Northeast Gardening: Spring Blooms - Part 12, 1 by grammyphoeb

grammyphoeb wrote:
Nellie Moser is going strong. I'm finding the colors of all my clematises more vibrant than last year - either that or the color faded along with the memory!! LOL

p.s. I'm having a lot of trouble keeping up with the threads - things are not going well on the home front. Colin's parents are divorcing. I'm very upset cause they are both selfish and stubborn. All of my hours are spent trying to help Colin cope with this. He cries and clings when I take him home to his father and it is breaking my heart. I'm sure there is fighting going on in the house and that he is affected by it. I try to keep him with me as much as possible. They have been in therapy for over a year and neither one is changing so I guess it is for the best. There needs to be give and take in a marriage and neither will put the other person's needs first over their own. Many times Colin's needs don't even come first. Sarah is moving out of their house this Saturday and moving in with Auntie Jenn. We have spent the past week re-arranging and child proofing her house to get ready for Sarah and Colin. Jenn has had her little house on the market because her property taxes were doubled and she just can't swing the payments on a single (Social Worker's) salary. With Sarah paying rent to her sister she at least can pay her mortgage payments. So everything is crazy right now and I'm glad i can get out to the garden to have some quiet time!!! Just wanted to let you guys know I'm not ignoring you. Eleanor