I am stoked that the weekend is practically here. I did not have the most productive week, but they can't all be perfect. I am very excited about taking up the piano again. I played often for about eleven years and took lessons, but quit playing as an upper classman in college as I didn't have access to a piano. A few years ago, a friend of mine gifted me a korg 5500 electric concert piano. I was happy for the gift, but trepidatious about playing again. What if I forgot how to play? What if I wasn't any good anymore? So the gift sat unused for quite awhile. Recently I realized how silly it was that I had not at least tried to play something, so I pulled out my sheet music and plugged away. After a few practice sessions, I haven't fully regained my previous prowess, but I'm well on my way! I have been fiddling with some Beethoven (Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise) and Chopin (I love his Nocturnes!). I have also been playing the works of one of my favorite new age pianists, David Lanz. If you are into new age music, definitely check him out. I personally find Yanni to be a little cheesy, but David Lanz is a very gifted composer and pianist.
We have been having some warmer days here in South Carolina and this has led me to start thinking about spring. Last spring I planted an organic vegetable garden and was fairly successful.
It was my first garden. I planted carrots, lots of hot peppers, green pepper, cucumbers, tomatos, watermelon, squash (yellow and acorn), zuccini, lemongrass, corn, and several herbs in pots. My plot was rather tiny and I learned a lot about the proper time to pick vegetables. I ended up with a LOT of tough cucumbers and squash that sat too long on the vine! I also learned about the importance of spacing plants apart. I had some problems with the squash crowding out the other plants. This year I want to widen my plot and be very serious about growing my own produce. I want to succession plant and be smarter about my planting strategies. So this week I started to plan out my new plot and on the next beautiful day, I will re-till and wait for spring!
One problem I had in particular was towards the end of the growing season my tomatos had whitish spots on their skins. The variety of cucumber I planted was also not the best, and I will be more selective this year about choosing the type I plant. I also accidently ran over my watermelon plant with the lawn mower early in the growing season (June). To my surprise the watermelon grew back, but the fruit that was produced was super tiny, about the size of a large grapefruit or a coconut. I did eat it. It was, in addition to being adorable, very tasty!
Have a lovely weekend, everyone! I am excited about the snow and plan to go snowboarding with my beau
xox
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