saturday and sunday

ok,so.....i got up early on saturday to plant the amethist mist heuchera plants that i have accumulated from the half-price tables of area road-side nurseries....12 in all.....in the space once-removed from the trellis rose....and then i cleaned up and drove to h-burg for the first annual books and arts festival to hear ed mclanahan read......holding my book-club (hard-back) copy of a natural man in hopes of a dedication.....enjoyed the reading from his newest work.....which included tales of high school basketball, courting of young women, and egg-tossing drive-bys......he did dedicate my book...to my eldest who knows him....and i bought the newest volume as a gift to my eldest as well......and then back by the plant-stand by the taco bell to buy their last remaining heucheras (6 of black currant) to put behind the deck......at half-price.....too hot to actually plant them soi watched wimbledon tennis, and then world cup soccer.....gentle readers......i have spent 25 years, give or take, watching children of varying ages play the game, and i have yet to recognize 'offsides' when it happens.....ah well.....but i digress from the heucheras....which have lovely burgundy foliage.....a pleasing contrast to the grey of our fence/deck and the silver of the lamb's ear....those that i planted by the trellis rose look out of place.....so i will move them elsewhere and figure out something else to place by the rose......my sunday morning was less ambitious...coffee on my terrace studying the lesson to teach, then a last-minute rush to water the beds before getting ready for church....i impulsively selected a little worn pair of strappy sandals, which broke when i stumbled on uneven pavement coming in from the parking lot.....i took them off and walked the rest of the way barefooted.....i suppose as god intended.....we are waiting for grandma to come home from church to eat lunch.....our youngest found her cell phone under her sofa, so she is not likley to call and let us know where she is....she so rarely goes to church that i never thought to make a plan with her for afterwards.....there is a sweet rain coming down now, with just a hint of thunder in the distance......a gift....as we cannot go out to stain the fence until it has dried......might try to take a nap in the downtime......