Libraries & Gardens

[primsong]

I really don't know quite what to do - I feel like I know all of you so much better because of your LJ entires, but then I'm always lurking instead of posting myself which feels a tad unfair. And yet I have a hard enough time keeping up with what I need to care for online that I also find I have little time to just 'play and socialize, or write. :-/ My own fault, but it's hard to choose what to bow out of, what to fade out of and what to just take the time to maintain, it's all of value to me. How does one discard diamonds in favor of emeralds?

All that aside, I laugh at my resolve in December that I would begin posting more regularly here and renew that resolve anyway. The holidays are past, and I finally found the photo lithium batteries I needed to make my Master Replicas Sting glow all blue and hum... waaaay cool! It's even cooler than I thought it would be. I just kept wandering around my house with this blue, humming sword in my hand, I didn't want to put it down! I've mounted it on the wall in my library now, with my Weta figures, a sort of little LOTR shrine, LOL.

"My library" - I still can't get over that I have one. This house is so big I wonder that I am living here! We've ordered not one, not two, but THREE new bookcases for the library, and I know I have enough overflow books to fill one of them. The others are for growing room, and to be able to spread out my collection with little objects d' art (or strange whatnot I find here and there) in between, a luxury I've never had.

Someday my kids will be grown, and my body will protest when I go up and down the stairs, and I will look out over this fabulous yard and groan about caring for it BUT Not This Day! This is the season to stretch out a little, to be able to be hospitable, to stash away a few memories for those older days.

I can't wait to see what pops out of the ground in the Spring - I have no idea what there might be. We had a snippet of sunshine yesterday and I trimmed back half the grape arbor, it was so peaceful, and checked to see if the weird sproingy corkscrew grass I found at a nursery in the fall is still alive. So far so good! I need to learn how to use my greenhouse too...always admired them, but never had one to play with.

Comments

[maidoforange.livejournal.com]

(((Prim))). I am glad you are loving your house! I bet your library is wonderful! I love your "LOTR Shrine."

[primsong.livejournal.com]

It's much smaller than my 'old' one - I'm sure it will grow as I unpack boxes. :-D

[estellye.livejournal.com]

Its so exciting to settle into a new space, especially when that space gives you some breathing room, like your new home does. So many things yet to discover! Congratulations yet again.

And a greenhouse! I admire those, too! You can have greens for salads al year long and herbs for cooking snapped fresh off the twig and you can even rebloom your orchids! Enjoy!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

So far it is only sheltering my three little plants from any frost that might come along - your words inspire me to spend money this spring on little things that will get bigger - maybe even a fuschia basket, something I've never splurged on because I hated spending so much on something that died as soon as it got cold.

[voontah.livejournal.com]

How wonderful to have a library! And good planning ahead by getting an extra bookcase. I know my book collection seems to keep growing without my knowlege.

(((Prim)))

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Don't beat yourself up, dear. It is hard to choose where to focus yourself, when there are so many delicious places to be. It is good to hear how much you love your home, and to know the excitement you feel in the mystery of your garden!

I feel sometimes that I should contribute more, give a more explicit personal profile of myself to flesh out the picture, but I find myself a less fastinating subject to write about... I prefer hobbits and elves! *chuckle*

So I have placated myself with the following mantra:
"Write it, and they will come (to read)..."

Re: (((Prim)))

[madamenorthstar.livejournal.com]

Gee, Loth, I seem to remember a certain Dark Elf who stated she was going to use her journal for self-discovery...and has barely written anything about herself since...hmmmm. But everyone uses their journals differently; s ome of us effusive types spill their guts daily, others pick and choose what to say, and some express themselves through their fiction writing. It all works. But I would love to know more of you.

Hello

[faramirgirl.livejournal.com]

I am amazed that you keep up with anything let alone writing here. You have so much on your plate. You are a wonderful mod. I am so glad to get to know you better through your writings. Kids are wonderful are they not? My are all grown now, but sometimes I wish that they were still little and others times I am so happy that they are grown. But they bring so much joy into your life. I am so happy that you love your new home. Right now my library is full of school books. It is hard to choose between diamonds and emeralds. But you do such a wonderful job.

Re: Hello

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks (((FG))) - There are days I remember to appreciate the kids, and other days I just wish they would grow up..... I still have a lot of my old school books from college - I kept the all the literature ones for the works they had within them. :-)

[madamenorthstar.livejournal.com]

All right... I've faded back to rosy pink from envious green over your library...thats my dream, too. Actually, its to have, as Virginia Woolf said so succinctly, " a room of my own." And in this room will be the bookshelves I need to contain my ever-growing collection of books. I've pretty much pared down my Ringer memorabilia to mini mates and bobble heads ( love those =), but I want a place to put them all together. I'm so glad you finally got in, Prim, and settled; moving in, on top of everything else, must have been so crazy!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

It makes it sound romantic calling it a "Library" doesn't it? Sounds like it would have big, sunny windows and shelves allllll the way up, like in Beauty and the Beast. In reality, it's only a finished basement room with two little windows... but I am making it as cozy as I can. My house has always had books all over every flat surface, heaped around the insufficient little bookcases, etc. - it will be a treat to get them up off the floor. I hope one day you will also have your room of your very own, dear (((((NS)))))

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

I am seriously looking forward to the day Tristan moves out. Not that I wont' miss him of course, but I can't wait to take his room and turn it into something. Not sure what yet. Mark and I will probably have to arm wrestle over whether it becomes his office or my craft room. I'd love to have a place to keep all my craftin/scrapbooking supplies out and ready to use on whim. Right now they clutter up our dining room.

I'll probably win in the end because I know how to cry on command and can get anything I want usually. (just kidding)

[madamenorthstar.livejournal.com]

Just don't let Tristan catch measuring his room for new carpet and drapes just yet...he might catch on and decide to never leave, just to drive you nuts!

HI it is HT,,about greenhouses!!!

[syrcleoftrees.livejournal.com]

What type do you have? Ventilation and humidity are two keywords.

I have had greenhouses for years and can help you quite a bit,put a fountain in there if it is enough room,oh I so enjoyed mine.

Pvc pipe and plastic sheeting,made a tunnel like a hobbit dwelling and I hung driftwood,(cypress),everywhere,I love a green house!!

If I can help let me know,I have friended you to my lj,so you can also pm me.I just happen to know about greenhouses!!!(knee-deep)in the impatiens!!!!! :)HT loves VM

Re: HI it is HT,,about greenhouses!!!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what you would call it - It's not very big, but it's sturdily built of cinderblock, timber and glass. It has a little thermometer thing hanging from the ceiling, and a fan that plugs in, mounted over the dutch door. The little windows up at the other end open up like blinds when the fan is on... It rarely goes below 40 degrees here, so it doesn't have to be too tough I suppose.
Oh, a fountain! Would that it were larger, I would do that!

[gondoriangirl.livejournal.com]

That's it....when I get a vacation, I'm coming to your shire to relax and absorb the serene nature that is Prim's Garden.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

And you would be *most* welcome!

[ashlyn412.livejournal.com]

You've got a library!!! I'm so jealous ;-D It'd probably take more than one room for all my books (including cookbooks) though. Then, of course, I'd want all my bass guitar stuff in there and a piano for those times I do try to recall all those lessons my parents paid for. Guess I'd have to have a library/music room combo.

No greenhouse though . . . black thumbs, not green (if it's alive and growing just give it to me and it won't be for long no matter how hard I try).

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Ooo - a combo room, wouldn't that be lovely! We have the piano upstairs, so I can listen to my daughter play while I'm cooking and such, and the library downstairs where it's nice and quiet. I love cookbooks, especially the ones with good stories in them about where the recipe came from. I made myself get rid of many of them a while ago for lack of storage space, and now I wish I had them back.

If you ever visit, you'll have to play a bit for me. :-)

[ashlyn412.livejournal.com]

You say that now! You haven't heard me. I'm rusty . . . I mean RUSTY! There's a couple of songs I can still play, well play at anyway. Piano lessons were a long, long time ago . . . I took from ages 7 to 11-12 and it's been a while (just 30 odd years or so) ;-D

If want to get back into collecting cookbooks, I think I've got a spare copy of my (old) church's cookbook somewhere. Just let me know and I'll send it your way.

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

Trying to play catch up and read old entries. I don't know if you'll even see this, but I'm very excited for your new house. New house, new oportunites and new hope eh?

Still keeping you in my prayers and thoughts. I hope to some day soon get out to see your new library and hold that glowing sting for myself. :-)