I’ve got good news, which I’ll save for the end of this post. Firstly, a few photos demonstrating the kinds of things going on in our realm.
The first jar of pickled banana peppers has been duly pickled.
And the parsley and dill have been picked and dehydrated.
This is as bad as the flattened frog photo – I’m sorry. We haven’t had nearly as many Japanese beetles this year as in the past, but they still come and wreak havoc on some of our plants. This year, they’ve been particularly fond of the zinnia leaves, raspberry leaves, and hollyhock leaves. Yesterday I saw them on a frail flower of our new clematis. “How dare you!” So I don’t feel too bad about killing them. It’s stewardship.
But here’s a bee doing some good work. I applaud him. It. Whatever.
A sweet little bouquet of strawflowers. They feel just like paper – it’s weird and fascinating.
Now for the good news. Last February I submitted ten of my poems to a publisher for consideration in a whimsical poetry anthology for children that they intend to publish in 2025. I found out a couple days ago that at least one of my poems was accepted AND is being used in a spreadsheet that will be featured as part of a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the book. Isn’t that exciting? It sounded like others of my poems might be used too. I’m just so THRILLED!
I’ll probably you know what in the you know what. IYKYK
Lynniebeemuseoday 
IYKYK?
Congratulations!
Let us know how we can find this publication!
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IYKYK: If You Know, You Know. I’ve seen people use that one various places and thought I’d try it out.
Thanks! I’ll definitely keep my readers posted!
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How exciting about being published! I hope they use many of your poems. I’ll have to ask for an autograph next time I see you. Wait, I probably have one somewhere amongst my papers since I’ve known you a bit 🙂 Keep on poeming! –Lori
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Thanks, Lori! All those other signatures don’t count until I’m actually published! 😄.
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I was making pesto yesterday…No picture though. It’s in the freezer. I freeze it in ice cube trays so I can take out just how much I need, when I use it. Ni had a great crop of basil and I noticed that the Japanese beetles found it so I had to quick cut and use it. Then I put netting over what’s left in there to keep the pests out of it. It’s strange how those beetles attack something different every year….although they have gotten into the basil before. But this year it’s also the rhubarb leaves, Holly Hocks and a bush in front of the house.
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I do the same thing with pesto – ice cube trays. It’s very handy! I only saw a couple Japanese beetles on our basil this year, so I’m hoping they continue to ignore it. They definitely like some types of plants more than others!
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