Preparing for Summer

"Life does often get in the way of one's reading."  agreed the Major

 Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

My gardening frenzy is over.  I spent much of yesterday planting everything

I have been collecting the last few weeks.  The last planter is filled,

and the hanging baskets are...well...they are hanging.

Tomorrow I will head to the nursery for a few impatiens to add a little color in the baskets, and here and there.  I've ask the landscapers to add "putting down mulch in the back beds" to my bill.

The plants will grow.  The weeds will try to take over, with only a little resistance from me.  And, the water bill will rise.

It is time for me to turn my attention to other obsessions.

I really fell behind with my reading this spring.  Life just kept happening, not taking into consideration I might like to sit down and enjoy a few good reads.

  Here are the titles I carried out to the garden bench this past spring (along with a few comments from someone who does not know what she is talking about -- me.)

Isaac Newton, James Gleick
(interesting, but unless you are doing a study on Newton, you might want to read something else)
Stoner, John Williams 
(I  loved this book.  The writing is beautiful and characters are fully developed)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Helen Simonson
(an sweet read)
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghes
(I could not wait to read this book.  I so wanted to love it.  I liked it.  The last 200 pages were well worth plowing through the first 400.)


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I'm putting together my summer reading list.

"Books and summertime go together"

Find a spot to stay cool, and pick up a good book.  You know I'm dying  to know what you'll be reading.