

I turned 40. 

I possibly started writing a novel or three. Who knows how many I'll end up with? 

I started lifting weights every week, because, you know, perimenopause is coming and I gotta keep up my muscle mass and bone density. 

My stepdad died suddenly. Maybe more on that later, maybe not. Still struggling to talk about my complex feelings there. 

My cat is still alive. He's roughly 23. W I L D. 

I plan on coming back with more growing guides & gardening tips. Plus, there will be a lot more honesty about how I've got so many hobbies, it's hard to find time to water my plants, (especially since new sections of my sprinkler system keep dying or springing hard to find leaks), and what it's like to grow things in a state that seems to be losing water and gaining heat, and how my yard is the MOST capable at growing weeds. Like, the absolute most, guys. I don't know how I got so lucky.

Anyway, hi from my early forties! Hello from life! 

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