{"id":4595,"date":"2010-07-14T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2010-07-14T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T15:04:33","slug":"away-from-my-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4595","title":{"rendered":"Away from my desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been chained to my desk lately.  Learning a new job, keeping up [not!] with submissions to DessertStalking, and the working at the new job have conspired to give me little spare time this last month or so.  By the end of the day, I have no creative spark left in me.  I&#8217;m tired of thinking, and tired of doing and just plain tired.  So we sit out on the porch and watch night fall.  A pretty awesome way to end a day, if you ask me. [straight out of the camera shot]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightfall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"nightfall\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightfall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightfall-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightfall-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The job, while not difficult, does include a lot of little details, but it is getting easier every day.  Yesterday morning, the garden looked too inviting to pass up, so I ran out there in my jammies and grabbed a few shots before beginning the rest of my day.  The dry weather we had in May is really showing up in the daylilies now.  Even though we have a well, and a very abundant water supply, I have this thing about watering established plants, and feeling like I am babying them too much.  I think you should plant what is going to prosper wherever you live, without having to drag out the hose to keep them from falling over dead if we go a few weeks with no rain.  But&#8230;&#8230; right now I am feeling a little remorse, because things could be blooming a little better.  It&#8217;s all relative though.<br \/>\nH. &#8216;Quilt Patch&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/quiltpatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"quiltpatch\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/quiltpatch.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/quiltpatch-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/quiltpatch-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Because once they all start blooming, it is difficult to believe they could be any more beautiful than they are.<br \/>\nH. &#8216;Night Beacon&#8217; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightbeacon.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"night beacon daylily\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightbeacon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightbeacon-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nightbeacon-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>If watching the sun go down is the best way to end the day, I can think of no better way to begin one, than to wander around out here for awhile.<br \/>\nH. &#8216;Bountiful Valley&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bountifulvalley.jpg\" alt=\"daylily bountiful valley\" title=\"daylily bountiful valley\" width=\"597\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bountifulvalley.jpg 597w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bountifulvalley-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bountifulvalley-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/>And it&#8217;s not just daylilies around here &#8211; this is growing in a pot, along with some rosemary.  I like to keep some herbs growing close to the house, in easy reach when I need them.  I love brushing past the rosemary while I&#8217;m working out there, releasing the frangrance and getting me thinking about what veggies in the garden might be happy to share a plate with some rosemary at dinner tonight.  The plant with the little yellow flowers is called Biden&#8217;s Ferulifolia, &#8216;Peter&#8217;s Gold Carpet&#8217;, and I got it for a buck at an end of season sale.  It looks happy that I brought it home with me, doesn&#8217;t it?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4593\" title=\"bidens ferulifolia peter's gold carpet\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bidens.jpg\" alt=\"bidens ferulifolia peter's gold carpet\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bidens.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bidens-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bidens-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Now that things are calming down for me a bit, I will have a little more time to cook, and to take more photos and no doubt to come here jabber about this and that.  Hope you have a great day &#8211; now, it&#8217;s back to work for me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been chained to my desk lately. Learning a new job, keeping up [not!] with submissions to DessertStalking, and the working at the new job have conspired to give me little spare time this last month or so. 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